[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 15-21, 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 August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page15
       
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E-W longwire as specified

** MEXICO. 610, Nov 21 at 1100 UT, I`m awake thanks to thunder, and on MW instead of SW tnx to lightning, hearing a familiar Mexican state anthem by soprano, but which one? Loops approx. southward, vs US QRM. This must be 5 am local, rather than usual anthem time of 6 am, so probably is just now signing on; IRCA Mexican Log 2012 shows three stations from *1100: XEBX Coahuila, XEKZ Oaxaca, XEUM Yucatán. Probably XEBX as I am not familiar with the other state songs, if any, and XEBX is usually la primera among the XEs on 610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 750, Nov 15 at 0117, convenient pause in Mexican music for ID ``La Huasteca, 90.5 y 750 AM``. WSB could be completely nulled, and this is the usual occupant, of the nine XEs on 750 per IRCA 2012 log: XETI, 10000/250 watts, Tempoal, Veracruz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 780, Nov 16 at 0125 UT with WBBM completely nulled --- and tnx to KSPI for having turned off its carrier --- YL concluding ``El Reporte`` interviewing another YL; ID as ``La Poderosa, 103.algo y 780 AM``, PSA mentions Aguascalientes, but not a clincher as it`s federal from the SEP; more SHVA exclamations as ``La Poderosa``, then long mysterious-music interlude past 0130 (``Dark Shadows`` theme?). 

Guess what: no such slogan for 780s in Cantú but at least three stations have FMs in the 103s, in Jalisco and the two Tamaulipans. It`s probably the usual #1 here, XESFT in San Fernando, a.k.a. La Triple T (referring to what? Not the callsign), 5000/1000 watts and FM 103.7. IRCA 2012 log and WRTH 2013 do not show any ``Poderosa`` here either. In the state-and-city listing, Cantú linx to this website for La Triple T: http://radioavanzado.com but it`s only ``coming soon`` (in English). However various Wikipedia linx do say XESFT is ``branded as La Poderosa``. So there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 850, Nov 21 at 1110 UT, classic rock in English with KOA nulled; in fact, need to null this in order to hear KOA, SAH about 8 Hz between them; 1112 between songs, YL says ``la inquietud de la noche``, more songs in English. Searching on that phrase, it appeared in Lope de Vega`s poem ``El Caballero de Olmedo``. Surely XEM in Chihuahua2, Milenio Radio, usual dominant XE here on 850 and with format previously heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Nov 15 at 1331, Milenio ID, federal PSAs for Senado, Suprema Corte, 1333 ``Escucha XEAU, Milenio Radio, 1,090 AM, desde Monterrey, Nuevo León, México``. 5000/250 watts per IRCA.

The Aug-Oct ``season`` of NW Mexicans pounding in for sunrise skip seems over, as weak or no signals on 650, 710, 730, etc., etc. during the previous quarter-hour; or maybe my own waking schedule is out of synch with it? Today`s Enid sunrise was 1309 UT, but will laten to 1343 in a bimonth, per gaisma.com. I suspect the shifting angle of the terminator has something to do with it, not merely sunrise times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Olá, Brasileiros, acham que este sinal venha do Brasil? 1200 kHz, e qual é?

This evening I had some (Brazilian) Portuguese on 1200 at 0124 UT November 15; with WOAI nulled, which must have been in a fade as it gradually took over again. It`s all talk, first a man mentioning ``espiritual`` and then a woman talking as the QRM grows. 

The first Brazilian I think of is R. Cultura, São Paulo, or rather Cultura Brasil as it is now known, but it should be mostly music. It`s 100 kW but only 20 kW at night; and there are five others of lower powers.

CJRJ in Vancouver is multi-cultural, but mostly Punjabi and apparently no Portuguese per their schedule. A few Spanish in the US such as WJUA (ex-WINK) in Florida, Mexican music, and WRTO in Chicago, Univisión, but hard to imagine them slipping into Portuguese.

This was not ``Portunhol`` -- the Davi Miranda wacko preaching which is a mixture of languages, heard on many SW stations. 

There are several Mexicans on 1200, but again why would they have anything in Portuguese, or why would anything outside of Brasil?

Could there be some other ethnic and/or religious station in the USA?

Here`s my clip; please listen and offer any suggestions. It`s best at the first but after two minutes, can only be heard under WOAI.
http://www.w4uvh.net/1200Braz.rm

You`ll note a subaudible heterodyne of almost 4 Hz against WOAI in case that helps to ID it. Surprised to see WOAI at 36 Hz hi as of September 15, 2013 in mwoffsets. Only Brazilian listed there is Fortaleza, 7 Hz lo. Please copy directly to me as well as list reply. Tnx. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, USA, to several MW lists, via DXLD)

Only replies so far are these, via the radioescutas yg:

``Hello Glen[n], the radio that you received is from Brazil, the accent of the speaker is in northeastern Brazil, I think it is the radio club Fortaleza Ceará 1200 kHz
http://www.radioclubece.com.br/
73's Fran - São Paulo - Brasil``

``Glenn, Something makes me think this is not from Brazil. The "sound" and kind of fading takes more to a middle range signal. I think the man talking is a Brazilian, yes, but sounds as he is trying to talk to a Spanish language audience (final Ls in espiritual, "de la noche" etc.). I agree with you this is not the Davi Miranda "portunhol``, but is something similar. Hope you can find the solution. Rocco Cotroneo, Rio de Janeiro``

``Hi Glenn! To me it seems like a Brazilian man trying to speak in Spanish and it seems like a program from churches like "Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus" (IURD) or  David Miranda's Church "Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor" (IPDA).

I found this link with a list of Brazilian MW stations:
http://www.s2audio.com.br/ondas_medias_brasil/om_brasil_910_1300khz.html
I hope to help you and sorry my English! (Davi Lucas Pinto de Sousa, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, Nov 15`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I can’t even hear 1200 CJRJ Vancouver in Boise (Bill Frahm, Nov 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must be a rare Canadian axually running its DA pattern, day and night cardioid, deep null toward Boise and Enid (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1200, Nov 15 at 0650 UT, another check with WOAI nulled, after hearing Portuguese earlier: now it`s a YL jazz singer in English, making SAH of 150/minute = 2.5 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1200, Nov 16 at 0103 UT, I am again looking for the Brazilian talk with WOAI nulled (which Rocco Cotroneo in Rio suggests may have been a Brazilian trying to sound like Spanish; and that the signal seems like it is too close for Brasil. I must agree, as I also checked 1220 and 1100, both nights and did not find any signs of Brasil.) 

Now there is a song but can`t be sure of language; 0106 tape fast-forwarding, sound-effect? Strange. This makes a 200/minute SAH with WOAI, 3.33 Hz, less than the <4 Hz I was getting 24 hours earlier, but more than the other WOAI-nulled station I had at 0650, 2.5 Hz. Of course one or more of them could vary, but unlikely; 

BTW, WOAI is certainly not 36 Hz hi as in mwoffsetts, but close to, within a very few Hz of 1200.000 as compared to other 10-kHz channel stations above and below. BTW2, WOAI never seems to be running IBOC noise any more, unless in complete daytime, tho it`s still shown as fully active here:
http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
Wasn`t WOAI one of the ``HD`` pioneers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search Nov 15 finds JBA carriers or making hets: 1521 at 0110; 1215 at 0111; 945 at 0113; 774 at 0114 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Nov 15 finds JBA carriers: 774 at 1321; 882 at 1322; 1053 at 1323 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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