[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 9-15, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 399,000 views! as of December 14, 2019]
[this forum has been ``upgraded`` and may no longer
be openly accessible; I have not been able to log into 
it so far to post this latest report there]

** CANADA. 317 kHz, Dec 15 at 0226 UT, dash and VC, 1000-watt ND beacon
at La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

326 kHz, Dec 15 at 0230 UT, dash and VV, 133-watt NDB at Wiarton,
Ontario, which http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm says is among those
to be decommissioned 2020-03-26. I was tuned to 325 USB. When tuned to
326 instead hearing AAA, supposed to be on 329; see U S A (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 326? kHz, Dec 15 at 0727 UT, ND beacon ID as AAA; only such
call listed is supposed to be on 329 kHz, 25 watts from Lincoln IL =
`Abraham Lincoln`. Not unusual to tune something 1 kHz off, but 3? The
town of Lincoln is on I-55 NE of Springfield, halfway to Bloomington
IL. When tuned to 325, I heard VV in Ontario, listed as 326; see
CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Dec 12 at 1428 UT check, yes, our only local
NDB, EI, 25 watts at Woodring is JBA on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 350 kHz, Dec 12 at 0728 UT, dash and NY, 400-watt ND beacon
at Enderby BC, 2313 km = 1437 stmi from here. I rarely hear any from
that area. But where`s RG from WRWA, OKC? Not noted.

356 kHz, Dec 12 at 0727 UT, dash and ZF, 3800 watt ND beacon from
Yellowknife NT --- new good catch for me; dozing off I wrote down 366
instead but also noted a mix with ODX, Ord, Nebraska, and both of them
are really on 356. YK is 3113 km from Enid = 1934 statute miles.

362 kHz, Dec 12 at 0726 UT, dash and SB, 500-watt ND beacon from
Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

366 kHz, Dec 12 at 0721 UT, dash and YMW, 500-watt ND beacon from
Maniwaki, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 365 kHz, Dec 12 at 0722 UT, ND beacon HQG mixing with
something else; 25 watts from Hugoton, Kansas. I was tuned to 363-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 475 kHz, Dec 9 at 0715 UT, continuous weak CW as I am
dozing off; did not notice any DE definite ID, but could be this as
logged 11 months ago: ``U S A. 475 kHz, Jan 13 at 0701, WA4SZE/BEACON
on CW from Dave Frantz, of WWRB, Manchester TN`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 475.1 kHz, Dec 10 at 0319-0328 UT, very slow CW beacon, JBA
but as previously reported it is indeed the one Dave Frantz runs at
WWRB, Manchester TN. The message roughly twice a minute is: WWW WA4SZE
COM WA4SZE/BEACON K. Not sure what the COM mean amid. And WWW, not
VVV?

Here`s an interesting discussion about this from 2+ years ago:
https://www.eham.net/forum/view?id=topic=117878.0

I wonder if this beacon be recently reactivated? Can`t say I pay much
attention to ``630 meters``, but ran across this on the way to or from
the NDB band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2012, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 560 [non]. Replying to my query about Roman-numeral
frequency calls other than KLVI Beaumont: Carl Dabelstein: ``At one
time, the station in Phoenix on 1400 had the call KXIV.``

Rick Dau: ``Glenn, at least one other example comes to my mind
immediately -- WXVI-1600 in Montgomery, Alabama. The "XVI" portion, of
course, is the Roman numeral for "16", an affectionate reference to
WXVI's position on the AM dial. This is a station for which I have a
soft spot -- it was the very first to which I ever sent a reception
report. On February 13, 1988, while I was a student at the University
of Iowa (in what would turn out to be my final semester there), I did
a report on WXVI, which was airing Alabama State University men's
basketball that evening and identifying as "Sunshine 16". Being
somewhat new to serious DXing (my Iowa City AM logbook was just a
month old at that point and NRC member and Iowa City resident Earl
Higgins was still helping me get my feet wet), I was rather naive
about reporting pertinent (and verifiable) details of their
programming. In fact, my letter to them simply stated that I had heard
their broadcast of ASU basketball and IDs as "Sunshine 16", but it
included nothing solid, like local ads.

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, December 9-14, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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 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/page81
[over 399,000 views! as of December 15, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** ALGERIA [and non]. 531, Dec 10 at 0332, Jil-FM quite separable from
weak 530 signals, and some talk modulation, presumably ``Algerian
Arabic`` as in WRTH which also shows F`kirina is location, 600 kW, 24
hours, and BTW this is in AM, not FM! Could this be the grandest AM
station in the world which has lost its identity to FM? 12X the power
of WSB. Weaker het tho same power on 549 I can`t separate so well from
550s; BTW, nothing much on 576 which was an Algerian sensation a
couple weeks ago; is it off again? Usual set of other JBA TA MW
carriers at least on bottom half of band, I relent and don`t enumerate
this time, but also note some music on 774 at 0334 from the RNE1 Spain
synchros (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2861.088, Dec 14 at 0237, carrier with maybe trace of
modulation. I`ve been hunting for 2-MHz-band MW harmonics but not much
lately, not even 2940+ from Colombia.

The 2860 area is next spot to focus on, as reported earlier in 2019:
```COSTA RICA [and non]. 2859.812, March 21 at 1153, JBA carrier,
suspected the known active second harmonic of 1430, Radio San Carlos,
as IDed recently by Jay Novello, NC, but without a precise
measurement. In *2017y* I reported:
``COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Jan 18 at 0049, JBA carrier on the signature
off-frequency of R. San Carlos, Ciudad Quesada, 2 x 1430v as
previously identified``.```

But this variant is considerably different, way on plus side.
Fundamental would be 1430.555. Any clues in MW Offsets, which does not
deal with harmonicizing?
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1430

Nominal 1430 starts with the CR from almost a decade ago:
1429.91 TIRDVC Radio San Carlos (Ciudad Quesada) 1100-0400 2010-01-16

And skipping down to the most plus:
1430.0119 MEX XEWD Radio X (Ciudad Miguel Alemán) 2016-01-26
1430.018 PRU La Voz de Salvación (Jaén)[-1430.125] 2019-02-10
Neither of which looks likely; or domestic? Anyhow calls for further
checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 2-8, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 399,000 views! as of December 8, 2019]

** CANADA. 223 kHz, Dec 6 at 0728, dash and YYW, 1000 watt ND beacon
from Armstrong, Ontario. First one readable as I tune upward (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 300 kHz, Dec 8 at 0727 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watt ND beacon
from Island Lake, Manitoba; logged once before on Sept 16, when I
described its location.

340 kHz, Dec 8 at 0729 UT, dash and YY, 500 watt ND beacon from Mont
Joli, Quebec. I was tuned to 341 where it mixed with local EI, and
first thought it could be an attempt by YYU Kapuskasing to come back
from the dead. Mont-Joli is on the Gaspé coast, just NE of Rimouski,
2761 km from here = 1715 stmi.

352 kHz, Dec 8 at 0732, dash and YKQ, 500 watt NDB from Fort
Rupert-Waskaganish, Quebec. It`s a remote Cree community on James Bay,
but only 2250 km from here = 1403 stmi, atcf (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Dec 6 at 0732 UT, JBA ID with long pauses from
my local NDB, EI, at Woodring Airport. I often check for this day and
night and hear nothing at all, so appears to be sporadic and/or very
reduced power below nominal 25 watts. DXinfocentre.com lists 24 other
341s in the N American region, including the now decommissioned YYU in
Kapuskasing; and the only other one I have heard, OIN in Oberlin KS
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Dec 8 at 0729 UT, Enid ND beacon EI is on again
in the nightmiddle, vs 340 YY in Quebec, see CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 560, Dec 6 at 1334 UT, news about Beaumont, ``KLVI News time
7:34``, weather next, local ads. Can anyone think of another MW
station with a call of frequency in Roman numerals? (56 = myriaHz).
Not often heard here; night pattern is tight almost due west; hmmm,
across Houston, but non-direxional daytime after 1300 in December
(1315 in January) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 830, Dec 6 at 1343 UT, Spanish religion seems to peak
WSW/ENE, maybe a Mexican; but 1347 several AC 901 phone numbers and
Memphis mentioned, so it`s from the east, 3 kW daytimer, WUMY Memphis
TN, 1348 also slogan ``Buenas Nuevas`` (never `Noticias` in the
Christian sense, nor vice versa). WCCO still in but nullable. Not to
be confused with the other mid-American Mississippi Valley USSS on
830, KGLA in Norco LA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Dec 6 at 1402 UT, ID including ``Éxtasis -- El Paso``,
7:02 TC, i.e. KXPL, 10 kW ND daytimer. No sign of KIJN Farwell TX,
about halfway between us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2011 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday December 8 starting at 0423 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, VG but with
some CW QRM from hams too close during huge 160m contest up to 1887
kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 1-8, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page80
[over 399,000 views! as of December 8, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 720, Dec 6 at 1351 UT, Spanish timecheck twice as ``7-48``,
presumably automated; ad repeating toll-free phone number 800-110-3130
--- I don`t think a US number could have 1 as the fourth digit; anyhow
it`s an ad for something costing 629 pesos ``sin gastos de envío``.
1354 another timecheck, for 7:50, and temp 8 grados centígrados; then
mentions ``El Fonógrafo``, the network 25 kW XEJCC Juárez sometimes
relays (but now during talk, not music), with a couple? frequencies,
one of them sounding like 650, which does not compute, must have been
690, XEN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 730, Dec 6 at 1341, VG signal with Mexican music, much
stronger than 720 or 700; 12 minutes after sunrise here as I start,
none of the XEs below 700 are audible. ``La Mexicana --- le gana``
partial slogan, plugging a program Sat & Sun at 22 horas; 1350 Suprema
Corte PSA (can you imagine the SCOTUS doing that, or needing to?),
``La Mexicana`` ID again. It`s XEHB, 50 kW at Hidalgo del Parral,
Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 770, Dec 6 at 1355, Gobierno de México PSA, loops SSW, so
XEACH Monterrey NL, almost a semihour after sunrise here when the
other still skywaving XEs are further west; yes, 1358 Grupo Fórmula
program promo; 1400 ID? mentions ``canal`` algo. Did not hear it a few
minutes earlier and KKOB Albuquerque should have popped on ND day
pattern at 1400 UT (January: 1415 UT)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 774, Dec 7 at 0708, starting TA carrier search here to find
this one strong enough for some audio, RNE1 synchros (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 940, Dec 6 at 0707, multiple ID/promos for ``La Ke Buena --
en cadena``. Yes, that`s the way they spell it, altho XEQ should be
the ideal station to spell it correctly with a QU. Dominant signal
now, which is rarely the case any more for the major CDMX stations;
50/50 kW listed, and not noticeably off-frequency now. So slogan
implies it`s networked elsewhere? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. In this item, and I think only this item, not under
SAUDI ARABIA itself, I misnamed the city for 1521 as Doha, instead of
Duba; fixed:

1520+, Nov 27 at 2226 UT, I`m straining to hear a tell-tale het from
1521 upon 1520 KOKC, since Duba, Sa`udi Arabia 2000 kW is about to
sign off at 2231* as noted by Bruce Conti, NH. It used to be obvious
when it ran all-night. I do detect a JBA carrier, but sounds less than
1 kHz, so maybe KRHW Sikeston MO which has varied before; and still
there at 2233 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. Re my Nov 30 log: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 30 circa
1840 UT = local mean noon, ~1 kHz het upon 1520 KOKC, on caradio, but
it`s fleeting. IIRC last winter there were signs of this in broad
daylight, and it seemed not inconceivable that with low winter suns,
the two megawatts from Sa`udi Arabia could be skywaving such a trace
this far, this early. But then there`s that other off-frequency
American, much closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

This report at almost exactly the same time is a nice correlation:

``Saudi on 1521 at 13:44 local time (EST) Nov 30 --- Fair Arabic talk
on 1521 at 13:44 local. Hoping for a promising afternoon! (Sylvain
Naud, Portneuf, QC, Perseus + 290m / 950ft @ 55 degrees, IRCA iog via
DXLD)``

Distancefromto Enid measures: 12,278 km = 7,629 stmi --- But looking
at the map, that`s to somewhere in central SA! NOT Duba near the NW
corner just down the coast from Aqaba. Maybe there is another Duba,
perhaps with a different Arabic spelling?

We have always thought the 1521 transmitter is at the NW corner Duba,
and indeed that`s the one linked from mwlist:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Duba+Saudi+Arabia/@27.3251367,35.6459635,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x15ac30ffe49c9adf:0xb3627ff4b721a662!8m2!3d27.346154!4d35.7247925

Or via Wikipedia: Coordinates of the town:
27°20′57.3″N 35°41′46.2″E / 
27.349250°N 35.696167°E /

The great circle path to Enid crosses UK and just south of Greenland,
across Labrador, distance 11,422 km = 7,097 st mi --- 175 watts pe

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 25-December 1, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 398,000 views! as of December 1, 2019]

** CANADA. 326 kHz, Nov 28 at 0718 UT, dash and YQK ID from ND beacon,
which is 200 watts from Kenora, Ontario.

335 kHz, Nov 28 at 0721 UT, dash and YLD ID from ND beacon, which is
1000 watts from Chapleau, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 395 kHz, Nov 29 at 0800 UT, ND beacon ULS --- I bet it`s
Ulysses, Kansas. Yes; 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
see also CANADA; CAYMAN

** CANADA. 401 kHz, Nov 29 at 0758 UT, dash and YHD, 500-watt NDB in
Peawanuck, Ontario. See also CAYMAN.

396 kHz, Nov 29 at 0759 UT, dash and YPH, 500 watt NDB at Inukjuak,
Quebec; a new one for me, so look up that place: it`s on the east
shore of Hudson Bay, 2845 km = 1768 statute miles from me. ``Inukjuak
is a northern village located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the
Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern
Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,757 as of the 2016 Canadian
Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port
Harrison. Wikipedia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Nov 30 at 0700 UT, ID for KBBW Waco and several FMs,
``Legendary 10-10 AM everywhere in central Texas``. KBBW night pattern
has two tight lobes at 160 and 290 degrees, hardly anything thisaway.
Day pattern not much better for us, very minor lobe at 350, broad
major lobe at 170. FCC info does not mention any translators or FM
affiliates. But website is headed:

``KBBW 1010 AM 105.7 FM 101.3 FM 100.3 FM - Life Changing .. kbbw.com
105.7 FM in Waco, 101.3 FM in Killeen-Temple,
100.3 FM in Georgetown-Round Rock-Cedar Park
and everywhere on the legendary 1010 AM.
Keep Boldly Believing the Word``
Yes, it`s 100% gospel huxtering. Website http://kbbw.com/ is nothing
but a program sked. See also unID 1010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Nov 30 at 0659 UT just before full ID for KBBW
Waco TX, q.v., I hear another ID sounding like KGJO -- but no such
listing nor anything fuzzily similar to be found in NRC AM Log, or FCC
AM Query. Nor is there any such call on FM in case that were a
reference. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: "UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Nov 30 at 0659 UT just before full
ID for KBBW Waco TX, q.v., I hear another ID sounding like KGJO -- but
no such listing nor anything fuzzily similar to be found in NRC AM
Log, or FCC AM Query. Nor is there any such call on FM in case that
were a reference. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)"

Glenn, I would bet the ID you heard was for KDJW-1360, which often
simulcasts KTNZ-1010. Both stations seem to stay on day rig overnight
from time to time. Sample attached from last month's Border Inn
recordings. HTH, 73 (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.)

Tnx, Tim. Yes, I bet that`s it. Amarillos, KTNZ nothing unusual here
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** U S A. 1200, Nov 25 at 1357 UT, Spanish has overtaken WOAI, soon ID
for TUDN Radio, WRTO Chicago with the call letters pronounced in
English. More than an hour after Chicago sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1203, Nov 27 at 2217 UT, IBOC noise bothering WRTO Chicago
1200 (not WOAI), and another peak about 1177. This time the 1190
source is WOWO: sports talk by W ``after 5 o`clock``, mention Fort
Wayne; dominant 1190 signal but plenty of QRM. WOWO is believed to be
the only 1190 running IBOC. Don`t usually hear that or 1190 itself and
wonder if their pattern be out of whack: U2 50/9.8 kW, i.e. ND day
which is OK since Nov sunset is 2230 UT (Dec: 2215 UT). NRC AM Log
shows format as NWS/TLK, not SPT per se (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1500, Nov 27 at 2215 UT, plenty skywave already, area code
317 mentioned, ``deliverance`` and gospel huxtering vs sports talk
presumably KSTP. 317 is Indianapolis, and the 1500 there is a fit, REL
format on the other WRN group, WBRI, a 5 kW direxional daytimer. Best
time to hear it as Nov official sunset is not until 2230* (Dec: 2215*)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, Nov 28 at 2230 UT as I am chasing the Sa`udi het from
1521 vs KOKC, other skywave QRM with partial ID mentioning two FM
frequen

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, November 25-30, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
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/page80
[over 397,000 views! as of November 30, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** ALGERIA. 576, Nov 28 at 0052 UT, JBA carrier among many in TA
search, but this is of special interest. 1 kHz tone test has been
widely reported last few nights in eastern half of North America as
very strong unID. Now I also detect a ``carrier`` on 575, i.e. the
lower half of a 1 kHz tone, but too much slop from WIBW on 577. My
previous comments about this:

Maybe Bechar, Algeria, 400/200 kW. Altho listed in WRTH, it hasn`t
been reported much (any?) despite the common 531 and 549 Algies, so
maybe this one is just being reactivated? Bechar is also where they
are supposedly building a new SW site.

mwlist says: ``576 ALG Chaîne 1 24h Kenadsa (Béchar) * 400 reported
irregularly active in Mar 2016 // 153 198 891 909 1071``

Europeans, if not North Americans, could easily get a DF bearing on
this, even triangulate it by simply using handheld portables --- too
easy? 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA. 576, Nov 29 at 0445, JBA carrier with 1 kHz tone, also
detected as separate carriers on 575 and 577, presumed Béchar testing.
Have any Europeans triangulated this yet to be sure? Not specifically,
but just posted to bdxc-news iogroup at 1750 Nov 29:

``New Algerian MW Station on 576 kHz --- Hi, The tone tester heard
these latest days on 576 has become a new broadcasting service from
RTA (Algeria). Broadcasting started today 29th in the afternoon from
Kenadsa (Béchar) according to MW List details. The power listed is 400
kW. They were airing Radio Bechar program (not // with Chaîne 1), but
probably they will connect to RTA-Ch1, as other stations do with R.
Coran, R. Culture and so on.

According to some listeners in Murcia (Spanish southeastern coast), is
causing interferences to RNE-R5 Murcia on 567, from this evening.
Perhaps it will affect this station during the night and maybe also
576 kHz RNE-R5 Canaries (CNR). The station reaches now, here in
Northern Spain a 5/5 SINPO. 73! -- Jorge Garzón. EB7EFA -
EA-0080URE SWL QTH 43º15' N · 03º56' W / IN83ag · Cantabria (España -
Spain)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST

** SPAIN. 684, Nov 29 at 0447, among all the JBA 9-kHz TA carriers,
some Castilian-sounding audio here from RNE Sevilla; and at 0448 also
on weaker 774 RNE synchros music, then talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 28 at
0045-0052: 531, 576[see ALGERIA], 585, 612, 684, 693, 711, 738,
774(2), 855, 882, 909, 936, 954, 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1107(2),
1125(2), 1179(2), 1215, 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520+, Nov 27 at 2226 UT, I`m straining to hear a
tell-tale het from 1521 upon 1520 KOKC, since Doha, Sa`udi Arabia 2000
kW is about to sign off at 2231* as noted by Bruce Conti, NH. It used
to be obvious when it ran all-night. I do detect a JBA carrier, but
sounds less than 1 kHz, so maybe KRHW Sikeston MO which has varied
before; and still there at 2233 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Nov 29 at 2210, already hearing a +1 kHz het
upon 1520 KOKC; in fact two hets of different pitches, the other one
perhaps KRHW in MO as previously discussed. From 2229 I am listening
intently, isolating the 1521.0 carrier by tuning to 1520.8-USB. It
goes off sometime between 2231 and 2232, but can`t tell exactly when
as KOKC is splashing some music that minute; must be an ad during talk
format. Bruce Conti, NH, in NRC IDXD had timed the cutoff exactly
twice, which is what I am trying to match:

``1521 SAUDI ARABIA SBC R.Riyadh, Duba OCT 12 2215 - Good; talk and
music parallel 9555 and 9870 kHz. 1521 off at 2231:40 UTC after solemn
talk with soft orchestra music. OCT 19 2230 - Good; off at 2231:40.
[Conti-NH]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 30 circa 1840 UT = local mean noon, ~1 kHz het
upon 1520 KOKC, on caradio, but it`s fleeting. IIRC last winter there
were signs of this in broad daylight, and it seemed not inconceivable
that with low winter suns, the two megawatts from Sa`udi Arabia could
be skywaving such a trace this far, this early. But then there`s that
other off-frequency American, much

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 18-24, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 396,000 views! as of November 24, 2019]

** CANADA. 326 kHz, Nov 19 at 0730 UT, dash and VV, which is NDB in
Wiarton, Ontario, 133 watts and to be decommissioned 3-26-20, per
William Hepburn`s listings. I was tuned to 325-USB.

335 kHz, Nov 19 at 0732 UT, dash and YLD, NDB in Chapleau, Ontario,
1000 watts. Chapleau is between SSM and Timmins (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 347 kHz, Nov 19 at 0733 UT, NDB ID as AFK, which is 25 watts
from Nebraska City, NE. Also logged two Canadians (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, Nov 20 at 0707 UT and still 0715, dead air from N/S,
obviously KRVN Lexington NE, instead of Jim Bohannon (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1190, Nov 20 at 0659 UT, banda music looping WSW/ENE, by
0701 ID? but no midnight Mex NA, losing out to RCC talk in English no
doubt KDMR Kansas City, which is 500 watts at night. Closest US fit by
language, proximity and DF in the NRC AM Log is 250-watt KNUV Tolleson
AZ (Phœnix market), altho SS:NWS/TLK, so do they ever play music or
format flip since? But IRCA Mex Log shows also two possible Mexicans,
XEPZ in Juárez and XEMBC in Mexicali, neither of which is shown as
musical, either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, KVDW AR: Wayne Heinen, editor of the NRC AM Log,
replies to my report chasing down the FM simulcasts of this station:

``Once again I will try to explain Groups! Since there are MANY MANY
stations that have multiple simulcasts we’ve added the “Groups” in a
separate reference that appears from page 292 to the end of the AM
Radio Log and can be easily separated from the Log and used as a
separate reference.

KVDW’s Listing from the 40th Edition:

KVDW England AR C D1 2500 - No PSSA CH 270
4317 E Broadway St, North Little Rock 72117-4124 - 501-765-2914
UC:GOS/REL - - -Grp= Victory 1530- -

Grp=Victory 1530 that appears under KVDW’s listing

In the Groups Section Victory 1530 – KVDW-1530, K265EO-100.9,
K237GW-95.3 shows that KVDW has 2 translators one at 100.9 and the
other at 95.3. 73 Wayne Heinen Editor NRC AM Radio Log``

Yes, I must remember to check the Groups cross-ref; rather than
expecting to find FM //s as announced, in the main entry (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2009 monitoring: WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, UT Sun
Nov 24 at 0427 is still in ham SSTV; by 0500 WOR 2009 is playing at
S9+30, 15-16 minutes into so started circa 0444-0445.

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 17-24, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page80
[over 396,000 views! as of November 24, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** SPAIN. 684, Nov 23 at 0537, best TA carrier here after first
checking weaker 774; and enough for some audio in Castilian. Quick
scan of the entire band at 9-kHz intervals finds nothing comparable,
nothing else breaking thru with modulation. 684 is a single RNE 200 kW
transmitter in Sevilla; and no other 684s in W Europe (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1190, Nov 20 at 0659 UT, banda music looping WSW/ENE, by
0701 ID? but no midnight Mex NA, losing out to RCC talk in English no
doubt KDMR Kansas City, which is 500 watts at night. Closest US fit by
language, proximity and DF in the NRC AM Log is 250-watt KNUV Tolleson
AZ (Phœnix market), altho SS:NWS/TLK, so do they ever play music or
format flip since? But IRCA Mex Log shows also two possible Mexicans,
XEPZ in Juárez and XEMBC in Mexicali, neither of which is shown as
musical, either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 11-17, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 394,000 views! as of November 17, 2019]

** CANADA. 223 kHz, Nov 15 at 0717 UT, dash and YYW, 1000-watt NDB at
Armstrong, Ontario, which is 150 miles north of Thunder Bay (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 284 kHz, Nov 15 at 0720 UT, dash and strange beacon ID .-.-
/ ... which I would never have IDed as 500-watt QD in The Pas,
Manitoba, were it not for this recent thread on the WOR io group; i.e.
for those who have not seen it:

``UNIDENTIFIED. Arguably the strangest thing I've ever heard in 50
years of LW dial-twisting. Nov 9 at 1057 UT, heard on the Kaneohe
(Hawaii) SDR, 284 kHz (via USB mode), using Canadian format (CW ID,
followed by solid tone for several seconds, all at 400 Hz). Repeated
Code ID was: [ ._._ ... ]. Obviously the second character is 'S'. But
just what the hell is [ ._._ ]?? Internet Morse-to-text translator
shows it as, 'AA'. Googling "AA S NDb 284 kHz" goes nowhere. I don't
drink or smoke anything anymore, for a number of years now. Listened
for 3 or 4 minutes to verify the CW ID I was hearing; by 1109 UT the
signal had faded to where the CW ID was indiscernible. I was hearing a
smattering of NDbs from BC at the time, most notably Vancouver and
Prince Rupert. Nothing comes close to that CW ID, in any info to which
I have access. I am clueless -- what say you? -- (GREG HARDISON, CA,
WORLD OF RADIO 2008, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

If not miskeyed, could be Russian Morse code for the letter ``ya`` =
backwards R -- so try to find a reference for Russian beacons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Morse_code
Of course, ... is the letter spelt C equivalent to our S
(Glenn Hauser, Nov 9, ibid.)

Glenn: -- As always, I appreciate your DX-wisdom! I must admit Russia
was one of my first thoughts upon hearing this thing; I guess the
"Canadian format" threw me off that track. I was also hearing NDbs and
DGPS-markers from the Aleutians at the time, but couldn't find
anything (and they don't necessarily even exist) from nearby Russia.
(On a semi-related note I will always miss the ex-Russki LW
broadcasters we used to hear in California!) That's the cool thing
about DXing. One can twist the dials for literally over a
half-century, and still be completely mystified by something bouncing
off the ionosphere. I definitely must dig further for a good source of
Russian LW-info. Are there any DXers working for Trump, hi?? :^)>
(-- GREG H, ibid.)

This is QD in Manitoba. It has been keying this pattern now since
September (Steve. VE7SL, McDonald, ibid.)

--.- -..
.-.- ...

It`s hard to figure how QD could be transformed into YaC. QD is in The
Pas (which could be construed as `not this` (gh, ibid.)

Interesting. I did see QD on the beacon list, but didn't consider it,
as the only other signal I was hearing from anywhere near that part of
the world was 50 kW CBK/540. Also, I didn't think anyone would let an
NDb get that far out of whack -- and for that long a time period. I
could imagine that happening in this country, but certainly wouldn't
expect that in Canada! Many thanks anyway for the info (-- GREG H,
ibid.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 328 kHz, Nov 17 at 0722, dash and YTL NDBeacon, 1000 watts
from Big Trout Lake, Ontario. Location and background info on this one
in my Oct 9 log, also in DXLD 19-41. 332 kHz, QT Thunder Bay mixing
with IC Wichita also logged both dates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Nov 12 at 1929 UT, ``La Diferente 97.9 FM y 1120
AM``. 2000 UT ToH legal ID pronounces KETU in English, additional
slogan,``La estación latina de Tulsa, Oclajoma``. Their top-billed FM
is of course a mere 250-watt translator, K250BN with a tiny fraxion of
the 10 kW AM daytime coverage, but where it counts, I suppose, as 1120
CoL is really Catoosa. FCC map pins K250BN near US 169/64 and East
54th St., i.e. on the SE side of Tulsa, yet direxional favoring the
SE, not NW, quite a null at 290 degrees. ``La Diferente`` is a rather
weak slogan claim, if you ask me (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 1203 kHz, Nov 14 at 0050 UT, IBOC ``HD`` noise peaking
here QRMing WOAI 1200, never noticed before; something new? Als

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 10-16, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page80
[over 394,000 views! as of November 16, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic LWBC carrier search, Nov 15 at 0713: I`ve
had little luck with such high-power DX rather than 25-watt NDBs, but
at this time I detect JBA carriers on 189, 198, 216 and 252 kHz, which
could be Euro broadcasters rather than beacons or something else: i.e.
Iceland, UK, France, Ireland (unless RTE off again audiblizing
Algeria) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 540, Nov 14 at 0731, two Mexicans to choose merely by
rotating my wrist-mounted DX-398, mutually nullable: XETX with
frequent full ID, La Ranchera de Paquimé, street address in Nuevo
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, also mentioning FM XHTX 90.5.

And, 540, Los Cuarenta, making fast SAH, XEWA SLP SLP, indeed
off-frequency-minus; as Terry Krueger, FL, measured it Nov 1 at
539.966 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DUNIDENTIFIED. 1053 kHz, since
I notice a JBA carrier here, Nov 14 at
0053 UT, I perform a Trans-Atlantic MW carrier search until 0101,
finding these others on the NRD-545 with fixed antenna, rig I seldom
use for this purpose: 1044, 936, 909(2), 855, 711, 702, 693, 684, 657,
639(2), 621, 612, 531; and finally one on 1503 but nowhere else on top
half (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, November 11 at
1259-1308 UT as I am awake around local sunrise, 1305: 774-NW,
702-WSW, 612-WSW, 747-NW, 828-NW, 882-WSW, 972-NW, 1242-NW,
1503-both?, 1566-NW --- i.e. the usual suspects from Au/NZ and
Japan/Korea S. Most of these were at the very margin of inaudibility
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 14 at
0612-0616 on the R75 with E-W longwire: I start at 846 which I always
assume even at this early hour is the one trans-Pacific, not Atlantic,
from Kiritimati; then, 837, 783, 774(2 with some audio - Spain),
756(2), 747(2), 711, 693, 684, 666, 657, 639(2), 612, 585, 558(2),
549, 531. Reminder that (2) means at least two carriers beating on
very slightly different frequencies.

At 0616 I resume upward: 882, 909, 954, 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098,
1107 stronger, 1125, 1134, 1152, 1215, 1269, 1305, 1413, 1575, 1584.

At 0715 Nov 14 for good measure another scan this time on the DX-398
on altazimuth wrist mount: 558, 612, 684, 693, 747, 774(2), 846(TP
which has not weakened in the past hour like the Europeans), 882(2),
1134, 1413, 1485 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 4-10, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page80
[over 393,000 views! as of November 10, 2019]

** CANADA [and non]. 326 kHz, Nov 8 at 0802, dash and YQK, which is
200 watts from Kenora, Ontario. Also on same frequency, different
pitch, MA, 400 watts from Midland, Texas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [non]. 341 kHz, Nov 8 at 0803 UT, no signal from Enid`s
only beacon, EI; just OIN from Oberlin KS. Of course hardly any
flights would need it at this hour of our minor regional Woodring
airport. Still no EI at 1955 UT daytime Nov 8 {but OIN is already
audible during the following hour long before sunset} (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 362 kHz, Nov 4 at 0649 UT, NDB sending dash and SB. It`s
500 watts from Greater Sudbury, Ont., per dxinfocentre.com

366 kHz, Nov 4 at 0650 UT, dash and YMW, i.e. 500 watts from Maniwaki,
Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 379 kHz, Nov 4 at 0652 UT, ND beacon RUE. It`s 25 watts from
Russellville, Arkansas. I was tuned to 380. See also CANADA for two
more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 521-MCW kHz, Nov 7 at 0720, NDBeacon ORC, 25 watts from
Orange City, Iowa. Yes, a few beacons still exist on this band just
below AMBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 720, Nov 10 at 1335 UT, TexMexmx, break for super-hype voice
actor to proclaim, ``--- 104.1 y 720 AM, la estación de la raza``.
Null/separable from WGN, but soon outfading, is KSAH Universal City
(San Antonio) TX. NRC AM Log says the slogan is ``Norteña 104.1``
which is not a mere translator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Nov 10 at 1329 UT, WKY, OKC, with double audio!
Closing pubaffs show `Sunday Morning Magazine` about elexions in OK,
when to register for primary, etc.; and ID for WWLS 98.1 The Sports
Animal which is its normal programming source. No one paying attention
at station to suppress TSA at least during this breakaway! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1110, Nov 10 at 0753 UT, KFAB Omaha in C2CAM normally
owns this clear channel at night, but now has some musical QRM with
SAH, hard to DF with KFAB nulled. Of course, the only other 50 kW at
night 1110 station is WBT Charlotte NC, but it`s news/talk too; with
deep nulls toward each other. Suspect it`s one of the numerous
daytimers in between running at night. Or maybe KRDC Pasadena CA, all
20 kW supposedly WSW into the Pacific but C/Disney format (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1160, Nov 7 at 1401 UT, ``AM 1160 The Hope``, church info
for Naperville, soon losing to Spanish presumably Kansas City. WYLL
Chicago, U4 50/50 kW but seldom heard here and never well since day
pattern is circular tangent to SE, and night pattern tight to the
north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Nov 9 at 0705 UT, ad for texting RANK to some number,
and another ad for something in northern Michigan, Petoskey. So it`s
certainly 50-kW ND daytimer cheating again, WJNL, Kingsley near
Traverse City. I`ve often checked for this but there has been too much
KGYN even nulled. Now I`m not even trying to do that, on the east-west
longwire which should favor KGYN. Its own adherence to legally nulling
toward Philadelphia at night is questionable, but maybe now they
really are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Sunday Nov 10 at 1339 UT, surprised to hear the tones
of Jim Bohannon in the light of day, guest author who is a
``Bible-believing Christian``. This is certainly my semi-local KQAM
Wichita KS, atop remnant of Vietnamese KNGO The Metroplex making a
slow SAH. But KQAM is not a JIMBO affiliate per:
http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/station-finder/
rather 3 other 1480s all at normal nighttimes or later repeats
pre-sunrise. But what do they know? Jimbo is among the Big Talkers at:
http://stecklinecommunications.com/kqam/
Sundays at 12-14 UT; and weeknights live at 03-06 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, Nov 10 at 1352 UT, ``Cape Radio 100.3 News-Talk``,
1359 local PSAs for Cape Girardeau, caperadionews.com; rapid legal ID
I think fits in a 1550 mention, 1400 Fox ``news``. Is KAPE now on 5 kW
direxional day power. Lucky MO has two others 1550s

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 3-9, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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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/page80
[over 390,002 views! as of November 9, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. TA conditions must be VG, as earlier Nov 4 Mark Connelly
in MA reported Syria ``inbooming`` (where did he get that?) on 783. Too
late for that now, but at 0550-0600 I decide to perform a JBA MW
carrier search on the R-75 with E/W longwire, and find plenty of them:
531, 549, 558(2), 567, 585(2), 595.9, 621, 639, 684, 693(2), 711, 729,
738, 747, 756, 774(2: See SPAIN), 801, 837, 882, 909, 936(2), 954, 963
(both sides of my 960 local), 999, 1053, 1062, 1089, 1125(2), 1134,
1215, 1305, 1566 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 774 kHz, Nov 4 at 0554 during JBA TA MW carrier search, this
is strongest and bearing some audio; at 0601 sounds like Castilian
intonation, YL talking and some music; 0628 still talk, 0630
timesignal typical on half-hours from RNE1. Except for some very low
power UKs, the RNE1 synchros on 774 are the only signals in W Europe,
eight of them ranging from 100 kW Valencia down to 10 kW at four
locations, adding up to 270 kW. Since I was hearing a beat, at least
one of them must be slightly off-frequency. 774 is also just about the
best split, near evenly with nothing big on 770, but plenty splash
from 780 WBBM, even tuning LSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2007, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Nov 9 at 0553 UT, I finally tune in before local
midnight, Spanish with KAAY from right angle easily nulled, making a
slow SAH of exactly 1.0 Hz, advice on how to accomplish e-commerce;
0556 into choral multi-verse NA; 0600 a quick ID which dammit I cannot
copy, but seems to mention FM, presumably linked to this XEAU
Monterrey; mentions milenio.com, and into infomercial for lentes de
leer (reading glasses). Now there is a UK TA het QRMing from 1089,
which I can`t null as long as I do null KAAY.

