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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 20-21, 2011
** AUSTRALIA. 9560, July 21 at 1213, RA is back here instead of 9710; Nigel Holmes of RA says the automation may have failed to make the switch yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 21; propagation quite poor. OSOB on 16m was Chile 17680:
16980, JBA at 1236
16100, JBA at 1236
15900, poor at 1233
14700, poor at 1230, seems to be mixing with algo, Sound of Hope?
13130, very poor at 1232
12980, fair with flutter at 1233
11500, fair at 1233
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Big sporadic-E FM opening on July 20, UT; I usually report in chrono order, but this time I am going by frequency first. Assume the language is Spanish u.o.s. References are Emisoras de FM by Jim Thomas, 2010y; CantÃ`s online http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/frec_fm.htm presumably current, and FM Atlas XXI of 2010y, which does not list Mexico by frequency but rather inconveniently by location.
BTW, I would like to encourage other TV/FM DXers, especially when reporting foreign catches, to include more detail like I do. Each log is a potential learning experience about language, culture, geography, broadcasting, but if details are just generic abbrs. crammed into one line, they make rather boring reading. The most important thing to them may be whether it`s a new or re-log, definite ID or not, station count number, but what about other readers?
88.1, at 1651 ad for Soriana department store, 1652 MichoacÃn government PSA, so it`s XHZN Zamora, Mich. again
88.5, at 1655, bit of Spanish pokes thru the ACI, ``88 punto 5``
90.5, at 1700, news with 6-note stingers between items, `Noticiero el Grupo`. Thought it might be XEDA/Imagen, but does not match its webcast. 1703 some ID and tones while Imagen web has YL with news.
90.5, at 1832, about some event on 21 de julio, political talk, $, RDS? Now sounds like same on XEDA webcast. At 1855, re-fade-in with political discussion about PAN y PRI; sounds like same thing in a few sex on XEDA Imagen webcast I have left running. After this, MUF below FM
90.5, at 1847, Brazilian romantic song; 1848 sounds like ``Radio Ben``, but now I think it was Radio UDEM, XHUDEM, Monterrey, then fadeout, 1854 back with more Brazilian music. EFM puts it in San Pedro Garza GarcÃa NL, and UdeM evidently means Universidad de Monterrey
90.7, at 1704, `Noti-Sistema`, but same stingers as on 90.5; news of MichoacÃn, Jalisco, huracÃn. In fact sounds like same news items as heard a few minutes earlier on 90.5, including something about diplomata Anthony Wayne. ``Noti-Sistema en Red Nacional``. 1706, full ID with street address but with fades, ``Avenida --- 2289, Colonia ---, con 200,000 vatios, SeÃal 90, XHOY, y la Onda de la AlegrÃa``. Cantà shows XHOY, Guadlajara, with 49.97 kW. So is the 200 kW the ERP? 1708 ``SeÃal Noventa --- sin lÃmites, hits, clÃsicos favoritos``, DJ introducing ``Enola Gay`` song. 1736 instruxions for preparing or eating chau-mein Tal-Pak(?), ``en Guadalajara, SeÃal Noventa``, $tereo ID with echo on right channel
91.5, at 1710, M&W with phone numbers, website, but too much CCI and fading to copy details. Note that all Mexican stations give phone numbers as fast as they can. With decent reception, I can understand fast Spanish quite well, but even in English I would have trouble remembering them long enough to copy down. Don`t they want everyone to get them? Or is my digit span failing? (I am not rolling tape on all this DX: takes enough time to do the DX, compile the reports, without also having to listen again and again!)
91.5, at 1717, TelMex ad, RDS icon flickers, tries and fails to display, as usually the case in this unstable opening. Maybe same:
91.5, at 1738, M&W&M talk show about ropa, accesorios, cravatas, RDS displaying fragments as it fades in and out, including
[underscores here indicate blank space on 8-character RDS display]:
DA_Y_TEN
_NA_TRES
_ZONA_3_
ZONA_H_- at 1740
At 1741, shoe color advice, ``Lo nuevo en 91.5``, seems it`s a program for hombres titled ``Zona 3``. 1742 gobierno federal PSA and RDS:
MI_RCOL.
INEGI__
At 1743, ``FÃbricas de Francia, Shopping Time, Guadalajara`` [as also heard on 97.9].
