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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or
PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7
with E/W longwire as specified
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/page24
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of
USA, unidentified, separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order
** OKLAHOMA. 1000, July 3 at 0542 past 0600 UT, KTOK OKC is open carrier/dead
air. Is no one paying attention at Clear Channel? Fine with me as that
facilitates hearing two XEs --- see MEXICO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1230, July 4 at 1229 UT, WBBZ Ponca City is reporting a large
power outage on the east side of PC, unknown cause but can`t be weather;
threatening people on oxygen. Utility no doubt working on restoring, but may be
slower due to holiday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, July 6 circa 0245 UT, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC is again
playing country music, no doubt sibling simulcast from KNAH 99.7 Mustang,
instead of talk, its major format; recheck July 6 at 1217 UT its third format
is dead air with hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. 570, July 3 at 1954 UT on caradio, counting the SAH that WNAX Yankton
SD groundwave makes from more than twice the distance with KLIF Dallas TX:
196/minute = 3.27 Hz. My impression is that the SAH has sped up a bit. On April
27, 2013 I referred to this as a ``slow SAH``, but unfortunately not
calculated. MW Offset list has them both, with precise rather than relative
frequencies, and measured on different dates in 2011 and 2010y:
569.9970 USA KLIF (Dallas, TX) 20100829
570.0006 USA WNAX (Yankton, SD) [-570.003] 20111217
The figure in brackets means range, altho I don`t get it. The difference here
makes 3.6 Hz. WNAX is one of our most distant groundwaves, 722 km/449 statute
miles overland, city-to-city.
Re previous log of KLIF at night mentioning 93.3 FM --- this time I hear KLIF
ID saying that 570 programming is also on HD2 of 96.3 FM; while 93.3 is the
real KLIF-FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 590, July 4 at 0530 UT, ``ESPN Omaha`` but quite weak about equal to
presumed XEPH DF. Wonder if KXSP is QRP? Inaudible at all 24 hours earlier.
590, July 5 at 0502 UT check, ESPN is strong and clear from KXSP Omaha NE (né
WOW), after very weak to no signals previously, so back to 5 kW ND for now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 750, July 7 at 0558 UT, for the first time since June 19, I am not
hearing Spanish KAMA El Paso, but really WSB with Herman Cain show (We Suck,
Brother!). Maybe KAMA is finally back in whack with null toward east, but bears
further checking.
750, July 8 at 0559 UT, for the second night, WSB in the clear with no KAMA QRM
from El Paso TX. It could be back to legal night power of 1 kW but only to the
west, rather than still STA non-direxional but on illegal day power of 10 kW
instead of requested and authorized 250 watts.
750, July 9 at 0559 UT, KAMA El Paso TX is back after absence a couple nights,
Spanish atop WSB so again out of whack. 0602 call-in from somewoman in Los
Ángeles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1090, July 6 at 0550 UT, open carrier/dead air, DF fitting KAAY AR,
presumably instead of Brother Scare; what a marked improvement (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1110, July 6 at 0255 UT, KFAB with sesqui-decade or older Art Bell
show as he is recounting how when stationed at Amarillo AFB, he ran a pirate
broadcasting station, which even made the ratings book in the city some miles
away. Most people didn`t realize it was illegal. WTFK? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, July 4 at 1250 past 1254 UT, open carrier/dead air no doubt
from KLEY Wellington KS on groundwave; finally modulating at 1330 UT check. Its
250 watts make for sufficient reception in Enid, 107 km = 66 miles.
1130, July 5 at 0503 UT, SRN News, 0505 UT no ID and into gospel huxter. Fits
for direxion of my semi-local KLEY Wellington KS, there being no problem from
KWKH, which is supposed to be one watt at night, presumably 250 times that with
daytime transmitter. NRC AM Log 2013 does not list SRN for KLEY nor a totally
religious format, however. Don`t find any other likely 1130s with SRN either.
SRN stands for Salem Radio Network, informally ``slanted radio news`` with its
far-right religious agenda. Wasn`t it originally ``Satellite Radio News``?
1130, July 6 at 0502 UT, once again I have missed the ToH ID for suspected KLEY
Wellington KS running 250 instead of one watt at night, already in SRN News.
Then the hour is filled by `Restaurant Radio` with guest someone who has a show
on cable TV`s Food Network; 0557 UT finishing with ad/plug for a taranto.com
(?) restaurant in Chicago; show site is http://restaurantradio.tv --- 0559 UT
ad for CardGuard, and this time I stay tuned and awake for the next ToH ID at
0600 UT which is: ``The new Radio 11-30, KLEY-AM, Wellington`` plus singing ID
of call letters, into more slanted radio news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1250, July 4 at 1256 UT, Spanish skywave still in from ex-WREN
Topeka, i.e. ``La Equis 12-50, La Súper-Estación``, i.e. KYYS Kansas City KS,
25 kW day power. Hi local noise level on SW bands encourages me to MW DX more
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1340, July 4 at 1235 UT, two // sportstalk stations echoing about two
words, or one second apart. One of them no doubt our closest KGHM Midwest City
OK, and the other KGGS Garden City KS, one of the newest AM stations in the
nation. They also make a SAH of 64/minute = 1.07 Hz. Standard remark about
co-channel stations failing to coördinate. Skywave is still funxioning a
sesquihiour after Enid sunrise at 1118 UT, now on the downside after earliest
1113 UT a month ago (while sunset is now at its latest, 0153 UT): both still in
with SAH at 1246 UT but during local ad break so not echoing: ad mentioning
Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal. I can mostly null KGHM to get KGGS. 1247 UT
they rejoin Fox Sports Radio starting with Fox Sports One (TV) promo. NRC AM
Log shows KGGS day power is only 880 watts, but night power 1000; why? Too
efficient antenna? Surely it`s not short-spaced to other 1340 graveyarders
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1440, July 4 at 1236, 1244 and 1257 UT chex, open carrier/dead air
from NNW/SSE, doubtless 50 kW KTNO University Park TX (The Metroplex), supposed
to be Spanish religion. Not the first time heard doing this, failing to save
how many souls as a result?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1490, July 4 at 1237 UT, PSA about watching out for underwater rocks
in Missouri lakes, rivers and streams. While visitors from the numerous
surrounding states should also be warned about them, strongly suspect this is
from a dentro-Missouri station, of which there are three, in Rolla, Sedalia,
and the closest in the SW corner, KDMO Carthage, a Joplin suburb; when will
they update the name to Tunis? Earlier I was getting 1310 Joplin, and now 1510
off-frequency het from Independence is still audible too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1600, July 6 at 1216 UT tune-by ID in English for KRVA Cockrell
Hill-Dallas TX, and right back to Vietnamese. Thank you very much. I don`t
think I`ve ever heard the English slogan ``Radio Saigon`` as listed in NRC Log
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1700, July 6 at 0540 UT, I am hearing two stations on different
sports-talk nets, and not a hint of music, Tejano, or otherwise; therefore I
conclude that KKLF Richardson TX must be off the air, leaving us with KBGG Des
Moines IA and KVNS Brownsville TX to make a SAH of 228/minute = 3.8 Hz. Next
check at 1219 UT, an hour after LSR, there is some music again (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 1680, with KRJO Monroe LA off the air for financial reasons, I
ought to hear some of the five other US X-banders; July 6 at 0545, there are
two very weak signals, one with talk from NE/SW, making a fast SAH, perhaps
WPRR, Public Reality Radio in Ada MI, if not the closer but weaker TISes in IA
that KAZ has been hearing from IL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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