IRCA Mexican log says of XEAU: ``5000/500 watts, FM Tu 103.7 [Zona
Urbana], 1200-0600 REG ORO //XHFMTU 103.7FM. Moved to FM? (Web stream
ID is FM only, but AM is still included in 6/19 IFT list)`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, best of DX and 73 de Glenn  --- End Message ---
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 28-November 3, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page79
[over 391,000 views! as of November 3, 2019]

** CANADA. 750, Oct 30 at 0642 UT, some FM station in Georgia is
easily nulled, at right angle a fast SAH and producing a song
``Innocence`` in its lyrix over and over; 0645 ``This is
Saskatchewan`s New Beach Radio, --- 80s to 90s`` or something like
that; i.e. CKJH Melfort, Sask., U4 25/25 kW, in recent format change.
There is certainly no coast anywhere near Melfort, but a number of
little lakes and the Saskatchewan River not far away (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1050, Oct 30 at 0631, C song in English. If it
were not for the language and the music I would assume it`s XEG, as
loops from Monterrey direxion vs lots of CCI around. 0633 back
announcement in -- Spanish, but now there is QRM from another station
playing C --- that likely be CJNB North Battleford, Sask, U2 10/10
kW with C format. Of course, almost all its signal supposed to go
northward at night. See also CANADA for next Sask log a few minutes
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1560, Nov 1 at 1439 UT and still 1453, Vietnamese dominant
or audible vs KEBC OKC? So KGOW Bellaire TX is still propagating 2
hours after official November sunrise of 1245 UT. Axual sunrise today
in Houston was 1235 UT, as 1245 is an FCC-rounded average for
mid-month. No sign of Vietnamese from sibling station KYND or anything
on 1520 besides KOKC, so KYND presumably off again (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Nov 1 at 2158 UT, KOKB Blackwell is back on with ad
for Charlie`s Discount Drug in Stillwater, much weaker than // 1020
KOKP, seems underpowered. It was not on by sunrise today when KQFN AZ
came thru on 1580, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Nov 1 at 1418 UT, mesaforklift.com ad dominant on
caradio instead of nearby KOKB Blackwell OK which must be off again;
and then an ad for something ``right here in the state of Arizona``
and ID as ``1580 the --something--``. Equilateral triangle with corner
dots, it`s the Tempe 5/95 watt non-direxional station whose latest
call is KQFN, and per NRC AM Log ``The Fanatic``. sports format from
an address in Scottsdale. Official daytime in November is 1400-2430
UT. It`s been KQFN since 3/16/17, replacing KHEP from 10/20/15, and
KMIK which lasted almost 17 years from 12/04/98; but always Facility
7701 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1690, Nov 1 at 2259 UT, biz host signing off with a note of
finality saying will continue as podcast; must be KDMT Denver already
dominant instead of WVON Chicago, and not yet finished sale and new
format, but maybe imminent; fade for ToH ID but think 94.3 mentioned;
not correlating with either nor any other 1690 in NRC AM Log. Of
course I`m really looking for BR-LA pirate now on 1690, Radio Retén lo
que Tienes. Why not stay on clearer-channel 1710? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2006 monitoring:
Not confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO. Checked at 0330 UT
Sunday November 3, but at 0333 `This Week in Amateur Radio` starts and
runs all the way to 0455 (with ID breaks inserted every dekaminute),
then `Amateur Radio Newsline`, and 0513 `Handi-Ham World`. Maybe WOR
ran earlier around 0300, or really late, or not at all? I`ve asked
Vern, and how early/late WOR could appear because of other
programs/podcasts of variable length. The ones I heard and WOR are not
cited on the outdated? WA0RCR websked. TWIAR`s podcast site
http://twiar.net/?paged=2
shows this week`s duration was supposed to be only 1:09; the weeks
before, 1:22 and 1:33. Note: if 10:15 pm Sat remain the nominal time
for WOR, from next week due to CST instead of CDT that will be 0415 UT
Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 27-November 2, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page79
[over 390,000 views! as of November 2, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 570, Oct 28 at 0556, caught last part of ID for ``92.1,
regional mexicana`` looping SSW. Certainly XEBJB Monterrey NL, which
IRCA Log shows as 5000/500 watts, ``BJB Regional Mexicana, Música
Regiomontana`, 24 h, // XHGBO 92.1 FM General Bravo. Regiomontana is
the classier adjectival form instead of ``Monterreyana``. BTW, in NRC
IDXD someone reported 570 Monty as XEMON, which is really the one on
1370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, Oct 28 at 0558-0602+, choral adult Mexican NA from
S/SSW with heavy CCI from KGGF et al. There are only three XEs on 690,
most likely XEN, CDMX, 100/5 kW, rather than Fresnillo or Monterrey.
Per the anthem appendix about XEN at
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2019%20Mexican%20Log.pdf
``Fast adult choral version (2 verses about 2 minutes) at Midnight. ID
before and after anthem``, while XEMA has children`s version, and XERG
none? 

NOTE: the Log at the bottom also provides hotlinx to station websites,
live audio, and when available, disgraced FB. Note that 0600 UT is now
midnight in central Mexico back on CST ex-CDT, except for border towns
wedded to US timeshifting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710.0, Oct 27 at 0603 UT tune-in, last few notes of
orchestral Mexican NA and apparently off, no Spanish or music further.
Must be XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, from the SW, the only one
I ever hear. This and the other two actives in the IRCA Mexican Log
are all shown as 24 hours. 

NB that at the bottom of the Log
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2019%20Mexican%20Log.pdf
there is a new extensive survey of when and what version of national
anthems are played, including XEDP, ``Adult choral at Midnight`` The
morning/evening anthemings do not necessarily denote sign-ons/offs.

BTW, except for border towns, the rest of Mexico which had been on DST
has now gone off it, a week before the United Statesian Hallowe`en
extension, which Mexico never copied despite Dia de los Muertos (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 900, Oct 27 at 0613, Spanish song, XEW? NO, loops SE and
quickly // much weaker 890 with WLS Jimbo nulled, therefore the two
Radios Progreso. Yet WRTH shows 900 is 50 kW from far Holguín, while
890 is 200 kW from closer Ciego de Ávila. 

[and non]. Once mighty XEW, La Voz de la América Latina desde México,
is seldom heard here; if I do get a 900 Mexican, it`s XEOK Monterrey,
or used to be: IRCA Log thinx it may be off to FM. There was a 100:1
power disparity, 250 vs 2.5 kW night power! WRTH 2019 gave XEW only
100 kW, a 40:1 ratio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1050, Oct 30 at 0631, C song in English. If it
were not for the language and the music I would assume it`s XEG, as
loops from Monterrey direxion vs lots of CCI around. 0633 back
announcement in -- Spanish, but now there is QRM from another station
playing C --- that likely be CJNB North Battleford, Sask, U2 10/10
kW with C format. Of course, almost all its signal supposed to go
northward at night. See also CANADA for next Sask log a few minutes
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1130, re XEYZ, Aguascalientes2 still/again on the air:
On the WTFDA Forum, Raymie Humbert, AZ, also replied October 20: 
``XEYZ still on air!? What necromancy is this? This is an AM that
nearly 18 months ago told the IFT "you can have the AM back, thank
you": [4 pp]
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/35226_181212173840_5224.pdf
What is going on?`` Pertinent paragraph among all the verbiage:

``Ahora bien, en términos de lo señalado en el último párrafo de la
propia Condición Tercera de la citada Resolución, manifiesto la
voluntad de la concesionaria para renunciar a la frecuencia 1130 KHz.
originalmente asignada, a través de la estación de radio con
distintivo de llamada XEYZ~AM; en ese sentido, es nuestra intención
continuar la operación y explotación únicamente de la frecuencia 107.7
MHz, por medio de la radiodifusora con distintivo de llamada XHYZ~FM.
Como consecuencia de lo anterior, solicitamos que los Títulos de
Concesión correspondientes versen exclusivam

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 19-27, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page79
[over 388,000 views! as of October 27, 2019]

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, EI, Enid`s only NDB, 25 watts at Woodring
Airport, has not been heard since Sept 7 when it was audible along
with YYU in Kapuskasing, the latter scheduled for decommissioning Oct
10. That leaves on 341 OIN, Oberlin KS and many others listed.

It appears EI has also been. I finally visited Woodring the afternoon
of Oct 21 and asked their new diector, Deirdre Gurry, about it:
https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/new-airport-director-introduced-at-woodring/article_7b3a48aa-1630-51ce-b23b-1cf313604d26.html

It`s the FAA`s responsibility and I should seek out a NOTAM notice
about it, but she thinx it used to be on the south side of the runway,
and that such LW beacons are being phased out as who needs them with
GPS? Maybe it failed naturally and will not be fixed.

Here it is, as if still extant, but as of 12 September 2019:
http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/navaid-info?type=NDB=EI=GARFY
which was linked from everything else you need to know about KWDG:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KWDG
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Oct 22 at 2153 UT, EI is back! EnId`s 25-watt
MCW ND beacon at Woodring airport. The manager and others I visited
yesterday had no direct knowledge of it or its status, referring me to
FAA; but maybe my inquiry led her to look into turning it back on?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2005, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Oct 23 at 0611 UT. Enid Woodring Airport beacon
EI continues to be heard, day or night: also at 1445 UT when I note a
period of 8 seconds, which means quite a pause between each pair of
dits. Also Oct 24 at 1355 UT check. At night there is no longer
co-channel from dash and YYU, Kapuskasing, Ontario, which
http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm confirms has been Decommissioned.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Rick Barton, AZ, replies about this on the ABDX yg: ``The beacon 
EI at Enid would have been a Location Outer Marker for (and south 
of) Woodring apt. Has it been destroyed yet? I show its location 
here: 36.2750331 , -97.7907633

re: the comment about GPS: It is ironic that little puddle jumpers 
in the wilds of Alaska use hi-tech GPS, but large commercial 
aircraft still rely much on older technologies. 

I see that both Vance and Woodring still have the VHF band omni 
range navigation beacons at the field. Woodring has a VOR-DME on 
109.0 MHz with the ID ODG, and the VORTAC at Vance AFB is END on 
115.4 MHz. The reference name for the Enid NDB "EI" was "GARFY" 
NDB. It is no longer depicted on aviation charts. 73 from the desert 
southwest - rb`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 346 kHz, Oct 23 at 0612 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watts from
Sioux Lookout, Ontario. This NDB is not destined for decommissioning,
unlike 341, YYU, Kapuskasing, no longer mixing with local NDB EI; 
http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm 
now shows a bunch of other Canadians to be decommissioned as of March
26, 2020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 353 kHz, Oct 23 at 0614 UT, confusing NDB MCW ID changes
from one time to the next: INLN, four letters? NO, it`s two different
beacons mixing at slightly different periods. They are exactly the
same pitch and same frequency. I ran into this before, these:

353 IN USA MN International Falls - Ray 100 48 28 53 -93 16 41 
353 LI USA AR LITTLE ROCK 400 34 40 8 -92 18 20
per dxiinfocentre.com 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, Oct 27 at 1319 UT, Navajo talk, 1320 hymn in English,
1324 ``reflexions for the 30th Sunday of ordinary time`` and fade. I
guess that`s Catholic calculation from Easter. KTNN Window Rock AZ, I
had not heard in some time, so seems to be adhering to night
direxionality west; Oct SR/SS times are 1315/0045 UT (Nov: 1345/0015
UT). checked here after KKOB 770 was in. KTNN reception improved by
USB tuning since WSCR 670 Chicago IBOC noise is still a problem
peaking lowside 657 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, Oct 25 at 1207 UT, ad string in Ukrainian looping
NE/SW, one for auto parts, ID mentioning Ukrainian Radio, 1211 song.
We know this is WNDZ, Portage

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 21-26, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
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/page79
[over 388,000 views! as of October 26, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MOROCCO. 595.9, Oct 25 at 0608, JBA carrier. Before a bandscan,
see UNIDENTIFIED, I check for this first, as the low-power 50 kW Oujda
transmitter of SNRT has been reported by Chris McWhinnie and Alan
Pennington of the British DX Club, further off-frequency than usual
595 instead of 594, and there it is! Wolfgang Bueschel precisioned it
at 595.896 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Oct 21 at 0559, YL promo for `Milenio Diario`
newscast at L-V times, 0600 into infomercial. Still no ID, but another
match for XEAU, Monterrey, since searching immediately finds:

``XEAU-AM is a radio station on 1090 AM in Monterrey, Nuevo León. It
is owned by Multimedios Radio and carries Milenio Radio along with
sister station XHFMTU-FM 103.7 HD3. Wikipedia``. Of course that does
not prove that no other 1090 station airs M.D., but surely XEAU, our
closest 1090 anyway is the one I have been hearing. As usual, KAAY
from the east can be nulled, but not the annoying 1089 het from the
700+ kW of UK synchros (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2005, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Oct 26 at 0605 UT, Spanish from south easy with KAAY
from the east nulled and initially dead-air. It`s an infomercial not
for mattresses but now for ``Vitac-30`` [?], an antiseptic, referring
to phone number to call ``en pantalla``, i.e. on the screen, another
*television* infomercial. The number probably depends on which station
is airing it in order to track response sources, but it`s rather hard
to ``see`` on the radio! Maybe they later inserted it verbally. That
name is incorrect; searching, there is a Vita-C vitamin supplement.
Anyhow, still presumed XEAU, Monterrey NL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Re my ID of the 1130 station as XEYZ Aguascalientes2, still
on the AM air, Tim Hall, editor of the IRCA Mexican Log, replies,
first on the ABDX yg: 

``Thanks for the update. This is very odd. I can't imagine what they
would be doing back on the air. They surrendered their AM license
almost a year and a half ago (see URL below for a copy of the
self-cancellation letter). I haven't heard anything about them being
forced to turn the AM back on (a "continuity obligation" can be
invoked if the Mexican government determines that the AM shutdown
leaves even a few people with no remaining radio or TV coverage). The
AM license was not restored as of the August 2019 IFT list. Maybe it
will show up on the next list?
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/35226_181212173840_5224.pdf
73 Tim``

And directly Oct 21: ``For now I've added the note to the Mex list
database. I'll see if I can re-log XEYZ from the Border Inn next
weekend. Hopefully I'll catch XECHAP too, if they made their projected
on-air date of Oct 4th.

XEYZ-1130 is still including AM 1130 in their ID: 1 File 381.6 kB
https://www.w4uvh.net/20191020_2302_XEYZ_1130_web_stream_ID.mp3
...despite surrendering the AM license almost a year and a half ago.
The attached ID was taken from their web stream a few minutes ago. 73
Tim`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2005, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

On the WTFDA Forum, Raymie Humbert, AZ, also replies October 20: XEYZ
still on air!? What necromancy is this? This is an AM that nearly 18 
months ago told the IFT "you can have the AM back, thank you": [4 pp]
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/35226_181212173840_5224.pdf
What is going on?`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, presunrise 1244 UT
Oct 21 at 1230-1237; on the R75 with E-W longwire this time, so no
DFing to separate the NW from the WSW: 567, 594, 693, 702, 729, 747,
756, 774, 828, 837, 873, 882, 891, 918, 972, 1008, 1017, 1035, 1053,
1107, 1512, 1548 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 25 at
0609-0618: this time on the R-75 I am tuning LSB, 1 kHz above 9 kHz
channels, instead of the usual USB 1 kHz below; this could turn up
some different ones with different 10-kHz channel QRM/splash
situations: 531, 585, 603, 612, 621, 666(2), 684, 693, 711, 729(2),
747*, 774(2), 792, 801, 837, 8446, 855(2), 882, 936, 999, 1017

Re: [IRCA] COOK ISLANDS REACTIVATED ON MW 630

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
Hi Glenn, Further to my last news report here is a Radio New Zealand report and 
also some information from a Ham Radio contact over there

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/401526/cook-islands-reactivates-am-transmitter

My ham contact over there tells me it is a 1 kW Nortel txer using a version of 
a Marconi T type antenna end fed strung between two 25 metre tubular guyed 
masts. He doubts whether it will be running at full power, though (Chris 
Rogers, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)




On Saturday, October 19, 2019, 5:26:36 AM GMT+1, Glenn Hauser 
 wrote:


Hi Glenn, Here is the latest news regarding Radio Cook Islands.

Radio Cook Islands have reactivated an AM630 kHz service from an old standby 
transmitter with a mast of 25 metres located at Black Rock on the Island of 
Rarotonga, on the 18th of October.

The mast and the main transmitter at Matavera were decommissioned on the 5th of 
August and replaced with a FM service on 101 MHz.

An email received from the station manager Jeane Matenga said the old AM 
standby transmitter was reactivated at the government`s request due to the poor 
replacement FM coverage.

Best regards (Chris Rogers, Australia, Oct 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 20, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
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/page79
[over 386,000 views! as of October 20, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 1090, Oct 20 at 0622, Spanish from the south finally with a
non-mattress infomercial, instead sounds like ``Derma-Wand`` some
product for women`s anti-aging skin care. Yes, there is such a thing,
with very mixed reviews in English. XEAU Monterrey still suspected but
no ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

As for possible Mexicans on 1090, Raymie Hunbert, AZ, replies on the
WTFDA Forum, ``XHWL [FM] has been on over a year and XEWL is not 
obligated, so it should be gone``, i.e. Nuevo Laredo (gh) 

** MEXICO. 1130, I am still trying to ID the Spanish here, which has
seemed like it must be the newly activated XECHAP, Chapingo, EdoMex,
educational station in the new IRCA Mexican Log as Radio Chapingo,
10/5 kW, ex-1610 XEUACH, projected to start 10/4/2019.

However: October 20 at 0631, amid tunes I hear a non-ID as ``El Poder
de --?-- siete, La Poderosa``. No such slogan for any of the possible
four in the current Log --- but checking the previous one on paper,
2018 edition #21, there was a Poderosa on 1130:

``XEYZ, Aguascalientes2, 10/2.5 kW, La Poderosa 107.7; La Más Famosa,
24h, //107.7 FM XHYZ. Still active on AM 10/17`` --- So now we may
extend that to 10/19! And put it back into the Log. Approx. from SSW,
making medium SAH with KWKH to the SE nulled as much as possible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 20 at
0034-0044 UT: 531, 549, 558(2), 612, 621, 738, 774(2), 828, 846, 855,
882, 891, 909, 936(2), 945, 1008, 1017, 1026, 1044(2), 1053, 1098,
1107(2), 1125(2), 1134(2), 1152, 1179, 1206, 1215(2), 1305(2), 1341,
1413, 1458(2), 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 13-19, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 

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/page79
[over 386,000 views! as of October 19, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO [and non]. 1090, Oct 16 at 0604 UT, colchón (mattress) ad in
Spanish, but keeps going past 0609, an infomercial and mentions being
a TV offer. Roughly south with KAAY nulled at first during its dead
air. Anyhow, no sign of KEXS 10 kW MO daytimer which had been
all-nightly for quite a while. The SS is most likely XEAU Monterrey
NL, or maybe XEWL Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., but neither is supposed to be
on now per sked in IRCA Mexican Log: XEAU until 0600, XEWL until 0200;
even allowing for DST, Mex skeds are notoriously unreliable (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 1090, Oct 17 at 0603, that mattress infomercial in Spanish
again plugging how wonderful it is for your spine, etc., maybe runs
every night at this time for those who can`t sleep; from the south, so
likely XEAU Monterrey; bothered by 1089 TA het, but 1090 KAAY pretty
much nulled. I really need to tune in a bit earlier for an ID (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2004, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1090, Oct 19 at 0502, tonight I`m tuning an hour
earlier to 
get a headstart before the mattress TV infomercial I`ve been hearing 
after 0600 --- but it`s already running now! And I`ve missed another 
ToH ID, if any. Maybe all-mattress-all-the-time? Or late for those who
can`t sleep well on their awful mattresses. La Voz del Colchón, 
or Radio Colchón Internacional? I continue to think it`s XEAU, 
Monterrey NL. KAAY off the side must be nulled, and hope there be no 
KEXS or anything else closer to the axis. But there is still that TA
carrier pest on 1089, or really the seven UK Talksport synchros
adding up to 722 kW --- not including the 0 kW from the one in the
Chunnel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1130, Oct 14 at 0555 UT, ``tropical`` music from SW/NE,
as KWKH Shreveport is unusually weak and easily nulled. Spanish on
this frequency unusual; 0557 UT timecheck for 12:57, so in UT-5 CDT
zone same as here, but no ID copied as KWKH resurges by 0600 UT.

NRC AM Log has a few US SS on 1130: KSDO San Diego but wrong timezone
and SS:REL; WYXE Gallatin TN right zone but wrong direxion and SS:REL
daytimer; KTMR Converse (Houston) TX, SS:REL, wrong direxion, and 25
kW daytimer; WLBA Gainesville GA, not REL but 10 kW daytimer wrong
direxion; closest Mexidirexion would be XEHN Nogales, Sonora but UT
-7. IRCA Mexican Log has two other iffies in Guanajuato, Michoacán,
leaving the most likely, altho really more SSW than SW from here, but
in correct timezone:

``1130 XECHAP Mex Chapingo 1 5000 Radio Chapingo EDU/CAR CP (2017)
for XEUACH-1610 to move here replacing XETOL which moved to FM.
Station web site 8/19 said transmissions will start on 1130 kHz
(daytime only [sic] 1300-0100) on 10/4/2019`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1130, Oct 16 at 0556 UT, Spanish past 0600, nulling KWKH
favors SW, but now peaking this signal at SSW rather than SW, further
pointing to the new XECHAP, Chapingo EdoMex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1130, Oct 19 at 0601, not much can be extracted with KWKH 
nulled as much as possible, but think I hear ``Radio-Activa`` which 
may or may not be an ID slogan. Trying to nail down a definite XECHAP, 
new station supposed to have just started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. From 0123 UT Oct 13: Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier 
search, a good idea as Jim Renfrew, NY has been reporting lots of 
stuff now and recently: this on the handheld DX-398 to be sure they 
DF approx. NE if not SW, but facing lots of splatter from those pesky 
North Americans on even frequencies:

612, 621, 693, 774, 783, 837, 855, 882, 936(2), 999, 1017, 1053, 1062,
1089, 1125, 1179, 1215, 1296(2), 1305, 1413, 1422, 1503, 1512.

(I also have off-frequency-minus hets below 774 and 1548, but as
previously divined, those two are harmonically related to each other
and to 387-, so something local; never mind. DF on these is N/S)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 13 at
0606-0613 UT, still before sunrise in W Europe, less than 5 hours
after the previous one

[IRCA] COOK ISLANDS REACTIVATED ON MW 630

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 Hi Glenn, Here is the latest news regarding Radio Cook Islands.
 
Radio Cook Islands have reactivated an AM630 kHz service from an old standby 
transmitter with a mast of 25 metres located at Black Rock on the Island of 
Rarotonga, on the 18th of October.
 
The mast and the main transmitter at Matavera were decommissioned on the 5th of 
August and replaced with a FM service on 101 MHz.
 
An email received from the station manager Jeane Matenga said the old AM 
standby transmitter was reactivated at the government`s request due to the poor 
replacement FM coverage.
 
Best regards (Chris Rogers, Australia, Oct 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 14-18, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page79
[over 386,000 views! as of October 19, 2019]

** U S A. 356 kHz, Oct 16 at 0555, ND beacon ODX, which is 25 watts
from Ord, Nebraska. 293, FBY Fairbury NE also in at 0549 with 25 watts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 620, Oct 18 at 1235 UT, signal from SSE in Spanish. Must be
KEXB Dallas, which some months ago became split-personality, Spanish
religion overnight, still businews in English overdays. Now Spanish
has expanded, overtaken? Checked again at 1812 UT, still Spanish as
Radio Luz, all-talk sounding like infomercial with religious
overtones, a (972) area code and then a different one. Break at 1900
UT for legal ID in English as KTNO, Plano, a Salem station. That has
been the one on 1440! So they must have flipped. And into outright
preaching.

FCC AM Query confirms that only yesterday, Oct 17, did the 1440
station change calls from KTNO to KEXB. (Before 3/15/1994 it was
originally KDNT --- I remember, that was in Denton, another town too
close to The Metroplex to be able to hold on to its local radio
station succumbing to giant sucking --- like Wichita Falls which lost
at least two including the original 620, KWFT).

KEXB 1440 is licensed to Inspiration Media of Texas LLC, University
Park. 620, KTNO licensee is named merely Inspiration. Nothing in FCC
about either pertaining to Salem as I heard announced on 620.

Radio-locator.com is confused about which be which:

``KEXB-AM 1440 kHz
University Park, Texas
"Experts In Business"
Station Format: Business News``

Website:
https://620amkexb.com/

But that site now displays:

``620 KEXB Business Talk is no longer available. Thanks for listening
to the station over the past 8 years. Please check out one of the
other Salem Media Group radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
(KLTY) 94.9 KLTY https://klty.com
(KSKY) 660am The Answer https://660amtheanswer.com
(KWRD) The Word 100.7FM https://thewordfm.com
(KTNO) 620AM Radio Luz https://luzdallas.com
(KLTY-HD2) 94.9-HD2/102.5 El Pez https://elpezdfw.com``

That last one is also sloganned ``Inspirando Tu Vida`` -- El Pez
refers to the Christian idea that it`s somehow related to the Greek
word for fish, ichthos -- a back-formation acronym translated as
``Jesus Christ, Son of God``. Thus the fish symbol on rearends of
cars, people, and elsewhere. Note: in Spanish once a fish be caught,
it becomes a pescado, i.e. ``fished``. So I guess Christian converts
are also pescados; hopefully without too much injury to their lips.
Note one is spelt with a z, the other with an s. Roughly 50% of fish
are female, so why isn`t there a feminine equivalent of el pez? La pez
is a chemical term meaning pitch. But I digress?

This is probably not new, but on the caradio I notice that 620 is
stronger/louder than 570 KLIF Dallas. Both 5 kW, so if everything else
were equal, KLIF should be slightly stronger on a lower frequency, or
essentially the same. KLIF also has constant daytime CCI here from
understation WNAX Yankton, the only such SD, while 620 has none. The
620 daytime pattern FCC pdf is still labeled KEXB! It`s broad and
flattened from WSW to NNE. KLIF daytime is almost circular but offset
from center favoring the south side.

At 2058 UT on two radios, I confirm that 1440 is not // 620, but can`t
tell yet what format is now thereupon. The former home of Radio Luz,
at U4 5/350 watts, 1440 ought still to be useful for something in
the daytime. Hey, there can never be enough Vietnamese in DFW.

1440, Oct 18 at 2343 UT now that SSS skip is in, we have the interim
answer: indecision. YL loop running over and over which I transcribe:

``This is KEXB, University Park, 1440-AM, Experts in Business. Radio
Luz Dallas se ha mudado de la 1440-AM a su nueva casa, la 620-AM ---
misma programaci?n, mejor cobertura, m?s alcance. Radio Luz Dallas,
iluminando mente y coraz?n``. And I go to the trouble to record it for
posterity:
https://www.w4uvh.net/KEXB_1440_loop_2019_1018_2349z.mp3

Official Oct SS/SR for KEXB and KTNO are /1230 UT, so at 2349,
1440 still legally on 50 kW day power, before cut to only 350 watts
night (Nov: 2330-1300 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 780, Oct 18 at 1240 UT, with nearby K

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 7-13, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page79
[over 384,000 views! as of October 13,, 2019]

** U S A. 820, Oct 10 at 0052 UT, WBAP still has QRM with slow SAH,
somewhat audible when nulled, WBAA singing ID just before 0100, as
Largo FL station is *still* obviously on 50 kW day power instead of 1
kW night. If they have a legit problem switching to night power and
pattern, they should just turn it off! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2003, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1110, Oct 11 at 1250 UT, talk in S Asian language, best with
KFAB nulled. Of course, it`s KVTT Mineral Wells (The Metroplex) TX,
listed merely as ``Asian`` format. Don`t hear this often; is 50 kW
daytimer but now would be reduced to only 39 kW Critical Hours. D4 in
NRC AM Log means different antenna pattern during CH than in daytime
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1476.85 & 1503.15 kHz approx., Oct 13 at 0614 UT,
matching unreadable spurblotches which must be coming out of a 1490
transmitter exactly halfway between, noted during a TA carrier
bandscan. Previously heard these around 1476 & 1504, Oct 11 at 1221 UT
during a TP MW carrier bandscan and DFed to WSW/ENE, but overlooked
reporting then. Most likely out of an adjacent- or possibly
second-adjacent state, such as KBST Big Spring TX. KZZN Littlefield
TX, KDMO Carthage MO or one of the other two MOs in Sedalia, Rolla.
DXers in those local areas, if any, please check them out, especially
daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1610, Oct 10 at 2008 UT, parked at Oakwood Mall, getting
more and more vacant, west side of Enid, noisy carrier here compared
to 1620 open on the caradio. On a portable also without BFO, loops
roughly NW/SE, which could point to the TIS at Great Salt Plains, near
Jet OK; but this is stronger than normally marginally audible in this
part of town; yet no NWS weather relay or any modulation. Later at
home I do detect a JBA daytime carrier roughly NNW/SSE. This axis
could also lead to something on Vance AFB in the opposite direxion
where its last TIS was on 530, not 1610. What next? (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1610 kHz, Oct 13 at 0619 UT, big S9 hum, perhaps related
to my daytime unID noise; no sign of CHHA Toronto which normally
dominates here at night, so maybe out of that but seems too strong
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Oct 12 at 1235 and still at 1249 UT, dead air looping
SE/NW, surely KRJO Monroe LA, the usual dominator. Initially atop some
other weak modulator(s), likely remnant of WPRR MI, maybe KGED CA. The
only other three 1680 Unitedstatesians never heard here, from WA, FL,
NJ.

BTW a DXer in Bâton Rouge told me Oct 7 that his local pirate, Radio
Retén Lo Que Tienes has reactivated but on 1690 instead of 1710; which
will make it much tougher to DX. Maybe nulling WVON early evening
before KDMT fade-in. See:
https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com/radio-tv-live/
Pretty snazzy website. One of the slides in their show mentions 1690
AM, but I don`t see an FM frequency anywhere, ``Radio`` is 24/7 but
not clear if that means 1690 and/or websteam audio/video 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 5-12, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page78
[over 384,000 views! as of October 12, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** CUBA. 1620, Oct 6 at 0046, music I figure is Radio Rebelde, 
immediately confirmed by // 5025 but latter is distorted, so better 
on 1620 despite some CCI and fading. Something`s always wrong 
at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710.00, Oct 11 at 1157, W in Spanish discussing crime
news in Chihuahua; no ID or break at ToH, 6:02 timecheck at 1202 UT.
Nor any national anthem which most XEs play around 6 am local. It`s
XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Same W still audible at 1242 with 6:43 TC.
IRCA Log says has been off-frequency -185 Hz for years, but not now,
nor has it been lately. Very close to the QRM, KGNC/KCMO. Believe this
is one I researched a few years ago in FCC database as having two
different transmitter sites, so presumed one of them is seldom-used
off-frequency, backup? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 11 before LSR
of 1235 UT; first check at 1158 on 774 finds a good one from the NW. 

At 1204-1223, bandscan on the DX-398, so I can DF whether NW from E
Asia or WSW from Australia/New Zealand+. Some without an angle were
too weak to tell, or more likely an even mix of both. In some cases a
beat could be heard between stations a few Hz apart (2).

594-NW, 603, 612-NW, 657, 693-NW, 702(2)-WSW>NW, 747-NW, 756-NW,
774-NW, 792(2)-WSW, 828-NW, 837, 864-NW, 873-NW, 882(2)-WSW>NW,
945-NW, 972-NW, 1035-WSW, 1044-NW, 1053-NW, 1098-W, 1116-NW,
1125(2)-WSW>NW, 1134-NW, 1143-NW>WSW, 1197-NW, 1287-NW, 1314-NW,
1332-NW, 1422-WSW, 1557-NW, 1566-NW. There could have been even more,
obscured by splash from North Americans 1 or 2 kHz away.

At 1232 I switch to the R75 with E-W longwire, so no DFing but a bit
more gain: 774 has trace of Japanese audio. Then sweep at 1234-1240,
JBA carriers on: 891, 882, 873, 864, 846, 837, 828, 774, 756, 747,
738, 729, 702(2), 693, 666, 657, 612, 594, 567, 558; this spanned LSR
1235, until 1238. Also after sunrise: 1125, 1134, 1143, 1566 at 1240
Oct 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 30-October 6, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page78
[over 382,000 views! as of October 6,, 2019]

** U S A. 650, October 1 at 0611 UT, surprised to hear news instead of
music, not WSM? No, soon finishing ``CBS News Update``, back to WSM
singing ID; odd time to drop it in. Seems to me WSM was originally NBC
for many years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 820, Sept 30 at 0610 UT, unusual music way over talker WBAP
which normally owns 820 here at night --- 0611 UT singing ID as WWBA
and gospel country song. U4 50/1 kW WWBA in Largo FL (TSP market, not
Key Largo!) has got to be on day power and pattern, but major lobes
NNW/SSE, not so good for us, so possibly ND now? If they do this
again, should make it very DXable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 820, October 1 at 0609 UT, country music under WBAP but soon
fading up and overtaking it by 0613 on E-W longwire. Like last night,
WWBA Largo FL is on 50 kW day power instead of 1 kW night. Meanwhile,
I see that WWBA has been heard as far away as BC, where FL is quite
rare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 820, Oct 6 at 0055 UT, inspired by 1520 KOLM cheating, I
check WBAP and find it still has considerable unusual CCI from some
music, then talk, 0101 WWBA ID mixing with WBAP, so WWBA Largo FL
continues to run 50 kW day power at night, as first IDed here Sept 30.
