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All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when
changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 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/page53
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
** CANADA. 540, Nov 21 at 1303 UT, CBC news, as CBK Watrous is in, not too
commonly, so where is La Ranchera de Paquimé? Canadian angle obvious, but
checked 990 for // stronger CBW Manitoba, yes. 1313 UT recheck, now CBK is
local, YL with Saskatchewan weather, -3 now in Regina and Saskatoon. I used to
put non-ITU callsigns like ``CBK`` and ``CBW`` in quotation marks since CB-
calls really pertain to Chile (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 20 at 0245 UT, robot YL with weather in English, S8.
Starting at 0240 UT was VCS Halifax via Sambro NS site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB & 2598-USB, Nov 24 at 0442 UT & 0443 UT, robot YL with
marine weather in French, both S5 equal to noise level. Too weak to tell if
they are //, but CCG schedule shows both are VCF, Les Escoumins QC, starting at
0437 UT, via different sites Natashquan on 2598 and La Vernière on 2749. No
more transmissions on either frequency, from other stations, until 0737 UT. The
skeds were compiled before DST was over, so are we sure they stay on same UT
yearound? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. Re ``870 UNID -- 10/30 1850 [EDT] – Country gospel music, ID as "Top
Ten Radio" (I think), with WWL nulled, but losing out to it by 1852. Prime
suspect looks like KPRM-MN, or maybe KAAN-MO? (GH-OK)``
In NRC DX News, David Yocis says: ``WPWT-TN, "Top Gun Radio," a sunset regular
here``. That`s a 10 kW daytimer in Colonial Heights, near its address in
Bristol, a long way from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Nov 18 at 0138 UT, ``Univisión América, 1,200 AM, una estación
Euforia``, atop WOAI even on E/W antenna, fast SAH, as WRTO Chicago is still
competing for this ``clear`` channel by illegal daytime operation at night.
Euforia appears to be a subset of UA stations with various musical genres
sorted into further subsets at
http://www.univision.com/musica/radio#/tab-city
BUT the ``3`` stations under CHICAGO do not include 1200! Just FM 93.5 & 103.1,
105.1, 106.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Nov 22 at 0204 UT, Spanish music from WRTO Chicago at about
equal level to silly BKB game in English from WOAI, i.e. situation has become
the norm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1380, Nov 18 at 0141 UT, ``Vida 13-80`` promo as I tune in,
dominating frequency, strongly implying that KRCM Shenandoah TX is still
running 22 kW day power instead of 50 watt night power, so should still have a
European service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 21 at 1318 UT, R. Salam Namaste ID in passing from KBXD
Dallas, W & M chattering in Hinglish, i.e. Hindi, with English expressions
liberally sprinkled in effortlessly, talking about Bollywood; such as, she
says, ``I like belly dancing``. Dominant now with little KQAM (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Nov 19 at 1956 UT on caradio, Spanish ad for Estrella TV Canal
29, which I already matched with KZMP University Park TX. Altho I had IDed this
thru my own monitoring research, Wayne Heinen of the NRC AM Log forwards
further confirmation of the format flips:
``Glenn, I thought that I had sent this snippet from Radio Insight earlier in
the week but found the email stuck in a constipated Outlook outbox: After
Deportes Media lost its LMA of Liberman Broadcasting’s 1540 KZMP University
Park/Dallas in September, Liberman did bring the network back to the market in
mid-October and like iHeart in San Francisco is now operating the network
directly. Original Report 11/10: Deportes Media has lost its LMAs of three of
the four. Wayne``
Now I`m hearing KZMP less than a sesquihour after local mean noon (always 1832
UT), so a neat reminder that the daytime skywave season is upon us with lowest
zenith angles for the next couple months. KZMP is atop some other 1540s (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1540 KZMP --- Definitely still carrying ESPN-D at least at certain times
despite those saying not. Someone -- suspect them -- with Mexi-tunes prior to
1159 GMT today, then accented male canned "KZMP University City" followed by
"ESPN (English phonetics) Deportes" into quick summary of "Monday Night
Futebol" (Spanglish) then Spanish sports banter by two man (Terry L Krueger,
FL, Nov 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Nov 20 at 0252 UT tuneby, ``Radio Jalapeño is giving away
Turkeys``, i.e. KEDA San Antonio, easily surpassing KZMP at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [?]. 1650, November 11 at 0138 UT, I am finally hearing
the ND beacon ``SAC``, barely against Spanish from Denver and other broadcast
stuff. I copy the ID at 12 times per minute, or every 5 seconds. Tried passband
tuning and narrow bandwidth and notching, but most audible just with normal
bandwidth on the NRD-545.
This was first reported by Tim Tromp in Michigan on October 28. Unlisted, led
to lots of speculation in a very long thread via DXLD 16-44. SAC is the test ID
used by a Beaumont TX company which makes beacons, Southern Avionics Company,
but which denied they were transmitting on 1650. I suspect it is one of their
beacons which hasn`t been reprogrammed with ID of the new owner, likely from an
offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. But the broadcast X-band ought to
be off-limits to these. Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, reported via WORLD OF
RADIO 1850 and DXLD:
``Coordinated bearings taken by myself, David Potter and Gerry Bishop -- all
from separate locations between coastal central, NW and north central Florida
-- would appear to put this north of Pt. St Joe to west of Panama City`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1650, Nov 22 at 0300 UT, TOH ID in Spanish for KBJD Denver, and I
thought they said ``Radio Senda`` i.e. path, but primary name has been Radio
Luz; maybe Senda is a sub-slogan or a program name, altho not as such on their
schedule.
I`m really checking here for the mysterious Gulf of Mexico beacon SAC, which I
only heard once, but not lately, nor have seen any other reports of it. Is
anyone still hearing it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 1190.12 approx., het to 1190 stations at 0305 UT November 22,
soon fades; ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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