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Catch Um While You Can!

The Final Years of Full-Power Analog TV in Mexico 2012 - 2015

XHQ-2 Guamuchil, SIN
July 4, 2012

XHTAU-2 Tampico, TAM
July 8, 2012

XHG-4 Guadalajara, JAL
July 22, 2012

Spring / Summer 2012 TV DX Highlights Page 2

The amount of time spent on DXing during the E-skip season of 2012 was more limited here than usual. I did not DX at all in April, May, and the first eleven days of June. Furthermore, I was unable to take advantage of most morning and midday openings. Nor was I inclined toward doing unattended recording because I did not want to spend time reviewing time-shifted DX. Thus, the variety of stations and the quality of DX are not as impressive as that of previous years. As usual, the frequently-IDed Mexican analog TVs (such as XEFB-2, XEPM-2, and XEWO-2) were received numerous times in June and July. In addition, a handful of commonly-IDed Canadian analogs that remained on the air were received here. This page displays several of my catches from the Summer of 2012.

Identity found. It is XHAGU-2.


UnID Televisa Channel 2

If anyone knows which station uses this logo, please let me know.

This unknown and unusual-looking "2" is superimposed upper right on talker Laura. This is either a Televisa independent or Galavision / Local station. My best guess is XHAGU-2 Aguacalientes, which had a logo in the past that was similar yet thinner than this logo. Another difference in the unID logo is the up-turned right edge of the bottom. XEWO-2 Guadalajara and XHLGT-2 Leon were mixed with this station.

UnID-2
 July 4, 2012
From 2009
XHGAU-2
Aguacalientes, AGU
 Note that the logo is a little thinner.
KSNV-DT-2
Las Vegas, NV
1238 miles via Es
July 8, 2012
K04QP-D
Casas Adobes, AZ
1003 miles via Es
Listed at 300 Watts. K04QP has a CP for 2 kW, so the DTV may have increased power. K04QP also produced video in March.
K04QP relays KVOA Tucson.
July 9, 2012
K04QP-D
Casas Adobes, AZ
1003 miles via Es
Listed at 300 Watts. K04QP has a CP for 2 kW, so the DTV may have increased power.
K04QP relays KVOA Tucson.

July 9, 2012
KFIQ-LP-4
Lubbock, TX
476 miles via Es
1.19 kW
The Daystar logo is upper right.
That is Tony Orlando singing.
July 9, 2012
YNTC-2 ( )
Managua, Nicaragua
 1,475 miles via Es
Can you see the big "2" in this picture? No, your eyesight is not failing. It was one of those days when the most-interesting signals looked bad. After all, it was Friday the 13th.
July 13, 2012
XHCAM-2
Campeche, CAMP
890 miles via Es
"azteca campeche"
If you look closely, you might be able to read this one.
July 13, 2012
XHVIZ-3
Villahermosa, TAB
1003 miles via Es
That fellow must be mighty boring; look at the woman sleeping.
July 22, 2012
CIII-2
Bancroft, ON
1002 miles via Es
Many colorful "Global" IDs have been recorded here, but both of the full-screen "Global Toronto" IDs recorded here are black & white (due to fades, jerks, and CCI).
I have never felt good about claiming Canada's difficult-to-ID network relayers. Global from Ontario was always common via E-skip on channels 2, 4, and 6. Therefore, I count only one for each of those channels (and hopefully they are the right ones).
July 24, 2012
CIII-2
Bancroft, ON
1002 miles via Es
Ad for "Toronto's Lite Favourites"
July 29, 2012
CICI-5
Sudbury, ON
1183 miles via Es
"1-888-CTV-TIP5"
CICI-5 is the key station of CTV Northern Ontario.
The "5" in the Northern Ontario news tips phone number is CICI-5. News promos with that phone number can be seen on all CTV Northern Ontario stations.
July 24, 2012
CKND2-2
Minnedosa, MB
1276 miles via Es
CKND2 relays Global's CKND Winnipeg.
That is the Winnipeg skyline in the background of the conclusion of the local Global newscast.
CKND2-2 has long been my easiest ID from west of Ontario.
This is another station that used call letter IDs several years ago.
July 24, 2012
CBKT7-3
Warmley, SASK
1285 miles via Es
CBKT7 relays CBC's CBKT Regina.
"Saskatoon" is lower left on local CBC Saskatchewan News.
I feel confident that this is the Warmley relayer because that city is in the same region as Brandon and Minnedosa (which were also being received at the time).
July 24, 2012
XHCH-2
Chihuahua, CHIH
777 miles via Es
Do you see "Chihuahua"?
I know this is not XEPM-2 because this was in Azteca late-night news programming.
July 24, 2010
XEWO-2
Guadalajara, JAL
 1,002 miles via Es
My most-common log from Mexico
August 23, 2012
TGV-3
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1245 miles via Es
TGV's "3" news logo lower right on live program
August 23, 2012
TGV-3
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1245 miles via Es
TGV's "3" news logo lower right on live program
August 23, 2012
XEFE-2 via Tropo at 483 Miles
October 5, 2012

XEFE-2 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas is my eighth TV station received via E-skip, Tropo, and Meteor Scatter. XEFE-2 is also my twenty-fifth TV station received via both E-skip and tropo

While XEFE has been received numerous times over the years via E-skip and Meteor Scatter, the station has been received by tropo only twice (the first time was in August).

XEFE-2
Nuevo Laredo, TAM
483 miles via Tropo
0610 CT
XEFE-2
Nuevo Laredo, TAM
483 miles via Tropo
Circle-2 logo
XEFE-2
Nuevo Laredo, TAM
483 miles via Tropo
XHPNG-6
Piedras Negras, COAH
477 miles via Tropo
"TV AZTECA"
Although XHPNG-6 has been IDed here numerous times by a text ID upper right, this October 5 reception is a guesstimate based on direction and DX conditions. Guesstimates work a lot better with tropo than with E-skip. XHPN-3 was in weakly later in the morning with their unique logo upper right on "Las Noticias" local news.
October 5, 2012
KWEX-DT-41
San Antonio, TX
343 miles via Tropo
KWEX-DT was previously logged on channel 38. Oddly, this is my first reception of KWEX-DT since the DTV moved from channel 38 to channel 41 in 2009. I suppose KUBE-DT and KXAS-DT may have been part of the problem. This situation makes me think that I should either quit DTV DXing or repair my more-directional P-5 UHF dish and put it back into DX action before the federal government sells off all OTA TV frequencies.
October 5, 2012
New log
KAIT-DT-8
Jonesboro, AR
289 miles via Tropo
"KAIT"
Tough catch with KNOE-DT-8 Monroe, KUHT-DT-8 Houston, et al CCI.
December 15, 2012
New log

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