WHBO 1040 has moved on to diplex with the WWBA site, which may have
something to do with this anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) but see below

** U S A. 820, Sunday Oct 6 at 0606 UT, WBAP starting `Red Eye Radio`,
but horrible mixture of another `Red Eye Radio` far out of synch,
maybe half a minute apart. At first thought flagship WBAP had its
wires crossed with double audio feed, but it keeps going and I soon
find it is really another signal by DF. As recently reported, WWBA
Largo FL on 820 has been running 50 kW at night and QRMing WBAP all
over the continent, but format had been C music. Has it flipped
formats, or is hybrid with both depending on time?

This is hardly a new situation. See my log from *2013* ---

``820, Oct 7 at 0607 UT, Redeye Radio from WBAP has a slight reverb
echo on it, especially when nulled, no doubt from other 820 affiliate,
WWBA in Largo FL, 50/1 kW. I wonder if they make an effort to
synchronize, compensating for a satellite delay to FL from originating
TX, minimizing echo which could be a lot worse between them than here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Guess what, WWBA is still/again listed as an RER affiliate:
http://www.redeyeradioshow.com/red-eye-radio-affiliates/
And there is one other 820, WGGM Chester VA -- now WNTW, U4 10/1 kW
which we may safely disregard.

RER affiliate list does link to WWBA website:
https://www.newstalkflorida.com/

But no program schedule and a direct link I had in an old log is 404.
Current site does have Listen linx to WIXC 1060 and WWBA 820. Checked
at 1516 Oct 6, WWBA is talking a Dave Ramsey commercial, not C

Also, altho recently reported in DX News as if something new, Terry
Krueger mentioned over two years ago in Sept 2017, that WWBA and WHBO
were diplexed close to his then location in Clearwater.

See DXLD 15-02, for my previous log of WWBA vs WBAP, Jan 9, 2015:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1502.txt
And 15-01 as of Jan 6, 2015, under unID:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1501.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 870, October 1 at 1228 UT, Spanish ads with Dallas
addresses, including a church, so definitely KFJZ Fort Worth in new
REL:SS format; squeezed between WWL and XETAR, about to fade out
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 870, Oct 2 at 1230 UT, finally a non-ID from KFJZ Fort
Worth: ``Radio Libertad 8-70 A-M`` twice, 7:30 TC and into talk about
Biblia, Jeová. Radio-locator.com still hasn`t caught up with this
instead of business news in English.

Searching on slogan quoted leads to this convoluted listing showing
additional slogan ``LA QUE LLEGO PARA QUEDARSE`` which means, whew,
there will never be any more changes!

https://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Libertad-870-AM-s32636/
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Genres: Vietnamese Talk
Description: Estación de radio con formato cristiano
Language: Spanish
Contact: 817

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 21-October 4, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page78
[over 382,000 views! as of October 4, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 1000, Oct 2 at 0611 UT Mexican music with slow SAH against
KTOK OKC nulled, 0614 ``La Rancherita`` ID over music. IRCA log says:

``1000 XEFV Chih Ciudad Juarez 1000  La Rancherita Mil AM 24h
RAN/NOR MEGA No FM. License expired but AM is still active 7/19``

The SAH is about the same as I get from KKIM Albuquerque but no sign
of it now, and there was no sign of XEFV when I last heard KKIM. So I
wonder if XEFV be erratic? Altho 24h, IRCA leaves blank its night
power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search on the DX-398, Sept
23 at 1213-1223 UT spanning LSR of 1220 UT:
>From NW: 774, 747, 693, 657, 594, 828, 837, 972, 1566
>From WSW: 702, 567, 882, 1035
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 24 at 1214-1225 
around local sunrise: from NW, 774, 747, 693, 666, 594, 828, 972, 1566. 
>From WSW, 702, 882, 1503. From W, 1098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1224-1228
around local sunrise 1227: With K-index of 2, nothing looping NW from
E Asia, Japan/Korea, but from WSW, Australia/New Zealand, u.o.s.:
1548, 882, 702, 612; 1098-west. Steve McGreevy, California, says ``I
REALLY enjoy and am fascinated by your TA/TP MW scans/observations
from mid-continent -- SpM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 23-29, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page78
[over 381,000 views! as of September 29,, 2019]

** OKLAHOMA. Transmission of S9+ buzzing noise levels around my QTH
appear to have been fixed. This has severely hampered my monitoring
mainly in the 3-9 MHz range, sometimes beyond, and sometimes also MW.
On rare occasions it would abate or go off briefly, particularly after
some rain. I complained to our electric utility, OG, about this in
early August. A very helpful guy, Rocky, checked it out, but concluded
that he could do nothing about it until Suddenlink cable, which shares
poles with OG, repaired some ``lashings`` in my neighborhood, making
noise masking the major problem. This was not done until September 23,
after my repeated complaints to Suddenlink, and putting them in
contact with Rocky.

Now today Sept 24, Rocky has been back on the case, located and fixed
it: a bad lightning arrester, he says, half a mile north. My DF of the
noise source had long indicated a N/S axis. It had also been radiating
thru powerlines over a wide area, same thing heard for many blox
around. Thanks to Rocky! I`ve got his number if there are any further
noise problems. Now I should again be able to DX effectively on the
lower bands! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1.6-2.4 MHz or so, Sept 25 now I have an S9 line noise
level in this area, where it was not before the 3-9 MHz range was
cleared up. O well, this bit is more dispensable, but still a bother
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, Sept 27 at 1312? UT, tune across Pittsburg KS` KKOW ID
``and 97.5 in Joplin`` MO, item to add to the NRC AM Log which shows
no FM. Per WTFDA FM Database, that`s K248DR, 250 watt translator,
ex-K258BF on 105.7. It has no other FM relays of KKOW, not even in
Pittsburg itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1160, Sept 27 at 1253 UT, Oom-pah Mexican music is dominant,
but there is only one XE left on 1160, way off in BC. 1254
announcement mentions ``La Doble K``, so slogan ID? Searching on that
leads no closer than to Lima, Perú. There are no Unitedstatesian 1160s
with KK in their calls. Among US SS stations, this is certainly KCTO
Cleveland MO (KC market), but all listings and own website call it
``La Mega``, nothing about double-K. 1256 fades and I tune elsewhere;
back to 1160 at 1300 it`s faded back up with more Mex music so maybe I
missed real ID. KSL is hardly a factor, as usual seeming weakened.
Belatedly I try to DF it, and NE/SW seems to fit. Soon a SAH develops
of 72/minute = 1.2 Hz, losing out to religion in English, perhaps KRDY
San Antonio altho listed as TLK, or a late remnant of WYLL Chicago
(Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Sept 23 at 1234 UT tune-across KFAQ Tulsa as EAS
tones are concluding. No known emergency requiring them; what`s up?
Right into ordinary weather info from NewsOn6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, Sept 24 at 1230 IT, weather from ``KKIM AM 1000`` and
Biblebabble --- what? Per NRC-AM Log, 1190 KXKS Albuquerque NM, U1
1/24/psra 30.3 watts, is // KKIM 1000, meaning 100%? Just a few
minutes earlier I had noticed the KKIM very slow SAH against 1000 KTOK
OKC, but now I can`t be certain they match. Cheaters! FCC official
sunrise for September is not until 1245 UT (October: 1315). KKIM is U1
1/53/psra 12.2 watts, both obviously on full day power already.
But hey, all this is In Jesus` Name, so anything goes! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Sept 27 at 0559 UT, rapid multi-station ID for the
Information Station group, including WJNL, and 0600 WJML News; so
Kingsley MI *50 kW daytimer is still cheating* as first noted here
over two sesquimonths ago --- obviously no one else cares, not even
the legal 1210 stations at night. I`m not aiming the DX-398 toward it,
just dominating KGYN et al., on the E-W longwire, at a
spur-of-the-moment check; and BTW at this time it`s much better than
1200 WOAI! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1260, Sept 29 at 0605 UT, after weather, ``Springfield`s
NewsTalk 104-1, KSGF,`` no mention of AM frequency! And into sounds
like `When Radio Was`` which is hardly news. For 5/5 kW, not a very
good signal

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, August 26-September 22, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 
All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page78
[over 379,000 views! as of September 22,, 2019]

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Fulfilling dire warnings all day, a major storm
hit the OKC area (but not Enid!), the evening of Aug 26, early UT
August 27, resulting in the major TV stations blowing away their
entire primetime schedules for wall-to-wall coverage. Mike Morgan on
KFOR even called it an ``inland hurricane`` since winds were up to 80
mph. Caused a lot of damage, with hail, flooding, many power lines
down; up to 85 kilocustomers blacked out at peak per OG
Systemwatch.

Not until 0542 UT do I start checking whether any radio stations are
affected, and some are, even in the Enid area:

1520, Aug 27 at 0542 UT, KOKC is dead air, still so at 0554; I can`t
hear its FM translator on 95.3 either, whether off or dead air as it`s
marginal anyway.

1640, Aug 27 at 0545 UT, KZLS ``Enid`` (Hennessey) is dead air, maybe
because it`s programmed out of OKC. Still at 0554;

however at 0552 I nulled its carrier as much as possible to hear
another station with music. Normally it`s WTNI Biloxi MS, reported in
MW Circle as ex-sports:

``** U S A. 1640 WTNI [Biloxi MS] --- Yesterday I moved my antenna
from its summer position (about 270 degrees) to the winter one (about
300). LA has been a dead loss from here this year although to be fair
I have been away a great deal.

I was rewarded with good reception today after months of very little
(conditions I think rather than the antenna move working a miracle).
It's probably been reported elsewhere but I noted that 1640 WTNI seems
to have abandoned sport. ID noted as "This is Classic Country 103.5
The Possum". Also 1680 KRJO noted with "99.7 My FM" [Monroe LA]
(Paul Crankshaw, Aug 21, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

Thanks, Paul. WTNI used to simulcast 1490 WANG sport "The Champ". The
change of 1490 WANG to "103.5 The Possum" and country format was
reported in March in MWN. However at that time 1640 WTNI retained the
sport format. Neither NRC nor IRCA have subsequently reported that
1640 WTNI has now rejoined 1490, ditching the sport format for
country. Wikipedia says that this change occurred in June 2019, but I
can't find independent confirmation. 73 (/Andrew Brade, ibid.)

Hello Andrew and Paul, 1640 WTNI still shown as ESPN in 2019/20
NRC Log and now amended. Best wishes & 73s (Barry :-) Carlisle UK.
Lat. 55.0119N, Lon. 2.9668W, Davies, ibid.)``

1000, Aug 27 at 0550, KTOK OKC is still on but audio breaks up; by
0616 dead air.

Other OKC AM signals seem nominal at 0550+, 930, 800 and 640. {further FM 
and TV obs deleted here} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 413 kHz, Sept 6 at 0547 UT, ND beacon YHD and dash, which
is 250 watts from Dryden, Ontario. I was tuned to 412-USB.

346 kHz, Sept 6 at 0615 UT, ND beacon YXL and dash, 500 watts from
Sioux Lookout, Ontario; I was tuned to 347-USB. Dozing off, there have
been more below. Glad to hear that not all the Y-stations have been
decommissioned yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 341 kHz, Sept 7 at 0603 UT, dash and YYU, 500 watts from
Kapuskasing, Ontario, no trouble overriding my local on 341, EI. Per
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm
this is ``TO BE DECOMMISSIONED 2019-10-10``
The same red warning is appended to several others I have extracted:

206 XBE Bearskin Lake ON 25
208 YSK Sanikiluaq NU 500
230 VG Vermilion AB 1000
230 YD Smithers BC 500
235 CN Cochrane ON 100
241 YGT Igloolik NU 500
257 YXR Earlton ON 205
260 YSQ Atlin BC 1000
266 YFH Fort Hope ON 200
269 ZW Teslin YT 1000
305 YQ Churchill MB 500
323 UWP Argentia NL 550
343 YGO Gods Lake Narrows MB 200
344 YOP Rainbow Lake AB 500
368 YJF Fort Liarrd NT 500
373 ZFM Fort McPherson NT 40
380 YUB Tuktoyaktuk NT 2000
391 TK Smithers - Telkwa BC 100

These are the only ones indicated with a specific date. A number of
others still in the list are already labeled Decommissioned (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 300 kHz, Sept 16 at 0622 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watt ND
beacon from Island Lake, Manitoba. Believe this be a new one for me.
Wikipedia: ``Island Lake is a small community in east central
Manitoba, Canada. The community is on several islands i

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 7-20, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page78
[over 378,000 views! as of September 20, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 540, Sept 13 at 1147, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé, 540 AM``
and FM [90.5 listed], canned ID they emit every few minutes from XETX,
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, near the frontera, and heard
immediately upon tune-in, WSW separable from earlier southerly Spanish
talk, probably XEWA SLP, unseemed religious like KDFT Ferris TX. IRCA
Mexican Log says both these XEs are staying on AM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 580, Sept 13 at 1149, romantic song in Spanish from SSW,
and no WIBW unless that`s causing a SAH. 1200 ID as ``La Rancherita
del Aire``, which is Piedras Negras, Coahuila, with new official calls
XELRDA to match its slogan, altho it`s really rebranded XEMU which
lost the frequency and then bought it back, still llamando itself
``XEMU`` tho I heard neither call this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Sept 20 at 1108 UT, `Hablando Claro` program or
segment with item about something that happened in Mexico 2+ years ago
on Sept 19, 2017; with WJR nulled. Of the four 760 Mexicans, most
likely XEABC, EdoMex, 70/10 kW with variety format, rather than
Chiapas or Jalisco, and surely not Sonora.

Searching on that title and XEABC leads to a media directory at Radio
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México making such a connexion.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 790-, Sept 14 at 1215, low audible het looping SW about the
same as KFYO Lubbock ID, presumed XENT, La Paz BCS, as in MW Offsets:
790 789.9586 MEX XENT-AM Radio Fórmula (La Paz) 2018-11-01
790 789.9993 USA KFYO (Lubbock, TX) 2018-08-29
I.e. 40.7 Hz apart. No other station anywhere is listed that far below
790. Nominally 1/750 watts but IRCA Mexican Log says ``night power
seems much higher than 750``, and is staying on AM.

I also had a definite ID of XENT on 790-, April 11, 2018, after the
frequency had been reported at 789.96 by John Wilkins, CO (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, Sept 7 at 1210, Spanish virtually zero-beat with KQCV
OKC, which I null as much as possible; discussing border issues at
Juárez; 1211 mentions ``Calibre``, keyword for XEROK, contraxion for
``Canal Libre``, as if it were still a ``clear channel``; 1211 rooster
crows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BONAIRE. 800, Sept 15 at 0144, without really trying in
tune-across, Spanish mention of rtm.org and Bible talk in strange
accent, i.e. PJB, TWR. Dominant on the E-W longwire, where`s KQCV OKC?
It still dominates on the DX-398 except when nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 7 as I try to ID the SS from the South as KFJZ
Fort Worth [see U S A], by 1202 I am also hearing the choral Mexican
NA from the SW, which has to be XETAR; 1204, multilingual XETAR IDs;
1208 fades up ``XETAR, Su voz en la Sierra Tarahumara``, but I`ve
heard it much better before at SRS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 14 at 1208, XETAR in sign-on routine, starting
late? Or just protracted in multilanguages, but several IDs heard (not
XERTA as I mistyped in previous report about KFJZ, USA). In Spanish,
mentions that they will be on air for 12 hours, ``iniciando doce horas
de transmisión``, i.e. still a daytimer which perhaps WWL/listeners
appreciate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1050, Sept 12 at 0602, XEG Monterrey with super-hype voice
actor full Spanish ID claiming 100,000 watts ``en efectivo``, the
strongest station in Mexico or the US. Effective? meaning in a certain
direxion, but less transmitter power? That term is usually applied to
FM where ERP is almost always much greater than transmitter power,
taking into account antenna gain. Still plenty of QRM, and XEG has not
been the dominant 1050 signal at night for a long time, so I question
their claim. And it`s supposedly ND day and night. IRCA Mexican Log
shows nothing but 100/100 kW and it`s also $tereo with no FM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 569.94 approx., Sept 16 at 0636 UT, LAH against 570.0
stations. Nothing listed at mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, August 26-September 6, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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/page78
[over 374,000 views! as of September 6, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** BAHAMAS. While looking up CAYMAN info at dxinfocentre.com I search
for Bahamabeacons, and find only three listed. All appear to be away
from Hurricane Dorian path so may still be operating, FYI:
526, ZLS, Stella Maris, [Long Island], 500 watts
376, ZIN, Matthew Town, Great Inagua, 400 watts
281, ZSJ, Cockburn Town, San Salvador, 2000 watts
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CAYMAN ISLANDS. 415 kHz, Sept 6 at 0546, my NDB search downward is
off to a good start with CBC, which is 600 watts from Cayman BraC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Unfortunately awake before 1200 UT Sept 6, I check lowband
for the usual SRS stations: 540, 550, 610, 650, 700, 710, 740. 550 and
700 are playing different NA versions at hourtop; 650 concluding
`Buenos Dias, Yarderos` just before 1200, i.e. XETNT Los Mochis,
Sinaloa, and then always weaker 610, XEGS Guasave joins // for news. 

700, Sept 6 at 1205, ``La Poderosa de Parral, 90.3``, i.e. XEGD,
Chihuahua where 5/1 kW can be hyped as ``powerful``.

740, making horrible LAH on minus side of KRMG which soon takes over.
We know this one is XEQN Torreón, Coahuila.

Enid sunrise today: 1207 UT. Also around 1205 Sept 6, tried 870 for
XETAR, but dominated by Spanish gospel huxter from south, presumably
KFJZ Fort Worth, but in new NRC AM Log it is still shown as ETHnic:
Hindi, and other sources say BizTalk Radio (in English)! Could this
really be Mexican? No, new IRCA Log shows only two others in Oaxaca,
Guerrero, not religious and very unlikely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 760-, Aug 26 at 0143 UT, WJR Detroit in Michigan
talkshow suffers from a low audible het on the minus side. I pull some
Mexmx by nulling WJR, i.e. NW/SE, but it`s hard to tell where this QRM
peak, as there is more QRM from Colorado really from the NW [see USA
log]. At 0156 an SHVA in Spanish but can`t copy any ID. In the NRC AM
Log 2018, the only USSSes on 760 are two Floridians, both on at night
but with wrong formats: WLCC Brandon 1 kW religious, and WEFL Tequesta
1 sesquikW ESPND; even less likely two Radios Progreso in Cuba. 

Could it be Mexican? The most clockwise is on the AZ border, XENY
Nogales, Sonora. Was slightly off-minus, 29 months ago per mwoffsets:
``759.9898 MEX XENY-AM Radio Xeny (Nogales) 2017-03-25``
i.e. -10.2 Hz which unseems quite enough for the LAH I hear. While WJR
itself was only 0.2 Hz high as of a dekamonth ago. IRCA Mexican Log
last year shows XENY 5000/100 watts with music formats, but no mention
of offfrequenciness. Perhaps someone closer can confirm its exact
frequency (and existence) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Sept 6 at 0538 during TA carrier search, q.v.,
also one here slightly stronger and steadier which I know is far more
likely to be TP, i.e. R. Kiribati already ~an hour after LSS in the
UT+14 = UT-10 zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search: I hear a 1 kHz het
on 1000 KTOK OKC, so it`s time to resume hunting. Some editors think
this is a waste, insignificant, but I know I am really getting all
these signals from multiple countries, even if any audio for a
``definite ID`` is unlikely here in deep North America. Usual method:
on R75, 9-kHz steps tuning USB 1 kHz below each channel to detect
tell-tale hets of 1000 Hz. 

This is at 0255-0304 UT Sept 6: 531, 621, 684, 711, 774-, 837, 954,
999, 1098, 1107, 1503, 1566, 1575. 621 stands out strongest, probably
Canary Islands. 774 is on the minus side, maybe something local. Often
pilot 999 is most likely COPE, Madrid, Spain, by proximity and power
50 kW.

Another search at 0538-0544 Sept 6: 549, 567, 621, 711, 747, 774(2),
837, 954, 999, 1107 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
KIRITIMATI

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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, August 10-25, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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
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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/page77
[over 371,000 views! as of August 25, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA carrier search, Aug 20 at 0550 hears
some on 621 and 909 kHz, maybe Canary and UK; must beware of local
receiver products on 9-kHz spacing, such as 1161 and 774; also
something NE/SW at 0544 on 1413 kHz, but rather too late for the
superpowers in Moldova, Oman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1161 kHz, Aug 20 at 0544 UT, quite a het upon 1160 KSL,
but heard on DX-398 only, not R-75, red flag that it`s not really
there. In a quick 9-kHz bandscan I also hear a signal on 774. Both of
them at about the same bearing, 10/190 degrees. Guess what, these are
harmonically related 2 x 387 and 3 x 387 kHz. I do have a JBA carrier
on the fundamental, but surely receiver birdies and not a beacon
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 650, Aug 23 at 1200, Radio 65 ID mentioning elevation of
its antenna, presumably referring to FM where that matters. WTFDA FM
Database shows XHTNT-FM on 100.5 from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 10/10 kW at
a height AAT of 185.76 metres --- which is nothing special, but
admittedly higher than anything else in Los Mochis, and in fact
exactly the same as for 104.3 XHREV-FM; hmm, and exactly same
coördinates, which tell us something. XHTNT used to be on 106.5,
commensurate with its AM slogan which they are still using and
transmitting.

Unfortunately awake this early, I had been tuning SRS Mexicans for a
semihour and hearing most of the usuals below 800 kHz, altho the more
easterly ones were fading out circa 1140. Enid LSR 1156 UT, and XETNT
now about to outfade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, Aug 13 at 0551, ID right away at tune-in, ``Radio
Mexicana, 1,300 AM`` and shortly an oración. That`s XEP in Juárez..
Sounding much more like 38 kW day power than 200 watts night, per
WRTH, which also calls this ``Fiesta Mexicana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.082, Aug 23 at 0555, JBA carrier vs storm noise,
naturally suspecting HJNT, Radio Huellas (footprint), Cali, the 2 x
1470+ harmonicizer previously identified always off frequency+plus
altho last time April 23, it was on 2940.132; Colombia`s only (almost)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, August 12-25, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page78
[over 371,000 views! as of August 25, 2019]

** U S A. 332 kHz, Aug 20 at 0611 UT, beacon IC. Looked up at
http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm ---
``332 IC USA KS WICHITA - PICNIC 400 37 34 42 -97 27 21``
! This is quite close, but think I have not heard it before;
reactivated? 400 watts; I was axually tuned to 331. No idea what the
Picnic nickname has to do with it; searching fruitless.

The other beacon resource:
https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/signal_list
has a different but similar nickname, Piche, also with IC contained;
6.2 is the repetition period in seconds; 25 is the contradicted power
in watts, and I would go with this, it`s so weak:

``332 IC 1044 1050 6.2 'Piche' Wichita KS EM17gn 25 NOTAMR J0463/17
NDB IC 245 KHZ WITHDRAWN 1807171411 PERM 20180830 Tony reports it is
on the air AB AZ BC CA CO IA IL KS MI MN MO MT NC NE NV OH OR TN TX UT
181 1990-01-02 2019-08-06``.

Still waiting for some Y-call beacons from Canada to start propagating
again, if any be left (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Re my previous report about an electronic billboard
advertising that Rush and Sean were coming to FM in Enid, i.e. CP for
a new KGWA 960 translator on 100.9:

At a stoplight a few days later I watch the billboard longer: loads
of local bizzes flashing but not KGWA by the golight; however, the
billboard itself is owned by its parent, Williams Broadcasting,
following the Clear Channel model! Hmmm, could they add a Part 15
transmitter to the sign? Ooooh (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Another look at that new electronic billboard at the NE
corner of Garriott and Garland in Enid owned by Williams Broadcasting,
the afternoon of Aug 23: amid many local advertisers it flashes that
Rush will be on FM in Enid ``in a matter of days``, same as Sean, but
the latter will also be in $tereo --- hot crap!!

These teasers have not bothered to mention the frequency or station,
but we knew it would be activating the CP for ``fully loony`` K265FL
translator of 960 KGWA on 100.9. In fact, it was within a matter of
*hours*, since next check circa  UT Aug 24 found new local bigsig
with Fox ``news``. Recheck at 1358 UT, 100.9 still on with the
absurdly-accented Sebastian Gorka concluding an hour of his `America
First` show on the Salem Radio Network (featuring witch-hunts). So I`m
listening carefully for the new ID: NO, 1400 UT ToH ID on 100.9 ONLY
for KGWA AM, into Fox ``news``. Off to a great start!

BTW, the power consumption of full-size electronic billboards must be
huge with all those LEDs bright enough in full sunlight.

Far-right extremist talk stations often default to less- or even
non-political talk shows to fill time on weekends; such as here on
Saturday circa 1735 UT it`s about travel. And guess what, *no* stereo
pilot. Do they turn it on only for Sean, or is that fake news? Most
stations would not want to bother with turning stereo on and off.

Back before K265FL activated, Aug 23 at 1839 UT on the caradio I kept
on 100.9 for one last chance to hear anything else there; various
marginal signals fading back and forth, but at 1849 UT, ad for
Keystone Chevy in Sand Springs, ergo KTSO, Sapulpa, both Tulsa
suburbs, 19/19 kW at 114 m HAAT, per WTFDA DB, ``80'S HITS --- TOTALLY
AWESOME 80'S``. There are other lower Okies on 100.9 in Edmond,
Chickashay, Shawnee and Miamuh. There are three in Kansas, a 96.9 watt
LP in Wichita, 35.5 kW in Clay Center, and 100 kW in Lakin (which IIRC
was far enough away from Wichita to have another NTSC channel 3).

It`s a shame that a CP for a new LP in Enid on 100.9 never eventuated;
it would have had some public-service remit with one of its backers
Enid and Garfield County Emergency Management Director, Mike
Honigsberg. So KGWA glommed onto the frequency which will surely
attain inferior coverage to its 1 kW on 960. But we all know AM radio
is *so* passé.

Is the translator on one of their AM towers at the NW corner of Enid?
NO, FCC info shows it at the NE corner of Grand and Randolph in
downtown Enid, certainly better for city-wide coverage. K265FL antenna
is atop the former First National Bank building of seven stories, now
``One Grand Center`` of Wymer-Brownlee, photoed

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, July 15-August 11, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page77
[over 368,000 views! as of August 11, 2019]

U S A. 730, July 19 at 0558 UT, dominant signal is sports talk in
English, string of ESPN promos, including one for ``ESPN
Charlotte``, and at 0600 UT, ``The Game, Charlotte, 730 AM and 97.5
FM``. No call copied but listed as WZGV, CoL Cramerton NC, U1
1/165/psra 206 and also W248CO, on 97.5. Cramerton is a west=side
suburb on the way to Gastonia. So it`s dominant with only 165 watts?
Right ---

730 is an intriguing DX frequency, with a couple dozen USA stations
but none legally running more than 1000 watts at night, many less than
100 or even less than 10! In fact the only 1 kW is KQPN West Memphis
AR.

Because 730 was a Canadian/Mexican ``clear``. Canada has two 50/50 kW
stations in Montreal and Vancouver, and in between 10/5 kW in
Manitoba. As for XEX Mexico City, it used to be dominant with 100/100
kW, but suspect it has been downgraded. No sign of it now, at least on
my E/W longwire toward NC. Annoying splash from 740 KRMG Tulsa.

Also just before ToH, heard mention of an area code 412 phone number,
which is Pittsburgh PA --- unless on a network feed, that could
correspond to 730 WPIT, U1 5000/24/psra 225.

OKLAHOMA. 740, KRMG Tulsa was off the air for a while;
unfortunately I missed it, but here`s why: No video yet on website,
but there was on the KFOR noon news August 6. Other OKC and Tulsa TV
stations probably covered this (gh)

WOMAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO DEADLY ATTEMPTED COPPER THEFT AT RADIO
TOWER --- Angie West [portrait = mugshot]

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – A woman was arrested in connection to a
suspected copper theft at a radio station’s transmitter site in
northeast Oklahoma that left one person dead and another in critical
condition.

Just before 10 a.m. Sunday, authorities with the Tulsa County
Sheriff’s Office were called to the KRMG AM transmitter site in Sand
Springs. According to the Tulsa World, an engineer checked on an
interrupted signal and found one man dead with wire pliers in his hand
and another man severely burned, convulsing on the ground.

KRMG reports the injured man was taken to the hospital in critical
condition. Officials have not yet identified the man who died.

The Tulsa World reports 37-year-old Angie West was arrested in
connection to the incident. She reportedly told deputies she had taken
the men to the area to take copper around midnight. She says she fell
asleep in the car and when she woke up, she left. West was arrested
and booked into the Tulsa County jail on a complaint of first-degree
murder.

CMG Tulsa Market Vice President Cathy Gunther released a statement
following the incident.

“Early this morning two individuals broke into the KRMG AM transmitter
site. It appears they attempted to access a building through a conduit
and were electrocuted. One of the individuals is deceased and one was
transported to the hospital. From the tools and materials found at the
site, it appears that they were attempting to steal copper. The safety
of our community is of utmost importance – please do not enter any
transmitter site, for any reason, as the area is extremely dangerous”
(via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

U S A. Quick MW bandscan at SSS Aug 2 at 0140 UT finds live
anti-Democratic ranting from acting president Drumpf at a rally in
Cincinnati on at least: 840 WHAS Louisville, 890 WLS Chicago, 600
presumed WMT Iowa, and on 760 a station with ``Amen`` interjexions, so
KCCV, a Kansas City Bott rather than WJR Detroit? KCCV is supposed to
cut from 6000 to 200 watts at night, after 0115 UT in August, and
normally we hear only WJR. Loads of major AM stations demean
themselves by spewing far-right hateshows all day, but the above are
worst of the worst. Note, NOT heard on WLW Cincinnati.

U S A. 830, August 5 at 0149 UT on E-W longwire, no WCCO, but a
station playing novelty tune, but modulation keeps cutting out, for
variable intervals such as on for 22 seconds, off for 5, on for 24,
off for 8, etc., etc. 0156 UT, ``Happy Trails to You``, barbershop
performance, maybe for a sign-off? No, then ``Fish Heads``, but this
is not Dr. Demento; Of course fades out around hourtop; 0202 UT
another novelty song with cutouts.

On the DX-398 it`s hard

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, June 10-August 9, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 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
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All my MW DX reports starting August
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open access:
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[over 368,000 views! as of August 9, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, July 18 at 0604, JBA carrier, surely from R.
Kiribati. Too late for anything from Eurafrica in the summer, but not
too early for propagation from Xmas Island. Last trace of 846 heard
here (along with several others) was April 29 at 1121-1128. 

At 0607, I also have a JBA carrier noticeably off-frequency minus from
774-; not sure what that could be. Surely not Iran or Indonesia as in
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=774
(Glenn Hauser, OK, LISTENING DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, August 1 at 0532, JBA carrier vs storm noise
level, presumed R. Kiribati, 10 kW, rather than anything from Europe
this late where there are only *3* stations on 846 ranging from 0.3 to
1 to 3 kW, in Ireland, Denmark, and Italy.

Just when is sunset at London=Ronton, the main town on Xmas Island? I
normally consult gaisma.com, but it`s wrong! Based on wrong longitude
for this place:

``London, Kiribati - Basic information
Latitude: +1.99 (1°59'24"N)
Longitude: +157.78 (157°46'48"E)``
claiming Aug 1 SS at 19:41 local - 12h = 0741 UT

It`s at 157+ WEST, NOT EAST!!! Off by some 46 degrees, which makes all
the other info about it wrong.

Kiribati is a very ``large`` country, widely separated island groups.
Kiritimati is the most easterly, in fact in the western hemisphere,
where it should be east of the Dateline, but to keep the country in
the same day, DL has been pushed eastward. Total population only about
100 K. Yet Kiribati encompasses three timezones, UT +12, 13 and 14,
which only a few other countries in the world can match or exceed (not
including the largest, India and China).

Wikipedia and Geohack present the correct coordinates:
1° 59′ 0″ N, 157° 28′ 30″ W

Now I go to
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/kiribati/kiritimati
where the timezone is shown as UT +14
and the current sunset time at:
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/kiribati/kiritimati
is 18:41 local - 14h = 0441 UT

Now that makes a lot more sense for 846 kHz being positioned for
nighttime propagation, even an hour earlier than I was hearing it:
not, until two hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, June 24-July 14, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!

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/page77
[over 362,000 views! as of July 14, 2019]

** U S A. 407 kHz, July 14 at 0545, ND beacon HRU, which is 25 watts 
from Herington KS. Noise level has lowered enough to get a bit; 
nearest lightning areas are in NM and off the LA coast. Also have 
Okies 255, SW, 25 watts Stillwater, tuned to 253; and even 341, EI, 25 
watts Enid. Once I can hear again any Y-beacon from Canada, I`ll know 
we`re back in season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 530, July 10 when visiting Wichita, no signals heard there
or around South Haven from the Kansas Turnpike Authority`s TIS
relaying Wichita NOAA Weather Radio. The FCC TIS list does not find it
(or never?) and it`s the very bottom entry in this long roster
http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=3=530
since no callsign was known for it. With `K530AM` Vance AFB still
silent, on a quiet day we ought to be able to detect something from
nearby Kansas if any exist (Glenn Hauser, KS, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, July 10 at 2258 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still off
the air as it has been since at least May 3; have checked it maybe
once or twice a week since then. Its 250 watts daytime used to make it
just fine to Enid, despite direxional-north pattern. Now there is no
doubt whatsoever, since I am driving right by KLEY a few miles south
of Wellington, circa 60th street SE, on the east side of US 81. Now
all signage has been removed and no cars or indication of any
habitation. There are still two towers of different heights for its
ex-direxional day pattern; and about half a dozen big ugly dishes on
the south side of the small whitewashed building.

So I tune to 100.3 and there it is! With rock music and late 2302 UT
ID as ``KLEY 1130-AM and K262CQ 100.3 FM, Wellington``; plenty of
local ads, and 2304 UT, ``The Wave, 100.3 and 1130, from the Wheat
Capital of the World``, and some music by Prince. But, but, how can a
silent AM station have an FM translator??? Announcing 1130 does not
make it so, duh. And I`ve already explained how Enid is the Wheat
Capital, not little Wellington.