The 91.5 station in Gja., not just the program, is in fact called Zona 3, XHGEO. What is the allusion; to gay men, maybe?! Who else would care about shoe color? Hi
92.7, at 1711, Es signal with PSA ``del estado``. A lot of these federal or state government PSAs are required on Mexican stations; finally a real one overriding faux-Mexican KANR KS; at 1744 RDS: _CLASSIC There are about five possibles in central Mexico per CantÃ; EFM has only four 92.7s in the whole country, none matching classic
93.1, at 1826, Spanish music, RDS? Does not lock in. Heard when 93.3 local cuts off; 1827 M&W DJ, phones 749 11 93 y 94, ``Hits FM``, dinero electrÃnico mention. Closest match in EFM and Cantà is Stereo Hits, XHCTO in TorreÃn, Coah. Phone number matches for XHCTO
93.3, at 1745, Spanish music while K227AT Enid cuts off the air; also heard other OK station ads from KKNG
93.5, at 1729, phone number, but then local intermittent 93.3 translator cuts back on, and off and on; again at 1829 some Spanish
93.9, at 1728, YL in Spanish; 1729 two YLs discussing Mexican Air Force and Army; 1731 mentions Villahermosa, but there is no Tabasco station on 93.9, so dead lead. Guadalajara and several others here
95.3, at 1746, ``sÃlo mÃsica romÃntica, Amor 95.3`` with YL DJs. In EFM we have:
XHSH Mex DF, La Nueva Amor, and
XHNB SLP SLP, Amor
so neither slogan is an exact match. Cantà has them both as just Amor
96.3, at 1719, ``en el centro de Guadalajara``; 1722 classical music; 1732 also but fading; 1746 still classical; 1759 back-announce a flute sonata, by Marco Antonio Rubio, locutor; fading as full YL ID comes at 1801, XEJB, AM, FM, watts. Here`s the schedule along with AM 630:
http://www.sjrtv.jalisco.gob.mx/JaliscoRadio/programacion.html
EFM has XEJB on 96.3 from Sistema Jalisciense in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, variety format. FMA XXI shows it noncommercial with an mc format â maybe that adds up to variety in EFM terminology. Cantà lists as Jalisco Radio, in Guadalajara itself. Note the 96.3 channel fits in with Guadalajara dial sequence 95.5-97.1 etc. I recall this station from sesquidecades ago with classical. Great music may have been banned from 96.3 in Albuquerque and New York, but it lives in Jalisco!
Too, XE- calls on FM are rare, indicating it is a very old station originating on AM
96.5, at 1732, ``Estoy volviendo loco por tu amor`` song, VG in $; 1746 M&M mention Zacatecas. (One must be careful, especially in ads: every town has streets or something named for every other state). But in this case there is XHZER, EstÃreo ZER, in Zacatecas, Zac.
97.3 at 1720, ads for muebles, ``Shopping Time``
97.7, at 1721, ads, including for Plaza Sendero, in San LuÃs(?) (PotosÃ?). XHSNP, La Caliente is listed in SLP. Plaza Sendero is a national chain of malls, including in SLP, but there is also a 97.7 and a Sendero in Saltillo, Coah., etc. Still, XHSNP very likely
97.9, at 1726, FÃbrica de Francia, Guadalajara mentioned several times. Gja. station is XETIA, FÃrmula MelÃdica per CantÃ
99.3, at 1748, ads in pesos for Suburbia, gran venta, Chevrolet. RDS icon flickers but no display
99.5, at 1749, romantic music in Spanish; 1750 ``Romance 99.5``. Would be XHLS Guadalajara, in EFM as ``Romance FM``; Cantà as ``Romance``
101.1 at 1724, ``Exa FM 101.1``, stereo, 12.24 TC, over OK stations; 1733 RDS: EXA FM, ads, $, 1735 Superfarmacia Guadalajara. Is XHMA
101.1 is the highest DX frequency in this opening. I tune up to 108 a few times, but almost everything above 100 is blocked by locals and/or overload even if propagating.
Once [``wunce``] FM had faded out, I resumed TV monitoring:
1916 on 6, net-7 UR, talk show
1920 on 6, event ad in English, San Diego 6, CW, so XETV Tijuana, and of course peaks from WSW; 5 and 3 Mexicali are also in; 1929 and 1938, XETV has [same?] ads for Kaplan College with three local campi
1952 on 6, XETV still unusually steady
1952 on 3, XHTJB is atop XHBC CCI, with credit roll, then Once logo
2000 WSW signals fade out, still weak CCI on 2 from but SSW soon gone
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930, July 21 at 1223, R. Rossii with music, but transmitter breaking up badly. Same music on much weaker // 5940 not breaking up. 5930 is Petropavlovsk/Kam (same as winter frequency 6075), and 5940 is Magadan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6924.8 AM, July 21 at 0605 music just above the noise level, on low side compared to 11925 carrier, presumed Brasil on the hi side; never any announcements, and 0612 no longer heard, either off or outfaded. It so happens that this frequency and another unID of mine a while ago on 6305 match the frequencies just reported by Walt Salmaniw in BC for the pirate Radio True North, which I think he previously thought to be coming from the Yukon. Well, almost: he put it on 6924.66, July 11 at 0352. My 6305 was July 2 at 0540 as in DXLD 11-27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, WTJC even more out of whack, July 21 at 1340, distorted on fundamental and scratchy spur field out to 9270 and 9425. Worst peaks around 9350 and 9390. Disrupting among others, WBCQ on 9330, FEBC on 9400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1574 monitoring: first airing UT Thursday 0330 on WRMI confirmed on webcast, just jamming on 9955; tnx a lot, Arnie! Further WRMI times: Thu 1500, 2100, Fri 0500, 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.
On WTWW: Thursday 2100 9479, UT Sunday 0400 5755
On WBCQ: Thursday 2130 on 7415, UT Monday 0300 on 5110v-CUSB
On WWRB: UT Friday 0330v on 5051
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Allan Weiner tells me the Wed 2130 repeat on WBCQ 7415 has been canceled, but WOR 1573 was still there July 20 as heard on webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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