[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 6-12, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
All my MW DX reports starting two years ago are archived in this forum with open access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page15

** JAPAN. 747 & 774 kHz, JBA carriers from the northwest, Sept 11 at 1149, no doubt the NHK powerhouses for the first time this season; also 828 at 1154. Meanwhile, quickly stepping thru the MW band on up to 1220 on 9 kHz spacings with off-tuned BFO to detect carriers, also found some on 1134 and 1152. 

I had been looking for the NHKs several mornings, but maybe too early or too late. This is also prime time for 90 and 60m DX from PNG and Indonesia! Not to mention lots of Mexicans on 10-kHz spacings. Neighbor Richard N Allen out of Perry OK with a better antenna has also been hearing the NHKs for a few days shortly before our sunrises, currently in Enid 1211 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1686, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 747 & 774, Sept 12 at 1151 UT, JBA NW carriers doubtless from the 500 kW NHK-2 outlets, 747 JOIB Sapporo, and 774 JOUB Akita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 540, Sept 8 at 1149 UT, immediate ID upon tune-in as ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` on AM and FM, back to music. That`s XETX, 1000/250 watts in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, per Cantú (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 550, Sept 11 at 1212 UT, Mexican music, losing out to KFRM by 1214. No doubt the only NW Mexican, XEPL, Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, 5/0.15 kW per Cantú. That`s one with some Low German, but no announcements heard today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 560, Sept 8 at 1151 UT, after song lyrix ``alma de niña, cuerpo de diosa``, ID mentions 93-3, so the only match there in Cantú is:
560 XEXZ Lupe + FM 93.3 Zacatecas, Zac. 5,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Sept 8 at 0520 UT, Mexican music is dominating, southwest-ish, then PAN ad, next break 0524 a promo for Monterrey Televisión, so it`s XEBJB, supposedly 500 watts night per WRTH 2013 and IRCA Mexican Log 2012 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Sept 12 at 1142 UT, PSA string, mostly federales, ``escucha Noti-Radio 570``, sounder, then mentions Monterrey, so as expected it`s XEBJB, a.k.a. just ``Radio 570`` en Cantú, IRCA and WRTH; and a departure from the NORteña/RANchera format as in IRCA Log. Also produces a low rumbling het, as it`s slightly off-frequency to the hi side. Often it`s just the het bothering other stations such as KSNM which I had suspected of being the culprit. It`s not unusual for mostly musical XE stations to include a morning newsblock and this may be one of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 610, Sept 10 at 0548 UT, promo for 106.1 FM, maybe ``La G-S``, what a nice FM/AM match, as in Cantú:
610 XEGS La Ley + FM 106.1 Guasave, Sinaloa 1,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 620, Sept 9 at 1205 UT, Mexican NA goes to Chihuahua SA, so as expected, XEBU, dominant XE on 620 here; Cantú:
620 XEBU La Norteñita + FM 91.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000
Tho this time it`s under sports talk in English, surely KTAR Phœnix; my nearest 620, KMIK Plano TX Disney (hijacked from KWFT Wichita Falls), is easily overcome, tho on daytime groundwave it conspires with 640 Moore to inundate 630 with IBOC noise; otherwise Denver or St Louis might barely make it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 660, Sept 10 at 1207 UT, somexican is playing ``Mañanitas``; 1209 TC for ``6:07 en La Lupe``, i.e. per Cantú:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 670, Sept 9 at 1201 UT, just as I start SRS MW session, ID as ``Radio Ranchito, del Grupo Radio México``, revealed by Cantú as:
670 XETOR Radio Ranchito Torreón, Coah. 1,000 250
This signal quite weak compared to many more XEs still skywaving in the low band from further west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 670, Sept 12 at 1159 UT, Grupo Radio México has job openings, qualifications specified, then full ID for Radio Ranchito, street address, etc., Torreón, con mil vatios, i.e. XETOR in Cantú:
670 XETOR Radio Ranchito Torreon, Coah. 1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 680, Sept 11 at 1210 UT, local wakeup host with saludos a pescadores, ganadores (fishers, cattle-raisers), mentions Guasave, norte de Sinaloa, so it`s XEORO again, 1/0.5 kW per Cantú. 1212 promo a Saturday show at 11:30-1; 1215 losing to sportstalk in English, presumably KNBR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 700, Sept 10 at 1141 UT, just a hummy carrier, and still so at 1210; loops SW/NE. Suspect an XE; Chihuahua`s XEGD would fit for that. Previously logged XEETCH further NW in Sonora with real modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 700, Sept 11 before 1200 UT I am again hearing that open carrier with a hum, while several NW Mexicans are still propagating in the 600s and 700s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Sept 12 at 1145 UT, W&M with news in Spanish from datelines all over the country, loops SW (discounting NE). Suspect same station as I have been hearing recently with nothing but hum, likely this as in Cantú:
700 XEGD  La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
But can`t completely rule out:
700 XEDKR Radio Red AM          Guadalajara, Jal.        10,000   150