Perhaps FCC has not been notified? There is nothing at AM Query about
Facility 31895 being silent. At night it might as well be, with 0.001
kW power. Long live KWKH! (Glenn Hauser, KS, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1140, July 10 at 1255 UT, KRMP OKC with W talkshow, and
as I bandscan down, hear the same conversation a few seconds later on
1050, presumably KGTO Tulsa. Then they split for some different PSAs
and ads on 1050. Both are sloganned ``Heart & Soul`` apparently some
syndicated service, and so is the other 1050, KXCA Lawton, weaker and
further but which previously I have heard echoing against KGTO. By
1302 UT, 1140 & 1050 are // again but in music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, July 12 at 1215 UT, ``69 degrees at our studios in
Beloit``, i.e. KVSV, U4 2300/90 watts should now be on day power,
immediately overcome by EWTN promos, from further KDMR Kansas City MO,
U2 5000/500. KVSV in north-central Kansas, pattern is circle tangent
direxional to NW, not very good for us to the south, while KDMR is ND
(Keep Doting on Maria Regina --- what else could it mean?) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, June 26 at 0607, RCC talk dominating at S9+20, then
fades. Got to be KDMR Kansas City MO, U2 5000/500 watts, EWTN
affiliate, but NOT // 11610 WEWN. The only other Catholic/EWTN on 1190
is in WV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, June 25 at 0604 UT, is 50 kW daytimer WJNL in MI again
on air in the nightmiddle? Yes! At first mixture with sportstalk,
maybe partial format of KGYN OK per DF, ads for DirecTV and NewsMax TV
[ugh! Has also been added to local cable lineup]. SAH of about
192/minute very close to same as last night just above 3 Hz.

Or is it WPHT? I see in NRC AM Log that both WPHT and KGYN call
themselves ``The Big Talker`` --- how original! But unsame lineups,
and no slogan heard which would not solve the question anyway.

0607 UT joins `Beyond Reality Radio`, in northerly null of KGYN(?)
which then fades down; 0634 UT recheck after newsbreak, promos for
1110 & 101 FM or more specifically 101.1 and 106

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, June 10-24, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 All times and dates strictly UT!
 
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/page77
[over 359,000 views! as of June 24, 2019]

** U S A. 1210, UT Monday June 24 at 0606 UT, surprised to hear a
program promo from WJNL, and into Jim Bohannon --- dominant on
frequency vs KGYN or whatever, with SAH of 186/minute = just over 3
Hz. Still there at 0629 UT joint ID with three FM frequencies starting
with 94.5, and ads mentioning Mackinaw and Traverse City.

No wonder I`m getting it since NRC AM Log shows WJNL is a 50 kW
non-direxional daytimer! Plus 2500 watts critical hours, which this is
not. CoL Kingsley which is just south of Traverse City.

It`s in a group ``The Information Station`` which also includes:
WHAK-960, WWMN-106.3, WJML-1110, W266CS-101.1, but that does not
account for the one FM frequency I copied, 94.5.

The WTFDA FM Database is inaccessible (but not its whats new page).
Per FCC AM & FM Query searches, 94.5 would be 50 kW WYPV in Mackinaw
City, same licensee Mitten News as WJNL.

Anyhow, we have here a 50 kW ND daytimer on the air in the middle of
the night, so should get out widely if they do it again! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Following is mainly about FM, but deleting all that to leave the AM portions 
really doesn`t make any sense 

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. A couple brown-outs and then a blackout
interrupt our lunch at an Enid restaurant, Friday June 21 at 1833 UT.
Fortunately we started just ahead of that but there is a delay
refilling our drinx from the hi-tech dispenser. This turns out to be a
prolonged and widespread but spotty outage. 

1390, KCRC is off, while its sibling stations from same studio but
different transmitter sites, lose modulation but carriers stay on:
95.7, 97.7, 106.3, 107.1. Competitors 960, KGWA and 103.1 KOFM luck
out, stay on. All of these have HQ on the north side of Enid a couple
miles apart. 96.9 and 1640, also related to KCRC but with remote
studios and transmitters, are unaffected.

Power is also out when we get home, no AC or anything, and since it`s
the hottest day of the year so far, 99 degrees, we soon head out for
cool places. Public library is still powerfully cooled, so spend about
an hour there, along with the usual homeless crowd. Monitoring some of
the stations for signs of electrical. But they might not reboot
immediately even when restored. 

On library computer, checking OG System Outage map, 
https://www.oge.com/wps/portal/oge/outages/systemwatch/
and astoundingly, shows nothing out in Enid, just Ada. Maybe it`s all
fixed already? But back home, still off. Finally notify OG circa
2030 UT, as should have at first rather than assuming they would have
been inundated with calls.

Might as well get some shopping in, if stores are powered. CVS is dark
with a sign on the door. Driving along US 412, clearly the outage is
very scattered. Some electronic signs are still blaring away, while
nearby traffic signals are off (but most still working). We find some
stores further west in Enid that are nominal.

Finally we hear KOFM briefly mention what happened, later found at the
Enid Eagle:

``ENID, Okla. — More than 9,000 OG Electric Services customers were
without power for more than four hours Friday afternoon, June 21,
2019, on the hottest day of the year so far, which happened to be the
first day of summer 2019.

A broken cross-arm on a transmission line in the city took down
electricity at about 1:30 p.m. for as many as 9,405 customers before
power began being restored around 5 p.m. for some and by 6 for most,
according to Facebook accounts and OG reports.``

Back home again, and running a very small fan with battery power: 
94.3, KLGB-LP is also off but some other gospel huxter is there, Bott
Network no longer blotted out. At times seems same if not // 95.1
KQCV. But at 2232 UT, also south central Kansas weather. That would be
100 kW KCVW Kingman KS. 

Enid: 99.9, KVBN-LP, same tower as KLGB-LP, is also off, but back at
next check 0509 UT June 22; while 94.3 is on but dead air; no one
around to reboot it? 92.1, KAMG-LP remained on with its constant dead
air.

101.5, the peripatetic KOCD Okeene is on c. 1920 with RDS as KOCD___

Nothing audible on 1390 with KCRC off, but its splatter also off
audiblizes weak signals on adjacents at 223

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, May 18-June 9, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page77
[over 357,000 views! as of June 9, 2019]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.
 
** CUBA. 770, June 7 at 0535, YL song in Spanish has just faded up
replacing WABC which faded out [see USA]. Immediately matched to 5025,
so it`s Radio Rebelde, 10 kW in Las Tunas-Victoria (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 940, June 7 at 1112, tropical music from N/S, 1114 maybe ID
just at our earliest sunrise, but too much splash from local 960 KGWA.
There are no US SS along this axis, and very likely XERKS Reynosa,
Tamaulipas, 1/1 kW, with a romántica format. Some other 940s have left
for FM, per IRCA Mexican log, such as XEYJ in Coahuila, but not
including XEQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1230, June 3 at 1059, as I am hoping to ID something 
domestic just before our sunrise 1115 UT [almost to earliest 1113 in a 
week], instead I definitely hear in the graveyard jumble the choral 
strains of the Mexican NA, looping roughly south. IRCA Mexican log 
lists only 6 on 1230, uncertain status for some (vs 13 on 1240 which 
don`t have to protect clear channel 1220). The closest and most likely, 
especially if on 10 kW day power, is XEIZ, Radio Fórmula, Monterrey NL, 
also in the UT-5 zone where a NA would be expected at 6 am CDT (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) While semi-local WBBZ Ponca was off

** MEXICO. 1310, June 7 at 1103, choral Mexican NA loops between S and
SSW; 1105 announcement by super-hype voice actor, probably full ID but
just too much QRM. From direxion, timezone and power, most likely is
XETIA in Guadalajara (as in tapatía), but lesser stations also in
Taxco, Monterrey and Puebla if not the CP in Querétaro. Then it`s
overcome by another SS from east/west, must be Unitedstatesian, i.e.
KZIP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 2940+, May 19 at 0605, HJNT, Radio Huellas, Cali, as 
previously IDed, carrier obviously there despite high storm noise 
level here. I am surprised that there have been so few reports of this 
second harmonic, in fact the only active Colombian (almost)-SW 
station. Where are the DXers elsewhere in North America, let alone 
Latin America? Maybe just as well, as attempts to QSL it might lead to 
its demise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, May 27-June 9, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page77
[over 357,000 views! as of June 9, 2019]

** U S A. May 27 starting at 1900 UT, less than one semihour after 
local mean noon, bandscans on caradio from central Enid at a fairly 
quiet parking lot, at least so at the long end of MW/low end of MF. 
No storm noise now, but increasing line noise higher in the AM band. 
I skip over many frequencies, only some notable items:

530, `K530AM`, Vance AFB is still off and maybe gone forever, rather 
than inane loops of Ad Council PSAs, interspersed with occasional 
imaginary IDs and never heard with any traffic or emergency info. As 
in DXLD 18-30, it had been ``off the air again for a few days`` as of 
July 18, 2018 --- and never heard since despite regular chex. If it 
does resume, I shall be sure to report it.

560, fast SAH, maybe 20 Hz, presumably KWTO MO and KLZ CO at the 
limits of their groundwaves 300+ and 400+ miles. But MWOffsets has 
KLZ at . and KTWO only 0.3 Hz away at .9997 --- nothing anywhere 
near 20 Hz away

630, JBA talk, presumably KHOW Denver with far better Ogallala 
Aquifer conductivity than KYFI St Louis beyond the Ozarx

650, JBA talk, presumably KGAB Orchard Valley WY (Cheyenne) as 
previously under optimum GW conditions, like the Denverites

670, ``Call to Freedom`` program with Denver address: KLTT Commerce 
City CO (Denver), a regular at the margins with 50 kW; no WSCR today

1070-, KFTI Wichita KS, country, is OFF! Very unusual; Memorial 
holiday break? Hope they are fixing their off-frequency-minus 
transmitter; yeah, sure. KNX beware. But this allows weak 1080 KRLD 
Dallas to be heard without splash. KFTI still off at 1948 check

1090, weak religious talk, no doubt 10 kW KEXS Excelsior Springs MO 
(Kansas City); highest frequency daytime GW from that area, 300+ 
miles, continues to amaze me

1130, KLEY Wellington KS, still OFF as has been for some weeks now

1190, medium SAH, presumably our two closest but also too far: KVSV 
Beloit KS, and KFXR Dallas TX

1230, WBBZ Ponca City OK, is OFF! Very unusual for this semi-local 
which has not been noted with any techdiffs. Another holidayer? Still 
off at 1949 recheck. Nothing else audible, like the only other Okie, 
which I *need*, KADA, where else but, Ada?

1460, KZUE El Reno OK, still on unlike offknocked by previous 
tornado. Spanish talk, and PSA in Spanish for ``The Marines``! So not 
plugged into Mexico City yet. 

Re the name of the hmotel in El Reno hit by tornado, I finally got a 
glimpse on KFOR of their sign still standing, American Budget Inn, I 
think. Then reporter verbalized it: American Value Budget Inn, or 
Budget Value per the grafix. Confusing.

1580, KLTR [sic] Blackwell OK, now it`s 1909 UT, dead air, while sibling 
1020 KOKP Perry OK is nominal. I think there has been flooding in 
Blackwell (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Now to other logs in frequency order first, rather than date:

** U S A. 770, June 7 at 0533 UT, WABC ID in passing amid adstring.
Not often makes it here, 1300+ miles from NYC, with the KKOB Santa Fe
230-watt filler more likely. WABC soon fades out completely as music
fades up, matched to Rebelde, Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1070-, May 28 at 2115 UT, and May 29 at 1333 UT, KFTI 
Wichita KS is still off the air. Nothing about this at website 
https://www.classiccountry1070.com/
which even still refers to its old call KFDI! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1069.977, May 29 at 1925, shortly after my last report, I 
find that KFTI Wichita KS has come back on air after several days; 
why off, storm damage or flooding? ``Classic Country 10-70`` [sic]. 
Meanwhile did nothing to correct its off-frequency, re-measured as 
above at 1535 UT May 30. MWOffsets had it:

1070 1069.9793 USA KFTI (Wichita, KS) [-1070.0045 range] 2018-01-02 
which means an annoying 21.2 Hz SAH or LAH against KNX:
1070 1070.0005 USA KNX (Los Angeles/El Nido, CA) 2017-10-31 i IBOC
when both are audible, tho KFTI nightpower cuts from 10 kW to 1 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1230, trying to get some DX while semi-local WBBZ Ponca 
City is off; at least KADA. Best times will be circa SR

[IRCA] XECL and XED Mexicali about to QRT

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

If you're an AM DXer, it's time to bid your final farewells to two Mexicali 
radio stations.

At midnight Sunday night (at the end of tomorrow), XECL [990] and XED [1050] 
will cease operations after 81 and 72 years of broadcasting. The reason for the 
closure of the two Radiorama (Pergom) Mexicali AM stations is unclear.

XECL and XED were the third and fourth stations on the air in Mexicali, going 
on the air in 1938 and 1947. They were not historically together (XECL was with 
XEZF and XED with XESU and XEHG), but a Radiorama cluster split essentially 
traded XECL for XEHG.

This RR cluster's other AM station is XESU-AM 790, one half of a Combo of '94. 
Radiorama chose to renew both XESU and XHSU-FM/BC when the concession came up 
for renewal in 2016 (Raymie Humbert, AZ, June 1, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA 
Forum via DXLD)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, May 13-27, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page77
[over 355,000 views! as of May 27, 2019]

OKLAHOMA. During the long-predicted tornado outbreak Monday
afternoon May 20, quick survey 2020-2040 UT, of which radio stations
are plugged into which OKC TV stations in continuous storm coverage,
at least until prime time: [FM info skipped here]

KFOR ``4`` found on KTOK 1000, KGHM 1340
KOCO ``5`` at 2148 found on 1640 KZLS
KWTV ``9``: KGWA 960, KOKC 1520
Own live local coverage: KOKP 1020 Perry

U S A. 1090, May 15 at 0554 UT, three country gospel songs in a
row, 0559 ID as ``AM 1090, KAAY Little Rock, streaming ---, a Cumulus
station``. Dominant signal despite its original tight NNW/SSE night
pattern, obviously no longer in use by ND STA? Checking here since
Paul Walker had reported 500-watt daytimer KSOU in Iowa was running at
night.

U S A. 1160, May 17 at 1205 UT TexMexmx, with fast SAH, 1210 fade,
1212 back with slow SAH; 1213 ad for Rio Bravo Supermarket, and
finefoods.com?; another ad harder to understand by super-hype voice
actor. Loops NE/SW. The only possible SS around here (no more San
Antonio) is KCTO, CoL Cleveland MO (address in Liberty, i.e. Kansas
City market), and in fact Rio Bravo Supermarket chex out in Kansas
City KS (also Wichita). KCTO is 5 kW aiming only north, so hard to
believe I`m getting it so well, as I have a few years before.

CANADA. 1610, May 17 at 0500 UT, music seems Spanish, and also a
second carrier making a slight beat, both looping NE/SW. CHHA Toronto,
Voces Latinas, is usual dominator here. 3-year-old program grid at
http:///chha1610am.ca merely shows `All-Night Music`, but as of last
August log, heard in Portuguese Portuguese, and could also be Punjabi
which is hardly Latin.

I would love to get XEUACH, but probably has migrated to 1130 by now.
More likely than a TIS is CHRN Montreal in almost the same direxion as
Toronto which easily bloxit. How far apart are they? MW Offsets as of
Oct 2018 showed CHRN on 1609.9987, CHHA on 1609.9995, i.e. only 0.8 Hz
difference.

OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 20 at 0050 UT, KZLS Enid is S9+40 of dead air;
recheck shortly after 0100, had resumed with talkshow, presumably far
-right. See also Tornado report.

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, May 13-17, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page77
[over 353,000 views! as of May 17, 2019]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.

** MEXICO. 610, May 17 at 1121 UT, 2 minutes before LSR, Spanish DJ 
and lively music from SW, presumed XEGS Guasave, Sinaloa, slowly 
losing out to KCSP, under which I can still hear a choral NA at 1132.

650, May 17 at 1121, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, with different Spanish 
DJ wakeup show, 1129 ``Buenos Días, Yarderos --- Radio 65``, and NA, 
1131 back to music. Loops same as sibling 610 station. This is 
stronger and holds up longer than XEGS. XETNT callsign seldom heard 
and not today. By this late at sunrise, when I would have preferred to 
sleep another two hours, the only two audible XEs on the lower band 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, April 30-May 12, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page76
[over 352,000 views! as of May 12, 2019]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 570, May 2 at 1105, dominant signal is Spanish from the
south, religious program, YL with American accent mentions ``Bible
church``, OM with not, plugging a bunch of meetings/revivals? with
specific home addresses in San Antonio TX, Salinas, El Centro and
several other places in California, from one evening to the next from
April 26? to May 5. By 1122 predicating with frequent keyword
``restauración`` à la previous owner of KVOH. Wondered if KLIF had
gone the way of KEXB, flipped to partial Spanish gospel huxtering, but
think it better-just-be XEBJB Monterrey NL, which despite a ``regional
mexicana`` music format is a.k.a., ``Nueva Vida`` which of course
connotes religion, at least at this daypart.

Raymie Humbert recently compiled a list of stations with religious
concessions, but not including XEBJB; in Monterrey on AM, only 1140
XEMR; see DXLD 19-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 590, May 2 at 1119, music and ads, 590 frequently plugged,
finally ``Sabrosita`` slogan heard, which = XEPH, 25/10 kW in México
CDMX, rather than something closer like XEFD in Tamaulipas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** Re: MEXICO. 610, April 29 at 1104 UT, Coahuila mentioned, Grupo M(?)
Radio. I would assume XEBX Sabinas, but it`s thought to have moved to
FM 105.9 with 610 deleted from WRTH 2019. http://www.radioxebx.com/ is
merely under construxion as ``La Primera`` on 105.9 AND 610. There has
been a CP for another Coahuilan on 610, XESORN in Saltillo to replace
XESAC which is definitely gone. Must monitor 610 again closely (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Raymie Humbert, AZ, replies April 29 on the WTFDA Forum: ``The Grupo M 
station is XESORN, which went on the air late last year. XHBX-FM is 
owned by GRD, not Grupo M. The signal you received was XESORN.`` 

** MEXICO. 610, May 8 at 1123 Banda music from SSW, 1126 DJ salutes
listener Amanda, now loops SW, but really same station? 1130 UT choral
NA, another one like 540 XETX playing it at this odd time. Again
trying to ascertain whether XEBX Sabinas, Coahuila still be on air; or
XEGS, Guasave, Sinaloa? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, May 8 at 1116 UT, Radio Vida ID in passing, phone(?)
number 17-29-12, approx. from south; seems like a Mexican but none
known by this name. Of course could be a program name, likely
Christian. Usual 660s here are XEEY in Aguascalientes and XEDTL in
CDMX. Per NRC AM Log, the only USA SS on 660 is 75-watt Radio Zion in
Oregon. No, KSKY sked remains in English (Glenn Hauser, OK DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, May 8 at 1113, the Low German preacher is instead
speaking acceptable Spanish this time on XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc,
Chihuahua. This one has no problem around SRS surpassing KGNC Amarillo
in similar direxion, or KCMO KC, MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, May 8 at 1110 UT, Laboratorios Camacho infomercial,
loud and in the clear from XEROK, as KQCV OKC is unusually absent!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Awake briefly after 1100 UT May 3, checked for pre-sunrise
Mexicans on lowband MW, but nothing to be heard unlike yesterday on
570 & 590, and many more on April 29, 26. How drastically conditions
may change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, April 29-May 12, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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 August2011 
are archived in this forum with open access:  
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page76
[over 352,000 views! as of May 12, 2019]
  
** OKLAHOMA. 800, May 8 at 1110 UT, KQCV OKC is off the air! So no
need to null it for XEROK. By 1132 recheck, KQCV is back on with some
ministry plugging an African cruise (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, April 29 at 1145-1148 UT, WKY in a promotional loop
with slight variations, slogans by YL such as ``La casa de deportes en
Oklahoma City`` (or would that be ``caza``?) also plugging ESPN,
Oklahoma City Thunder, call letters always in English, mixed with SFX,
yelling (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, May 4 at 2055 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is off the air
again; first noted absent May 3 circa 2345 UT, much pre-sunset. Before
then had not noticed any transmission problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] ALL DIGITAL MW RADIO PROPOSAL

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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Wow -- the Internet has been exploding! There has been much discussion on 
Facebook, Radioworld.com and a plethora of other places about the proposal to 
the FCC from Texas based Bryan Broadcasting Corp. in March to initiate a 
proceeding to authorize the “MA3 all-digital mode of HD radio” for any 
interested AM radio station.

Here is their 'op-ed' explaining why they are asking:
https://tinyurl.com/op-ed-whyMA3

The FCC has accepted that proposal, and is now soliciting comments. Make YOUR 
voice heard. Don't BPM about this on Facebook or your blog, send your comments 
to the FCC!

Don't talk about the 'hobby' -- that won't change anyone's mind who can make 
decisions. They have already decided hobbyists don't matter. Instead, talk 
about the technical side of why this will or will not work and explain YOUR 
qualifications to make that technical judgment! (Do you have a First Class FCC 
commercial license? Are you a trained RF engineer, Do you have 40+ years 
experience in broadcasting, etc.)

Submit your comments here:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/FCC-AM3-comments

More detail can be had from the Radioworld announcement:
https://tinyurl.com/rw-overview-AM3

Make your voice heard. (Thanks to Paul Dobosz and Tom Doerr for passing along 
web links for this!) And yes, this will be part of my next paper bulletin 
column complete with screen shots of what the MA3 broadcasts actually 'look' 
like in a 'real world' spectrum as opposed to just theory, and why the 'at the 
option of each individual station as to when or whether to change' is 
ultimately going to be the 'kiss of death' for this despite the fact that it is 
being sold as the 'panacea' of the plan. (Anyone care to analogize to AM Stereo 
standards with me?)

MY compromise solution? Create a sub-band. anyone who wants to switch can 
switch, but they all move to one end of the band. (1450-1700?) That means some 
stations that are already there will need to move if they don't want to flip to 
IBOC. Maybe get iBiquity to pay for the
associated moving costs for those stations? -kvz

What are YOUR ideas? Please appreciate that 'leave it the same as always' is 
likely not going to be a compelling argument as everyone has been talking about 
the 'death of AM' for so long now that it has reached the status of 'big lie' 
and it is assumed change needs to happen -- and that change has nothing to do 
with programming or reducing band noise by revisiting FCC certifications since 
those lobbies are too powerful! Ideas? If you are OK with it, I'll incorporate 
your ideas into the column too!

But remember the deadline! The FCC is accepting statements opposing or 
supporting the Bryan Broadcasting petition through May 11. Refer to RM No. 
11836 and the “Petition for Rulemaking to Allow the MA3 All-Digital Mode of HD 
Radio for AM Stations.”  Your comments don't need to be long, but they should 
be specific and backed by facts!

  --oxxxo--

MARE Tom Doerr passes along word of yet another broadcaster (WRNJ from 
Hackettstown, New Jersey) that has thrown its two cents into this debate by 
suggesting a 'final solution' to the "AM Problem". In this case, it too is 
opining 'digital' is the answer, but rather than the proprietary, but actually 
deployed IBOC, they are proposing something that not only there is no radio 
currently on the market capable of receiving, but which is similarly unproven 
in the 'real world.' The 'good' news is that it won't destroy AM further except 
by de-populating the band.

It proposes both a new band (45-50 MHz) and a new modulation scheme: DRM+. I'm 
not holding my breath waiting for this one! See 

(MARE Tipsheet April 26 via DXLD)
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Re: [IRCA] [dxld] Re: [HCDX] 5.020 UNID

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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There is considerable music also on Rebelde 5025 --- it`s the #1 general 
network in Cuba, no longer purely political talk as in its clandestine origins. 
Glenn


On Thu, 5/2/19, 'B-T-M' b-...@prodigy.net [dxld]  wrote:

 Subject: [dxld] Re: [HCDX] 5.020 UNID
 To: "Glenn Hauser" , irca@hard-core-dx.com, 
d...@yahoogroups.com, "HCDX" 
 Date: Thursday, May 2, 2019, 5:11 AM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   Thank you Glenn
 
 
 
 I was listening 0400 to 0700 hrs.  (12Mid to 3AM)
 
 
 
 Maybe it was Rebelde?  I thought it was 5.020.Rebelde is
 5.025, right?
 
 
 
 Mostly music...I would think Rebelde would be lotsa
 political/news spoken 
 
 word broadcast.
 
 
 
 - Original Message ----- 
 
 From: "Glenn Hauser" 
 
 To: ;
 ; "HCDX" 
 
 ; "B-T-M"
 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2019 8:52 PM
 
 Subject: Re: [HCDX] 5.020 UNID
 
 
 
 > Nothing there tonight at 0040 UT except splash from
 5025 Radio Rebelde, 
 
 > Cuba - were you really tuned to that? What time?
 Certainly not Solomons 
 
 > before 0600 at the earliest.
 
 >
 
 > Glenn Hauser
 
 > 
 
 > On Tue, 4/30/19, B-T-M 
 wrote:
 
 >
 
 > Subject: [HCDX] 5.020 UNID
 
 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, d...@yahoogroups.com,
 "HCDX" 
 
 > 
 
 > Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 6:05 AM
 
 >
 
 > Can anyone identify whats on 5.020 SW in the
 
 > evening?
 
 >
 
 > The logs say that the Solomon Islands
 
 > are the only one really on that
 
 > frequency, but here in Boston the
 
 > signal is so strong, I doubt it is making
 
 > it all the way from the Pacific Ocean.
 
 >
 
 > My guess is it is someone in the
 
 > Caribbean, as it sounds Spanish to me with
 
 > lots of music. (I don't speak Spanish)
 
 >
 
 > Anyone know?
 
 >
 
 > Thanks!
 
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Re: [IRCA] [HCDX] 5.020 UNID

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Nothing there tonight at 0040 UT except splash from 5025 Radio Rebelde, Cuba - 
were you really tuned to that? What time? Certainly not Solomons before 0600 at 
the earliest.

Glenn Hauser

On Tue, 4/30/19, B-T-M  wrote:

 Subject: [HCDX] 5.020 UNID
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, d...@yahoogroups.com, "HCDX" 

 Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 6:05 AM
 
 Can anyone identify whats on 5.020 SW in the
 evening?
 
 The logs say that the Solomon Islands
 are the only one really on that 
 frequency, but here in Boston the
 signal is so strong, I doubt it is making 
 it all the way from the Pacific Ocean.
 
 My guess is it is someone in the
 Caribbean, as it sounds Spanish to me with 
 lots of music. (I don't speak Spanish)
 
 Anyone know?
 
 Thanks! 
 
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, April 27-29, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page76
[over 350,000 views! as of April 26, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W
longwire.
 
** MEXICO. 540, April 29 at 1129 UT, Mexican NA from WSW, different 
version choral with band and heavy drumming, and an odd time for it 
too, perhaps its sign-on. 1130 no ID but immediate prayer to Jehová, 
YL solo hymn? to mi ciudad, finally 1135 full ID for XETX, La Ranchera 
de Paquimé, street address in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, also FM 
90.5, Grupo BM Radio, another informal slogan preceded by ``La Mera 
Mera ---`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, April 29 at 1102 UT, choral multiverse NA from SSW, 
until 1105 fades for ID but Monterrey mentioned, i.e. XEBJB (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 580, April 29 at 1100 UT, M newscast including F and C 
weather for the frontera, Piedras Negras; holding its own against 
opposite WIBW Topeka, making 63/minute SAH = 1.05 Hz. Obviously 
``XEMU``, new legal call of which is XELRDA standing for La Ranchera 
Del Aire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 610, April 29 at 1104 UT, Coahuila mentioned, Grupo M(?) 
Radio. I would assume XEBX Sabinas, but it`s thought to have moved to 
FM 105.9 with 610 deleted from WRTH 2019. http://www.radioxebx.com/ is 
merely under construxion as ``La Primera`` on 105.9 AND 610. There has 
been a CP for another Coahuilan on 610, XESORN in Saltillo to replace 
XESAC which is definitely gone. Must monitor 610 again closely (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 650, April 29 at 1100 UT, no signal yet, but recheck 1108, 
now Mexican music from southwest and  `Buenos Días, Yarderos`, 
well-known wakeup show from XETNT, Radio 65 altho neither call nor 
slogan heard today. DJ mixes in plugs for local mercados in Los 
Mochis, Sinaloa; 1137 greeting listeners by name still in BDY show. 
Still no sign of sibling station XEGS Guasave, altho more QRM on 610 
from KCSP, and Coahuila earlier. At ToH 1200 the two used to join for 
newscast, too late now.

So XETNT is definitely still on AM. Replying April 26 to my previous 
non-log, Raymie Humbert in AZ on the WTFDA Forum: 

``XETNT should never have stayed on past a year; it was not the Mochis 
station with a continuity obligation. (That would be 540 XEHS-AM, on 
the air for the benefit of 27,552 people.) On the other hand, XEGS is 
continuity obligated. More than 21,000 people depend on it for their 
only radio service. Most continuity obligation stations are on low 
frequencies. There's still the chance, of course, someone wants to run 
a social AM radio station and assumes the continuity obligation. 
That's happening with XEEJ Puerto Vallarta, which will soon yield to a 
new station XECSBK on 650. Other frequencies that are part of 
continuity obligations are being advertised the same way.`` (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, April 29 at 1113 UT, gravelly Low-German preacher, his 
home on XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, not off-frequency today; by 
1138 back to Spanish with regional weather, 5:39 TC, plugs its 
whatsapp link, details of a fatal DUI --- conduciendo borracho? 
traffic accident (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 780v, April 29 at 1116 UT, semi-local KSPI Stillwater music 
carefully nulled, for Spanish producing low audible heterodyne (but 
not as bad as 740 KRMG torn up by XEQN Torreón), mentions Monclova, 
ads, something on carretera 30 which runs roughly between Monclova and 
Torreón, and CCI from another XE, 1118 fade-out. So it`s XEWGR in 
Monclova (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, April 29 at 1141 UT, slow SAH against WBAP nulled for 
``Canal 800-20, ABC Radio`` IDs between guitar songs, again at 1143 by 
when it`s dominating WBAP, i.e. XEABCA, Mexicali BCN. No storm noise 
on band this morning, the lightning having migrated from KS last night 
to the dayside in MO; also a storm around Yuma, but not bothering this 
station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, April 29 at 1121-
1128 UT, before LSR of 1141 here:: 774, 756-WSW, 747, 702-WSW(2), 675
-WSW, 657-WSW, 612-WSW, 846-WSW, 882-WSW(2), 1035-WSW, 1098-W. The 
ones without a DF I could

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, April 15-28, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page76
[over 350,000 views! as of April 28, 2019]
 
890, April 26 at 1133 UT, with KTLR OKC nulled,
``Escúchenos, la nueva radio cristiana``, i.e. KVOZ; searching on that
slogan leads to two of my own logs in 2011 & 2012, so it`s hardly new!
NRC AM Log shows CoL as Del Mar Hills, with address in McAllen, so a
suburb of that? NO. Del Mar Hills is not to be found even in the
large-scale Rand McNally road atlas. Radio-locator shows it`s Laredo:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KVOZ=AM=D

1060, April 19 at 0504 UT on the R75 with E-W longwire,
Mexican music, not so eclectic as to be expected from XEEP CDMX but
the SW 6185 is already off. Switching to the DX-398 for DFing at 0544
UT, now it`s WSW/ENE so that rules out XEEP and points to KIJN Farwell
TX; now I am suspecting the songs are of praise, especially with
keywords Vida, Viva, Santo and Gloria.

Trouble is, KIJN is a 10-kW direxional daytimer! But it`s well-known
as a longtime cheater running at night, In Jesus` Name -- WWJD? SS but
not religious beyond in almost same direxion is KXPL El Paso TX,
another 10 kW daytimer ND, but not such a cheater. There are other USA
SS on 1060 in NRC AM Log, none of them likely here and none religious,
in CA, NV, NC, NC.

More on 1390 KCRC Enid: in original report I did not make
clear that it was totally off the air from 2030 UT April 13, rather
than open carrier like its related FM stations.

Shortly after filing that report, I find 1390 finally back on by 19 UT
April 14, after some 22.5 hours of silence; could it be they were
working on getting rid of the spurs? Ha! I am no longer hearing them
at 2235 UT, 1360 clear for KPHN El Dorado KS with EWTN, and 1420 for
KTJS Hobart OK, except now there is expanded splatter from 1390 even
beyond that +/- 30 kHz range. Rather I think KCRC had to switch to a
backup transmitter with different deficiencies.

April 15 at 1412 UT check, still no spurs circa 1360 & 1420, but the
splatter continues, obscuring 1410 Wichita which never suffered this
KCRC problem before.

1390, April 16 around 1830 UT, as I drive around north
side of Enid, it`s clear that the reactivated KCRC has an expanded
radius of desensitization as far as my caradio is concerned. Now I
can`t hear 1410 KGSO Wichita --- not that I should ever want to with
stupid ESPN sports talk! This close to KCRC`s 3 towers, desens extends
further but hard to evaluate its edges. This suggests that present
transmitter is running more than 1 kW and/or is broaderband. Still no
spurs on 1420 or 1360 but those OK & KS stations also inaudible; plus
the splatter out of 1390. Even at my home QTH further away, 1410 is
just starting to break thru, unlike with the old KCRC transmitter.

1420, April 19 at 0550 UT, super-hype voice actors (SHVA) in
Spanish with promos or ads, Mexican music, 0557 automated TC for 12,
56 = CDT. Something (else?) here in the mix is enough off-frequency to
produce a LAH. I am enjoying the perhaps temporary absence of loud
local KCRC Enid spur on 1420v, while on alternate transmitter
following power outage/surge?

Cannot copy ID at 0601 UT other than FM frequency 103.3 or 106.3.
Loops NW/SE so that rules out Mexico. No Coloradans on 1420, but the
closest likely is KBHS Hot Springs AR, more like ESE, in NRC AM Log as
U1 5000/87 watts, SS but its La Zeta FM as 105.5. Has there been a
change? Bingo! in the WTFDA FM Database:

``K292HG KBHS-1420 106.3 HOT SPRINGS AR USA 0.25 0.25 0.0 0.0 34-27-19
93-03-26 Silent //KZNG 1340. KBHS is silent`` -- silent no more.

Altho there could have been a format flip since it went to press 8+
months ago (and now sold out), NRC AM Log has only other SS on 1420 in
FL, FL, ID, none likelier here.

1630, April 19 at 0605 UT, Mexican music loops NNW/SSE,
mutually nullable with KCJJ Iowa, making a medium SAH. The only such
Unitedstatesian is KRND, Fox Farm WY to the NW, confirmed by 0610 UT
with its known identity ``La Jota Mexicana`` IDs in passing.

