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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/page39
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal
antenna only; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside or randomwire; Nissan stock caradio
as specified; FRG-7 with E-W longwire as specified
** MEXICO. 550, Oct 8 at 1202, kid choral NA, full ID for XEPL, ``La Super
Estación`` 24h on AM and FM from Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; 1203 into
edition #41 of `Mundo del Trabajo` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 620, Oct 8 at 1202, ``La Norteñita`` ID from XEBU Chihuahua2 plus FM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 621, Oct 6 at 0621 UT, from NE/SW, a fair het upon 620 US
station, must be TA carrier this late: lots of hi-power Europeans, but
often-heard in the east, 100 kW RNE Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, is
still pre-sunrise, which is at 0700 UT today. 300-kW RTBF Internationale,
Wavre, Belgium saw sun at 0549 already, but not too late for propagation to
remain from control point northwestward. This leads me to survey more 9-kHz JBA
carriers at 0623-0625, all weaker than 621: 684, 693, 747, 774, 783, 882, 1008,
1125 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 0153, traffic report, mentions Zaragoza, a suburb of
Ciudad Juárez, plugging 6 am show here on ``Extremo 7-20``, federal PSAs for
CNDH = Derechos Humanos, on its 25th anniversary, and 0155 for the Senado, i.e.
XEJCC, Juárez, Chihuahua. Getting this without having to avoid WGN at all
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 738, Oct 7 at 0541 UT, the only JBA TA carrier I find is here,
very likely the 600 kW RNE Barcelona, Spain. Checking a bit earlier than last
night when I was getting several others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 750, Oct 8 at 1208 UT, music and ``750-AM . . . Grupo Fórmula``
ID, from ~SW, separable from northerly KMMJ, NE. Trouble is, no ORF affils
listed on 750 in IRCA Mexican Log, nor Cantú.
Finding any affiliates at
http://www.radioformula.com.mx/estaciones.asp
is frustrating. Could it be a US station? KAMA El Paso would fit except it`s
with Univisión América (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Oct 4 at 1200, Fórmula Noticias opening morning news on 85
stations across the country, members of its first network, originating at 103.3
and 970 in the DF; also plugs its presence in the USA. This is XEACH, Monterrey
NL, 25/1 kW, separable from weaker KKOB or KKOB, NM with CBS News (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 2 at 0632 UT, no sign of XEROK Juárez; I can still hear
KQCV OKC with it nulled as much as possible. Nor is XEROK evident around 1245.
Now I`m wondering if it`s totally off the air, rather than just during daytime
as I observed while in New Mexico last month. It would be quite ironic if one
of the historic border-blasters quit AM for FM as the Mexican government
encourages. That could open up 800 for some new USA stations in the Southwest,
should anyone be interested in Old Technology (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 3 at 0510, with KQCV OKC nulled, some weak music, not the
bigsig we normally get from 50 kW XEROK Ciudad Juárez, still seemingly off the
air or maybe QRP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 5 at 0453, weak Mexican music, fast SAH making low rumble
with KQCV OKC nulled. Can it be XEROK, perhaps on much reduced power from 50
kW? I shan`t be satisfied until I can get a Radio Cañón ID or something else.
There are really a bunch of other XEs on 800; the only one beyond XEROK being
500/250 watt XESPN in Tijuana (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1794, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see BONAIRE!
** BONAIRE. 800, Oct 6 at 0130 UT, I am again trying to dig XEROK out of this
frequency if it`s still there. KQCV 2.5/1 kW OKC dominates not only day but at
night, presumably still groundwave, with a major lobe right at us from site
near the southwest corner of Oklahoma county, about 72 miles.
But there is something in Spanish religion under it. Possibly XEROK, tho not
its main format. Trying to null KQCV English religion on the DX-398 doesn`t
help, so I compare signals on the NRD-545 with its two antennas, the ALA-330S
oriented east/west, and the NVL wire oriented north/south: the understation is
about the same as you would expect from a signal at some ~45 degree angle
between them. Copy is tough vs the QRM, but at 0143 I make out an address
announced in Spanish: P O Box 380, Miami, Florida, EEUU. (Close but no cigar to
PJB`s own P O Box 388 in Kralendijk!) Then some songs/hymns.
I`m thinking it could be PJB, if not XEROK, so I check their program schedule,
in AST = EDT = UT =4:
http://www.twrbonaire.com/files/372/2015-10-02%20AM-FM%20Schedule.pdf
At 0130-0145 UT weekdays is `Cruzada con Luis Palau`, the very widely
syndicated evangelist, but is that his address? No, own website shows postal
contact goes to Guatemala City:
http://luispalau.net/v2/contactenos.shtml
So I try a new Yahoo search on "P O Box 380, Miami" where, ajá, one of the top
hits is! ---
http://www.institutoluispalau.com/manuales_pdf/manual_evangelismo.pdf
which is a 62-page pdf I will never need to read beyond page 2 where that very
address is displayed.
