** MEXICO. 800, Sept 19 from 0620, the extremely distorted signal is
certainly XEERG, Ojo de Agua, Nuevo León. After two nights of hearing
horribly distorted QRM to KQCV 800 OKC, not noted earlier UT Sept 19
during primetime, but again now at 0620, altho not as severe as
before. See previous reports under OKLAHOMA [and non].
This time I`m checking remote receivers. NOT heard in OKC, so not a
defect of KQCV itself. Not heard at Durango2 SDR. But YES, audible at
these: Querétaro; Austin TX; even Truth or Consequences NM making me
wonder if XEROK could be attempting a comeback. At 0625 am also
hearing it quite well at McAllen TX SDR in the RGV, so I stick with
that. Without KQCV or other QRM there, I can tell there are Spanish
announcements between rock tunes. At 0638, Spanish ID mentions
``92.9``. A BIG clue, so let`s take another look at listings:
mwlist: ``MEX XEERG RG La Deportiva 92.9 FM Ojo de Agua * 10/2.5
relays XHERG 92.9 MHz, ex XEDD La Tremenda``
Who cares what state it`s in? Mwlist does not. But they should, since
there are more than one Ojo de Agua in the country! Google searching
without specifying Nuevo León leads to the major one in Estado de
México. But look at this in the 2024 IRCA Mexican Log:
``800 XEERG NL Ojo de Agua 10000 2500 R-G La Deportiva 24h? SPT ORO //
XERG 690 AM, XHERG 92.9 FM, and XHFMTU 103.7 FM-HD2. ex-XEDD. Stereo.
Staying on AM per IFT. Active on AM 11/23 (logged by DXer) and
included in 8/24 IFT list. This station was purchased because of its
powerful FM license, giving the operator of XERG 690 AM an FM "rim
shot" into Monterrey``
Facebook: ``La localidad de Ojo de Agua está situado en el Municipio
de Agualeguas (en el Estado de Nuevo León). Tiene 82 habitantes. Ojo
de Agua está a 380 metros de altitud.``
So there we have both an FM frequency match and a geographical match
for XEERG near Monterrey. We do not have a format match, but it would
not be unusual for a sports station to be playing music instead in the
nightmiddle. On distorted 800, I hear another announcement break at
0642 before quitting SDR. Final check direct at 0647: less distorted
music still QRMing KQCV.
Then in the daytime at 1615 UT, I check McAllen again: and there it is
by groundwave on 800, extremely distorted talk, presumably about
sports. Non-local strength, only S5. While monitoring via McAllen
remote in the night, I did not yet know about the // on 690. But now
at 1620 there is ALSO NON-distorted sports talk mentioning Monterrey,
on 690. By 1710, no signal on 690, off? but still distorted on 800.
This is not splatter from anything on 790 or 810. The TWR Brownsville
SDR is not available. BTW when I first checked the new McAllen SDR a
few days ago, it was deaf below 1800 kHz, but not anymore. I had
previously asked if anyone else was hearing the distorted 800, but no
replies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2261)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2260 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday September 19 at 0130 on WRMI, 5010 direct, S9+15/20 in high
storm noise level, and also a few noise burst QRMs briefly. Followed
`Frecuencia al Día`, and some music fill, no ID before WOR.
Also confirmed Thursday September 19 from 1630.7 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.000+, S9+5 into UTwente. Following ID as ``Shortwave
Radio, Germany`` on both 6160 and 3975, but 3975 is not on yet,
scheduled from 1700.
WORLD OF RADIO 2261 contents: Australia [time for SW Australia: Sept
16 at 1325], Brasil, Chile, Denmark, East Turkistan, Germany [UBMP on
Sat Sept 21], Indonesia, (Iran), Israel non, Japan, Korea North &
South, México, Mongolia, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, (Oman),
Puerto Rico, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia and non, Spain, Thailand, Turkey,
Ukraine, UK and non, USA; propagation outlook - [countries mentioned
along with others not in order]
WOR 2261 available from 0030 UT Friday September 20:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2261.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2261.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085;
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW;
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475;
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.
As a non-commercial service, voluntary financial support appreciated.
Thanks this week for a generous seasonal contribution for autumn from
Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, by check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.
One may also contribute via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily to:
woradio at yahoo.com(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1110, Sept 19 at 0655, `C2CAM` on KFAB is now running 3.5
seconds *ahead* of 1100 WTAM, why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13560+, Sept 19 at 1848, pulses at the rate of
36/minute, not heard before, distinct from the bubbling around 13560
presumably from RF ID scanners at area stores (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WOR)
This report dispatched at 0045 UT September 20
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