But where is my closest 1630, KKGM Fort Worth TX? No sign of it in the
mix, off? It`s a gospel huxter in English, with a lot of music. I am
hearing such a format at 1323 UT recheck. Always helpful to tune LSB
to minimize local 1640 KZLS, especiall

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, March 16-April 26, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page76
[over 350,000 views! as of April 26, 2019]
    
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 650, April 25 at 1155, 10 minutes after Enid sunrise,
Mexican music and Spanish, fast SAH, presumed the usual SRS dominator
XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Faded by 1200. However, next morning, see
below:

On April 26 pre-sunrise I tune the lowband for Mexicans still
propagating:

540, April 26 at 1126, potosina ads, i.e. XEWA SLP (I was also hearing
it after 0500 NA with ``Los Cuarenta`` slogan.). Nulling this at 1126,
I have another Mexican, no doubt XETX Chihuahua which typically
dominates a bit later.

550, April 26 at 1127, Mexican music loops WSW, which would be XEPL,
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, the only N/W Mexican, dominating for now before
KFRM overtakes.

650, April 26 at 1128, NO signals at all on 650, nor any XE on 610,
sibling station to XETNT, XEGS Guasave, Sinaloa. Strange, and
wondering if these too are giving up on MW. Both are supposed to be
24h per 2018 IRCA Mexican Log.

710, April 26 at 1136, ``primera edición`` of newscast from BM Radio,
i.e. XEDP, Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; not off-frequency this time. 1151
news of marijuana bust in Delicias, citing grams, then mentions
Oclajoma!

800, April 26 at 1128, ad for Laboratorios Camacho from Los Ángeles,
i.e. one of the major advertisers on XEROK Juárez; with KQCV OKC
easily nulled. But a few minutes later XEROK has vanished, and is
normally inaudible at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, March 21 at 1236-
1245: 594, 774-NW & WSW, 828-NW, 882-WSW, 972-NW, 1098-W, 1422-NW,
1548-WSW, 1566-NW. Very likely sources of all these from Australia,
Pacific and East Asia should be obvious. Should have started earlier
before LSR 1234 UT, while I was trying to get back to sleep, but
finally upgave and intuned (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, April 25 at 1146-
1152 as I happen to awaken just at LSR 1145: 864, 882, 1035, 1548,
792, but by far the strongest is 1098 from west, the all-night open
carrier from V7AB, Marshall Islands. The others are too weak for a
definite DF, but probably from WSW = S Pacific rather than NW = E Asia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, April 26 at 1138:
702, 837-WSW with two beating, 1098, 774 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2097.3-CW, March 24 at 0310, beacon A clearly audible, one
Morse letter every dekasecond. Based on some references, we have been
attributing this to Quartzsite AZ, but Steve McGreevy in the Mojave
says it definitely is not, unknown exactly where but in Q. only a
skywave signal is received (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA [and non]. 2859.812, March 21 at 1153, JBA carrier,
suspected the known active second harmonic of 1430, Radio San Carlos,
as IDed recently by Jay Novello, NC, but without a precise
measurement. In *2017y* I reported:

``COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Jan 18 at 0049, JBA carrier on the signature
off-frequency of R. San Carlos, Ciudad Quesada, 2 x 1430v as
previously identified``.

Now at 1155 I have no signal on 2940+, indicating that harmonic is
considerably east from here even tho our sunrise is not until 1234;
and a carrier on 2960 as if Mobile 1480 x 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.132, March 25 at 0609, trace of modulation, vs
staticrashes, second harmonic of something on 2940.066v. I`ve already
mentioned the likeliest, but no reports received from anyone who can
ID it for sure, and the spring storm season is no help (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.14, March 28 at 0540, harmonic with the most
modulation yet but still too weak, seems YL talking but can`t tell
language. At 0548 an OM instead. Have been presuming it`s 2 x
1470.07v, but since 2+9+4 = 15, a multiple of 3, this could also be a
third harmonic of 980+.
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=980
shows a few remote possibilities (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 2940+, re my several recent logs of an harmonic here,
many tnx to Brett Saylor who has definitely IDed it as the same one
which was being heard a

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, April 1-14, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page76
[over 348,000 views! as of April 14, 2019]
 
UNIDENTIFIED. 1380, April 14 at 1245 UT, blinds.com ad by Dennis
Prager. Unlike 1390 with a jumble of weak signals in the absence of
local KCRC, adjacent 1380 without any splash has good talk signal. So
I try to find a station list for Prager, but no such thing; instead
you have to e-mail him with location and he will answer with
suggestions! https://www.dennisprager.com/find-a-station/

Checking the listings, most likely KXFN St Louis The Answer but `Best
of Prager` is not scheduled until 15-16 UT, while before 13 UT it`s
`Townhall Review` which could still contain such a commercial.
https://theanswerstl.com/programguidedaily?dayOfWeek=Sunday=0
Prager`s home station is another `The Answer` somewhere (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Enid is just beyond the edge of the big storms to the
south and east, so it`s quite a surprise when the OG power goes off
sharp at 2030 UT April 13. Unfortunately I don`t have battery power
set up for the R75, and tho the line noise level should be down, there
is still storm noise. So to accomplish something, we go shopping to
another part of town with power. During which I bandscan caradio and
find the outage goes far beyond our neighborhood:

Dead air from KNID and the other Chisholm Trail stations on 107.1,
106.3, 97.7 and 95.7. Also 1390 KCRC. This means the FM transmitter
sites still have power but not the studio on Willow next to the three
AM towers. The FMs had resumed modulating by 2240 check.

These are off the air completely: the two LPFMs on 94.3 and 99.9 which
are on the same minitower. Other local AM & FM signals continue
unscathed. 94.3 carrier back on by 2240 but not 99.9.

We later hear that the power resumed at least in some parts at 2149.
But guess what, 1390 KCRC never comes back! Suffered some damage, or
AM appendage overlooked to restart?

Since KCRC was 24h NSP, very strong and also with spurs near 1330,
1360, 1420, 1450, this is a rare chance to DX something else at least
on 1390. Nothing audible under daytime conditions, and near sunset
just a graveyard-like jumble. Not until 0558 UT April 13 do I make a
serious effort to DX 1390, but there are still no dominant signals.
This is really to be expected as all the nearest 1390s in adjacent,
even second-adjacent states run quite low power at night. For
instance, KFFK Rogers AR is only 30 watts. KGNU Denver 139 watts. KNCK
Concordia KS 54 watts. KJPW Waynesville MO 111 watts. KHOB Hobbs NM
500 watts. KULP El Campo TX 500 watts. KBEC Waxahachie TX 260 watts.

I`m trying both on the DX-398 for DFing, and on the R75 for better
gain on the E-W longwire. Slightly above the jumble at 0558 UT is C
looping NW/SE; 0600 news from same? 0602 back to music. At 0605 I
think I *may* hear a WROA ID in passing, but I already know that
Gulfport MS is a possibility with its 5/5 kW U4 and NOStalgia format.

Awake at 1225 UT after sunrise, maybe still some SRS? C looping E/W.
at 1233 UT mentions ``1390`` amid C 1253 UT now a station with
financial talk by M with W sidekickess; 1258 UT fade-out. 1300 UT a
ToH ID I just cannot copy but then can recognize Fox ``news`` sounder;
now that`s a useless clue! Give up while KCRC still remains silent
past 1800 UT April 14. All very frustrating. Maybe there will be
further chances (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1600, April 10 at 1933 UT, searching for some rare music
on the AM band, ``1600, The Cush, and 1600kush.com``, i.e. KUSH in oil
terminal Cushing OK, east of Stillwater. Cush is pronounced like in
cushion; then C or nostalgia, or ``Americana``.

[and non] This reminds me to enumerate the few stations around here on
daytime/groundwave listenable primarily with music, not including
foreign language, gospel huxters: 780 KSPI, 860 KKOW, 900 KSGL (split
with gospel huxters mornings), 1070v KFTI, 1280 KSOK, 1600 KUSH.
Everything else is talk or sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
 
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 18-31, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 346,000 views! as of March 31, 2019]

** OKLAHOMA. 930, March 21 at 1249 UT, as I am trying to null WKY for
anything else, notice extended self-promos by YL in Spanglish for
``WKY Deportes, la casa de deportes de Oklahoma City, 930-AM, una
estacion de Cumulus Media``. The call letters are always pronounced in
English, evading their cumbersome renderings, all as ``foreign`` 
letters into Spanish. WKY will also not he$itate to run commercial$
entirely in Engli$h (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, March 21 at 1301 UT, slow SAH vs KTOK OKC I associate
with KKIM Albuquerque, but no, it`s ``ESPN Radio``, therefore still
WMVP Chicago, where official FCC sunrise was 1200 UT, ABQ not until
1315 UT (April: 1115 & 1230 respectively) and today 1234 here (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1030, March 21 at 1303 UT, ``The station you can always
count on for real country, always, all the time`` but no real ID
heard; at least there`s no 6 minutes of news on the hour, whew!
Obviously KCWJ Blue Springs MO, address in Independence (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 21 at 1255 UT, KBXD Dallas, Vietnamese still
audible, but losing out to KQAM Wichita in English. Jerry Kiefer, who
used to work for KBXD, confirms: ``Greetings, Ole famous sage! A quick
check with Mike Van Hooser, still the engineer of record at KBXD, and
yes, they are the voice of Vietnam around the clock in the Metroplex,
not so much at night with their pattern aimed just at you`` ---
meaning I assume, their local coverage is degraded (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, March 31 at 0610 UT, KZLS ``Enid`` is dead air; by
next check at 1400 UT has added a big hum, but still no programod
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 4-17, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 343,000 views! as of March 3, 2019]

1170, Sunday March 10 at 2114 UT, KFAQ Tulsa with pillow 
commercial during `Our American Stories`, the show I ran across on 
KXEL and hoped to be non-political and non-religious. KFAQ sked shows 
three relief airings each weekend, different or same episodes?
https://www.1170kfaq.com/show-lineup
Sat at 15 UT, Sun at 10 & 21 UT for two hours each.

On website I see they carry/link to KOTV News on [virtual] 6, and 
radio-locator says Griffin is the licensee; I had not realized KFAQ is 
jointly owned with KOTV & KWTV (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

1230, March 12 at 1351 UT, WBBZ Ponca City on groundwave 
ID in passing as ``Sunny 104.7``, so still branding as defunct FM 
format; I can also get 104.7 which IDs as ``New 104-7, The Bull``, NOT 
// and playing different music. 1230 does run a legal WBBZ ID at 1401 
UT.

Another check around 1830 UT finds the same situation, but also with 
``WBBZ Sunny 12-30`` IDs. I already dealt at length with this strange 
situation in my log almost 5 months ago, Oct 17, as also in DXLD 18-43
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1843.txt
So one of our rare W-call legacy stations is still confused about 
identity (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1480, March 6 at 0119 UT, Vietnamese still in the mix, at 
times atop, from KBXD Dallas. Is it 100% VV or at least SE Asian? 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1480, March 13 at 0155, YL in Vietnamese more or less atop 
the jumble, into music; presumed KBXD Dallas. I ask again, is it 
partly-, or all-Vietnamese now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

1480, March 13 at 0556-0606 UT, Vietnamese still being the 
main language audible here, i.e. KBXD Dallas. I decide to compare it 
to the Vietnamese always on 1560 from KGOW Houston market, which is 
now dominant and easily heard thanx to STA of ND(?) instead of 
strictly direxional nights SE into the Gulf (of Mexico, not Tonkin) 
toward S America where it used to be a common DX catch when 
desportive. By golly, sounds like the same programming on both, M 
chatting with lots of laughter, bits of music, and no ToH ID from 
either. But far out of synch; listening with two sets of headphones 
upon my head from the DX-398 and the R-75, I can`t decide which is 
delayed, as recognizing keywords in VV is not that easy, and it`s high 
time to snooze (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re: Vietnamese on KGOW [1560] and maybe KBXD [1480], Stephen 
Luce, Houston TX replies on the WOR iog: 

``Glenn, The service is called Viet Radio, based here in Houston. They 
also have a sister TV station, VIETV on KTBU 55.5. I discovered that 
the radio station's morning show is simulcast on the TV station with 
in-studio cameras. Viet Radio has a website 
http://vietradio.com/ 
which autolaunches a stream of the radio station, useful for 
comparison to what you are hearing on 1560 and perhaps 1480.

Was not aware of any KGOW STA for ND at night, but it is not a station 
I give much attention, not being the target demographic`` (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1610, March 14 at 2007 UT, NOAA Weather Radio is JBA into 
caradio on west side of Enid; no doubt WQCL720, Jet OK, near Great 
Salt Plains, relaying Wichita NWS; lots of high winds reported. Hard 
to catch locations mentioned, but one was Wellington near there, also 
OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re: [WOR] 2 MHz MW harmonix --- Glenn, no luck 
with 2940+ yet, although it’s at a very good level tonight - with an 
evangelist preacher going on and on, and piano music background, 
plus occasional music segments. If they’d ID it would likely be easy 
copy, but they haven’t in the time I’ve been checking.

Tnx for the recalled ID on 2960. That one is in again this evening, 
but far weaker than 2940+ (Jay Novello, Wake Forest NC, 0142 UT 
March 5, WOR iog via DXLD) WABF? Mobile AL

2940 is in here tonight, 0215 UT, but pretty weak and suffering from 
severe static. Apparent OM with excited talks in possible Spanish. 
Only brief openings of audio over the noise (Stephen C Wood, E. 
Dennis, MA, Perseus SDR, 30 x 15 terminated superloop antenna,
hauu...@comcast.net  UT

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, February 18-March 15, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page75
[over 343,000 views! as of March 15, 2019]
   
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot 
E-W longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.14, Feb 20 at 0700 UT, JBA carrier seems to be real 
rather than receiver overload. Merits further pursuit, possibly second 
harmonic from an off-frequency MW 1470+.

2940.14, Feb 23 at 0430, off-frequency with some JBA talk, language
uncertain, S4-S6 vs storm crashes as spring is nigh. Cannot detect any
signal on likely fundamental 1470.07 producing second harmonic. As I
mentioned in October, one known harmonic on 2940 is HJNT Cali,
Colombia, and this is probably it. MWOffsets shows three possibilities:
1470.063 USA WBCR (Alcoa, TN) 2017-03-30 
1470.075 CLM Radio Huellas (Cali) 1100-0500 2015-12-15 
1470.08  EQA HCED1 Ecos de Cayambe (Cayambe) 2005-07-04
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.133, Feb 27 at 0729, JBA carrier from suspected 
second harmonic such as Cali, which would make the fundamental about 
1470.0655. Or MWoffsets has WBCR, Alcoa TN on 1470.063; NRC AM Log
says 77 watts at night. Perhaps a DXer in Maryville/Alcoa could
confirm the offset and harmonic.

2940.129, March 1 at 0049, JBA carrier presumed second harmonic from
some LAm or NAm broadcaster on 1470.065 or so. Another measurement
March 1 at 0658 puts it on 2940.132. Others closer and/or with better
antenna gain and/or with less noise should be able to ID this (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re gh`s 2940+ log: ``Glenn, I checked for this and it
has a pretty hefty signal on the S mini-bev here [Spanish or English?] 

However, I noted a much stronger signal on 2860 at the same time (2345
this evening) and was rewarded with a nice ID from Radio San Carlos, 2
x 1430, in Costa Rica. Clip of the ID is here temporarily:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/27hymrngdlozfon/20190301-2350-2860_RSanCarlos.mp3?dl=0

As I type this, I’m also hearing a strong harmonic on 2960 (Jay
Novello, Wake Forest NC, WOR iog via DXLD) WFBR Mobile? (gh)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 22 at 0701-
0708: No doubt I would hear more earlier in the evening, but 
interesting that bedtime check this late is still getting Europe, the 
western fringes at least. Sunrise at Madrid today was right at 0700 
UT. 612, 621, 774, 837, 846 (Kiritimati?), 855(2), 882, 1008, 1035?, 
1098(2), 1125, 1152, 1215, 1305(3), 1413, 1485(2), 1503, 1575, 1584. 
On the R75 with E-W longwire so no DFing. (2) means at least two 
carriers beating, or even (3) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, March 9 at 0413-
0422 on R75 with E-W longwire tuning at 9 kHz steps, 1 kHz below TA 
frequencies listening for 1 kHz hets: 531*, 549*, 558, 576, 585, 603, 
612, 621(2), 639, 666(2), 684, 693*(2), 729, 738, 747, 756, 774(2), 
783, 801, 837, 855*, 873, 882, 909, 936, 954, 999, 1026, 1044, 1053, 
1089, 1116, 1152*, 1161, 1179, 1206, 1215, 1224, 1296, 1305(2), 1314
(2), 1413, 1422, 1521, 1539, 1575. *=stronger ones; (2) = at least two 
carriers beating. One of my larger harvests. A few more were probably 
blotted by IBOC noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 25-March 3, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 340,000 views! as of March 3, 2019]

** U S A. Re 620, my log of KEXB, The Metroplex now in Spanish 05-11
UT, Wayne Heinen, Editor of NRC AM Radio Log replies Feb 24 on the
nrc-am gg:

``Checking my overnight recording about one session a week, I find the
first instance of Radio Oasis the morning of January 23 with solid
KEXB ID's at TOH. Still finishing up the morning of December 29 and
KEXB was still running programs from BizTalk.com overnight`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 620, March 2 at 0709 UT, Spanish as previously 
discovered from KEXB The Metroplex, overnight, giving phone numbers, 
and 0732 mentions versículos, so these clues lead me to believe that 
Radio Oasis is in fact religious, without having to listen to it much. 
(OK has an Oasis network of gospel-huxtering in English, unrelated?) 
but listening to it much now is difficultized by heavy QRM from 
something with C music; what could that be on 620? NRC AM Log shows 
only one US C station: KWAL Wallace ID, 1/1 kW U2. But far more 
likely it`s CKRM Regina, 10/10 kW U4, which I have heard before. Did 
not try to DF it, but would be roughly opposite from KEXB (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-CUSB, March 1 at 0701, praise music mixing with KRVN Fox 
``News``, while tuning LSB I have KRVN Nebraska without the QRMusic; 
therefore it is KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AZ, secretly known for 
suppressing its LSB; not especially strong and maybe really not on 10 
kW ND day power now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-DSB, March 2 at 0736 UT, vigorous dance music in the 
nightmiddle in Spanish, including ``¡¡¡vivan los programadores, vivan 
los locutores, vivan los bailadores!!! 0739 ``La Tremenda, 8-80, La 
Raza``. Dominant signal despite KRVN, and certainly not KHAC-USB, 
rather the ``Race`` station, WIJR, Highland IL (St Louis mkt), 
1700/160 watts U4 --- probably day facilities. I wonder how much it 
cut into WCBS` protected coverage area? 843 miles apart (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 1120, my log of KCRN, Wayne Heinen, Editor, NRC AM Radio
Log replies Feb 24 on the nrc-am gg:

``As to Limon on 1120, only calls heard so far are old canned KLIM
even though the CDBS lists them as KCRN now… 73``

Paul Walker, Laramie, WY also replies, as I had found 1120 // 1060:
``Just an FYI guys, Catholic Radio Network has been told 1120 is IDing
improperly. It became KCRN in 12/2018 and still IDs as KLIM.

They had some kind of failure Saturday [Feb 23], leaving them with a
dead carrier, then completely off for awhile. When they came back,
they had a network-wide conga-line-style ID. Normally, KLIM/KCRN IDs
by itself and its programming is usually separate from 1060 KRCN.   
That 1060 usually runs the same feed as KEXS 1090 Kansas City and 1120
runs something else, but when 1120 came back on, it was running the
same feed at KRCN 1060, at least temporarily`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 25 at 1926 UT, rock music means KLEY Wellington
KS, 250 watts at daytime, is back on the air after missing for weeks
if not months. Yes, 1932 local weather, and ``From the Wheat Capital
of the World, The Wave 100.3 and 1130``. OK signal, no breaking up.
Didn`t get it checked whether still on air next day.

As for slogan, Enid might dispute that, but how do you rate a Wheat
Capital? Total grain elevator storage capacity, and whether full every
harvest season? It seems that Enid has the third-largest capacity in
the world; I bet Wellington can`t beat that, but it has made the most
of the WC designation. Its county, Sumner, previously got official
Kansas state designation as W.C., and it was just another step up for
Wellington to the World? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 28 at 1534 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is still 
on the air with rock music; and also March 1 at 2216 UT. It could 
crash again at any moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re my previous reports of Vietnamese from KBXD, Stephen
Luce, Houston replied Feb 22: ``Glenn, regarding Vietnamese on 1480:
KLVL in the Houston market is currently running

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 25-March 3, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 340,000 views! as of March 3, 2019]

** U S A. Re 620, my log of KEXB, The Metroplex now in Spanish 05-11
UT, Wayne Heinen, Editor of NRC AM Radio Log replies Feb 24 on the
nrc-am gg:

``Checking my overnight recording about one session a week, I find the
first instance of Radio Oasis the morning of January 23 with solid
KEXB ID's at TOH. Still finishing up the morning of December 29 and
KEXB was still running programs from BizTalk.com overnight`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 620, March 2 at 0709 UT, Spanish as previously 
discovered from KEXB The Metroplex, overnight, giving phone numbers, 
and 0732 mentions versículos, so these clues lead me to believe that 
Radio Oasis is in fact religious, without having to listen to it much. 
(OK has an Oasis network of gospel-huxtering in English, unrelated?) 
but listening to it much now is difficultized by heavy QRM from 
something with C music; what could that be on 620? NRC AM Log shows 
only one US C station: KWAL Wallace ID, 1/1 kW U2. But far more 
likely it`s CKRM Regina, 10/10 kW U4, which I have heard before. Did 
not try to DF it, but would be roughly opposite from KEXB (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-CUSB, March 1 at 0701, praise music mixing with KRVN Fox 
``News``, while tuning LSB I have KRVN Nebraska without the QRMusic; 
therefore it is KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AZ, secretly known for 
suppressing its LSB; not especially strong and maybe really not on 10 
kW ND day power now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-DSB, March 2 at 0736 UT, vigorous dance music in the 
nightmiddle in Spanish, including ``¡¡¡vivan los programadores, vivan 
los locutores, vivan los bailadores!!! 0739 ``La Tremenda, 8-80, La 
Raza``. Dominant signal despite KRVN, and certainly not KHAC-USB, 
rather the ``Race`` station, WIJR, Highland IL (St Louis mkt), 
1700/160 watts U4 --- probably day facilities. I wonder how much it 
cut into WCBS` protected coverage area? 843 miles apart (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 1120, my log of KCRN, Wayne Heinen, Editor, NRC AM Radio
Log replies Feb 24 on the nrc-am gg:

``As to Limon on 1120, only calls heard so far are old canned KLIM
even though the CDBS lists them as KCRN now… 73``

Paul Walker, Laramie, WY also replies, as I had found 1120 // 1060:
``Just an FYI guys, Catholic Radio Network has been told 1120 is IDing
improperly. It became KCRN in 12/2018 and still IDs as KLIM.

They had some kind of failure Saturday [Feb 23], leaving them with a
dead carrier, then completely off for awhile. When they came back,
they had a network-wide conga-line-style ID. Normally, KLIM/KCRN IDs
by itself and its programming is usually separate from 1060 KRCN.   
That 1060 usually runs the same feed as KEXS 1090 Kansas City and 1120
runs something else, but when 1120 came back on, it was running the
same feed at KRCN 1060, at least temporarily`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 25 at 1926 UT, rock music means KLEY Wellington
KS, 250 watts at daytime, is back on the air after missing for weeks
if not months. Yes, 1932 local weather, and ``From the Wheat Capital
of the World, The Wave 100.3 and 1130``. OK signal, no breaking up.
Didn`t get it checked whether still on air next day.

As for slogan, Enid might dispute that, but how do you rate a Wheat
Capital? Total grain elevator storage capacity, and whether full every
harvest season? It seems that Enid has the third-largest capacity in
the world; I bet Wellington can`t beat that, but it has made the most
of the WC designation. Its county, Sumner, previously got official
Kansas state designation as W.C., and it was just another step up for
Wellington to the World? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 28 at 1534 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is still 
on the air with rock music; and also March 1 at 2216 UT. It could 
crash again at any moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re my previous reports of Vietnamese from KBXD, Stephen
Luce, Houston replied Feb 22: ``Glenn, regarding Vietnamese on 1480:
KLVL in the Houston market is currently running

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 18-24, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 339,000 views! as of February 24, 2019]

** U S A. 620, Feb 23 at 0506 UT, unusually something in Spanish: 
certainly not kaput XEBU Chihuahua2, so XENK in EdoMex or something 
more exotic? Not a single US or Canadian 620 is listed in the NRC AM 
Log as SS, altho a few are ETHnic. Immediately hear an ID as ``Radio 
Oasis``, repeating phone number 469-397-0620, and plugging some event 
domingo a las 11 de la mañana, ``véngase`` to an address on Harry 
Hines Blvd. (!) That means this is Dallas, where HH is a major artery 
I have traversed, and ergo this is KEXB, until now known only as 
``Experts in Business`` in English (ex-KWFT, 620 hijacked from Wichita 
Falls). Also has a het from 621, no doubt CANARY ISLANDS. KEXB websked 
confirms the program 7 days a week at 11 pm-5 am CT is indeed Radio 
Oasis, but no further info about it; unsure if it`s religious. = 05-11 
UT now, 04-10 UT once DST be imposed. That means KEXB is now exactly 
25% Spanish (unless there be even more I haven`t noticed), so worthy 
of an SS designation among its formats; U4 5/4.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, Feb 19 at 1428 UT, plugs for `Adventures in Odyssey`
program, access 660-KCRO via Alexa, ``Omaha`s Christian Talk``, temp
minus 2. 1 kW on E-W longwire from the north, but dominant instead of
KSKY 20 kW from the south. At this break anyway, did not hear any
reference to FM translator or the slogan tied to that, as in NRC AM
Log, ``660-AM 106.5 The Word``. Must still be arriving by skywave, as
on full daytime groundwave, KCRO is barely audible under KSKY.

Paul Walker explains why I did not hear them mentioning 106.5 translator: 
``They are moving the fm translator on 106.5 for KCRO to 106.7 in Lincoln 
as K294DJ where it’ll still rebroadcast KCRO`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Feb 20 at 0027 UT, I`m seeking the new 50 kW daytimer 
in Limon CO, KCRN, ex-KLIM, which Paul Walker in Laramie reported 
finally activating CP a few days ago at quarter-power for starters. 
Official FCC sunset for Feb is 0030 UT, so this should be my best 
chance for it, after the 10 kW Okie KETU is off; and it`s close to a 
right angle from KMOX for easy nulling. However, KCRN pattern is broad 
to the west, null to the east; and there is another 1120 normally 
audible here around SR/SS, KTXW Manor TX (Austin). 

In fact that`s what I mainly hear with KMOX nulled, ``Austin`s 
Christian talk, The Bridge`` --- alluding to the one that`s batty?? By 
0029 underneath I hear a song, maybe hymn, so quickly compare on same 
DX-398 to 1060 where there is KRCN Longmont (Denver), 50 kW daytimer, 
another Catholic station, but will they really be simulcasting? Could 
be // in brief bit. And nothing more from it after 0030.

KCRN is also designed to reach Denver past sparsely-populated eastern 
CO plains. I will have an even worse chance at KCRN sunrise *1345 vs 
KETU, KMOX et al. In March, KRCN span will be 1315-0100 UT (which of 
course must stay the same UT after DST start already March 10). KRCN & 
KCRN are in fact sibling stations, as the related calls imply, both 
licensed to Catholic Radio Network --- so why do they need two 50 kW 
Denver-market stations?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Feb 21 at 0008 UT, I`m trying again for definite 
reception of KCRN, Limon CO now with 50 kW day power. On the DX-398, 
KMOX is nulled and hearing English religious talk, but that could be 
Austin. Simulmonitoring on R-75 with E-W longwire on 1060, I get // 
audio just a reverb apart, i.e. KRCN Longmont CO, the sibling Catholic 
Radio Network station. KRCN is also 50 kW day power but unlike KCRN 
may continue at night with 111 or 105 watts, but none of that matters 
since it also has a puny 92.1 FM translator. Paul Walker says 1120 
also has a new 102.3 translator in Black Forest, which is near 
Colorado Springs. 1120 should be putting equally bigsig into Denver 
and CS, less so Pueblo further south.

Not enough 11520 signal to // WEWN. At 0013, 1120 fades in better when 
I can tell it`s a Catholic Radio fundraiser, phone 888-447-2425 --- so 
KCRN for sure, way out of their broad major lobe westward, 

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, February 9-17, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page74
[over 338,000 views! as of February 17, 2019]
   
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot 
E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 730, Feb 16 at 1342, amid Mexican music, ``La Mexicana, 
107.1``. So this remnant 50 kW XEHB from Hidalgo del Parral, is not 
even worth mentioning; but AM is to stay per IFT in the IRCA Mexican 
Log. It`s the best/only lowband XE propagating this long after 1318 
LSR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Feb 16 from 1318: 
747-NW, 702-WSW, 693-?, 594-?, 882-?, 972-NW, 1098-W, 1188-?, 1503-?; 
1566-NW at 1327, the strongest and FEBC S Korea of course. Could not 
get DX-398 DF on some of the others, too weak and/or both FE and DU. 
1566 seemed to have a second carrier causing very slow beat, maybe 
also WSW, but a 5 kW from Victoria would be unlikely; how about 200 
watts from Norfolk Island? Hi. Enid LSR today: 1318 UT, just when I 
started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 11-17, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page75
[over 338,000 views! as of February 17, 2019]

** U S A. 750, Sat Feb 16 at 1343 UT, ``Accentuate the Positive`` tune 
playing, 1345 Bible fund-raiser talk, 1346 ``Footsteps from TWR`` with 
Lauren Libby, president; says they use 230 languages, and shortwave 
listening is increasing, getting back in style (?); Xmas special on 
KTWR got good response from China, etc.; also plugs several-country 
coverage of hi-power AM without detailing Bonaire or Central Asia. 
Looping N/S, this is obviously via KMMJ Grand Island, Nebraska, 10.5 
kW-limited sked. While now, and never do I hear one of my most-wanted 
Okies, 220-watt daytimer 750 KSEO Durant! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) No sign today of 750 KBNN MO, which I was getting 
Feb 5 at 1404 (gh)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Sat Feb 16 at 1323 UT, local KGWA Enid found to be 
in dead air as I am doing JBA TP MW carrier bandscan, so no splatter 
on 954 or 963, but nil heard there. 

I also null 960 as much as possible, hearing only a trace of another 
station. By 1340, KGWA remodulates. O, how I long for the good ole 
days when KGWA often provided for months a ``Fox-hole``, 5 minutes of 
dead air at local midnight allowing me to accumulate a number of other 
960 logs from as far away as Calgary straight thru KGWA (Glenn Hauser, 
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 15 at 1535 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still off the 
air; random daytime chex have not found it since last logged Dec 2, 
altho I wasn`t paying much attention until late January. Have they 
notified FCC that they are off or applied for STA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Feb 15 at 1537 UT, 50 kW KBXD Dallas is still in 
Vietnamese and still propagating 2+ hours after sunrise as QRM to much 
closer groundwave KQAM Wichita in English, and making a slow SAH of 
45/minute = 0.75 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1540, Fri Feb 15 at 1540! UT, blues music with narration, 
loops NE/SW with some fades past 1549, suspected KXEL Waterloo IA 
still skywaving, best on the E-W longwire, while Spanish from Dallas 
dominates on the DX-398. Confirmed at:

http://www.kxel.com/program-schedule/
Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb | 8-10am
which does not link to show site, but I find it:

http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/
``There's no politics at Our American Network, just stories. Daily 
bringing the campfire scene to your ears with our first show Our 
American Stories.``

And a large archive of listenable episodes, probably this one:
http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/story?title=The-Fred-Davis-Blues
``The Fred Davis Blues --- Howard Husock shares a story of music, 
friendship, and tremendous talent lost to violence.``

Seems like a worthwhile show and a much-needed respite from AM radio 
politix, like Redeye Radio and Rush also on the KXEL sked, which is 
yet somewhat diverse. Or find another station:
http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station
{quite a large roster, but in random order! No help in ``finding`` but 
most with Listen-Live linx} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn
 
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 4-10, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 

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/page74
[over 337,000 views! as of February 10, 2019]

660, Feb 4 at 1401 UT, not hearing KTNN at first vs TX/NE?, maybe late 
switch to 50 kW ND day, but there it is at 1408 UT in Navajo with lots 
of English inserted like ``Senate Indian Affairs Committee``, and 1411 
would you believe a Homecare Solutions LLC commercial mostly in 
Navajo. Fading out by 1413 while 770 KKOB is still in.

750, Feb 5 at 1404 UT, `Newstalk 750 KBNN and 104.3``, i.e. 
5 kW ND daytimer in Lebanon MO, overcoming KMMJ. Seldom heard other 
than at sunrise; last logged April 25. NRC AM Log has no FM. WTFDA DB 
shows no 104.3 corresponding either, but per both, KMMJ Nebraska 
*does* have a 104.3 translator. Sure did not sound like it at the 
time, but the ID I heard must have been a mixture of the two. KBNN 
website is the least important part of http://www.myozarksonline.com/ 
cluster, showing little about it except a low-res logo and link to 
public file. The logo does say Talk, if not News-Talk, while KMMJ is 
religious.

770, Feb 4 at 1401 UT, KKOB Albuquerque in well with local news and
traffic, on 50 kW ND a quarter-hour earlier now in February. 

860, Feb 7 at 1412 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is unusually weak, 
and nulling that I have anotherstation playing ``Hey Jude``; 1418 
``Greatest Hits of the 60s & 70s on your smartphone --- Kono-land``, 
so KONO San Antonio TX, 5000/900 watts U2, still rockin`. NRC AM Log 
slogan reads ``70s & 80s``

880-CUSB, Feb 4 at 1415 UT, finally getting some KHAC with gospel 
huxter in English, KRVN nulled. 

880, Feb 7 at 1408 UT, with KRVN nulled as much as 
possible, Spanish M chat, bits of norteña music, mentions Nuevo 
León, 1412 fading, 1417 back with ID mentioning 880. Loops approx. 
SW/NE and my first thought is XEV Chihuahua2, but IRCA Mexican Log 
says: XEV has finished moving to FM, but from 2017 there has been a CP 
for another station there, XECHEP, 5000/250 watts, Escápate al 
Paraiso. Unless that`s started up, the only other likely N/W Mexican 
this late would be XEPNK, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. 

Rather I suspect being faked out again by WIJR Highland IL, which per 
NRC AM Log is 1700/160/500 U4 from an address in Overland MO (St Louis 
market), as ``La Primera 880 AM, La Raza``. The only other USA SS 
possibilities would be WMDB in Nashville TN, rather late for that 
further east; and KJOZ Conroe TX but religious in the wrong direxion.

1000, Feb 4 at 1419 UT, gospel huxter in English making slow SAH with 
KTOK OKC nulled as much as possible; i.e. KKIM Albuquerque now on 10 
kW ND day power, standard SAH. 

1170, Feb 6 at 1400 UT I notice that KFAQ Tulsa OK goes to 
CBS News --- not a network for them in NRC AM Log; I`m sure Wayne will 
tell us if that change has already been noted.

