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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/page32
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 [and non]. 570, March 18 at 0550, romantic crooner in Spanish but
American-style, 0551 full ID for ``XEBJB, Nueva Vida 570 AM`` (no FM
mentioned), street address, and into kid choral national anthem way early
before local midnight in Monterrey; makes slow SAH of 90/minute = 1.5 Hz with
KLIF Dallas. Somewhat enhanced auroral conditions, and of course, our sky is
overcast.
Must be change of name and format for XEBJB: `Nueva Vida` implies Christian,
and that song may have been praise. WRTH 2015 has XEBJB as `Noti Radio 570` as
does IRCA Log 2014 with a // FM on 95.7; Cantú merely as `Radio 570`, all as
5/0.5 kW. This website for the group a.k.a. Grupo Radio Alegría with a bunch of
other stations agrees on the Nueva Vida branding now on 570:
http://www.epsilonmedia.mx/?page_id=15313
``Nueva Vida 570 es una estación cuyo propósito es fomentar valores y
principios para la edificación personal familiar y social`` --- probably
stealth Christian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1765, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 702, March 18 at 1241 UT, TP carrier search finds one here from
the west, which would be 2BL Sydney NSW; also one on 684: there are a 10 kW in
NSW and a 5 kW in NZ. Nothing on other hi-latitude paths such as 774 Japan.
Something on 882 too but I can`t get a bearing on it and possibly of local
origin. LSR here was 1238 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 702, March 19 at 1219 UT, well before sunrise, JBA carrier the
only sign of TP, looping west, so likely reliable 2BL Sydney NSW again (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 774, March 14 at 1246 UT, JBA carrier looping NW/SE, no doubt the
500 kW NHK-2 from Akita, #1 TP penetrator to deep North America, if any. Used
to be that companion 747 Sapporo would also show up, but not lately. It does
suffer more ACI splash, from 50 kW 740 KRMG. Nothing on several other TP 9-kHz
channels checked. Our sunrise today: 1244. In only one week at equinox it will
attain 10 minutes earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, March 13 at 1317, Spanish with PSAs about Nuevo León, no doubt
XEOK Monterrey; tuning on up, 990 XET and 1050 XEG are still in with good
signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1040, March 15 at 0136 UT with WHO nulled, Spanish news about Papa
Francisco, quick hi pip sounders, ``nuestras noticias``, website in .com; fades
for full? ID; 0137 MOR music; 0142 UT timecheck ``son las 6 con 42 minutos``
and ID as R. Sensación, and then 94.1 Stereo Sensación, y 1040-AM``, more
music. So this is in a state with UT-7 MST still in effect, like Sonora or
non-border Chihuahua: As in Cantú and IRCA, everything matches for XEHES in
Chihuahua city, 5000/250 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, March 19 at 0607 UT, no WTAM OH as its northerly
signal is still depressed by lingering auroral effects. Dominant is instead
Spanish music looping SSW. At 0617 and once earlier between songs, a quick
liner is inserted, but can`t understand the super-hype voice actor. Yet it`s
beating with something at approx. 170/minute making SAH of 2.83 Hz (probably
KDRY Álamo Heights TX).
There are 8 Mexicans on 1100, of which four are likely by looping toward
central Mexico, and of those, three are on at night per IRCA Log. More recent
Cantú lists only six on 1100, as AM stations are dropping like flies onto FM,
but still the four like IRCA, i.e. in Guanajuato, Guerrero, SLP and Zacatecas.
Per Cantú, Guerrero is a daytimer, narrowing it down to three, if we can rely
on that. No USA SS on 1100 around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1110, March 15 at 0134 UT, Rosary in Spanish with KFAB nulled,
presumed XEWR, R. Guadalupana, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non?]. 1130, March 17 at 0548 UT, I`m getting music in Spanish,
tropical? Peaking somewhat counterclockwise from KWKH LA sportstalk, which is
to the SE, so this would be more like ESE/WNW, ruling out Mexico (and there is
NO Cuban listed on 1130). Makes medium SAH with KWKH, whose signal is not very
strong, way off its westward lobe here. Also need to null IBOC from KMOX 1120
as much as possible, and it`s to the NE, so that means least of it aiming SE.
NRC AM Log shows US SS on 1130 are supposedly daytimers, in GA, TN and TX. TN
and TX are religious, while WLBA 10 kW in Gainesville GA is ``La Mejor``,
presumably including secular music. That direxion would fit. There is also 10
kW SS fulltime KSDO San Diego CA, but also religious.
I have dozed off, but awaken at 0604 UT March 17 when a choral Mexican NA is
playing on 1130. May be different station than above, as now it`s less
separable from KWKH. NA soon finished, and it`s overcoming KWKH, so manage to
pull ID as ``La Comadre, la nueva 11-30 AM``, which means it is XETOL, 10/5 kW
in Toluca, Estado de México (next to DF). Comadre literally means midwife
(co-mother), maybe alluding to helping to birth wonderful new programming? If
it were Portuguese, the primary meaning would be bedpan, says Google translate
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1765, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1170, March 13 at 1323, manage to null KFAQ Tulsa tightly for
something in Spanish, making SAH of 80/minute = one and one third Hz; plugging
something at 10 am, ``Ke Buena`` in passing, so it`s XERT Reynosa, Tamaulipas,
closest Mexican in keeping with SRS opening from this area on lower
frequencies.
One must always take care not to be fooled by KJJD Windsor CO, daytimer also
listed as Spanish, slogan ``La Ley``. Further confusion could arise since a
Mexican also is ``La Ley`` on 1170, per Cantú & IRCA, XEMDA, Monclova,
Coahuila; surely not all-legal formats, but implying some kind of leadership
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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