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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 23-29, 2015

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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/page30

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

** MEXICO. 540, Jan 23 at 0623, XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, with ID soon after tune-in (since they do so at every break, it seems), as ``La Ranchera de Paquimé!``, ``ahora en FM, 540 AM y 90.5 FM``. Axually I copied only the point-5, but Cantú says 90.5. We`ll sure miss this station which with only 1 kW day power will be required to turn off its AM. Despite nominal nite power of only 250 watts, it continues to be the dominant signal on 540, not the alleged 150,000-watt ND XEWA in San Luis Potosí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 550, Jan 23 at 0624, rock music in Spanish, time check as ``11 y 23`` which is close enough to UT -7, and loops NE/SW, which means it has to be XEPL, as in Aoki:
550 XEPL La Super Estación + FM 91.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 150
150 watts? Come on; it`s the usual Mexican heard here. (Well, there is another 150-watter in Nayarit, also UT -7.) BTW, per NRC AM Log, believe it or not, there are zero USA SS stations on 550 (except PR) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, Jan 25 at 0612, novelty song in Spanish, almost nonsense words, then SHVA with ``Qué Buena, 107.1 FM, 730 AM`` which means it`s still XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, 50/1 kW. Guess which? It`s dominating everything else on the frequency including the Metroplex Korean, and allegedly 100 kW XEX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Jan 23 at 0340, having struck out on the off-frequency Dominican [q.v.], no signal on 762.74, since WJR is already being almost fully nulled, I pay attention to the weak SS on 760. Harp and romantic YL vocal music, so that makes me dream of Venezuela, fat chance (some static crashes, too; spring is nigh). Immediately rule out Cuba by not // Progreso on 4765..

I keep checking this past 0400 alternating with 830 [see USA]. Can`t catch an ID at 0400, but into talk mentioning Paseo de la Reforma, which is a strong indicator of a Mexican, even from Ciudad de México itself. News headlines by YL leading with Saudi king death, hi-pitched sounders between items, about 6 notes. (I should try webcast for those.) 0404 outro news, something about Informa, back to music. There are eight XEs here, the greatest of which is XEABC, 70/10 kW adjacent to the DF from Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México, Radio ABC, format VARiety per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Jan 24 at 0348, amid music, announcement as ``ABC`` and PSA for Tribunal Electoral del Estado de México, both of which clinch the inhabitant of the WJR null from here as XEABC. Elexions are coming up in México, so expect a lot more of these, national and state-specific (G lenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 970, Jan 29 at 1334 UT, Spanish music and announcements, losing out to English, probably Tulsa. NRC AM Log shows of the 51 USA stations on 970, the only SS is WNNR Jacksonville FL, 1 kW, so not possibly thence. Could XEJ Juárez be back? Not up to the level it used to attain around sunrise, so maybe another XE. Seems to peak roughly from the southwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 980, Jan 24 at 0403, amid the QRM, make out ID as ``9-80, a través de Nueva Rosita, 11 grados``, norteña music, which per WRTH is 5/0.5 kW from Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, slogan ``La que gusta más`` which I am yet to hear. IRCA makes it ``La que le gusta más``, and says frequency varies -2 kHz --- certainly no such variation noticed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1570, Jan 27 at 0608 UT, XERF is playing what must be the state song, after the national anthem. I keep trying to hear Coahuila mentioned in the lyrix, but do not. Yet it`s frequently repeated per:
http://parrascoah.mx.tripod.com/himnocoahuilense.htm
0610 on to full ID for AM and FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search, circa 1339 UT sunrise here Jan 24: full bandscan finally pays off, with JBA carriers looping NW on 1566 at 1333; 774 at 1335; 882 at 1337; 918 at 1337. 1566 would be 250 kW HLAZ in Korea South; 774 of course the most regular, 500 kW JOUB in Akita, Japan; 882 maybe 250 kW at Wonsan, North Korea; 918 has a 200 kW China, 50 kW South Korea, 100 kW Thailand, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search Jan 25: spot chex of likelies at 1320 UT find none, but at 1335-1340 or so, definitely from the NW on 1566, i.e. HLAZ, KOREA SOUTH. Nothing on 774 or others on lowband now. Our LSR today was 1338 UT, gaining 5 minutes earlier per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 774, Jan 28 at 1334, JBA carrier, presumed NHK from the northwest; no other lowbanders audible, nor 1566 Korea South. Enid sunrise: 1336 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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