1270, Feb 4 at 1428 UT, looping NNE/SSW, `Unlocking the 
Bible` is finishing (? I have several that are not locked), 1429 
``Faith Radio`` ID and promos, ``Sioux Falls at AM 1270``; 1430 
Keloland TV Weather Center forecasts highs and lows: +3/-4/+11 F. It`s 
KNWC. I am trying to recall the original call of this but FCC AM Query 
claims it has always been KNWC.

1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, I`m seeking KGNO Dodge City KS, 
which at 5 kW ND ought to be audible on daytime groundwave here, but 
never is; surely with skywave starting up? It`s 243 km = 151 miles 
away. No sign of it; instead:

1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, ``Talk 13-70, one minute from CBS News``, But 
Austin ID, 2300 CBS News and signal drops, i.e. KJCE Rollingwood TX. 
But LSS there is not until 0015.

I have been unable to hear any trace of KGNO for more than a 
sesquiyear, but can find NO information at FCC AM Query about it being 
anything other than active: nothing in correspondence file about STA 
for silence or reduced power, etc. Continues to be listed in NRC AM 
Log with no notation about it being silent. Likewise at radio-
locator.com with link to website:
http://www.swksradio.com/kgno-am-1370/
and Listen Live link, so I do so at 1659 UT Feb 8: Yes, IDs as KGNO 
1370, DC`s first radio station, just like on website: ``1370 KGNO is 
Dodge City’s FIRST radio station! It was signed on in June of 1930``. 
And into Fox ``news``. What is going on here? See my previou

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 21-February 8, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page74
[over 337,000 views! as of February 8, 2019]
  
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot 
E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 730, Jan 29 at 1413 in Spanish, the lowest frequency XE 
still propagating more than a semihour after my LSR must be XEHB, 
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, on 50 kW day power, after own sunrise 
approx. 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Feb 7 at 1408 UT, with KRVN nulled as much as 
possible, Spanish M chat, bits of norteña music, mentions Nuevo 
León, 1412 fading, 1417 back with ID mentioning 880. Loops approx. 
SW/NE and my first thought is XEV Chihuahua2, but IRCA Mexican Log 
says: XEV has finished moving to FM, but from 2017 there has been a CP 
for another station there, XECHEP, 5000/250 watts, Escápate al 
Paraiso. Unless that`s started up, the only other likely N/W Mexican 
this late would be XEPNK, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. 

Rather I suspect being faked out again by WIJR Highland IL, which per 
NRC AM Log is 1700/160/500 U4 from an address in Overland MO (St Louis 
market), as ``La Primera 880 AM, La Raza``. The only other USA SS 
possibilities would be WMDB in Nashville TN, rather late for that 
further east; and KJOZ Conroe TX but religious in the wrong direxion 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, Feb 6 at 1402, Spanish in the QRM with 7:02 TC,
mention Ciudad Juárez, temp in C; surely XEP but losing out to Tulsa. 
ID not heard but it`s now ``Fiesta Mexicana`` per Tim Hall and WRTH. 
No lower XEs being heard this long after LSR, 1329. Its 38 kW day 
power helps. 

Even earlier and at night I have been hearing zilch from XEROK 800, 
with KQCV OKC nulled. XEROK must be back on QRP if on the air at all 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 4 at 0700-
0706, performed after noting a het upon 1000 KTOK this late; 
presumably from the more westerly Europortions: 621, 747, 855, 908.83 
[? local IF birdie?], 999, 1098, 1107(2), 1125(2), 1305 (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Feb 8 at 1328-1333: 
774-NW, 828-NW, 837-WSW, 882-?, 1098-W, 1188-?, 1422-NW, 1566-NW. 
LSR was 1327 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, Jan 31 at 2012 UT again I have that JBA ~1 kHz het 
vs KOKC on caradio in western Enid; 1521 Saudi or something. Much 
closer hi-end skywave certainly in play (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 28-February 3, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 

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/page74
[over 336,000 views! as of February 3, 2019]

** U S A [and non]. MW Bandscan on caradio from somewhat quiet parking 
lot in western Enid, Jan 30 from 2015 UT:

670, WSCR in well already with sports talk atop KLTT Denver groundwave

Other low-end channels with mostly JBA understations, presumed
660, Metroplex over Omaha, 
620, Metroplex over Sioux City; or Jackson MS?
590, Omaha over Austin
580, Topeka over Lubbock
570, Metroplex over Yankton (as always)
560, two very weak: Springfield & Denver?
550, Salina over Midland
540, Metroplex over Fort Dodge (as always)

710, Amarillo & Kansas City (as always), also het! Chihuahua?
720, WGN also in sports talk, skywave already
840, fast SAH, West Point & Louisville?

860, at 2017 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is off! Recheck 2039 back on with 
``860 AM KKOW`` ID twice

1050, at 2018 UT, ``All New Heart & Soul, ##.1 and 1050``, which makes 
it KGTO Tulsa with 99.1 translator K256CR, while the *other* OK on 
1050 is also ``Heart & Soul``, but its FM is 93.7 K239DG, i.e. KXCA 
Lawton, which barely makes a SAH on the ND caradio antenna. KXCA is 
250 watts direxional away from Tulsa, while KGTO is 1 kW ND, and about 
20 miles closer. Despite identical slogans, NRC AM Log shows different 
formats: KGTO UC:AC/OLD, and KXCA merely UC:AC

1130, at 2019 UT, NO signal from unreliable KLEY Wellington KS, unlike 
neighbors in OK on 1120, 1140, KS on 1150. However, local noise peak 
around here [KLEY not heard following few days]

1210, at 2041 UT, KGYN Guymon OK, JBA talk, much weaker on groundwave 
than normal, so maybe on night pattern direxional west, just like 
sometimes at night obviously on ND day pattern

1520, at 2022 UT, KOKC has constant JBA ~1 kHz het, from 1521? Saudi? 
Hard to believe as previously discussed, but 2 megawatts! At home on 
R75 by 2225, unheard. Supposedly closes circa 2230. Or some domestic 
consistently off-frequency? Or a local-area spur like 1640 around 595?

1540, at 2025 UT, English talkshow echoing from two different 
stations: KXEL IA has Dave Ramsey, and so does the nearest, KNGL 
McPherson KS. No Spanish ESPND yet from KZMP Metroplex as expected; 
after a break, echoing resumes at 2035

1650, circa 2030 UT cannot detect KFSW Sallisaw OK, despite further X
-banders audible now, 1660 KWOD KC and 1700 KKLF Metroplex. All 
supposed to be 10 kW ND --- except KKLF is really only 5 kW even with 
better signal. 1650 does have splash from local KZLS, but even at home 
on R75 with USB tuning I do not hear KFSW, day; or night when KZLS ACI 
is not a problem. Why must OK`s only X-band stations be on adjacent 
frequencies? (Some DXers like to believe 1650 is in Arkansas, Fort 
Smith.) Iowa`s wound up 20 kHz apart.

Sometime I did hear a bit of praise music on 1650, which could be KFSW 
in REL:CHR format (unless it was Denver in Spanish), but I cannot 
believe KFSW is anywhere near nominal 10/1 kW U1 as licensed. You may 
recall that in its previous incarnation KWHN/KYHN, it was hard not to 
get here at night, suspected 10 kW then (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) More about KFSW below

** U S A. 770, Jan 29 from 1414 UT weak signal in English, as I am 
standing by for KKOB Albuquerque NM to pop onto 50 kW ND day pattern 
--- which it does at 1415.5, mid-word discussion about recycling 
plastic bags --- not a word of greeting to all their new listeners to 
the east now getting an initially VG signal. In Feb its daytime span 
will be 1400-0045 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


** U S A. 880-USB + carrier, Feb 1 at 0333 UT I am trying to hear KHAC 
Tse Bonito NM; having realized I have not been running across it 
lately as it was easy during a long span of 10 kW ND day power at 
night rather than 430 watts ND. 

On the R75 with E-W longwire, 880 is still dominated by DSB KRVN from 
the north, altho it has an ad mentioning MST --- but about a third of 
Nebraska is on MST, one boundary on I-80 being about halfway between 
North Platte and Ogallala, certainly in KRVN`s coverage area from 
Lexington further east. 

I try again at 0635 UT Feb 1, this time on the DX-398 which is what it 
takes to null KRVN as much possible and hear an

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 21-27, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 

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/page74
[over 335,000 views! as of January 27, 2019]

** CANADA. 530, Jan 22 at 0721, after my beacon-band scan, South Asian 
songs here overcoming Cuba, presumably Brampton, Ont., in Punjabi? 
Allegedly changed calls from CIAO to less-Italian CHLO, but reluctant 
to utter the new letters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 1140, KCXL Liberty MO, with Relevant Radio:

The network is IHR, Immaculate Heart Radio, which many stations use 
in the ToH ID's and is shown on Page 290 under the network name with 
"Religious Relevant Radio Programing" in the Specialty column. Most 
stations that are 100% (or nearly) IHR programing have the branding 
(slogan) shown in the individual station's slogan field...

>From page 290 39th Edition of the AM Radio Log
`IHR Immaculate Heart Radio Religious Relevant Radio Programing`

I am also inquiring to KCXL to see if I can confirm if the listed 
program from their website is IHR programing. 
73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Sorry I did not see the entry under I. Such are the drawbacks of a 
print-only reference, which cannot be searched (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. 1470, Jan 25 at 1349-1403 UT, I`m trying again to catch ``La 
Nueva 14-70 AM`` with a more definite ID, suspected reactivated KAIR 
Atchison KS, but no sign of it or any SS, mostly just KYYW Abilene TX 
mixing with KSMM Liberal KS; KYYW with ABC News at hourtop. 

Now I see a more likely one in the NRC AM Log: KWSL Sioux City IA, U1 
2500/69 watts, SS:NOS format as ``La Nueva Preciosa 14-70``:
https://lapreciosa987.iheart.com/
Nostalgic means going as far back as the `80s.

And audio supposed to play thus:
https://www.iheart.com/live/la-preciosa-987-fm-y-1470-4539/?pname=kwsl-am=play_bar=index.html
to check for the slogan as I heard it, but includes an adstring in 
English after 1700 UT Jan 25, then a silly Mexican gabfest, ``Alex "El 
Genio" Lucas Show`` with no local IDs; http://www.alexelgeniolucas.com/ 
unclear whence it originate, but unseems local. Shows an 831-AC phone, 
which is around Salinas-Monterey CA.

I keep trying to listen to the intermittent stream, and barely catch 
an ID at 1802 UT as ``La Preciosa - KWSL`` not `La Nueva`` and K254DL, 
as their otherwise top-billed FM 98.7 is of course really nothing but 
a mere 250-watt translator. Anyhow make my previous non-precious log 
tentatively KWSL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, Jan 25 at 1340 UT, KYND Cypress TX is *again/still* 
running that loop barker looking for clients rather than axual 
programming. It`s audible under KOKC, and occasionally topping my 
semi-local, as they are almost collinear so can`t null one to get the 
other. mentions how great their 25 kW coverage is of the sixth radio 
market (Houston), with phone (281) 373-1520.

This is close to sunrise here, 1338 UT. KOKC ought to have no problem 
blotting this out, but has refused to restore its full potential of 50 
kW ND.

It seems I caught KYND on its first day back, per Mediafrog+ at
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?714184-What-s-going-on-with-KYND-(Part-Two)

First post from ``12-17-2018, 09:36 AM #1: What's going on with KYND? 
(Part Two) --- When checking KYND 1520 a number of times the past week 
or so, all I'm hearing is dead air. Not only do the owners have no 
clients to pay the bills, it would appear they are also content to set 
money on fire by transmitting 25,000 watts of nothing. What on earth 
is going on?``

And from ``Today, 12:01 AM #2: And an update: After six weeks of 
either being off the air or transmitting nothing but dead air, KYND 
was back this morning with its audio loop soliciting potential 
clients. Been almost 17 months without a paying customer for the 
station`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1660, Sunday Jan 27 at 1455 UT, church service in English 
concluding with standard benedixion; got to be KWOD Kansas City KS, 
straying from sports format as The Score; missed ToH ID, but by 1501 
it`s back to sports scores. KWOD allegedly has no website, so no 
program schedule either. With a ~4 Hz SAH, from KQWB ND or KRZI TX, 
all of which are dispo

Re: [IRCA] ODXA

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Several Listening In columns are still being published and available via the 
iogroup:

https://groups.io/g/ODXA

73, Glenn Hauser
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 14-20, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page74
[over 335,000 views! as of January 20, 2019]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot 
E-W longwire.
 
** MEXICO. 820, Jan 15 at 1344, ``Canal ocho-veinte, A-B-C Radio`` 
canned ID between tunes, like at almost every break; with WBAP nulled, 
which can be very weak here, as XEABCA Mexicali hops in by SRS; just 
before, the only SS propagating lower were on 660, 720. Our LSR is 
inching earlier, 1342 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA? Replies to my 1521 kHz carrier in daytime:

Up until a couple of years ago, 1521 used to be the strongest TA on 
the dial, strong enough to be heard on a portable many times. Since then, 
though, it has been heard occasionally here, but not strong. I don't know 
why. It makes it to the Cape okay. I was told that it signs off much earlier 
now (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, -72° 30' W/41° 59' N, FN31RX, WTFDA 
Forum via DXLD)

Glen[n], fwiw. I've been hearing the German time signal, on 77.5 kHz, as 
early as 2 pm CST. The AF & EU LW stations (153, 171, 183, 198, 225, 
252) have been following about an hour later. I'll listen for your 1521 & 
see what turns up. IIRC, KRHW 1520 Sikeston, MO has wandered off 
frequency, before. We'll see. (73, Ed NN2E, Owner / Operator - Murphy's 
Law Test Site & Thunderstorm Proving Grounds, KY, Jan 13, ibid.)

Spent some time checking 1521, today. I can report that I hear no local / 
regional signals on that frequency during mid-day. Beginning 90 minutes 
before my Sunset I started hearing a carrier from the northeast. I have 
no way of telling if it was from the KSA as there's too much Stateside 
QRM to detect any audio. 73, (Ed NN2E, Jan 14, ibid.)

** KOREA SOUTH. 1566, Jan 16 at 1341 I start continuous monitoring of 
the NW carrier here, until it cut off at 1344:31.5*, i.e. FEBC Jeju, 
250 kW HLAZ switching from Japan to China beams. LSR here is 1342. 
After my full JBA MW carrier bandscan, see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Jan 16 at 1330-
1340, barely preceding our LSR of 1342: 558-WSW-Fiji?, 693-NW, 702, 
774-NW, 873-NW, 882, 972-NW, 1044-NW, 1413-NW, 1422-NW, 1557, 1566-NW
(2), 1575-NW, 1602-NW. Those with no DF are either too weak/QRMed to 
tell, or maybe from both direxions. See also KOREA SOUTH (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 14-20, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page74
[over 335,000 views! as of January 20, 2019]
 
UNIDENTIFIED. 1140, Jan 15 at 1348 UT, plugs for a Relevant Radio app, 
interview someone about March for Life, and many more mentions of 
Relevant Radio, which is a Catholic network. Loops roughly NE/SW, but 
mainly need to null KRMP OKC which is SSE. NRC AM Log has no R.R. on 
1140, but that`s because it is not a network covered in the book at 
all, not on the list page 291.

Own website has two lists of R.R. stations, neither with any 1140!
https://relevantradio.com/listen/affiliates/
https://relevantradio.com/listen/stations/
The latter being O Too bad Relevant HQ is unaware of all their 
outlets. So:

NRC AM Log does not have many possibilities, i.e. Christian if not 
necessarily Catholic, in English. Of course, Protestants and Catholix 
are unlikely to coëxist on same station. One is WVEL Pekin IL, 5 kW 
daytimer, ``Central Illinois Christian Voice`` but sked does not 
mention R.R.:
http://www.wvel.com/wvel-programming-schedule/
Could certainly be propagating as WHAS & WLW are still in at 1400 UT.

Second possibility is WVHF, Kentwood MI, 5 kW direxional daytimer, 
with EWTN. That makes it Catholic, but a competitor to Relevant, 
unless there has been a flip. WVHF is ``Holy Family Radio`` and its 
program this hour is `Catholic Connexion`, from Ave Maria Radio, yet 
another Catholic competitor.
http://www.holyfamilyradio.net/show/catholic-connection/
Maybe someone know which 1140 around here be really Relevant? 

1140, Jan 20 at 1429 UT, looking for Relevant Radio unID as 
heard Tue Jan 15 before 1400: dominant is KXRB Sioux Falls SD, ``Great 
Country, 100.1 and 1140 AM``. Not much from my nearest KRMP OKC until 
1431 plug for a 405-AC church. I struggle to split the difference 
nulling both as much as possible, and at 1435 fades in from NE/SW 
another Christian conversation, but no Relevant heard. 

Altho not listed as REL, another station I need to check out is KCXL, 
Liberty MO (Kansas City market), U1 4000/6 watts. And guess what, 
their program schedule besides far-right extremist secular talkshows, 
includes at 6-8 am (CST = UT -6) Mon-Fri, ``Relevant Radio``!
http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html
Nothing shown before 8 am weekends, but after 8 on Sundays now it`s 
``The Jesus Christ Show`. So my unID is now ID as KCXL (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1470, Jan 20 at 1422 UT, Mexican music before and after ``La 
Nueva 14-70 AM`` ID, loops NNE/SSW. Prime suspect is KAIR Atchison KS, 
which per NRC AM Log had been off the air since October 2017, was 
classic country. Current searches lead only to its FM 93.7
http://www.kairfm.com/history-of-kair.html
The AM is licensed as U3 1/1 kW, with tight direxional lobes toward SW 
(good for us) and NNE.
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/313975-22117.pdf
deadline for KAIR to resume after silent-STA extension was Nov 1, 2018; no 
later correspondence in FCC file
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1480, Jan 15 at 1352 UT, Banda 13 promoting that it is 
somehow ``digital``, and greeting someone in or from Querétaro, i.e. 
KBXD Dallas TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1640, Jan 14 at 0417, KZLS ``Enid`` (-OKC via 
Hennessey site) in dead air with fast SAH, facilitating copy of ESPN, 
no doubt WTNI Biloxi MS, the only sports format on 1640, which always 
QRMs at night and apparently stays on 10 kW daypower ND (Glenn Hauser, 
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Re: [IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, January 7-13, 2019

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** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Jan 8 at 1745 on caradio as I drive around 
Enid, JBA het upon nearby KOKC. Hard to believe it be the 2000 kW from 
Duba, even before noon here, but can`t think of a better explanation. 
On the caradio so not a local device, altho I have also heard it on 
home rigs. Close skywave is certainly in play now tnx to the lowsun on 
highband, from at least Iowa to Texas. So if Saudi can get to the east 
coast, it`s not too fantastic to reach this farther under the 
circumstances. Are they hearing it in Massachusetts this early? Other 
spots further from a local 1520 should listen for it too, and try to 
get a bearing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 7-13, 2019

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--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
  
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/page73
[over 334,000 views! as of January 13, 2019]

** U S A. 800, Jan 8 at 1323 UT, ``Motown Radio, 92.5`` and another FM 
frequency, ``back to oldies`` --- what? Surely not CKLW. 

The excellent WTFDA FM Database 
http://db.wtfda.org/fac_frequency/down/1
immediately has the answer as I search on the slogan even tho I am 
hearing this on AM: 
``K223CR KVOM-800 92.5 MORRILTON AR USA 0.25 0.25 0.0 0.0 
35-08-52 92-52-05 OLDIES MOTOWN RADIO``

Morrilton is in central AR near LR, 300 miles away. KVOM is the 
closest 800 to the east, but believe it is new here. Of course, this 
was all with KQCV OKC nulled, and BTW nothing heard from XEROK (Glenn 
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1570, Jan 8 at 1748 UT on caradio, low audible het from 
some of the midday skywave, besides XERF and KTUZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, January 7-13, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page73
[over 334,000 views! as of January 13, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot  E-W longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Jan 8 at 1326: all 
from the WSW, i.e. DU Au/NZ, not NW, i.e. Japan: 612, 702, 756, 837?, 
882, 1035. We are at our latest sunrise now, 1344 UT (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search earlier than I 
usually try it, after not detecting any LWBC, Jan 12 from 2323 UT on 
the R75 and E-W longwire: 531, 549, 558, 585, 603, 612, 621(2), 639, 
684, 711, 729, 747, 774, 837, 855, 864, 882, 909*, 936, 954, 999, 
1026(2), 1044(2), 1053, 1089*, 1107, 1152(2), 1179(2), 1215*, 1296, 
1305(2), 1341, 1422, 1458(2), 1485, 1503, 1539. *the three strongest 
ones all correlate with UK; (2) = at least two carriers beating; again 
the most pronounced being 1305 likely Spain synchros (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 31, 2018-January 6, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page73
[over 332,000 views! as of January 6, 2019]

UNIDENTIFIED. 570, Jan 1 at 0707 UT, `Coast to Coast AM` with VG 
dominant signal. Just missed any local break. My closest regulars KLIF 
Dallas and WNAX Yankton (both day and night) are both C2CAM 
affiliates, and neither has a night pattern pushing so much signal 
this way, but more likely than several others carrying that program 
further east or west. Las Cruces might be on ND day power, but 
supposedly OLDies format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 570, Jan 2 at 0634 UT, South Dakota PSA, so WNAX Yankton 
even on the E-W longwire rather than KLIF Dallas; 0635 back to music 
interlude on C2CAM, now // 580 WIBW et al., et al. WNAX fades into 
some CCI, so maybe it really is on their night pattern (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 680, Jan 2 at 0637 UT, weather on ``680 CJOB``, vs IBOC 
noise from 670 WSCR unless I tune 680 to LSB (yes, not USB, since the 
IBOC peak is about 13 kHz away from sources). Plug some free app 
``Radioplayer Canada`` to get lots of stations without a radio! Back 
to talk show ``live across Canada``. This is probably my second-often 
Winnipeger after CBW 990, 50/50 kW U1, which is audible anynight 
except when auroraed out. CJOB 50/50 kW U4 night pattern has a tiny 
tail to the south and day pattern is totally north, so unseems on 
either of them now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This tail extends pretty far south. CJOB is a semi-regular in the 
winter months here during the day. CJOB also has been cheating as well 
with using their day facilities at night (Todd Skaine, MN, ICOM 7300 
wth a Superloop, 2 Modified 2010s barefoot, Toyota car radio, Jan 3, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Jan 6 at 0708, WKY OKC Spanish ESPN-D is getting 
overtaken by some C music, on my E-W antenna almost perpendicular to 
OKC, fades just in time for ID(?). Not too many C format 
possibilities in NRC AM Log: KAFF AZ, KRKY CO both of which would need 
to be on 5 kW day power; likewise WSEV TN. Or the two Canadians, CFBC 
NB, CJYQ NL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 31, 2018-January 6, 2019

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page73
[over 332,000 views! as of January 6, 2019]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot 
E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. Re my latest log of 540 XETX, Chihuahua, Raymie Humbert 
replies Dec 30 on the WTFDA AM Forum: ``The IFT still hasn't done its 
continuity study, and in the case of XETX the AM covers a net 55,000 
more people than the 71,000 in XHTX-FM's contour. I doubt that there 
is other radio service to cover all of them`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 2 at 0641-0656 
UT. Usually I tune 1 kHz below on USB in 9-kHz steps to detect those 1 
kHz hets, but this time I do it 1 kHz above on LSB, which might turn 
up some different close-in carriers. I happen to start at 693, 
downward and then back up but here rearranged into order: 

531, 549, 558(2), 576, 585, 603, 612, 621, 639, 648, 666, 693, 729, 
747, 774(2), 837, 855, 882, 909, 936, 1044, 1089, 1098, 1107(2), 1116, 
1125(2), 1134, 1143(2), 1152(2), 1179(2), 1215(2), 1224, 1233, 1305(2 
~5 Hz apart), 1314, 1359, 1422, 1485(2), 1503, 1575.

For 1305, mwoffset list shows most likely RNE Radio 5, Spain, with one 
transmitter 5 Hz low and a couple close to nominal:
1304.9950 E RNE Radio 5 (Ourense/Pereiro (RNE))   24h 2015-10-12 
1304. E RNE Radio 5 (Bilbao/Santo Domingo (RNE5)) 24h 2018-02-16 
1305.000  E RNE Radio 5 (Ciudad Real/Almagro (RNE))   24h 2011-05-23
There are also some less likely synchros, Premier Christian Radio, UK.

In addition I had some odd hits at 0646, approx.: 944.055, and shortly 
1054.19, i.e. ~1 kHz off the bandplan, where no stations are known, so 
presumably somethings receiver-internal or local devices; or real 
spurs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 23-30, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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 
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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/page73
[over 329,000 views! as of December 30, 2018]
 
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 640, Dec 30 at 1334 UT, dead air from KWPN 
Moore, as usual around this time on Sunday mornings, facilitating KFI 
talk and something else (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 650, Dec 28 at 1906 UT, weather and ID for ``AM 650, KGAB``, 
Rush theme. This is at the limit of groundwave on a quiet summer day, 
but now could as well be early skywave from Cheyenne WY. KLTT 670 
Denver is always audible in daytime, noise level permitting (Glenn Hauser, 
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Sunday Dec 23 at 1416 UT, `Fox Football Fantasy` on 
Fox Sports Radio, which I have been noticing a lot lately on KGYN 
Guymon. Sibling station to 1480 KQAM Wichita and many others, website 
has same design:
http://stecklinecommunications.com/kgyn/
confirming that KGYN is on FSR for 18 hours Sundays 06-24 UT! But not 
fulltime. 1416 national adstring ends with one local insert for Fence 
Master in Cherokee (OK town well east of Guymon) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Dec 23 at 1350 UT, hard rap in Spanish, artificially 
sped-up vocalizations, obviously KBXD Dallas 50 kW daypower overcoming 
KQAM Wichita; 1355 UT ``Banda Trece 14-80 AM``. So that`s the latest 
incarnation for KBXD, the name formerly used by 1700 KKLF Richardson 
(which is very different now with TexMexmx). As of August in the NRC 
AM Log, KBXD was brokered religion in the Voz Evangélica group. radio
-locator.com still has it as Spanish religion.

Meanwhile I am hearing Jim Bohannon`s voice underneath on KQAM, a time 
I would not expect him, but there he is on the schedule at 6-8 am CT 
Sundays:
http://stecklinecommunications.com/kqam/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 24-30, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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 
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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/page73
[over 329,000 views! as of December 30, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 540, Dec 20 at 1333, XETX, La Ranchera de Paquimé, Nuevo 
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, plugging now being also on FM (90.5). New 
IRCA Mexican Log says per IFT it will be staying on AM; as usual 
manages to dominate 540 here around SRS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Dec 28 at 1910, JBA carrier hetting 1520 KOKC 
OKC, earlier than ever only 38 minutes after local mean noon here, but 
2 megawatts into lowsun ionosphere presumably propagates it well into 
Western daytime. I am open to any other explanation of why such a 
carrier should show up here in the afternoon hours before sunset, and 
not in the evening when we know Duba is off overnight. Despite WRTH 
2019 as 1500-0300, MWlist shows 1700-2230 only, with all MW & SW //s:
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1=1521
Bearing from here is about 38 degrees, but probably too weak to DF. 
Path crosses Hadrian`s Wall, as far north as 59 degrees N, just south 
of Iceland & Greenland, where it`s already post-sunset (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 25 from 0604: 
531, 549, 558, 612, 621, 648, 666, 693*, 711, 774, 837, 846, 882, 909, 
1017, 1044, 1089, 1107, 1215, 1413, 1512. *=strongest but still can`t 
pull audio. I was encouraged to do this upon hearing a het upon 1090 
without really trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 27 at 2306-
2319. Again after first noticing a 1 kHz het upon 1090 without really 
trying: 531, 549, 621, 684, 774, 837, 882, 909, 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 
1215, 1413, 1431. This time I`m using the JRC with N/S inside 
shortwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Dec 30 at 1320, not 
a full bandscan but checking some likely spots: 837 (maybe megawatt 
CNR5 in Fujian), while the major NHKs are not audible); 1098-west, 
surely Marshall Islands carrier. At 1329 now I have traces from the NW 
of NHK on 828, 774, 693, 594; and Korea South on 1566 (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 14-23, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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 
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[over 326,000 views! as of December 23, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO [and non]. 700, Dec 22 at 1335 UT, rustic drum and flute 
music from WSW/ENE, surely XEETCH, native station in Etchojoa, Sonora; 
and the lowest XE frequency still propagating, not even 650 XETNT, 5 
minutes before sunrise here at 1340 UT, on the way to latest at 1344 
UT in another biweek; no WLW;

and nulling XEETCH, there is S Asian music, no doubt KHSE Wylie 
(Metroplex) TX, no longer brokered religion in Spanish as in NRC AM 
Log, and still reported as such by MAREs in November. Radio-
locator.com now says it`s ``Radio Caravan`` with Asian format:
https://www.radiocaravan.com/
which autolaunches Hindi/Bollywood audio (but English ad at 1814 Dec 
22), or choose Telugu instead. Also operates on FM, IBOC and in 
Houston (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re:
** MEXICO. 739.95, Dec 11 at 1300,
 news/talkshow in Spanish, making 
 terrible low het against KRMG 740.00
 Tulsa, which if carefully nulled, 
 partially audiblizes the Mexican, which
 we know is XEQN, R. Fórmula, 
 Torreón, Coahuila. It has appeared on
 some official listings of 
 stations which are *not* migrating to
 FM, unfortunately. It`s been 
 off-frequency for years (Glenn Hauser,
 OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

XEQN is a migrant with a continuity obligation. That is, it's stuck in the 
combo phase until some other radio station comes along to serve some community 
that only can receive XEQN. In this case, the communities are in the 
municipalities of Nazas, Cuencamé and General Simón Bolívar, Durango. (Cuencamé 
itself has no local stations.)

For some stations, these localities can be quite a ways away. For XEWA/SLP, the 
localities were in municipalities including Dr. Arroyo, Nuevo León; Peñamiller, 
Querétaro; Bustamante, Tamaulipas; and Xichú, Guanajuato (Raymie Humbert, AZ, 
Dec 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

** U S A [and non]. 1520, Dec 14 at 2153 UT on R75 with E-W longwire, 
nearby KOKC OKC talk is hardly dominant; by 2155 sports talker is 
atop, so is it KOLM Minnesota? 2159 Fox Sports net ID, and then 
``1520, KSIB, Creston, Iowa``, which is a 1 kW ND daytimer. 

There has also been a JBA 1 kHz het which at 2204 I pinpoint to 1521, 
not 1519, ergo a bit of the 2,000,000 watts out of Saudi Arabia, more 
than an hour pre-sunset here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Dec 19 at 2036 on caradio, 1520 KOKC OKC again 
with a JBA 1 kHz het, probably from Duba 2-megawatter. Those further 
east (and north, west?) should be looking for this against whatever 
1520 signal they may have, 2 or 3 hours before local sunset (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAO TOME [non]. 1530, Dec 20 at 0258-0300, no Yankee Doodle 
detectable from 600 kW ND VOA relay sign-on, as Mark Connelly, MA, has 
been urging for an `easy` African MW catch further east. But here, it 
can`t get past blaster WCKY Cincinnati. I am on the longwire rather 
than trying to null WCKY which might help little as they are 11 
degrees apart from this POV: 71.5 vs 82.5 degrees. The other time he 
suggests is at VOA sign-off 2200* maybe without YDD (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 1566 kHz, Dec 22 at 1343 UT I`m straining to follow 
the JBA carrier from the NW, as FEBC Jeju Island is scheduled to 
change from Japanese to Chinese circa 1345 when the signal toward 
North America drops dramatically with pattern change toward the west 
rather than east. And it does: fortunately a slight fade-up first, 
making the cut at 1344:31 more obvious, but during the following 
minute I can still detect it. There was little doubt about 1566, but 
lacking any axual audio, this bit makes it even more definite.

This is not a good TP morning, as only 3 other carriers were detected 
lowband. And local sunrise here is 1340, creeping to 1344 at the 
latest in a biweek, so a few more better chances to observe this. I 
wonder what the true bearings are of 1566 major lobes as both Japan 
and China cover large portions of the compass from so close. If 
centred on Tokyo it would favor Argentina beyond, while the direct 
path to Enid goes west of Japan as far north as Anchorage (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 16-22, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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: 
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2011 are archived in this forum with open access:  
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page73
[over 326,000 views! as of December 22, 2018]
  
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, wghau...@yahoo.com
  
Greetings. All times and dates strictly
UT. 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; or IC-R75 with E-W
longwire. 

800, Dec 16 at 1413 UT, gospel-huxter in progress, so KQCV OKC is already 
running unlike Dec 13 when it cut on at *1415.

800, Dec 22 at 0710 UT, amid my TA JBA carrier bandscan I 
am distracted by a commercial break in Coast to Coast AM, with 
American-orientated commercials for Omaha Steaks, and IRS help. But 
it`s got to be CKLW Windsor, a C2CAM affiliate. Fat chance we will 
ever hear Canadian commercials on a US station, except those 
deliberately trans-border. I guess CKLW is one of them by default; 
does the CRTC approve?

700, Dec 22 at 1335 UT, rustic drum and flute 
music from WSW/ENE, surely XEETCH, native station in Etchojoa, Sonora; 
and the lowest XE frequency still propagating, not even 650 XETNT, 5 
minutes before sunrise here at 1340 UT, on the way to latest at 1344 
UT in another biweek; no WLW;

and nulling XEETCH, there is S Asian music, no doubt KHSE Wylie 
(Metroplex) TX, no longer brokered religion in Spanish as in NRC AM 
Log, and still reported as such by MAREs in November. Radio-
locator.com now says it`s ``Radio Caravan`` with Asian format:
https://www.radiocaravan.com/
which autolaunches Hindi/Bollywood audio (but English ad at 1814 Dec 
22), or choose Telugu instead. Also operates on FM, IBOC and in 
Houston.

880, Dec 22 at 1339 UT, Mexmx and ID as ``La Tremenda, 8-
80``, but not a Mexican as further brands itself with ``la raza``, 
which a genuine XE would never do, or need to do. I bet it`s the St 
Louis market station, WIJR Highland IL, listed in the NRC AM Log with 
1.7 kW day power as ``La Primera 880 AM, La Raza``. Radio-locator.com 
confirms the name change, now at
http://latremenda880.com/

900, Dec 21 at 1950 UT, I am searching for some nice music, 
rare on the AM band. One such station is nostalgic KSGL Wichita KS, a 
250-watt almost-daytimer with barely audible IBOC noise plus, and no 
problem minus against 890 OKC KTLR. Split-personality, with gospel-
huxtering blox elsewhen. ``Begin the Beguine`` is playing (what is a 
beguine, anyway?). 

