[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 9-15, 2012

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only.
   
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

** MEXICO. 640, Nov 9 at 0705 UT, long choral NA ends, full ID for FM XHHHI on 99.3, XEHHI on 640, Los Cuarenta Principales from Chihuahua, 0706 slightly late TC as ``son las doce``, into top-40 music. Cantú:
640 XEHHI Los 40 Principales + FM 99.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 10,000 1,000 --- Nice to get this other Chihuahuan, than XEJUA in Juárez we hear around sunrise, but supposedly only a daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, Nov 9 at 0700 UT, Chihuahua state song, fanfare and maybe jingle ID but could not copy it, then cuts off the air. Cantú shows the only Chihuahuan is:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
Most unusual to hear an XE axually going off the air at midnite. Left quite a hole on the dial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 960, UT Monday Nov 12 at 0602, four descending ``XEW`` chimes, the longtime signature of the 900 station, barely audible under ABC news presumably from KMA in Iowa, both of which are audiblized thanks to the usual (but not always) Fox-hole of dead air from local KGWA Enid at 0600-0605. The XEW chimes were previously IDed as coming from XEK in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Does XEW own XEK or is this just in tribute? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1000, Nov 12 at 0701 UT, ``Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México, las 12 con un minuto``. This was so strong that it had to be nulled to hear KTOK OKC, opposite of usual. Cantú:
1000 XEFV La Rancherita Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 D
Oops, XEFV doesn`t know it`s a daytimer, or Cantú is in error. WRTH shows it as 1 kW fulltime, and IRCA 2011 shows 5/1 kW, 24 hours irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1040, Nov 12 at 0701 UT, choral NA in WHO null, but couldn`t hold it for any ID afterwards. Assuming it`s local midnite, Cantú shows two possibilities:
1040 XEHES Romántica + FM 94.1  Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250
1040 XEGYS La Primera + FM 90.1 Guaymas, Son.    5,000 250
During standard time there is no longer a one-hour difference between Chihuahua and Sonora, both UT -7. Handy Mexican timezone map
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php
shows UT -7 now applies to: BCS, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua. UT -8 is BCN only, and the rest are all UT -6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Nov 11 at 1240-1245 finds: JBA on 747, 774, 972, 1035; and something suspicious on 1512 but doesn`t null properly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1030, Nov 12 at 0700 UT, slogan ``la mejor compañía, emisoras ---``. Hoped this slogan would lead to something feasible, like Mexico, but searching keeps heading toward Argentina on this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Nov 14 at 0637 UT, Mexican music and SAH, best in WOAI null, but hard to tell the direxion of this. Unusual of course for anything to rival WOAI, but K-index was 6 at 0600, with moderate/G2/R2 storms per WWV at 0618. Probably one of these in Cantú:
1200 XEWT W Radio + FM 97.7          Culiacán, Sin.   1,000 250
1200 XEYF UniRadio Fórmula + FM 91.5 Hermosillo, Son. 1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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