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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 9-15, 2015

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These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimesÂutility, 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/page39

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside or randomwire; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E-W longwire as specified

** MEXICO. 640, Oct 14 at 1220, PSAs including one from Ciudad JuÃrez, and federal CÃmara de Diputados y Diputadas --- seems now officially acknowledging that women participate, at least secondarily. Shorthand could be: ``Diputad@s``. 1221 ``B-M Noticias 640``, i.e. XEJUA JuÃrez, separable from OK, and atop anything from KFI, perhaps the SAH source (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 680, Oct 14 at 1222, mentions Festival Cultural de Sinaloa, ad mentioning Sinaloa Poniente (western, i.e. the sundown-side); 1223 UT TC for 6:24 and regresa, back to live `Noticiero de Sinaloa`, i.e. XEORO, Guasave, 1000/500 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 702, Oct 13 at 0548 UT, the only carrier I can detect on a TA frequency is here. Loops ENE/WSW. So what`s possible per WRTH from W Europe or NW Africa? 25 kW from Algeria, Nigeria? 200 kW from France? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 14 at 1207-1211: JBA on 702, 774 both looping west rather than NW so suspect Australia. Nothing else up to 1000 except for 945 and 954, the latter vs heavy splash from local 960 KGWA so can`t get a DF. Nothing out of Pacific or Asia stands out on these from WRTH listings. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1238 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 702, Oct 15 at 0610 UT, JBA carrier, also at 0624, loops east/west, which points to NZ rather than Eurafrica? No other 9-kHz carriers found, not even 738 Tahiti which the west-coasters are getting even much earlier than this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

A reminder of how *early* 738 can make it to N America --- remember that Tahiti is in the same timezone as Hawaii, UT -10. Papeete sunset was 17:58* local, i.e. 0358 UT. At 18 degrees south, it varies less than an hour over the year, but will get as late as 0439 UT in a trimonth, per gaisma.com  

So when I get a 702 kHz carrier at 0548 as I did Oct 13, could it be from west rather than east? It`s still 2+ hours before 0808 UT sunset upon 50 kW in Sydney, tho there are a couple of low-power NZers on 702; sun sets at 0637 UT upon a 10 kW station in Auckland (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Therefore last week`s item could have been Tahiti:
UNIDENTIFIED. 738, Oct 7 at 0541 UT, the only JBA TA carrier I find is here, very likely the 600 kW RNE Barcelona, Spain. Checking a bit earlier than last night when I was getting several others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 774, Oct 12 at 1225 UT, JBA carrier loops W/E, not NW/SE. It`s the first frequency I check for TP DX when I awaken before sunrise, and often get trace of NHK, but today it must be Australia, 3LO Melbourne, and the only other one I can find is on 702, also from west, i.e. 2BL Sydney, both only 50 kW for ABC Local Radio. Nothing audible in the 1500s, such as 1548 Emerald. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1236 UT, latening by 6 or 7 minutes per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Still hearing nothing on 800 from XEROK, so I search out its website, which is
http://calibre800.com/
the alternate branding of Radio CaÃÃn, alluding to CAnal LIBRE  = clear channel. This leads to live stream:
http://www.gruposiete.com.mx/radio-canon/
which in fact is funxioning. And the website looks completely normal and current with lots of news linx, nothing found about it being off the air from 800, nor anything about a new FM frequency.

At 1514 UT Oct 13, taking phone calls on the air (poorly audible) even from El Paso and the studio is rather echoey, hardly professional. Get out the egg cartons! Generally lo-fi modulation. Seems to be about medical advice. Closes at 1525, ID including ``Desde la Frontera, 800 AM, Radio CaÃÃn -â Colonia El HipÃdromo -- Grupo Siete`` and over to string of ads/PSAs including Chihuahua state government. 1530 another R. CaÃÃn ID, with rock in Spanish, ``Los Buenos Tiempos` is show now. Again DJ in studio with echo, also discusses salud; 1540 ``Old Fashioned Love Song`` in English by Three Dog Night. 

