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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/page72
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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 with 00-foot E-W longwire.
** MEXICO. 540, Nov 1 at 0046, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` on AM & FM, i.e. XETX
with FM on 90.5, from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 550, Nov 1 at 0045, ``91.3, La Súper-Estación``, loops WSW.
Of course it`s XEPL, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Axually, I thought
they said ``101.3`` which sounds rather similar in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 630, Oct 28 at 1215, Spanish plugging a program on Alba?
104.5, a Grupo Radio Centro station, 6:15 timecheck, music; loops SSW.
Suspected XEFB Monterrey NL. WTFDA FM Database shows slogan ALFA
104.5, CHR format for XHMF-FM in Mty but does not relate it to 630
XEFB, which used to be news/talk. Is it now just an appendage of an
FM, like so many US AM stations, or a promo for sibling station? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 709.875, Nov 1 at 0048, tell-tale het against KCMO or KGNC, from the
sometimes off-frequency alternate transmitter of XEDP, La Ranchera de
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Still there at 0612 when I measure, 709.875?
Yes, mwoffsets has it on 709.87 as of 2017-03-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 820, Nov 1 at 1241 UT, romantic music in Spanish over WBAP
which a few minutes earlier had been dominant; 1242 canned YL ID as
``Canal ochocientos veinte, ABC Radio``, i.e. XEABCA, Mexicali BCN and
back to more romx, a title starting with ``Amor ---``. Now I measure
its SAH separation from WBAP at less than 1 Hz, 48 per minute or 0.8
Hz. My sunrise today 1255 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 860, Nov 1 at 1247 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS C&W is
getting CCI in Spanish, but cannot mutually null them, i.e. close to
opposite direxion. They both null at the same position, audiblizing
French from CBKF-2 Saskatoon; see CANADA. 1301 Mexican NA, short
choral version, and 1303 ``XEMO, La Poderosa 860, música de
recuerdo``, non-sign-on info with street address, website, and then
prayer to María. XEMO is 10/7.5 kW from Tijuana BCN, which in fact is
almost exactly opposite to here from KKOW, but six times further
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 870, Nov 1 at 0052 UT, XETAR music and YL DJ with 5:52 TC, about to
close down daytimer at 6:00. La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara,
Guachochi, Chihuahua, at first atop WWL, then making fast SAH with it.
I`m accustomed to hearing this around sunrise.
BTW, the UT-7 TC confirms Mexico beyond the US economic-influenced
border cities, has sensibly now ended DST a week before USA; it would
be even more sensible for both countries to abolish it.
These XEs logged following Kaz`s advisory instead to seek US daytimers
to the west on the best night of the year before they must sign off
much earlier from tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 27 from 0455
on the R75: 531, 558(2), 576, 585, 612, 621, 639, 666, 693, 729, 738,
756, 774, 837, 855, 882, 909(2), 936, 954, 999(2), 1053, 1062, 1089
(2), 1098(-), 1107, 1215*, 1305(2), 1314, 1413, 1422, 1566, 1584(2).
(2) = at least two carriers beating: *stronger; (-) perceptibly off to
the low side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 28 at 0148-
0155, on the DX-398 aimed NE: 531, 549, 558, 576, 585, 621, 639, 693
(2), 711, 729, 738, 774, 855, 873, 882, 909, 936, 954, #963, 999,
1017, #1026, 1044, 1053, 1089, #1125, 1134(2), 1152, 1179, 1215, 1458,
1575. #are ones not heard on the sweep up but detected on a second
sweep down; everything is fading up and down a bit, and heavy QRM
level varies. (2) = at least two carriers beating. In USB tuning, the
ones ending in -9 are interesting, as I am getting a big het from the
-0 domestics, but also little lower pitch offset het from the TAs;
even against 1000 KTOK OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 1 at 1215-1221:
531, 558, 567, 585, 594, 702, 711, 738, 747, 756, 774, 828, 837, 855,
864, 873, 945, *972, 1008, 1017, 1044, 1098(2), 1143, 1566.
*=strongest, no doubt Korea South; (2) = at least two carriers
beating, Marshalls and what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific just-barely-audible mediumwave carrier
search, Nov 2 at 1246-1304 UT, many from DU (WSW) and/or FE (NW). If
there is no direxion appended, probably both or just too weak to tell
on the DX-398: 558, 567-NW, 576-WSW, 585-NW, 594(2), 603-NW, 612(2),
657-NW, 675-NW, 693-NW, 702-WSW(2), 711-NW, 738(2), *747-NW, 756(2),
774(2), 819-NW, 828-NW, 864-NW, 873-NW(2), 945-NNW, *972-NW, 981,
1008, 1035-NW+(2), 1044-NW, 1053-NW, 1062-NW(2), 1071, 1098(2), 1134-
NW, 1143-NW, 1332-NW, *1566-NW.
Notes: * means stronger ones; (2) means at least two carriers beating.
Above 890 kHz, local noise level degrades until it stops at 1305; a
neighbor`s touch lamp? The 1300 UT mark comes by 1143 kHz. I switch
back to 972 just before 1300, but cannot hear any time pips, tho on
original scan at 1255 it was strong enough to push some audio,
presumed South Korean.
A medium SAH on 702, not from the NW, points to the offset between 2BL
Sydney and Magic, Auckland NZ, as Mauno Ritola and Neil Kazaross
recently discussed, i.e. 6 Hz apart: ``701.993 ABC Sydney, 701.999
Magic, Auckland`` However, MWOffsets shows 701.9960 for 2BL as of last
week, and 701.9991 for Magic as of 2017-02-26, i.e. only 3 Hz apart.
There are also some weaker Au/NZ stations on ``702``.
945 bearing NNW is a puzzle. Frequency is very close, so unlikely a
spur or birdie. That would put it at the longitude of western China,
but the big`un with 400 kW is in the east, Jilin province (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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