Retune 1201 UT, probably same station and now Jalisco is less likely, almanac for 12 de setiembre including: something about Katharine Hepburn with a movie clip in English; 1953 Stalin to Khrushchev; 1989 Luna-2 launched; 1989 Germany algo; 1998 peace in N Ireland; 2010 Chile miners rescued; 1204 UT ``Noticias MVS`` acknowledging Canal 5 and 97.3 FM. This however originates with 102.5 in the DF, XHMVS. I also logged MVS news April 25 but couldn`t find an affiliate on 700; see DXLD 13-18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, Sept 11 at 1210 UT, discussion of August (or Sept?) 4+ Richter earthquakes near Parral and Jiménez [short versions of town names], no doubt usual XEDP in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahuas, 7/0.1 kW per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, Sept 12 at 1150 UT, ``La Kaliente`` slogan with 105.7, i.e. this by itself now, but which all evening is the SAH nemesis of WGN, per Cantú:
720 XEDE La Kaliente + FM 105.7 Saltillo, Coah. 8,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 8 at 1206 UT tune-in, talk in Indian language, but pronounces XETAR in Spanish; soon live YL DJ back in Spanish mentions La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, which is in Guachochi, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 10 at 1213, obviously XETAR, Chihuahua, playing a ``Mañanitas`` version by Chipmunx (doublepitch voices), hee hee, including English ``happy birthday to you`` twice or thrice. So there`s another exotic language on this indigenoustation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Sept 10 at 1215 UT, ``La Rancherita de ---`` slogan, CST TC for 6:14, YL DJ, then 6:15 TC and federal PSA for reforma educativa, so no doubt it`s a Mexican. Zone means it has to be a change for one of these two in Cantú:
880 XEV   Radio Fórmula + FM 101.7 Chihuahua, Chih.  5,000   250
880 XEPNK Planeta + FM 103.5       Los Mochis, Sin. 10,000 2,000
The ``Rancherita`` in Los Mochis is listed as 1450, XECU which might have swapped; however, Cantú has no Chihuahua-city AM or FM stations by that name, so it`s a market ripe for its own Rancherita. At this time there was not much KRVN from north but nulled it anyway. 

Not to be confused with mere non-diminutive ``La Ranchera``, newish identity of WMDB in Nashville TN on 880 as heard yesterday a few minutes earlier. One is relying on neither station ever varying its slogan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1686, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1000, Sept 6 at 0600 UT, choral NA playing here too, and it 
too is over by 0602 retune when back to other music; at times dominating
 KTOK OKC, and from experience I know this one is XEFV in Juárez, no 
daytimer despite Cantú as such; altho there are another Chihuahuan and 
two Sinaloans also in UT -6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, Sept 6 at 0600 UT, choral national anthem, with CCI and SAH, already over at 0602 retune and may have missed an ID. I was hoping there would be only one XE in the UT-6 zone since NA habitually plays at local midnite (except UT Mondays when it may accompany earlier `La Hora Nacional` instead), but IRCA and Cantú show there are two: XEYC in Juárez, Chihuahua, and XEMPM in Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1180, Sept 8 at 1218 UT, pause in music for nothing but a ``6:17`` TC in Spanish, with N/S Omaha nulled, but avoiding IBOC noise from E/W KFAQ 1170 Tulsa only by off-tuning to 1178 or 1179. In Cantú there are two in the UT-6 zone:
1180 XEUBS Radio UABCS        La Paz, B.C.S.     10,000 D
1180 XEJK  Ke buena + FM 95.3 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 5,000 1,500
Likely the latter as it unseemed non-commercial. Soon faded out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2910, Sept 11 at 1131 UT, M&M (instead of usual W&M) with news in Spanish vs noise level, and those annoying on-and-off local bursts every few minutes at 1134 and 1137; 1135 a bit stronger with 6:35 timecheck; 1138 mentions industria petrolera; 1139 peak with a string of addresses mentioning Villahermosa. XEVT, 3 x 970, Tabasco is indeed still here for another season. Tnx to VL8T staying on 4910, now it`s easy to home in on 2910 which is 2 MHz lower on the FRG-7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1686, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


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