So the question remains, is XEROK really on the 800 air and audible at least in the El Paso area, if not into NM and OK, day and/or night? Perhaps with much less than 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1795, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 980, Oct 13 at 1236 UT, Spanish report on oil prices, IMER Radio ID, and `Antena Radio` news program. I check 1570 for // XERF, but not audible. 1237 local ID for 980 AM, 103.1 FM, ``mÃs mÃsica``. 1239 fuller ID for ``La FQ``, 980 XEFQ, FM 103.1 XHFQ, Cananea, Sonora, full address, ``una emisora del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio``. IRCA and Cantà show 2500/500 watts, but no FM, while WRTH also lists 103.1. Fadeout shortly later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 990, Oct 12 at 1240 UT, song in Spanish, 1242 UT interjects one word, ``Lozana``, or something similar before another song. I was expecting ``Rockola`` from XECL Mexicali as also logged recently and this too loops roughly east/west. Could have been artist/music name rather than station name. 

Nothing in the three XE references. Could be a US station: there are several SS listed, the most likely at this time and direxion being KTKT Tucson, except it`s ESPN Deportes. WSGO New Orleans keeps coming up in searches but it`s talk in English. There is also a small town at the southern tip of TX called Lozano (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, Oct 14 at 1231, from WSW, promos for R. FÃrmula, Grupo FÃrmula, so must be XEYC Ciudad JuÃrez. IRCA shows power 1000/1000; Cantà and WRTH, 5000/500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SAUDI ARABIA. Re 1521 TA carriers: BAHAMAS. OCT 4 1000 - ZNS1, Nassau, 1540, Believed to be the source of open carrier spurs at 1521 and 1559 (+/-19 kHz) producing hets against 1520 WWKB and 1560 WFME. Thanks to Chris Smolinski and Brett Saylor who helped solve the 1521 and 1559 mystery (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, 15 x 23-m variable termination SuperLoop antennas at 60Â northeast and 180Â south, NRC IDXD via WORLD OF RADIO 1795, DXLD)

Hi Bruce, Your 1521 spur from ZNS certainly caught my eye. Of course we would not be getting Saudi at 10 UT, but I`ll have to be careful when I am assuming that in the evening. So far I believe I`ve had DF from NE rather than SE (and never noticed any 1559). I have also made sure it`s on exactly 1521.0 (1521.00?), so I wonder how close to 1521 the ZNS spur is? Or was? I wonder if 19 kHz spurs have anything to do with FM subcarrier mixing at site? (Glenn to Bruce, ibid.)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1570, UT Monday Oct 12 at 0305, XERF with `La Hora Nacional` --- weekly federal government show mandatory(?) for all stations to carry. I am seldom monitoring at this hour, so take the opportunity to chase `LHN` across the dial. 

As to be expected, XERF is best, but still can`t eliminate the QRM from US stations, notably the one in Missouri, 3 kW KBCV Bott gospel-huxter, Hollister (Springfield). Considering the gobs of Mexican MW stations I do DX, it`s rather strange that so few can be heard now, and not even La Poderosa enough to be QRM-free. 

1050, XEG Monterrey NL should be #2, but it too suffers from a lot of QRM. At 0313 it does seem to be in LHN, while taking phone calls from fans, but far from synchronized with XERF. At 0307 some US station in English is atop XEG with fight-the-IRS ad.

990, XET Monterrey, sometimes heard well, must really be direxional south tonight, ceding to CBW. Other major stations are useless: 1220 XEB, 1140 XEMR, 940 XEQ, 900 XEW, 800 XEROK (kaput?), 730 XEX; 540 XEWA maybe has it, but again not synch with XERF. Also try 690, 620, 580 with nothing listenable. 

6185, Oct 12 at 0318, XEPPM, Mexico`s only remaining SW station, must surely be carrying `La Hora Nacional` --- but NOT, totally different music playing than on 1570! 

I`m about to conclude `LHN` is not really mandatory; and instead of all stations in nation linking up to a single feed, each has its own download to play back out of synch, if at all --- maybe not even same episode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. [1620 and:] 670, Oct 10 at 0020, R. Rebelde bigsig overcoming WSCR with un partido tonto de pelotas (silly ballgame = PTP/SBG), immediately //able but with slight echo to 5025.

So I then check 1620, also dominated by Spanish and as expected it`s not // but immediately mentions ``FM Rebelde`` which is customarily what happens to this transmitter when the main frequencies air a PTP. We always assume this is the closest 5 kW Guanabacoa CH transmitter tho a couple of further Rebeldes are listed on 1620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. 2863-USB, Oct 12 at 1233 UT, VOLMET with American accent, barely audible. No doubt it`s Honolulu as scheduled per EiBi at :25 and :55 past the hours, shared only with Tokyo at :40 and :10; 24 hours. 2850-AM Korea North also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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