But there`s a heavy subaudible heterodyne at the rate of 224/minute = 
3.73+ Hz. There is no other 900 station at groundwave range, altho 
some in AR and TX, and this unseems skywave so early; furthermore, 
there is absolutely no QRModulation to KSGL. Therefore, I suspect that 
KSGL itself is running two transmitters, by mistake. They may have a 
backup and/or one for QRP night usage at 28 watts. In SSB listening, 
the R75 eliminates such SAHs, but painfully obvious in AM mode. After 
some more music, partly Xmassy, 1959 UT ID also for FM 105.7, which of 
course is a mere translator, but in this case just as ``powerful`` as 
the AM. 2000 UT, USA Radio News --- and now the SAH is completely 
gone!

1070, Dec 16 at  UT plug for a ``whatwebelieve`` 
website, ID mentioning Pensacola and vanishes. It`s WNVY Cantonment 
FL, address in Pensacola, U1 15000/28 watts, Critical Hours 2300 
watts, which must have just ended. On E-W antenna, no problem from 
off-frequency KFTI Wichita at right angle, already cut from 10 to 1 kW 
and U2 cut to N/S night pattern. Cantonment is NW of Pensacola, lost 
only a few miles from Alabama across the Perdido River border.

1390, my nearest local, KCRC, continues putting out spurs 
at multiples of approx. 30 kHz above and below, despite denials by the 
KCRC contract engineer. I decide to measure them as accurately as 
possible, Dec 20 at 1926-1939 UT on the R-75:

1449.771, makes het with weak 1450 stations, Woodward & Shawnee
1419.883, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KTJS Hobart
1389.994, KCRC fundamental is slightly low, and varies?
1360.059, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KPHN El Dorado KS
1330.177, makes big het with KNSS Wichita which otherwise would be listenable 
here

At this time can`t hear hets on 1300 & 1480 but have before, perhaps 
closer to site on

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 9-15, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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 
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[over 324,000 views! as of December 8, 2018]
 
800, Dec 13 at 1407 UT, KQCV OKC is off! I hear 
an ID in passing sounding like ``WBUL``; the closest fuzzy match in 
the NRC AM Log is WVAL, Sauk Rapids MN, 2600/850 watts U4. Credible, 
since 830 WCCO is still in. No sign of XEROK on 800 either. 

Trying to pull more of WVAL or somethings in absence of KQCV, but it 
cuts on at *1415 JIP gospel huxter, as if 1415 were its proper sunrise 
in December, which is really 1330 UT (Jan: 1345 UT) --- but KQCV is 
semi-local here day & night, 2500/1000, psra 38 watts (what`s the 
point of a psra much lower than your night power?) IIRC, KQCV`s 
pattern is out of whack with an STA.

1450, Dec 14 at 2207 UT, Missouri Net News outro, and ``Good Time Oldies, 1450, 
K-O-K-O, ko-ko``, dominating for now this 1 kW graveyarder from Warrensburg MO, 
pre-sunset 

1520, Dec 14 at 2153 UT on R75 with E-W longwire, nearby KOKC OKC talk is 
hardly dominant; by 2155 sports talker is atop, so is it KOLM Minnesota? 2159 
Fox Sports net ID, and then ``1520, KSIB, Creston, Iowa``, which is a 1 kW ND 
daytimer. There has also been a JBA 1 kHz het which at 2204 I pinpoint to 1521, 
not 1519, ergo a bit of the 2,000,000 watts out of Saudi Arabia, more than an 
hour pre-sunset here.

Until the next, best of DX and 73 de Glenn  

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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 30-December 13, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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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/page72
[over 323,000 views! as of December 14, 2018]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 739.95, Dec 11 at 1300, news/talkshow in Spanish, making 
terrible low het against KRMG 740.00 Tulsa, which if carefully nulled, 
partially audiblizes the Mexican, which we know is XEQN, R. Fórmula, 
Torreón, Coahuila. It has appeared on some official listings of 
stations which are *not* migrating to FM, unfortunately. It`s been 
off-frequency for years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1570, Dec 11 at 2007 on caradio, Spanish here could be 
groundwave from KTUZ Tulsa, but no, it`s already skywave from XERF, 
``La Poderosa`` IDs associating that with FM 103.9 as much as with 
1570, an IMER station in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila. XERF really is 
powerful, allegedly 100 kW, while several peanut-power outlets also 
brand themselves as Poderosas; who`s to know any better? This is three 
hours and ten minutes before our earliest sunset at 2317 UT. XERF heard
again the next day same time (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Dec 2 at 1321-1325:
774, 747, 693, 594, 828, 972, 1242, 1422, 1566, all from NW; and 1098
from W, the Marshall Islands AN carrier no doubt. In the upperband,
1242 and 1422 seem most productive, and I wonder what they most likely
could be? 1242 has 100 kW JOLF, NBS Tokyo, but also some 100 kW in
China, India, and 500 kW in Vietnam. 1422 has 50 kW JORF, Yokohama,
but also 50 kW in Taiwan, and 600 kW in East Turkistan 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 11 at 0627-
0633, in the order checked: 747, 729, 693(2), 639, 621, 531, 1089, 
*1215, 1575. *= strongest, Absolute R, UK; (2)= at least two carriers 
beating. See also Trans-Pacific (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Dec 11 at 0627: 
mainly Europeans, see Trans-Atlantic, but the first one I check is 846 
which at this hour I expect to be from R. Kiribati, Kiritimati (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re: 
 UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 28 at 2044 UT,
 on my MW bandscan in western 
 Enid, KOKC OKC has a JBA het upon it!
 Roughly 1 kHz, but I can`t tell 
 exactly on caradio and whether it`s
 1519 or 1521. Could the 2-megawatt 
 Saudi be propagating this early? 
 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Completely plausible at this time of year near
earliest sunset. Sunset here in MA late NOV / DEC is about 2115 UT. A
few years ago during a DX get-together at the Cape Cod house of Chris
Black (N1CP), we witnessed 1521 Saudi het at noon EST / 1700 UT and
discernible audio 15 minutes later: 4 hours pre-sunset.

Inland sites can experience long-haul DX up to 2 hours before sunset;
salt-water sites - as noted above - can be getting into the game up to
4 hours before sunset.

Shorter skip (<2000 km), especially on the upper half of the band, is
pretty much an all day thing this time of year in northern states and
anywhere in Canada 
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA, IRCA 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1959, DXLD) 

Sunset here was 2317 UT, 2.5 hours later 
(gh, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1959, DXLD) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 1566, Dec 6 at 1344-1346, JBA carrier, presumably HLAZ 
Jeju, Korea South, 250 kW FEBC. I`m trying to catch the signal drop at 
1345 as they switch from Japanese to Chinese, but no change here; 
maybe I just missed it a minute earlier. Earlier TP carrier check pre
-sunrise around 1320 found JJBBA carriers on 774, 747 (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 30-December 8, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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All times and dates strictly UT! 
 
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/page72
[over 322,000 views! as of December 8, 2018]
    
780, Dec 2 at 1330 UT, list of church services canceled in 
Norfolk and other towns; consult WJAG.com; with KSPI nulled, and WJAG 
NE still has some CCI under from WBBM.

810, Dec 6 at 1329 UT, vocal Xmasmx in English, Silver Bells 
to OCAYF, from E/W, soon QRMed by cut-on of WHB Kansas City with 
sportstalk, making fast SAH of approx. 10 Hz. This must be the same 
unID station which had Xmasmx mixing with my Mexican log a few 
mornings ago. 1333 brief announcement about homemade chile, and 1337 
another break about a broadcast of the Santa Fe City Council. So it`s 
KSWV, with a new format, temporarily? Or as transition? No longer `Que 
Suave`, semi-Spanish. Is 5000/10 watts U1, with 7.5 watt PSRA, but 
this is obviously on day power before local sunrise which in Dec is 
officially 1400 UT (January: 1415). Here`s website now, except for 
``Suave``, all-English as Classic Hits:
http://www.santafetoday.com/kswv/

BTW, WHB is correct in switching to 50 kW ND day pattern at 1330 UT in 
Dec and Jan.

1130, Dec 2 at 1336 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is back on, missing yesterday; with 
KWKH nulled, mentions kscorn.com and ``local Wellington``. Also at 1643 UT 
recheck during Xmasmx, 250-watt signal 
weak but OK, no breaking up.

1540.00, Dec 1 at 0501 UT, continuous TexMexmx is dominant,
even on E-W longwire, finally 0510 UT in English, ``We`ve got you
covered, KGBC, 15-40 AM``. And there is no het! Not off-frequency+plus
tonight. No assumption that KGBC is permanently fixed, as it`s jumped
back and forth before.

All three TX 1540s are now latino, as both KGBC and KEDA Jalapeño San
Antonio are `Tejano` format per NRC AM Log, and KZMP Metroplex [q.v.]
is ESPN-D. (The next morning I discover that my 100-ft longwire had
been broken in the middle by a treelimbfall near the farend, now
patched back together)

1540.00, Dec 1 at 1354 UT, YL in Spanish about financial
advice but also proffering bendiciones, conversation with OM, soon
closing ``Puntos de --algo--`` show with Dallas mention and 214 AC
phone, so it`s KZMP University Park, breaking away from ESPN-Deportes
format. Now on 32 kW day power legally since 1330 UT but day pattern
is tight E-W, so we should not be getting much of it here (and night
pattern is tight east-only) 

1300 & 1480, Dec 8 at 1946 UT during bandscan on caradio for daytime skywave, 
JBA hets on these two, i.e. ~90 kHz from 1390 KCRC local a mile or so away. The 
+/- 30 kHz KCRC spurs near 1360 & 1420 are perpetual and loud enough to listen 
to, and the weaker ones near 1330 & 1450 are always audible at least in 
daytime; so now I conclude KCRC spurs also spew to the third order. BTW, the 
KCRC engineer denies they exist! Despite my hearing the closer 4 anywhere in 
Enid on anyradio, and the primary ones a considerable distance on the road out 
of Enid.

Altho local mean noon is always 1832 UT, I don`t get around to bandscanning for 
winter daytime skywave on MW until 1945 UT on Saturday December 8. I`m on the 
caradio at the kitefield north side of Enid away from power lines (but still 
lite buzz at highband). Nothing much on lowband, not even WGN-720, but 1090 has 
something besides KEXS KS/MO. 

1480, Dec 8 at 1947, Spanish music from KBXD Dallas mixing/atop KQAM Wichita. 
1480 also suffers from KCRC-1390 +90 kHz spur; see above.

1510, Dec 8 at 1948, quit-smoking PSA in strong, then fadeout. Got to be 
skywave, but what; 1958 Nabisco ad is atop the jumble, also an intriguing LAH 
(low audible heterodyne) from algo (KCTE itself off-frequency?). PSA for 
USNA.edu, pause 10 seconds for ID: ``ESPN Kansaas City, KCTE Independence`` MO 
plus some FM translators, and back to an Army-Navy SBG

1560, Dec 8 at 1950 UT, Vietnamese atop CCI in English, i.e. KGOW 
Bellaire/Houston already skywaving almost 500 miles.

1600, Dec 8 at 1951 UT, more Vietnamese about equal level to semi-local KUSH 
Cushing OK, i.e. KRVA from The Metroplex TX. This language tends to stand out 
on the MW dial!

1700, Dec 8 at 1952 UT, TexMexmx, i.e. KKLF Richardson TX inbooming.

1200, Dec 8 at 2004 UT, breaking news from WOAI.com, San Antonio already 
propagating, but was not a

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 12-29, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 321,000 views! as of November 30, 2018]
   
These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** OKLAHOMA. 640, Sunday Nov 25 at 1332 UT, dead air from KWPN Moore 
instead of silly sportstalk, but reducing CCI to KFI. Probably ran 
non-sports weekly pubaffs show at 1300 UT, and failed to resume when 
it finished; also plays out on sibling station 930 WKY in English 
instead of Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



** U S A. 640, Nov 27 at 2132 UT I am bandscanning on caradio at a 
quiet parking lot in western Enid, finding dead air again from KWPN, 
but turning up the volume, somestation is audible under --- it must be 
WOI, public radio in Ames IA. I hasten to A/B with 91.7 KOSU to make 
it // during NPR ATC, but ``ESPN 1390`` blasts back on in less than a 
minute. Anyhow it would not be in // as WOI is amid BBC Newshour, no 
ATC there until 2200. TROTS: if OU had not stupidly sold off its 
legacy AM station, WNAD 640, today Oklahoma would have public radio on 
AM (and a lot better reception in the hinterlands than its low-power 
FM successor KGOU and satellites can muster) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 710, Nov 28 a 2038 UT, counting the SAH fades between KGNC 
Amarillo and KCMO Kansas City both on groundwave: 156/minute = 2.6 Hz. 
Again on caradio at a parking lot in western Enid.

1090, Nov 28 at 2040 UT, SAH here of 5 Hz, talk station vs music 
station. One is certainly KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, 10 kW, which 
barely makes it here by groundwave; the other could be KAAY Little 
Rock, starting skywave as it`s really too far for groundwave. No other 
1090s likely (a couple in further reaches of TX). (Glenn Hauser, Enid 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Nov 28 at 2101 UT, `The Tiger` ID after weak 
sportstalk, which I knew had to be KWKH Shreveport, as nearer KLEY 
Wellington KS is off the air again --- better than pulsing and 
breaking up as it did earlier this year, but seemed to have recovered 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1250, Nov 20 at 1348 UT, nulling KYYS, Spanish from Kansas 
City, I have a sports station in English, itself roughly N/S, talking 
about ``The Blitz``, which I assume is some local team, then 
commercial for Augie`s Barbecue, on Broadway. It seems there is no 
current Blitz team altho there used to be one in Chicago. Blitz may 
now be some sports-oriented promotional entity or non-turf game. 

Search on the BBQ however leads right to San Antonio TX, and I also 
heard ``1604`` mentioned, which is the outer loop around SA beyond I-
410. So this is KZDC, 25000/920 watts U4, major daylobe to NW. With 
ESPN. Fits since 1200 WOAI is also still in. Don`t recall hearing KZDC 
before, maybe a previous call? But it`s been KZDC since 1995! And I 
did last log it in March, 2015. Well legal now, post-sunrise at 1300 
UT in Nov (1315 UT in Dec) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1270, Nov 27 at 2138 UT, Spanish game report involving a 
pelota and a dominicano, so béisbol. Groundwave would render KRXO 
Claremore OK sports in English, so skywave from The Metroplex is 
already propagating 50 kW KFLC Benbrook TX atop any KRXO (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 12-29, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 321,000 views! as of November 30, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 00-foot E-W longwire.

** CUBA. 530, Nov 21 at 0259, silly ballgame in Spanish // 5025 
Rebelde, mixing with the EZL music from Enciclopedia. Two Rebeldes are 
listed, Guantánamo and Caribe, Isla Juventud, and I`ll settle for the 
closer. Also considerable het from 531: see ALGERIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA. 531, Nov 21 at 0300, considerable het to Cubans on 530, as 
I am starting a TA JBA carrier bandscan [see UNIDENTIFIED], and this 
turns out to be the strongest, with some music separable from 530, as 
always presumed to be the 600 kW Jil FM [sic], youth channel at 
F`Kirina, which is near the Tunisian border, 8899 km or 5529 statute 
miles from here. Nothing much on its 600 kW // 549 however, 551 km 
closer near the Moroccan border at Sidi Hamadouche (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Nov 29 at 1304, YL in unknown language, partly Spanish 
mentioning ``Desarrollo de Pueblos Indígenas``, which is the federal 
agency running native stations I love to hear, then definite IDs 
pronounced in Spanish, XEETCH heard twice, and La Voz de los Tres 
Rios. That`s the 5 kW daytimer in Etchojoa, Sonora. Has growing SAH of 
128/min = 2.13 Hz in plain Spanish, likely XEGD in Hidalgo del Parral, 
Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 810, Nov 29 at 1308, looping SW, Mexican NA by 
kidchorus is playing; running late? 1310 losing to WHB and can`t make 
out an ID before ``-AM`` in Spanish. Then some Xmasmx, Greensleeves, 
1316 Merry Little Xmas in English so probably a third station. The 
only Mexfit is XERSV, Tribuna R., Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, 5 kW 
daytimer. (Tim Hall has confirmed that XESB in Chihuahua is gone.) 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, Nov 29 at 1321, canned YL ID as ``Canal Ochocientos 
Veinte, ABC Radio`` and back to romantic music, easily separable from 
WBAP at the moment, just before LSR of 1321 UT. It`s XEABCA in 
Mexicali BCN, which really gets out, and frequently non-IDs (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 15 at 0220- 
UT: 531, 549, 576, 585, 621, 638, 684* vs WSCR IBOC, 738, 774(2), 837, 
855(2), 864, 882, 936, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098(2), 1107, 1125, 1206(2), 
1413. *stronger; (2)=at least two carriers beating.

TA JBA MW carrier search, Nov 15 at 0642- UT: 585, 612, 621, 693(2), 
711, 729, 774(2), 837, 846, 855, 882, 909, 936, 999, 1026, 1098, 1125, 
1179, 1215, 1314 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA carrier search, Nov 21 from 0301: 531 
[see ALGERIA], 557(2), 621, 639, 693, 747, 774, 819, 837, 855, 909, 
936(2), 999, 1026(2), 1089, 1134, 1152, 1215, 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, a good time to 
check as coastal (east and west) DXers are reporting plenty, Nov 28 at 
0240-0248: 531* with bit of audio Algerien, 585, 612(2), 621, 693*, 
729, 738, 747, 774*(2), 855, 864, 882*, 909, 936, 999, 1044, 1053, 
1089(2), 1125, 1161, 1179, 1215, 1341. *=stronger ones; (2)=at least 
two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 29 at 1256-
1302, all roughly NW u.o.s.: 594, 693, 747, 774, 828, 837, 882(2), 
972, 1098-W?, 1134, 1143 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 28 at 2044 UT, on my MW bandscan in western 
Enid, KOKC OKC has a JBA het upon it! Roughly 1 kHz, but I can`t tell 
exactly on caradio and whether it`s 1519 or 1521. Could the 2-megawatt 
Saudi be propagating this early? 

On NRD at home Nov 29 at 0044 UT, het is definitely from 1521. KSA 
quit running all-night and should be off by now unless that has 
changed. TA carriers are certainly in now on a quick check of 1215, 
1089, 882, 855, 774, 693.

ZNS 1540 Bahamas has also been reported spurious circa 1521 and 1559. 
Or it could yet be something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)
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Re: [IRCA] 820khz Spanish

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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XEABCA Mexicali really gets out, as I last reported less than a month ago 
around sunrise with romantic music, instead of former news format. If it`s 
really classical/cultural there is/was XEUDO Los Mochis if it still exist. 
Glenn Hauser, OK


On Wed, 11/28/18, Paul B. Walker, Jr.  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [HCDX] 820khz Spanish
 To: "Hard-Core-DX" , nrc...@googlegroups.com, 
"Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 

 Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 12:42 PM
 
 It sounds like it's back to
 back music with no liners, id's or
 announcements and some of the transitions
 between songs are very abrupt and
 sudden
 
 On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:35 AM Paul B. Walker,
 Jr. <
 walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com>
 wrote:
 
 > Who on 820khz
 would be running spanish language music? One song I'm
 > hearing now almost sounds like it's
 classical, but not sure. Nothing I can
 >
 find in the US matches and I know less than nothing about
 Mexican radio.
 > I'm hearing a second
 song that sounds a bit more adult contemporary in
 > nature. I don't think this is a
 religious station beither, but not sure.
 >
 > Paul Walker
 > Laramie, WY
 
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 3-11, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 317,000 views! as of November 11, 2018]
  
These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order
 
** CANADA. 530, UT Sat Nov 3 at 0605 UT, song in strange language 
mixing with EZL from Cuba, and annoying het from 531, presumably 
Algeria. And I presume this is multi-cultural CIAO, Brampton/Toronto. 
Generic program sked shows Hindi/Punjabi after local midnite. Link to 
full pdf sked turns out to be dated Feb 2016! 
https://www.am530.ca/AM-530-Program-Schedule-February2016.pdf
and no more specific, but those languages occupied most of the 24h, 
with a few others in local evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

CIAO [530, Brampton] can be seen at bottom of this page:
https://www.fybush.com/site-20171124/
(Scott Fybush, irca via DXLD)

==

** OKLAHOMA. 930, UT Sat Nov 3 at 0242 UT, silly ballgame in English; 
on the E-W longwire, I wonder if it`s not WKY, until they mention HS 
teams Irish vs Carl Albert, the latter being an Okie. Then DF on the 
DX-398 confirms it`s merely WKY OKC, which is supposed to be ESPN-D in 
Spanish. But these guys speak English without an accent (other than 
Okie)! WKY doesn`t hesitate to run ads in English either, amid Spanish 
programming. So don`t be fooled if you hear English on 930. 

I remain amused by the coincidental fact that all three call letters 
are the least-Spanish in the alfabet. Fortunately they are retaining 
the legacy call rather than replacing it. E. K. Gaylord could never 
have imagined how his pioneer station would wind up (Glenn Hauser, 
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



** U S A. 580, Nov 9 at 1256 UT, with WIBW KS nulled as much as 
possible, something else in English with ads, one mentioning Montrose, 
i.e. KUBC in SW CO, 5/1 kW U2, 500 watt PSRA. Night pattern goes 
slightly east of north with very minor lobe thisaway; day pattern ND. 
Official November sunrise is not until 1345 UT! (Dec: 1415) (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, Nov 3 at 1253 UT, political ad in English with Navajo 
accent, then canned Ace Hardware jingle and ad, from KTNN Window Rock 
AZ. Usual suspicions about this 50 kW failing to protect NYC when I 
get it over night path; sunrise here 1257; FCC sunrise for KTNN in 
Nov, 1345 UT (December: 1415). Also, Arizonans have noticed KTNN 
missing sporadically, good for DX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1955, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 830, Nov 3 at 1255 UT, looping NW/SE, discussion of oil and 
water produxion, soon lapsing into creationism and plug for ICR, and 
more overt gospel-huxtering. DF and format make this have to be 
nothing but KUYO Evansville (Casper market) WY; no sign of MN, TN or 
LA 830s now at Enid sunrise. Trouble is, KUYO is supposed to be a 25 
kW daytimer (CH: 9.2 kW) and no PSRA known. FCC shows not supposed to 
be on air until 1400 UT (December: 1430). God`ll get`em for that? 
Yeah, sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1955, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1040, Nov 3 at 1259 UT, super-hype voice-actor intones, 
``live from studios in Colorado Springs, Colorado ---``, i.e. KCBR CoL 
Monument CO, 15 kW hip-hop daytimer. You guessed it, another cheater 
before official FCC November sunrise of 1345 (December: 1415). But 
even so, CH of only 2 kW for two hours after legal sunrise (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) O, it`s no longer hip-hop format; did not 
listen long enough to ascertain (gh) Viz.:

AM Log update: 
1040 KCBR CO Monument – Format to CLR/Comedy (ex-HipHop); networks to TDC; 
Group to Grp=Hits & Giggles 98.5 & 95.7 (ex-Grp= Blazin’ 98.5).
(Wayne Heinen, NRC DX News Nov 12, published Nov 3, via DXLD)

=

UNIDENTIFIED. 620, Nov 3 at 1249 UT, C music loops N/S, certainly 
not biztalker KEXB Metroplex, but which begins to show a minute later 
just in time to obscure an announcement from the other. Only 
possibilities seem to be KMNS Sioux

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, November 3-11, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 317,000 views! as of November 11, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 00-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 570, Nov 3 at 0251, ranchera music dominates, ``en BJB, tu 
música regional mexicana``, easily overcoming KLIF, DFW, which goes 
out every which way but north; i.e. XEBJB, Monterrey NL, non-
direxional and looks like it will not abandon AM. ``Regional`` could 
mean anything, depending on what region (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 702, Nov 3 at 1237 on the R75, two carriers making a 1 
Hz beat, so that doesn`t fit for 2BL NSW and Magic NZ, 3 or 6 Hz 
apart. MWoffsets doesn`t offer something likely 1 Hz away from 2BL 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 774, Nov 9 at 1238, via DX-398 with internal antenna only, 
NHK-2 with enough audio to hear English lesson with Japanese mixed --- 
our #1 TP signal, 500 kW JOUB, Akita. See UNIDENTIFIED for all the JBA 
carriers too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 882, Nov 3 at 0230, some music detectable, presumably 
the 100+ kW BBC Wales synchros (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 936, Nov 3 at 0230, two carriers beating, Morocco, and what? 
There are 
3 x 20 kW Radio 5 in Spain. Much further there are hi-power ME 
stations. This time I have skipped a full TA carrier bandscan and 
honed in on some stronger ones into the R75 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Oh Glenn, as for your "NNW" 945 (I think) mystery station carrier catch: bear 
in mind that in 2013 during my trip to China, I found out that the Chinese 
station listings in the WRTH on SW and MW is not at all complete -- and this 
goes back to 2013 and still in 2018!  

For instance (and one example of many): 981 kHz has at least FIVE or SIX CNR-1 
"echoing stations" as I heard while in Xian in Nov. 2013, yet the WRTH only 
lists TWO of them on 981 in China.  

Therefore, if you think you might have caught a carrier from a *western 
Chinese* station rather than the more "NW" signal from Jilin Province, you 
likely caught an unlisted transmitter not shown in WRTH.  
Thanks again, (Steve McGreevy, http://www.auroralchorus.com
Natural VLF Radio and Travel, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 972, Nov 3 at 1242 UT, some talk modulation detectable 
on the DX-398, presumably the bigsig from sesquimegawatt HLCA of KBS, 
Korea South; 12 kHz from a local on 960 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

I LOVE your JBA TP/TA carrier scans! I think it would be so cool to be in a 
place where you can catch both TAs and TPs, even if weak. Studying such 
carriers is as enlightening as the audio enjoyment of armchair signals. 
BCB-carrier observations tell a lot, and those that can measure BCB and SW 
station frequencies to 1 Hz really help, and thusly we gain this info. And the 
beat-frequencies of various SAHs (like 747!) .Thanks again, (Steve McGreevy, 
http://www.auroralchorus.com Natural VLF Radio and Travel, Nov 4, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 9 at 1241-1253, 
after first hearing audio from always checked first, 774 JAPAN, q.v.: 
567-NW, 594-NW, 603-NW, 612-NW, 693-NW, 738-NW, 747-NW, 828-NW, 873-
NW, 882(2), 936-NW, 945-NW, 1008-NW(2), 1017, 1044-NW, 1098-NW(2), 
1134-NW, 1548-WSW, 1566-NW. By the time I`ve finished, 774 has faded 
down quite. Local sunrise: 1303 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, October 27-November 2, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 316,000 views! as of November 2, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 00-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 540, Nov 1 at 0046, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` on AM & FM, i.e. XETX 
with FM on 90.5, from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 550, Nov 1 at 0045, ``91.3, La Súper-Estación``, loops WSW. 
Of course it`s XEPL, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Axually, I thought 
they said ``101.3`` which sounds rather similar in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 630, Oct 28 at 1215, Spanish plugging a program on Alba? 
104.5, a Grupo Radio Centro station, 6:15 timecheck, music; loops SSW. 
Suspected XEFB Monterrey NL. WTFDA FM Database shows slogan ALFA 
104.5, CHR format for XHMF-FM in Mty but does not relate it to 630 
XEFB, which used to be news/talk. Is it now just an appendage of an 
FM, like so many US AM stations, or a promo for sibling station? (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 709.875, Nov 1 at 0048, tell-tale het against KCMO or KGNC, from the 
sometimes off-frequency alternate transmitter of XEDP, La Ranchera de 
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Still there at 0612 when I measure, 709.875? 
Yes, mwoffsets has it on 709.87 as of 2017-03-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, Nov 1 at 1241 UT, romantic music in Spanish over WBAP 
which a few minutes earlier had been dominant; 1242 canned YL ID as 
``Canal ochocientos veinte, ABC Radio``, i.e. XEABCA, Mexicali BCN and 
back to more romx, a title starting with ``Amor ---``. Now I measure 
its SAH separation from WBAP at less than 1 Hz, 48 per minute or 0.8 
Hz. My sunrise today 1255 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 860, Nov 1 at 1247 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS C is 
getting CCI in Spanish, but cannot mutually null them, i.e. close to 
opposite direxion. They both null at the same position, audiblizing 
French from CBKF-2 Saskatoon; see CANADA. 1301 Mexican NA, short 
choral version, and 1303 ``XEMO, La Poderosa 860, música de 
recuerdo``, non-sign-on info with street address, website, and then 
prayer to María. XEMO is 10/7.5 kW from Tijuana BCN, which in fact is 
almost exactly opposite to here from KKOW, but six times further 
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Nov 1 at 0052 UT, XETAR music and YL DJ with 5:52 TC, about to 
close down daytimer at 6:00. La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, 
Guachochi, Chihuahua, at first atop WWL, then making fast SAH with it. 
I`m accustomed to hearing this around sunrise. 

BTW, the UT-7 TC confirms Mexico beyond the US economic-influenced 
border cities, has sensibly now ended DST a week before USA; it would 
be even more sensible for both countries to abolish it.

These XEs logged following Kaz`s advisory instead to seek US daytimers 
to the west on the best night of the year before they must sign off 
much earlier from tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 27 from 0455 
on the R75: 531, 558(2), 576, 585, 612, 621, 639, 666, 693, 729, 738, 
756, 774, 837, 855, 882, 909(2), 936, 954, 999(2), 1053, 1062, 1089
(2), 1098(-), 1107, 1215*, 1305(2), 1314, 1413, 1422, 1566, 1584(2). 
(2) = at least two carriers beating: *stronger; (-) perceptibly off to 
the low side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 28 at 0148-
0155, on the DX-398 aimed NE: 531, 549, 558, 576, 585, 621, 639, 693
(2), 711, 729, 738, 774, 855, 873, 882, 909, 936, 954, #963, 999, 
1017, #1026, 1044, 1053, 1089, #1125, 1134(2), 1152, 1179, 1215, 1458, 
1575. #are ones not heard on the sweep up but detected on a second 
sweep down; everything is fading up and down a bit, and heavy QRM 
level varies. (2) = at least two carriers beating. In USB tuning, the 
ones ending in -9 are interesting, as I am getting a big het from the 
-0 domestics, but also little lower pitch offset het from the TAs; 
even against 1000 KTOK OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 1 at 1215-1221: 
531, 558, 567, 585, 594, 702, 711, 738, 747, 756, 774, 828, 837, 855, 
864, 873, 945, *972, 1008, 1017, 1044, 1098(2), 

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 27-November 2, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page72
[over 316,000 views! as of November 2, 2018]
  
These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** CANADA. 650, Oct 28 at 1204 UT, outro news from Canadian Press, 
``650 CKOM Update``, 1205 weather from minus 5 to plus 19; plug 
CKOM.com, back to ``Saskatchewan`s biggest conversation`` seems a 
playback. WSM easily nulled, XETNT not fading up until later, and KGAB 
no obstacle. 10/10 kW U4 from Saskatoon. Night pattern is supposed to 
be all-north; day with a minor lobe south. Last logged here Sept 7, 
2017 at 0549. At first I thought they were saying CKON, but that might 
be in Ontario. Branded as ``650 CKOM`` several times but did not hear 
``NewsTalk 650`` as in NRC AM Log, altho that is certainly their 
format and might still be uttered (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CANADA. 860, Nov 1 at 1247 UT, as I am trying to separate KKOW from 
XEMO, but can`t since they are almost collinear with Enid, instead 
with both of them nulled I hear French in the clear, mentioning 
Canada, which is CBKF-2, Saskatoon, Sask., 10/10 kW U4. NRC Pattern 
Book of 2013 shows major lobe north day and night, but almost as major 
to S at night, SSE at day, no doubt to cover Regina (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

==

** OKLAHOMA. Periodic update on Enid stations as of November 1:

530, `K530AM` Vance AFB TIS remains off the air for months now, altho 
sometimes I think I have a very weak carrier.

1390, KCRC, 1/1 kW, continues to put big spurs causing hets circa 30 
and 60 kHz above and below: 1330, 1360, 1420, 1450. The two closer 
ones have plenty of modulation, all messing up KS and OK legit 
stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

==

** U S A. 840, Nov 1 at 1245 UT, ``102.9, más música y variedad --- en 
español, el motivador``. Must be US station, as a Mexican would never 
need to say it`s in Spanish! Loops E/W. NRC AM Log shows it`s KJFA 
Belén, Nuevo Méjico, 1800/30 watts U1, slogan as Éxitos 102.9. Yes, of 
course, it`s way pre-sunrise there, so on day power? Official sunrise 
is not until an hour later, 1345 UT! (December: 1400). First time I`ve 
heard it here; KJFA-840 is successor to KARS-860 Belén. Now for 
Albuquerque market, address for the cluster at 4125 Carlisle NE, which 
I think used to host KHFM i.a.

I thought 102.9 would be a translator, even on Sandia Crest, but no, 
KJFA-FM is 3.7 kW ERP horizontal only, licensed to Pecos NM, on the 
other side of SC, so how does that get into ABQ? FCC coverage map 
shows it does not, and barely into Santa Fe and Las Vegas (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 870, Nov 1 at 1225 UT, weather in the 20s and 30s, snow, 
mention northern Wisconsin, so this sure isn`t WWL. First on R75, then 
switch to DX-398 to get a bearing. Yes, with WWL nulled. 1228 UT more 
such weather, highs in 40s. 1231 UT TC for 7:31 =CDT, now 25 degrees, 
mention Minnesota. This is certainly KPRM Park Rapids MN, 50/2.5 kW 
U2. Suspect on 50 kW ND day pattern as night nulls south. But official 
FCC November sunrise is not until 1315 UT! Even in October it was 1230 
UT, so I should not have been hearing it already at 1225. December 
will be 1400 UT which they will probably also precede (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 20-26, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 315,000 views! as of October 26, 2018]
 
These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** U S A. 830, Oct 25 at 1256 UT, Spanish gospel huxter about to fade 
out next to Mexicali on 820; loops east/west which pretty much rules 
out west, and Mexico, rather pointing to WUMY Memphis TN. 

I recall reading somewhere recently that it changed owner and format, 
but NRC AM Log 2018-2019, closing date early August, still has it with 
classic hits as Guess FM, 3 kW daytimer //93.3 translator, with street 
address across the state line in Southaven MS. Searching e-dxn 
website, I don`t find any update about this, but a wider websearch 
upturns these:

``Guess-FM Memphis Sold To Local Spanish Operator
By Lance Venta  Last updated Jun 18, 2018
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168991/guess-fm-memphis-sold-to-local-spanish-operator/

Guess FM 1180 WGUE Memphis --- After selling 830 WUMY/105.5 W288BJ 
Memphis TN to GMF-Christian Media for $706,823 in May, Memphis First 
Ventures sells the remainder of Classic Hits “Guess-FM” to Butron 
Media Corporation.``

https://twitter.com/BuenasNuevasMEM
GMF Christian Media Presents
Buenas Nuevas Memphis - 105.5 FM/830 AM
Coming to the Airwaves 10.1.18

Buenas Nuevas Memphis
@BuenasNuevasMEM

Also leads to:
https://buenasnuevasmemphis.com

``Buenas Nuevas Memphis is GMF's Christian Media's first Spanish 
speaking FM [sic] radio station. Reaching Hispanics in Memphis and 
beyond with the Good News of Jesus!``

I`ve always wondered why cristianos translate ``good news`` as 
``buenas nuevas`` --- no one speaking proper Spanish would ever render 
``news`` as ``nuevas`` instead of ``noticias`` or ``noticiero`` or 
``noticiario``. And can there be a singular ``nueva`` in the gospel-
huxter context? Maybe they are semi-literate.