PJB is upgrading from 100 to 450 kW, but with XEROK out of the way, this could
well still be only 100 kW, and easier to identify directly. WRTH 2015 showed
Spanish all evening from 0030 to 0700, and so does its current program grid;
preceded by English and followed by Portuguese. Distance: 4007 km = 2390 miles
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1794, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 870, Oct 4 at 1204, 10 kW daytimer XETAR, Guachochi, Chihuahua,
signing on by YL in native language, then Spanish by same YL; then another(?)
native language by OM. In all cases, they must still pronounce sponsoring
agency full names in Spanish: CDI [Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los
Pueblos Indígenas], SRCI [Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indigenistas].
Location given as Colonia El Santo in Guachochi. BTW, a few years ago the
normal spelling of the town had a -c at the end (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 870, Oct 8 at 1214, a bit of local version of ``Mañanitas`` faded
completely out for YL announcer to give generic birthday wishes without
specific names, efemérides info, XETAR, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara ID from
Chihuahua, then brings more ``Mañanitas`` song back up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 970, Oct 4 at 1219, ranchera music loops WSW; 1220 ID with FM and AM
frequencies uncopied, 6:20 TC; 1225, ``tu estación --- ranchera``, another
incomplete ID, and a long string of federal PSAs including Conociendo a México;
Cámara de Diputados y Diputadas [! At last], Servicio del Emprendedor
[enterprise, entrepreneur], 1227 ID for ``970 y 96.1 FM``, automated 6:27 TC,
1228 back to music. It`s XESW, Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua, greatly benefiting by
departure from the 970 dial of XEJ Juárez. See my previous log of March 27
making this AM/FM match lacking in the big 3 references, and much more about it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 970, Oct 5 at 1233, report from the Suprema Corte de la Nación about
its activities (not a mere PSA), M&W alternating brief items separated by two
quick beeps (or Morse code I); 1235 full ID for Radio Madera, XESW and FM
XHESW, Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 990, Oct 4 at 1229, Mexican music loops E/W, brief Spanish
announcement ``Somos ---``, and English folk music, ``Hey Ladi-Ladi-, Hey
Ladi-Ladi Oh`` [sp?], 1234 ID mentions ``música Rockola``, which is the known
name of XECL Mexicali BC, more folk music in English. WRTH, IRCA and Cantú
strangely list it at 1.4 kW day, 3 kW night. NRC Pattern Book shows it`s all
ND, but slightly larger day than night contour. By this time, no XET Monterrey
to compete, altho something Spanish on 1050 is audible, maybe XED instead of
XEG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 7 at 0551, dominant signal is a Mexican from WSW, ``Penny
Lane`` song, version with Spanish lyrix except for the title; 0553 automated TC
for 11, 53 minutos; another classic rock song in Spanish; 0559 gobierno federal
PSA string including Canal del Congreso, Cambio Climático; promo a Saturday
8-10 am show on Radio México Noticias; 0600 fade down for XEP ID, choral NA,
fade up for more music. Modulation is a bit rough. Obviously not 200 watt night
power of the Ciudad Juárez station, but as much as 38 kW day power (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Oct 2 at 0110, 1.0 kHz het upon KOKC OKC, i.e. the TA
pilot 2-megawatt BSKSA Duba. This led me to survey the entire MW band and find
a bunch of others; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Oct 4 at 0059, BSKSA Duba 2-megawatt is making a JBA
het against Kim Kommando on KOKC OKC 1520.0; het a bit stronger at 0139, but
nothing on 1503 and figured not enough to justify a full 9-kHz MW TA bandscan
rather than more SW and 10-kHz MW tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Oct 6 at 0124, JBA het from 2000 kW BSKSA Duba against
1520.0 KOKC OKC. Distance 11437 km = 7107 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WORLD OF RADIO 1794, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. After 1521 SAUDI ARABIA QRMing KOKC OKC, and hearing a 3-kHz het
from 1503 (200 kW IRAN? or something closer but much weaker) when I am DXing
wideband domestic on 1500, I step thru the entire MW band from top to bottom,
aiming NE/SW with the DX-398 at 9-kHz intervals, and with its BFO as usual
slightly offset, making JBA hets of the same pitch whenever there is a carrier,
as I switch between USB and LSB to avoid the 10-kHz stations (but also
obscuring any in -9 or -1), I do find these, Oct 2 between 0112 and 0122:
1422, 1413, 1296, 1215 (two?), 882. Trans-Atlantic MW DX has been up lately,
reported even from Alberta and BC, where it`s more like trans-polar (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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