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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/page54
[over 188,000 views as of Jan 5, 2017]
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
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2749-USB, S7 Dec 30 at 0114 UT, YL in French mentioning TUC
(UTC), marine weather. Starting at 0107 is VOK, Goose Bay, Labrador, via St.
Anthony site at the northern tip of the island. However, the Canadian CG
website says VOK operates only in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
On two occasions now - this morning (30th) is the second time - I heard two
stations operating at the same time on 2749. Tune in today was at about 0810
UT, and at about 0750 UT the first time. They are both more or less equal
strength and it's difficult to copy very much of what is being said. One is in
French, and the other sounds to be English, and must surely be QRMing each
other, unless the skip is different over there. I have some files somewhere and
will look them out to see if I can discover why the two are on at the same time.
I can also regularly hear 2598 in this same time slot, and it's always in
English. Unfortunately there is a Stanag transmission just on the high side of
frequency that makes copy difficult. There must be a significant difference in
the propagation of these 2 MHz frequencies and propagation on medium waves.
Well known Newfoundlanders on such as 590, 600, 750 and 1400 were all inaudible
as was Sydney (NS) on 1140. 73 and Best wishes for 2017 --- hopefully with
better propagation! (Noel Green, Blackpool, England, Dec 30, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Per the schedule in DXLD 16-43,
0740 2749 VCO Sydney Port Caledonia NS 46 11 14 -59 53 59
0810 2749 VCS Halifax Sambro NS 44 28 21 -63 37 13
Perhaps VCO ran overtime into VCS slot (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** OKLAHOMA. UNIDENTIFIED. 1450, Dec 31 at 0251 UT as I tune past, slightly and
momentarily atop the pileup mentions KOCO weather, high 48(?). Which means it`s
an Oklahoma station not too far from OKC, whence ``channel 5`` (7) supplies the
forecasts, so most likely KGFF Shawnee, but also possibly KSIW Woodward,
unlikely KWHW Altus (ex-harmonicizer circa 2900v). I look around
http://www.kgff.com for a connexion to KOCO without finding any, nor on their
active FB. But that`s not unusual for such deals to be uncredited.
We are informed in fine print at the bottom that ``KGFF Radio is a broadcast
service of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation``, one of the lesser tribes, so does
KGFF do any native programming? You`d never know it from their website with
hardly any program info except `Mike in the Morning`. There is an unlabeled
gallery of fairly old/deceased pop stars. NRC AM Log shows format as OLD from
Westwood One. I try to Listen Live around 0500 UT, but from Surfer Network get
an Access Denied, streaming unavailable due to content. KGFF is barely audible
on 1450 daytime groundwave mixing with KSIW (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1650, Dec 30 at 0150 UT, country gospel songs in English are
mixing with Spanish religious talk from Denver, and sports talk in English from
Cedar Falls. At 0156 UT I would qualify it as praise gospel rock, certainly
implying I am really hearing KFSW Sallisaw, which is much more of a challenge
than the other 1650s (except XEARZ). But no ToH ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. 1010, Jan 2 at 0557 UT, EOE plug for My Hometown Media, then ESPN,
fade for ID but presumably KTNZ Amarillo TX, the usual occupant. Searching on
My Hometown Media, it`s hard to pin on Amarillo, however. There is such a radio
group in Cherokee Village AR, three FMs, but no connexion to AM and there is no
1010 anywhere in Arkansas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1020, Dec 30 at 0138 UT, Spanish religious talk and hymn, steadily
audible with semi-local KOKP Perry OK nulled, even tho far from sideways. 0159
UT timecheck for ``9 de la noche en Nueva York`` and at 0201 UT, ``temperatura
de 40 grados Fahrenheit``. No greater service can Radiovisión Cristiana, WWRV,
1330, NYC, render to the denizens of Roswell than via KCKN keep them informed
about time and temp in La Gran Manzana. But then Roswell is allegedly infested
by aliens. Nothing further needed to make this a definite ID. Sure sounds like
more than the 1 kW STA recently revealed by the FCC to NRC; maybe they`ve got
the 50 kW back in service, so they can resume ignoring the requirement to
protect Pittsburgh {and incidentally, Perry} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1060.02, Dec 30 at 0141 UT, Spanish interview with a singer, mentions
a .ca address, but this is not Calgary, ha ha. Sings ``gracias, Cristo``, etc.
At 0153 UT, jingle ``alabanza y adoración, KIJN`` as this Farwell TX 10 kW
daytimer unabashedly IDs at night on its signature off-frequency causing fast
SAHs with anything else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1180, Jan 2 at 2122 UT on caradio, rosary in Spanish, so skywave is
already in from 25 kW KLPF Midland TX, Guadalupe net, making 2.2 Hz SAH with
algo, probably Omaha KZOT The Deuce (not Duece) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, Dec 30 at 0147 UT, two guys conversing in Spanish about pollos.
Maybe the chickens are a team as these are surely the bozos on KBZO Lubbock TX
with ESPN Deportes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1560, Jan 1 at 1345 UT, ID in passing sounds like KLAV, religion.
Closest fuzzy match, very likely is KLNG, Council Bluffs IA. 10 kW daytimer.
1345 UT is its official sunrise in January, but it also has a Critical-Hours
power of 2.1 kW, which should keep it down to there until 1545 UT, both
non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 1250.7, Jan 4 at 0140 UT, JBA het here from off-frequency
carrier. I search my inbox and get one hit on the number, from 12+ years ago
on the NRC-AM list!
``Station on 1250.7, Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:56 PM --- I am listening to a
station on 1250.7 (yes it is off freq). A man is talking about economic
problems in Montgomery City and County (Bill Harms, Elkridge, MD`` Later:
``I just IDed it as WAPZ Alabama. Here is the clip [no longer available].
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billqsl/sounds/20041114-1900e-wapz-1250.7.mp3
They were indeed off frequency at 1250.7. Notice on the clip there is no
co-channel interference, only side-channel slop. The het is gone now at 1915
[EST?], and I am listening to 1250 which sounds like a mess. Bill Harms,
Elkridge, Maryland``
There are now two 1250s in AL. WRBZ is the one ex-WAPZ as of 3/15/11, from
Wetumpka, 5000/80 watts U1, indeed not far from Montgomery. (BTW in OK we have
a Wetumka (without the P), east of Seminole, both probably deriving from the
same tribe, pre- and post-Trail of Tears) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1590, Dec 31 at 0247 UT, S Asian music is slightly above the
pileup and hard to DF, but seems to peak NNW/SSE rather than NE/SW, i.e. KMIC
Houston TX (no more Aleluya), rather that WCGO Evanston IL (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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