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- Subject: Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 17-23, 2014
- From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:14:47 -0700
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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/page27
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E-W longwire as specified
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Oct 17 at 1220-1224 UT: JBAs on 594, 702, 774, 882, 1044 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 22 at 1251-1252, after sunrise here 1244 UT: JBA on 774, 693, 612, 792. The strongest is 792 and it loops E/W rather than NW/SE, so maybe all of them are DU instead of E Asia. Most likely 792 would be 25 kW 4RN, Brisbane, ABCRN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Oct 17 at 1230, mentions `Radio Viva y Altavoz.com``, 6:30 TC. Altavoz is the name of the newscast, and I`m not sure what the Viva name applies to, as the station is surely the usual regular Radio 65, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Next item between anchor and metguy somehow mixes ébola awareness with weather outlook.
Checking that website, it seems that altavoz.com is an unrelated ``independent music company`` in Maryland. Maybe this is really altavoz.com.mx ? No, nothing configured there, nor at altavoz.mx. Googling on Altavoz XETNT leads primarily to my previous logs of it, and then: This page rather explains it:
http://www.chavezradiocast.com/?page_id=433
Group slogan is ``Radio Viva de Sinaloa``, with the i of Viva doubling as a mike, and Altavoz is the statewide news network. Also history of the group and tribute to founder Chávez who died 12 years ago, QEPD. And linx to the real Altavoz site:
http://www.noticieroaltavoz.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 740-, Oct 19 at 0145 UT with KRMG Tulsa nulled, again trying to ID the Spanish off-frequency by about 50 Hz making a rumbling het. 0148 YL mentions Tamaulipas but there are no stations there, again suspecting XEQN Coahuila. As I keep KRMG nulled, from 0152 UT onward, KTRH Houston abruptly takes over the frequency, in fact stronger than KRMG, tho KTRH is supposed to send very little signal this way. Something just happened to their DA pattern?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Oct 17 at 0137 UT with WWL carefully nulled, rock music seemingly in English, but 0138 YL Spanish announcement. Among the XEs on 870, by format this one looks likeliest, per Cantú:
870 XEAMO éxitos + FM 98.9 Irapuato, Gto. 1,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, Oct 17 at 1237, Spanish timecheck for 23:7 and temp as 10 centígrados, introducing song, looping southwest --- has to be the only 900 XE in the UT-6 zone, per Cantú:
900 XEDT Hits FM + FM 98.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1170, Oct 18 at 0610, with KFAQ Tulsa nulled and in a fade, something in Spanish with distorted modulation, possibly preaching. Closest Mexicans are XERT in Reynosa and XEMDA in Monclova (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1510, Oct 19 at 0136 UT, Spanish play-by-play with crowd noise, WLAC nulled, again suspected XEQI Monterrey NL. From keywords ``cabeza`` and ``derecho``, I suspect it`s boxeo, but I suppose also could apply to lucha libre or fútbol; OTOH, XEQI is supposed to be cultural/educational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1560, Oct 21 at 0547 UT, ``Radio Viva, 100% música cristiana``, i.e. XEJPV, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA. 1610, Oct 21 at 0542 UT, dulcet tones of dead Gene Scott can be outmade, and confirmed // much stronger 6090; equally weak CHHA easily nulled. Caribbean Beacon not often audible here on 1610, WRTH-listed as 50 kW but suspected less. If there is a hum like pervades 6090, too weak to tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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