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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when
changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period
to the previous date by ELT].
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; IC-R75
with E-W longwire
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/page51
These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of
USA, unidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in
frequency order
** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 7 at 1248 UT, WKY OKC with regular hiccuping, about 48
times per minute. Affects whatever Spanish is being modulated, so rather than
audio dropouts, the transmitter itself is doing this, and with BFO it does seem
to be ICDs --- intermittent carrier dropouts. WKY is in a sorry state (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: ha! I just realized that can be taken
more than one way --- and should be (Glenn Hauser, OKLAHOMA)
** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 9 at 1235 UT, WKY OKC still with ICDs interrupting music
for instants. Are local listeners putting up with this? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1330 & 1450, Oct 7 at 1307 UT, weak hets slightly off-frequencies
and varying slightly against legit 1330.0 and 1450.0 stations; obviously the
second-order spurs out of local 1390 KCRC, toward which they loop, plus and
minus ~60 kHz, beyond the much stronger first-order ones which also carry KCRC
modulation circa 1360 and 1420, only ~30 kHz away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. 660, Oct 9 at 1228 UT, Navajo drumming, 100% signature of KTNN Window
Rock AZ, 50/50 kW U2, but likely on ND day pattern already ahead of October
official sunrise at 1315 UT (November: 1345 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 680, Oct 10 at 1236 UT sunrise here, ``America`s number one
sports station, KNBR, 680, the sports leader``. At over 1354 miles/2178 km
city-to-city, not easily heard, but this is the best time for it, the only Bay
Area station making it here, the other bigshots without a clear frequency (and
slightly further than NYC, also rare except sometimes 880 WCBS).
A few minutes earlier I was getting news in Spanish on 680, presumably usual
XEORO Sinaloa, as the lowest-frequency XE still propagating vs the inexorable
westward terminator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1030, Oct 9 at 1238 UT, ``The new Real Country, KCWJ`` and soon,
``Country favorites back-to-back, Real Country 1030 AM KCWJ``. Is 5/0.5 kW U4,
CoL Blue Springs MO, address in Independence, i.e. greater Kansas City (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1180, Oct 7 at 1259 UT, RCatholic-style chanting, something new,
loops SW/NE, 1300 UT ID as KLPF, 1180 AM, missed city, but it`s Midland TX.
Then unaccented English talk as Guadalupe Radio Network, and program `GRN Live`
from the North Texas studio. Says network is growing by leaps and bounds. Guess
what? Midland is not in north Texas. Also with SAH of 148/minute = 2.47 Hz,
probably against Omaha. KLPF is 25000/215 watts U1 with a PSRA of 500. NRC AM
Log shows it not yet on air as of August, rather a CP to change from 1150 which
was merely 1000/148/500 U1, so QSY has now been accomplished. It remains
non-direxional day and night. October sunrise is 1245 UT, so on full day power
when I heard it. FCC adds, KLPF operates as a noncommercial educational station
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1847, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1440, Oct 8 at 0148 UT, Xfinity internet ad on the Cubs Radio
Network. Handy list of their few affiliates includes the one I expected, WGEM
Quincy IL:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/schedule/affiliates.jsp#radio
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1440, Oct 9 at 1242 UT, open carrier/dead air, obviously KTNO The
Metroplex TX from its direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1470, Oct 13 at 1240 UT, classic rock looping ESE/WNW, 1242 UT
``Knock Three Times``, good signal, presumed KSMM Liberal KS, NRC AM Log listed
as OLD format, ``Super Hits``, // KODC-LP 102.1. Not that far but doesn`t quite
make it on daytime groundwave, 1000/170/500 watts U1.
Wait a minute, how can a commercial AM station be // an LPFM, by definition
non-commercial?? FCC AM Query shows 1470 licensed to Rocking M Media; nothing
about being non-commercial, nor any FM connexion. October sunrise not until
1245 UT (November 1315 UT), but could be on 500 watt PSRA.
FCC FM Query shows ``KODC-LP: KS DODGE CITY, Licensee: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH``, quite a mismatch, so are these stations really
related?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Oct 7 at 1308 UT, KBXD is still a FARCE. No sign of latest
occupant now, Radio Salam Namaste, but instead: dead air interrupted
periodically by the old canned ``KBXD, 1480, Dallas`` illegal IDs by
slightly-Spanish accent, some of them with a music-beat bed, and a single PSA
in English from Texas Department of Transportation to ``drive smart`` (not
smartly --- who needs adverbs anymore?), observing braking distances to avoid
crashing sound-effects. This ``programming`` repeats every couple of minutes
irregularly, and sometimes the ID overrides the tail of the PSA, still audible
at 1400 UT. Is this default computer programming gone wild?
Makes 3 Hz SAH, presumably with KQAM Wichita, which can`t compete with this 50
kW even after sunrise. But thanks to the dead air intervals quieting, I detect
some other intriguing 1480 signals: around 1310 UT, something briefly in
Spanish, likely KAVA Pueblo CO if not KCZZ Mission KS. And some rock music from
WSW/ENE? which I figured could be Hobbs NM --- except that 1480 no longer
exists. Maybe it`s remnant of KTHS in AR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Oct 9 at 1243 UT, continuous S Asian pop music, 168/min SAH
with KQAM Wichita = 2.8 Hz. Sounds like KBXD is back to stunting, as never hear
any ID for Radio Salam Namaste which was programming it for a while. At least
there is a variety of music instead of computer stuck on IDs and TX DOT PSAs
over and over as recently logged. 1300 UT ToH canned ID twice for KBXD, 1480,
Dallas, and back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Oct 12 at 1243 UT, rapid conversation between a YL and
another(?) YL, mixing presumed Hindi with English, usual SAH with KQAM, from
KBXD Dallas. Topic is about science and ``have a great day at school``, 1248 UT
to S Asian pop music; 1253 UT next break brings Hinglish traffic report for The
Metroplex; 1255 UT news of NC flooding. This programming must be from Radio
Salam Namaste, altho that ID not heard today, unlike some other days with
music-only, or just TX DOT PSA/KBXD IDs/dead air as recently caught (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1680, Oct 11 at 0112 UT, ``One great song after another, only on 99.7
– MyFM``. I copied it as 93.7, but translator listed wagging this dog of KRJO
Monroe LA, is on 99.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 1480+, Oct 10 at 0552 UT, low audible het (LAH) looping E/W, so
not either of my closests, KBXD and KQAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Oct 11 at 0115 UT, really bad noise from east/west, QRMing
KSTP sports from the NNE unless nulled. Different sound but presumably same
spoiler mystery station we have been hearing for months making unstable hetties
above and below 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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