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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:
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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/page69
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All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only
or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan
stock caradio as specified; ICR-75 E-W longwire.
** MEXICO. June 27 after only 4 hours sleep, I am wide awake by local sunrise,
1116 UT, so make the best of it and check out the lowband Mexican MW stations,
for the first time in several weeks; mostly same ones usually audible, but
there may have been some changes:
540, June 27 at 1111, timecheck for 5:11 = UT -6 zone. In summer, both Sinaloa
and Chihuahua are synchronized. I am expecting to hear the usual La Ranchera de
Paquimé, XETX in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, which IDs every few minutes,
but next check at 1122 ID sounds otherly, and FM frequency as 90.9 instead of
90.5 as listed for XETX; and then a string of federal PSAs, moslty Salud.
The // 90.9 station on 540 is instead ``La Mejor``, XEHS in Los Mochis,
Sinaloa. I get Sinaloans on 610 & 650 easily, including again today, but not
this one, last logged Oct 9, 2016 at 1226; could XETX be gone, migrated to
FM-only? No, as in DXLD 17-48, XETX is in a list of only 5 Chihuahua stations
that will stay on AM, as is XEHS among only 4 for Sinaloa.
610, June 27 at 1113, banda music is way dominant, from XEGS, Guasave, Sinaloa,
1115 `El Madrugador` program name (the early-morning man), DJ talk and back to
music; by 1125 UT, KCSP Kansas City SPorts has taken over 610 for today. Not a
matter of power or pattern change, as it`s one of those lucky grandfathered
stations running 5/5 kW day and night, non-direxional, tho June marx its
earliest sunrises of the year: 1045 UT. XEGS is on the list of Sinaloans which
will stay on AM a while longer at least, but not XETNT.
650, June 27 at 1113, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa with music en `Buenos Días,
Llarderos` show (or Yarderos? Neither spelling gets a hit searching the Grupo
Chávez website), not // sibling station 610 XEGS until they hook up for
`Noticiero Altavoz` news at 1200. 1118, long adstring mostly for food stores in
Guasave anyway, such as tortillas, carnitas, mariscos; finally Radio 65 ID and
something about a change concerning 106.5 FM ``en pocos días``. Holds up longer
than 610, with no WSM or anything else to bother 650.
Sharp at the odd time of 1130, XETNT plays choral national anthem, after which
repeats the announcement about 106.5. I suspect it`s going to be their *only*
frequency as the original 650 will have to quit AM, but it`s fading now and I
can`t copy all the details. So later while compiling this report I bring up
their webcast among all the other Grupo Chávez stations, via
http://grupochavezradio.com/radio/mochis-radio65.html
Finally at 1652, I get it: ``Radio 65, en pocos días transmitirá en cien,
100.5, muy pronto``. But its ``65`` branding both for AM and FM frequencies
will then be history, and if 650 goes off, what will they call it? Maybe the
same like ``virtual`` long-gone TV channels?! This is explained in Wikipedia,
which I believe Raymie Humbert says he writes and updates:
``XETNT migrated to FM in 2011 as XHTNT-FM 106.5. As part of the 2017 renewal
of XHTNT's concession, it is slated to move to 100.5 MHz in the near future in
order to clear 106-108 MHz as much as possible for community and indigenous
radio stations.``
Getting back to yarderos, a search on ``llarderos`` leads to:
https://www.corregime.com/como-se-escribe/yardero-o-llardero
``Cómo se escribe Yardero o Llardero --- yardero. 1. m. Hond. Hombre que se
encarga de cortar el césped en los jardines, campos de golf o zonas urbanas.
[does Hond. Mean it`s a Honduranism? Hardly now]
Palabra incorrecta: llardero
La palabra llardero está mal escrita, no figura en la Real Academia Española
(RAE) y por lo tanto no existe en el idioma español.`` But some citations of
wrong spelling are displayed.
and another orthographic authority agrees via:
https://www.buscapalabra.com/como-se-escribe.html
{Truth be known, the word probably derives from the English ``yard``, where we
would hardly ever think of spelling it ``llard`` --- except possibly in
Wales}. Of course it makes sense to have a pre-sunrise program for
groundskeepers (not ``yarders``), getting an early start when the day is
coolest; and unlikely to be well-educated about RAE spelling rules.
710, June 27 at 1112, long-heard low-key preacher in slightly accented Spanish,
i.e. on XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, the one who switches to Low German
at times, but if he did it today, missed while checking other frequencies. This
morning I am not hearing much if anything from the other Chihuahuans on 540,
700, 730. Fortunately I manage to get some more shut-eye circa 1200-1330, but
still a deficit calling for another afternoon nap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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