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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/page55
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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. 2598-USB, Jan 23 at 0446 UT, YL in French intonation, S7 = noise
level. Per Canadian CG sked in DXLD 16-43, final weather broadcasts before
frequencies resuming in 3 hours are from:
0437 UT 2598 VCF Les Escoumins from site Natashquan QC 50 08 40 -61 48 00
and also, but unheard:
0437 UT 2749 VCF Les Escoumins from site LaVernière QC 47 21 26 -61 55 36
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** U S A. 1680, Jan 26 at 1317 UT, W&M in chat show, ``The Morning Scramble at
99.7 My-FM``, i.e. via its AM appendage, KRJO Monroe LA, so format is not just
AC music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2520, Jan 26 at 1252 UT, S7 open carrier, presumably the WOCO Oconto
WI second harmonic from 1260 which others continue to report, so I wonder if
they are just warming up for a sign-on? 1259-1301+ UT maybe a trace of
modulation, much less than the carrier level ought to provide, so I`ve yet to
get a definite ID on it. Much stronger than a JBA carrier from the other active
US harmonic on 2960. 2520 carrier still audible at 1325 UT, S7 = the noise
level. I never hear 2520 in the evening, so maybe they really cut from 1000 to
29 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Jan 23 at 0437 UT, Spanish station in total null of WHAS. I
figure it`s KVJY Pharr TX, as heard a few times before, but what I get does not
match up to last known info about it. ``La mejor alternativa, 107.9, la palabra
de dios, levantando una nueva generación``, into praise music.
As of November, logged by Terry Krueger, KVJY was // Ultra 104.9 FM, with pop
music format. http://www.ultra1049.com/ still appends 840 on its home page.
Maybe has really changed format/FM relayer again. Slogans and format do not
match up to any likely Mexicans either.
The 107.9 in the RGV is KVLY EDINBURG TX 100.0 kW, 257.0 m, MIX 107.9 ADULT
CONTEMPORARY, per WTFDA Database, and no match to // 840. Note the similarity
in calls http://mix1079.net/ but ownership is different. If this is the source
for 840 now, it too would have to be a drastic format-change.
There are only two other US 840s this could possibly be, both of which are
listed as religious, but not Spanish, and are daytimers: KDLF Ball LA, and WBHY
Mobile AL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Jan 24 at 0215 UT, I`m trying to get an ID for the Spanish
religious station previously heard, but reception tonight is not so good. WHAS
can be almost nulled with the DX-398, and occasional peaks of the Spanish
station, but heavy IBOC noise from 830 WCCO, unlike last time with no IBOC or
auroral conditions weakening CCO; even tho it`s worse on the hi side of 840, I
still hear the noise using LSB tuning. And of course that does not null at the
same angle as WHAS. There is also some other CCI music, probably Cuba. That or
WHAS is making a SAH of about 5 Hz.
Initially 0215 UT heard mentioning ``palabra de dios``. Another peak at 0248
UT, taking oración requests for ``protección divina``; lots of names mentioned,
but no locational references. (As if some nonentity individuals need help from
some radio station to get a DXing God`s attention!) Fades again including past
0300 UT hourtop when I quit for now; in fact, I wonder if it has signed off.
Prime suspect remains KVJY Pharr TX in format flip. Perhaps an RGV DXer could
clarify this, Steve (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Jan 25 at 0459 UT, another try to ID the Spanish religious
station here. Gives phone number at least thrice, 480-467-4626, but no ID
caught as IBOC noise grows (WCCO must have been in a fade); WHAS nulled leaving
usual SAH with the unID. Trouble is, AC 480 is suburban Phoenix AZ, and a
reverse lookup leads to one Carleen Hansen, in Scottsdale. There are no 840s in
AZ or anywhere near, so if phone correct, must be a program carried elsewhere,
such as suspect KVJY Pharr TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1160, Jan 26 at 1314 UT open carrier almost zero-beat over KSL,
but hard to DF, apparently a daytimer about to start: 1315 UT no sign-on, no
ID, just bringing up a gospel huxter in progress in English. So is it KVCE
Highland Park (The Metroplex) TX, which is 35/1 kW U4, not a daytimer? FCC AM
Query shows its day and night sites are quite far apart, so one could be
interfering with the other during overlap, but the correct LSR time for KVCE in
Jan is 1330 UT, not 1315 UT until Feb.
Other possibility is WYLL Chicago IL (né WJJD), 50/50 kW U2, where the Jan LSR
is indeed 1315 UT. Despite the power, day pattern is tight to the north and
night pattern is circular to the SE. It too has separate day and night sites.
We should not be getting so much from it; nor from KVCE, with day pattern to
the ESE, and night pattern to the SE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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