830 also has CP for 8000/2 watts, both from same site in west-central 
Memphis TN, could be in use now. FCC shows call has not been changed 
from WUMY; who cares, since they have their new slogan branding.

An FCC NPRM, In the Matter of Revitalization of the AM Radio Service
))) MB Docket No. 13-249, SECOND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
Adopted: October 5, 2018, mentions:

``Other stations must reduce power to the point that it is tantamount 
to no nighttime service at all. An example is station WUMY, Memphis,
Tennessee, at 830 kHz, which broadcasts with 8 kilowatts nominal power 
during the day but only 2 watts at night, because it must protect 
WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota, almost 700 miles away.``

WUMY originated as KBOA in Kennett, MO bootheel, which QSLed me long 
ago as a playing card!

BTW, this gospel Spanish is not to be confused with a secular SS also 
on 830, WFNO Norco LA, which also really gets out vs WCCO.

830, Oct 26 at 1302 UT, WUMY Memphis TN still audible poorly with more definite 
info confirming my research yesterday: weather in Spanish for ``ciudad de 
Memphis``; mentioning cities covered from Jackson (TN) to Jonesboro (AR); 1303 
gospel rock tune; 1307, ``105.5 --- Buenas Nuevas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, October 20-26, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 315,000 views! as of October 26, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 820, Oct 25 at 1255, 7 minutes after LSR, the lower XE 
frequencies have already outfaded, but this is still in with romantic 
music vs WBAP nulled, presumed XEABCA Mexicali, but fades/loses out to 
WBAP before any ToH ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 21 at 0330-
0340 UT, all on the DX-398 with DF roughly NE (nevermind SW): 531, 
549, 558, 585, 621, 693(2), 702, 837, 846, 855(2), 873, 882(2), 909, 
946, 963=despite local 960 splash, 999, 1017, 1026, 1044(2), 1053(2), 
1089, 1098(2), 1107, 1134, 1152, 1161, 1215, 1224, 1296+ (nothing 
known significantly off+plus), 1314, 1341, 1413, 1422, 1458, 1485, 
1503, 1521, 1548, 1575.

Then on the adjacent NRD-545 with ALA-330S antenna E-W, I check out 
some of the better prospects, employing PBT, narrow bandwidth, and 
manage to pull a little bit of audios:

1044, Oct 21 at 0353, talk sounds Spanish: there are two SER stations 
in SPAIN, but only 10 and 5 kW; presumably the 300 kW Moroccan is 
still inactive. In fact I am getting two carriers beating, as in MW 
Offsets about 8 Hz apart:

1043.9951 SER (Valladolid)  [range: 1043.9946-] 24h 2016-10-04 
1044.0028 SER (San Sebastián/Monte Igueldo)[1044.0017-] 24h 2017-03-27 

1215, Oct 21 at 0400 talk, surely Absolute Radio, UK synchros, 
originally 14 of them, adding up to 560 kW per WRTH 2018 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 22 from 1228 
UT, this time for a change on the R75 with E-W longwire instead of DX
-398, so I can`t check direxions: 531, 585, 594*, 612, 657(2), 702, 
711, 747*, 756, 774*, 819(2), 828, 837, 855, 873, 882, 945, 972*, 
1008, 1017, 1035, 1044, 1062, 1098, 1143, 1179, 1197 but none higher; 
now it`s 1236 as the lower ones are weakening but I still have 891(2), 
945(2). *means stronger ones; (2) means at least two carriers beating. 
LSR today: 1245 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 24 at 0448-
0456, on the DX-398, everything roughly from NE u.o.s.: 1413, 1314, 
1305, 1224, 1215*, 1152(2), 1125(2), 1089, 1062(2), 1053, 1044, 1026, 
963, 954(2), 936, 909, 837, 774, 738, 702, 639, 603(2), 585, 558, 549, 
531. At 0459 check a few more: 1116, 1107, 1053(2), 954. *strongest; 
(2)=at least two carriers beating. (I also had carrier on low side of 
774-, looping N/S, probably local device.)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 25 at 1240-1254 
UT, spanning LSR of 1248, lots of activity into the altazimuth wrist-
mounted DX-398 with internal antenna only: 558, 576-WSW, 594-NW, 603-
NW, 612-WSW, 657-NW(2), 693*-NW, 702(2), 711-NW, 729-NW, 747-NW, 756-
NW, 774-NW, 792-NW, 828-NW, 837-NW, 864-NW(2), 973-NW, 882(2), 909-NW, 
936, 972*-NW with some talk audible = Korea South; 1035-NW, 1044-NW, 
1089-NW, 1098-W, 1134-NW, 1242-NW, 1296-NW, 1323, 1422-NW, 1503, 1548, 
1566-NW. Some were too weak to DF, and/or equal signals from DU and 
FE. *stronger ones; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, 
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 26 at 0023-
0030 into the R75 via 100-foot E-W longwire: 531, 558(2), 576, 585*, 
621, 648, 693(2), 711, 747, 774, 819, 837, 846(2), 855*, 864(2), 873, 
882*, 909*, 963, 981, 1026, 1035, 1044, 1053, 1089*, 1098, 1107(2), 
1152, 1161, 1179, 1215*, 1224, 1413, 1458, 1503, 1539, 1575(2). 
*stronger ones; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, Enid 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 15-19, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 315,000 views! as of October 19, 2018]

These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** CANADA. 2598-USB, Oct 15 at 0449, synthyl with marine weather in
English, S4-S5 vs storm crashes up to S9+10.

2749-USB, Oct 15 at 0450, same type of broadcast, weaker S3. Checking
the Canadian Coast Guard website schedule,
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2018/Part2#21
we find that these both originate with VCF, altho at many other times
there are separate stations, partly from NS or NL; so these may well
have been in //, not checked:

``Table 2-8 - Les Escoumins MCTS/VCF - Broadcasts [starting at:] 04:37
Natashquan  2598J3E  
La Vernière 2749J3E Radiotelephony
Technical marine synopsis and forecasts for marine areas 215 to 221
and 301 to 302.
Wave height forecasts for marine areas 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 301
and 302.
Notices to Fish Harvesters (when available)``

These are the last broadcasts of the night until resuming at 0847 on
both. But where are these places, exactly, in Québec? Elsewhere in
sked, concerning VHF, coördinates are shown:

La Vernière
 47°21'28"N
061°55'30"W  

is in the Magdalen Islands.

Natashquan
 50°09'06"N
061°47'42"W  

is on the north shore of St Lawrence in remote SE Quebec, on hwy 138;
far from Les Escoumins HQ for VCF, also on hwy 138 much further west
between Rimouski and Saguenay.

Above website shows many other DX possibilities on these two MF
channels, on a rotating time schedule; and several other 2 MHz banders
including 2582 and 2514 where I`ve yet to hear anything. Also higher
marine bands from some northern stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1230, Oct 17 at 2017 UT on caradio, I check out semi-
local (in the daytime) WBBZ Ponca City, as there have been reports of 
name/format changes. ``Ponca City`s variety station, Sunny one-oh-
four-point-seven [104.7]`` is the only ID here on AM 1230. 

So I check 104.7 and hear CCI between two stations, one of them 
country, NEITHER matching 1230 as I A/B. (Likeliest other is KVCY Fort 
Scott KS, 16/16 kW, 201 miles in SE Kansas).

At home on the PL-880, I do get local PC ads on 104.7 at 2036 UT, and 
then at 2038 UT: ``The new one-oh-four-seven The Bull`` and country 
music.

So we have the incredible situation of the real 104.7 (KQSN, not a 
translator) and another, fake 104.7 identifying as such on 1230!

This was reported in NRC DX News Oct 1 in Wayne Heinen`a AM Log 
update: ``1230, WBBZ, Ponca City – Format to TLK/AC (ex-NWS/TLK/SPT); 
slogan to “Sunny 1230,” networks to C/Ok/Oa/P``

Here`s the website:
http://www.poncapost.com/wbbz-schedule

The homepage link labeled ``Sunny 1230`` goes to this!:
https://www.poncapost.com/sunny-104-7

``Sunny 104.7 is the region’s only Adult Contemporary radio station 
targeting 25-54 year old adults with a mix of Today’s Hits and 
Yesterday’s Favorites!

Station Distinctives

Locally Unique: A blend of artists like Pink, John Mayer, Rod Stewart, 
Katy Perry, Aerosmith, Adele, Elton John, and Carrie Underwood.

Local Information: Sunny features local news updates from 7am – 6pm 
weekday, plus 24/7 Dan Holiday Weather from the Oklahoma Storm Watch 
Weather Center, and live coverage of Ponca City High School Sports.

Local, award winning talent: Lyman James, most recently with Clear 
Channel/iHeart Media and a veteran of larger markets like Wichita 
(KFDI and KKRD), Kansas City (KQRC), Charlotte NC (WLYT) and 
Sacramento (KGBY), now makes his home here in the heartland and hits 
the airwaves live every weekday morning in Ponca City. Lyman has 
earned many industry awards both on-air and production work.

Locally developed programming. Other local FM’s turn to LA and Denver 
for satellite fed music and air personalities for up to 21 hours per 
day. All Sunny 104.7 music programming originates here locally, 
designed specifically for the tastes of

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, October 15-19, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 315,000 views! as of October 19, 2018]
 
All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 15 from 0500:
531, 549, 558, 612, 621, 639, 684, 693, 711, 729, 747, 774, 837, 855,
882, 909, 936, 999(2), 1044, 1053, 1062, 1098, 1125(2), 1152, 1179,
1215, 1305 --- and none higher and/or when I dozed off? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 18 at 1227-1242 
UT: 774(2)-NW>WSW; 576, 585, 594-NW, 612, 657-WSW, 693-NW, 702(2)-WSW, 
738, 747-NW, 756-WSW, 828-WSW, 837, 864, 882(2), 936(2), 945-WSW, 
1026-WSW, 1044, 1052-NW, 1098-W, 1134, 1242(2), 1287, 1314-WSW, 1485, 
1494-WSW, 1503-WSW, 1521-WSW, 1548-NW, 1566-NW. The very weakest ones 
I did not get a DF on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 6-14, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 314,000 views! as of October 14, 2018]

These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** U S A. 780, Oct 12 at 1204 UT, nulling KSPI Stillwater, I expect 
still to hear WBBM making fast SAH with off-frequency KSPI, but 
instead it`s Newstalk 780, WJAG, Norfolk NE, with morning news, ad for 
Battle Creek Mutual Insurance --- that could be confusing --- and 1205 
UT, Skywatch weather including records and forecast. 

WJAG is surprisingly seldom heard here at 629 km = 391 statute miles; 
1 kW ND daytimer with 500 watt PSRA but no PSSA, says NRC AM Log. If 
not for KSPI, it might be JBA in daytime like 840 KTIC, but that`s 5 
kW. Official FCC sunrise for WJAG full power is 1245 UT in October, 
1315 UT in November. In fact, I find only one previous report of it, 
almost exactly three years ago, so this must be the season for it:

``780, Oct 8 [2015!] at 1210 UT, promo for Norfolk Community Theatre, 
local news from WJAG, i.e. Norfolk NE, 1 kW ND daytimer, but before 
1245 UT in Oct, must be only on 500 W PSRA; yes, one of those few 
legacy W-calls west of the Miss. Nearby KSPI OK is nulled, and at this 
time no WBBM, after axual Chicago sunrise today at 1155 UT``.

WJAG dates back to 1922, but no explanation of the call letters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJAG
Own website seems to lack any history:
http://norfolkdailynews.com/wjag/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 771, Oct 9 at 1322 UT, carrier here hetting another one 
on 770. Strange, not noted before, not a TP frequency, and too late 
for that anyway. Possibly local device, but seems spot on 771.00; 
could a US station be 1 kHz off, vs KKOB, KKOB or KKAM? (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1710, Oct 7 at 0604 UT, JBA talk vs noise level and CCI,
TIS? I include this frequency in MW bandscans, and often there is a
JBA carrier, but had not heard Radio Retén lo que Tienes, gospel
huxter pirate in Bâton Rouge LA, for months after alleged FCC bust at
least of its publicized FM side. Checking again, since Terry L
Krueger, Clearwater FL, just reported this audible again 
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1951, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, October 6-14, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 314,000 views! as of October 14, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 650, Oct 12 at 1200, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, opening 
`Noticiero Altavoz` (loudspeaker newcast) with 6 am timecheck, 
dominant signal here, and also audible // amid QRM on 610, XEGS 
Guasave, both still on AM tho Radio 65`s FM has moved to 100.5, ex-
106.5, top of band being cleared for community/non-commercial use 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, Oct 12 at 1207, XEROK doing well, must be running more 
power than usual, vs easily nulled KQCV OKC. Adstring including help-
wanted for some engineer familiar with AM radio (for XEROK itself? 
apply at a street address on Insurgentes, which chex for XEROK). 
``800, bajo el cielo de Ciudad Juárez``; local news headlines, on 
`Calibre 800` (short for canal libre = clear channel) which seems to 
be the newscast name, on ``Radio Cañón``. 1210 finally starts the news 
with 6:09 TC; 1211 mix a bit of English, ``Good morning, El Paso``; 
and ``sí, hay clases, no hay día festivo``, no holiday for students 
even tho this is the Day of the Race. At this time you would not know 
the main format has converted to religion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Oct 12 at 1215, XETAR, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, 
going from Spanish to native language, leisurely opening announcements 
including phone numbers for CDI and other government agencies, mixed 
with bits of rustic music. Good dominant signal from Guachochi, 
Chihuahua, hardly any WWL to be heard even if nulled (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 9 at 0117-
0124: 531, 549, 585, 612, *621, 693, 711, 738, 747, 774(2), 837(2), 
846, *855, 882, 936, 999, 1026, 1044(2), 1098, 1107, 1125, 1179(2), 
1206, 1215 -- and nothing further to top of band. *stronger ones; (2) 
at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 10 from 
1224 UT (just before LSR of 1234): 774-NW, 864-WSW, 594-NW, 612-WSW, 
657-WSW, 675-WSW, 693-NW, 702-WSW, 738-WSW, 765-WSW, 828-WSW(2), 837
-?, [now it`s 1230:] 882-WSW, 1008-WSW(2), 1017-WSW, 1035-WSW, 1098-W, 
1296-WSW, 1314-WSW, 1494-WSW, 1503-WSW, 1512-WSW, 1548-WSW, 1566-? --- 
so it`s almost all from Down Under except the Japanese biguns (Glenn 
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 12 at 1222: 
657-WSW, 702-NW, 747-NW, 774-NW, 882-WSW, 1017-WSW; unchecked further 
up but not much expected. At 1228 recheck, still in are Japan 747, 774 
and 828 from NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, October 1-5, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 313,000 views! as of October 5, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 0133-
0138: 531, 549, 585, 621, 774(2), 837, 882, 909, 936, 954, 999, 1017, 
1044, 1089, 1098, 1107, 1125(2, one of them minus, Belgium?), 1134(2), 
1215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1158-1202: 
1098, 837(2), 774, 1035, 1548. Again at 1204-1209: 1017, 882(2), 828, 
747, 702, 612, 594(2). Also something on about 1367.904 which I 
suspect is from a local device (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 5 at 1221-1240 UT: 
on the DX-398, the lower ones are definitely NW, like Japan, but above 900 they 
are generally difficult to get a DF null, as if they are coming both from FE 
and DU: 594, 666, 747, 774, 828, 837, 873, 882(2), 891, 936, 972, 1026, 1035, 
1044, 1053(2), 1098-W, 1116(2), 1134, 1143, 1197, 1206, 1224, 1242, 1287, 
1296+, 1314, 1323, 1332, 1404, 1476, 1494, 1503, 1512, 1521, 1548-WSW, 1566, 
1593, 1611-WSW. 747 & 774 were strongest at outset; and when finishing at 1240 
I recheck 774 and find it still audible, but much weakened. LSR: 1230 UT (Glenn 
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 15-October 5, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 313,000 views! as of October 5, 2018]
   
These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 890, October 3 at 1821 UT, KTLR OKC is the 
first station I hear running the much-publicized nationwide EAS test 
(eclipsed by text version 2 minutes earlier I am not equipped to 
receive). It`s an impossible task to evaluate the 1-minute EAS, 
without recording the entire local AM and/or FM bands for later study 
as if they were DX --- did anybody do this? 

As zero-minute approached, I was set to scan up MW ASAP starting at 
550. After KTLR, many others were heard, but nothing seemed to be 
synchronized. One station still playing music while others EASed, was 
1130, KLEY Wellington KS, but moving on, I don`t know whether they did 
run it earlier, later, or never. At least they long ago solved the 
transmission breakup/noise pulsing which plagued KLEY most of the 
first half of this year.

Notably, 930, WKY OKC ran a Spanish version of the EAS announcement 
circa 1822 UT. At least I did not hear any horrible echoes or 
distortions as has happened previously, due to too-lengthy relay 
chains! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, September 22-30, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page71
[over 312,000 views! as of September 30, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Sept 22 at 0622, JBA carrier here presumed R.
Kiribati. During my initial bandscan at 0606, did not hear it but a
bunch of Europeans; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Sept 22 at 0602-
0616 UT: 855(2), 837, 783, 774, 729, 648, 621, 612, 585, 558(2), 531;
882, 918?, *936, 1017, 1026, 1044, 1098(2), 1107, 1125, 1134, 1215,
1224. *936 the strongest, presumed Agadir, Morocco; (2) = some have at
least two carriers beating.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 23 at 0610
UT: 855, 882, 936, 999, 1044, 1098, 1107, 1125; at 0618, 612 and 648;
at 0638 still 882.

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Sept 24 at 0638 UT:
936*, 837(2); at 0643, 882 and 846(presumed TP Kiritimati).

UNIDENTIFIED. TA JBA MW carrier search Sept 25 at 0552-0600, on R75 by 9-kHz 
steps 1 kHz below the channels in USB, so I can detect telltale 1 kHz tones: 
936, 882, *855(2), 846(TP?), *774(2), 747, 729, 684(vs WSCR IBOC), 639, 621, 
585, 558; 954, 999, 1017, *1044(2), 1098, 1107, 1125(2), 1134, 1215, 1269, 
1305, 1314, 1413. *stronger ones; (2) at least two carriers beating.

Then from 0600 Sept 25, repeating the scan on LSB, steps 1 kHz above 
the channels, which might audiblize some different ones within 1 or 2 
kHz of 10-kHz channels: 549, 612, 639, 684, 774(2), 837, 846, 855, 
882, 936, 1026, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1215, 1305 kHz (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 28 at 0237-
0244: 531, 549, 585, 639, 684, 729, 747, 774, 837, 855, 936, 999, 
1008, 1017, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1134, 1215, 1269, 1305, 1539, 1575. One 
of these times, I`ll go thru the listings and display the most likely 
sources (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. T-A JBA MW carrier search, Sept 29 at 0615+: 1305, 1269, 
1215, 1152, 1134, 1125, 1116, *1107, 1098, 1089, 1044, 999, 936, 882, 
837(2), 774, 747, 711(2), 693, 684, 639, 621. *stronger; (2) at least 
two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 30 at 0618: 
558, *585, 603, 621(2), 639, 666, 729, 747, 774, 801, *837(2), 855(2), 
882, 936(2), 999, 1017(2), 1044, 1098, 1107, 1125, 1134(2), 1152, 1215 
  as fall asleep before completion. *stronger ones; (2) = at 
least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Re: [IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, September 15-21, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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** JAPAN. 774, Sept 21 at 1200, I am interrupting a 9-kHz bandscan (see 
UNIDENTIFIED) just in time to hear the NHK top-of-hour final prolonged 
timesignal chime, from 500 kW NHK-2, JOUB, Akita, on the NW coast of Honshu, 
but remains the #1 MW TP signal here, and despite splash from nearby 780 KSPI 
Stillwater, worsened since that flipped to music format. Along with 693, 747 & 
828, other superpower NHKs, 774 stronger than other carriers thruout my 
monitoring span today between 1150 and 1215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 15-21, 2018

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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/page71
[over 311,000 views! as of September 21, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire.
 
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 19 at 0634: only 936, 
none lower (except 846 presumed TP Kiritimati).

Regarding the stronger-than-others JBA TA carriers I have been getting on 936 
kHz, here`s another report regarding that:

``MARROCOS, 936. Ago 26, 2018. 0010-0035, SNRT*-Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, 
Agadir-MRC, em Berbere. Conversação entre a locutora e uma ouvinte, ao 
telefone, provavelmente; Uma canção berbere, suponho. Apesar de estar entre 
duas emissoras brasileiras OM ativas (930 e 940 kHz, a saber: Radio Liberdade, 
Aracajú-SE, filiada Band e Super Radio Brasil, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 
respectivamente). Al Idaâ tem recepção satisfatória por aqui, 34433. Minha 
primeira sintonia desta emissora.

936. Ago 27, 2018. 0154-0210, SNRT-Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Agadir, em Berbere. 
Locutora em conversação com um senhor; 0200 Canções berberes, interpretadas por 
cantor, cantora e coral de vozes. Hoje, apresenta recepção pobre entre nós, 
35432.

*Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision.
Fonte da pesquisa desta Emissora:
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1=936
(José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX) - PR7036SWL (SWARL), 
Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil (UTC-3), Conexión Digital Sept 16 via DXLD)``

That source gives power as 400 kW: ``400 Thomson S7HP tx, max 400 kW, la: 
Tamazight (Berber), Tachelhit, Rifain, ar // 711 1044`` JRX says he heard it 
for the first time August 26, which may also imply the power increase was 
recent (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 19 at 1126-1131 on the 
R75 with E-W longwire: 1098, 936, 891, 846, 828, 774, 747, 666, 612, 594.

Immediately repeating the search on the DX-398 which I can rotate for DF, Sept 
19 at 1133-1142: 594-NW, 612-WSW, 747-NW, 774-NW, 846-W, 936-WSW, 972-NW, 
1017-?, 1035-?, 1098-?, 1512-WSW. NW points to E Asia such as Japan, Korea; WSW 
to Australia or NZ; W to other Pacific islands. Sunrise at Enid 1217 UT. My 
neighbor Richard N Allen, with more antenna gain, was also active this morning 
with audio from Japan before and after 1200 on 594, 774, 828 and carrier maybe 
Korea on 972 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Sept 20 at 0605-0613 UT: 846 
(this one only presumed TP Kiritimati); 855, 1044, 1116, 1125, 1215, 1413, 531, 
558, 774, 828.

Sept 21 at 0246 while computers, TVs, etc. are also running: 1044-NE, 1215, 
1503.

Sept 21 at 0600 with other devices off: 774, 747, 738, 639, 612, 558, 855, 882, 
[no 846], 936, 1017, 1098, 1107, 1125.

Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Sept 21 at 1150-1159 on R75 with E-W 
longwire: 558, 594(2), 603, 612, 621, 657, 666, 675, *693, 702, 711, 747, 756, 
765, *774, 792, 819, *828(2), 837, 846, 855, 873, 909, 927, 936, 972, 1035, 
1044, 1098, 1134, 1287. I then hasten back to 774; see JAPAN. * here means 
strongest signals, surely also NHK; (2) means (at least) two carriers beating.

Sept 21 at 1202-1215 UT, another search this time on the rotatable DX-398 with 
DF notations for most: 558-NW, 594-SSE? (beware, probably the KZLS 1640 spur I 
tracked down a few years ago), 612-WSW, 675-NW, 684-WSW, *693-NW, 702(2)-WSW, 
765-WSW, *774-NW, 792-NW, 828-NW, 846-NW, 882(2), 891-NW, 936-WSW, 972-NW, 
1035(2)-NW, 1053-NW, 1098-W, 1134-NW. 828 is still in at 1218, almost sunrise 
1219 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[no Domestic DX report this week]
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[IRCA] How is Rick Shaftan?

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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We are wondering how Rick Shaftan has been doing in the wake of Florence. A few 
years ago he moved to the Outer Banks (OBX) for its DX but nothing has been 
posted by him lately. 73, Glenn Hauser
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Re: [IRCA] [WOR] US Hurricane @FCC's status report

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Broadcast

Television stations status:

• 42 TV stations reported being operational (WAVY, WBTW, WCBD, WCES, WCSCTV,
WECT, WEPX, WFXG, WHFL-CD, WILM-LD, WIS, WITN-TV, WJBF, WJCL,
WLCN-CD, WMBF, WNCN, WNCT, WPXU-TV, WPXV-TV, WRAL-TV, WRAYTV,
WRAZ, WSAV, WSCG, WSFX-TV, WSKY, WTAT-TV, WTOC-TV, WTVD,
WUNC-TV, WUND-TV, WUNJ-TV, WUNK-TV, WUNM-TV, WUNP-TV, WUNU,
WVAN, WVBT, WWAY, WYBE-CD, WZRB)

• 4 TV stations reported being out of service (WCTI, WCTI-TV, WTNG-CD, WYDO)

FM Radio stations status:

• 100 FM radio stations reported being operational (W202CD, W214BZ, W222AO,
W227BR, W232CH, W237BZ, W238AV, W239CK, W240AS, W241CV, W243DJ,
W243DK, W247BS, W249BX, W257CS, W263BA, W269DF, W270AW, W271BT,
W275BW, W280EP, W285DV, W285FJ, W286AY, W288BP, W288BQ, W299AP,
WACG, WAFX, WAGP, WAZO, WBHC-FM, WBIC-LP, WCMC-FM, WDAR-FM,
WDCG, WDLZ, WDWG, WEGX, WFCH, WFMV, WFXH-FM, WGCO, WGTI,
WGTR, WILT, WIWF, WJMX-FM, WJQY-LP, WKFV, WKKZ, WKNC-FM, WKXB,
WLHC-FM, WLQC-FM, WLXB, WLXM-LP, WLXP, WMCD, WMGL, WMIR,
WNCB, WNCT, WNOB, WNOR, WNSB, WORG, WPTM, WPUB, WPUB-FM,
WPWZ, WQAI, WRAL, WRFE, WRHD, WRLY-LP, WRMR, WRWN, WRXZ, WSPAFM,
WSSX-FM, WSVH, WTCQ, WTKK, WTPT, WTRG, WTUA, WUBB, WWDW,
WWOS-FM, WWQQ-FM, WWWZ, WWXM, WXJY, WXYY, WYNA, WYTT,
WYUM, WZAX, WZRF-LP)

• 3 FM radio stations report being down with programming sent to another 
station (WGNI, WLGI, WTIB)

• 20 FM radio station report being out of service (WBNK, WCCE, WEHF-LP, WELS-FM,
WFNE-LP, WFVL, WHAR, WIKS, WKGV, WKXS-FM, WLQB, WMGV, WMNX,
WNBU, WOPA-LP, WRHT, WRQP-LP, WSFL-FM, WXNR, WZKT)

AM Radio stations status:

• 28 AM radio stations reported being operational (WALD, WCAM, WCLA, WCLY,
WCPS, WDNC, WDSC, WFAY, WGCV, WGTN, WHHW, WJMX, WJOI, WJXY,
WLSC, WMFA, WMFD, WMRV, WQXL, WRMT, WSMY, WTMA, WVOP, WWDR,
WWOS, WWRK, WXLI, WYRN)

• 3 AM radio stations reported being out of service (WAAV, WSSG, WWMC)

As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: September 16, 2018 11:30 
a.m.

The AM stations per NRC AM Log 2018-2019 are:
WAAV is  980 in Leland NC,5000/5000 U2
WSSC is 1300 in Goldsboro NC, 1000/49   U1 with 92.7 translator
WWMC is 1010 in Kinston NC,   1000/78   U1 with 92.9 translator
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


On Sun, 9/16/18, Dino Bloise  wrote:

 Subject: [WOR] US Hurricane @FCC's status report
 To: "w...@groups.io" 
 Date: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 10:12 PM
 
 Here's
  the @FCC's
  status report for today on communications systems in areas
 affected by #HurricaneFlorence.
  7.2% of cell sites are out of service, down from 10.7%
 yesterday. Also, 4 TV stations, 20 FM stations, and 3 AM
 stations are out of service.
 
 https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354106A1.pdf
 
 Info-Twitter: 
 Ajit PaiVerified
  account 
 
 
 @AjitPaiFCC
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] [WOR] US Hurricane @FCC's status report

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Broadcast

Television stations status:

• 42 TV stations reported being operational (WAVY, WBTW, WCBD, WCES, WCSCTV,
WECT, WEPX, WFXG, WHFL-CD, WILM-LD, WIS, WITN-TV, WJBF, WJCL,
WLCN-CD, WMBF, WNCN, WNCT, WPXU-TV, WPXV-TV, WRAL-TV, WRAYTV,
WRAZ, WSAV, WSCG, WSFX-TV, WSKY, WTAT-TV, WTOC-TV, WTVD,
WUNC-TV, WUND-TV, WUNJ-TV, WUNK-TV, WUNM-TV, WUNP-TV, WUNU,
WVAN, WVBT, WWAY, WYBE-CD, WZRB)

• 4 TV stations reported being out of service (WCTI, WCTI-TV, WTNG-CD, WYDO)

FM Radio stations status:

• 100 FM radio stations reported being operational (W202CD, W214BZ, W222AO,
W227BR, W232CH, W237BZ, W238AV, W239CK, W240AS, W241CV, W243DJ,
W243DK, W247BS, W249BX, W257CS, W263BA, W269DF, W270AW, W271BT,
W275BW, W280EP, W285DV, W285FJ, W286AY, W288BP, W288BQ, W299AP,
WACG, WAFX, WAGP, WAZO, WBHC-FM, WBIC-LP, WCMC-FM, WDAR-FM,
WDCG, WDLZ, WDWG, WEGX, WFCH, WFMV, WFXH-FM, WGCO, WGTI,
WGTR, WILT, WIWF, WJMX-FM, WJQY-LP, WKFV, WKKZ, WKNC-FM, WKXB,
WLHC-FM, WLQC-FM, WLXB, WLXM-LP, WLXP, WMCD, WMGL, WMIR,
WNCB, WNCT, WNOB, WNOR, WNSB, WORG, WPTM, WPUB, WPUB-FM,
WPWZ, WQAI, WRAL, WRFE, WRHD, WRLY-LP, WRMR, WRWN, WRXZ, WSPAFM,
WSSX-FM, WSVH, WTCQ, WTKK, WTPT, WTRG, WTUA, WUBB, WWDW,
WWOS-FM, WWQQ-FM, WWWZ, WWXM, WXJY, WXYY, WYNA, WYTT,
WYUM, WZAX, WZRF-LP)

• 3 FM radio stations report being down with programming sent to another 
station (WGNI, WLGI, WTIB)

• 20 FM radio station report being out of service (WBNK, WCCE, WEHF-LP, WELS-FM,
WFNE-LP, WFVL, WHAR, WIKS, WKGV, WKXS-FM, WLQB, WMGV, WMNX,
WNBU, WOPA-LP, WRHT, WRQP-LP, WSFL-FM, WXNR, WZKT)

AM Radio stations status:

• 28 AM radio stations reported being operational (WALD, WCAM, WCLA, WCLY,
WCPS, WDNC, WDSC, WFAY, WGCV, WGTN, WHHW, WJMX, WJOI, WJXY,
WLSC, WMFA, WMFD, WMRV, WQXL, WRMT, WSMY, WTMA, WVOP, WWDR,
WWOS, WWRK, WXLI, WYRN)

• 3 AM radio stations reported being out of service (WAAV, WSSG, WWMC)

As prepared by the Federal Communications Commission: September 16, 2018 11:30 
a.m.

The AM stations per NRC AM Log 2018-2019 are:
WAAV is  980 in Leland NC,5000/5000 U2
WSSC is 1300 in Goldsboro NC, 1000/49   U1 with 92.7 translator
WWMC is 1010 in Kinston NC,   1000/78   U1 with 92.9 translator
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


On Sun, 9/16/18, Dino Bloise  wrote:

 Subject: [WOR] US Hurricane @FCC's status report
 To: "w...@groups.io" 
 Date: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 10:12 PM
 
 Here's
  the @FCC's
  status report for today on communications systems in areas
 affected by #HurricaneFlorence.
  7.2% of cell sites are out of service, down from 10.7%
 yesterday. Also, 4 TV stations, 20 FM stations, and 3 AM
 stations are out of service.
 
 https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354106A1.pdf
 
 Info-Twitter: 
 Ajit PaiVerified
  account 
 
 
 @AjitPaiFCC
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] [bdxc-news] WWBC 1510 kHz Cocoa, Florida

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Fair reception tonight of WWBC, Cocoa FL on 1510 kHz with gospel music and IDs 
with FM frequencies, plus ID as "The Christian Voice of Brevard" at 0359 UTC. 
Heard from 0320 tune-in to past 0430 UT. First time heard at this QTH. 73, 
(Alan Pennington, Sony 7600GR plus indoor loop, Longton, Lancashire, UK, 0440 
UT Sept 14, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

Would this station be on daytime power because of Hurricane Florence?? Any of 
our US members advise on this? (WWBC 1510 still audible here at 0540 UT in 
Lancashire) 73 (Alan Pennington, ibid.)

It`s a 50 kW Daytimer! (and reduced to 25 during 2-hour buffer Critical Hours). 
Should not be on air at all after sunset. Cocoa is rather far from H. Florence 
track/influence, so stretching it as an emergency situation there. Pattern is 
very broad centered on the southeast, i.e. mostly into the Atlantic, null 
roughly toward WLAC, so coverage up the coast should still be marginal. New NRC 
AM Log, closed in early August, had news/talk format for it, not gospel.

There is a rather convoluted history mixed with WMEL, which moved format from 
1060 to 1510:
http://cflradio.net/1510_WWBC_AM.htm
FM translators run 24 hours of course, so programming all night is available. 
``The Christian Voice of Brevard`` on 1510 goes back to 2016 per searches.

Was it again being heard the next night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 7-14, 2018

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--- Begin Message ---
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/page70
[over 311,000 views! as of September 14, 2018]

All times and dates strictly UT. 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; ICR-75  E-W longwire.

** MEXICO. 820, Sept 11 at 1217, canned ID amid romantic music with 
heavy beat, as ``Canal ochocientos veinte, ABC Radio``. It`s been 
making a SAH with WBAP of slightly under 1 Hz, about 55 fades per 
minute, first noticed a few minutes earlier but peaking now with WBAP 
nulled as much as possible. 

It`s XEABCA, Mexicali BCN. WRTH 2018 shows 3.5/0.5 kW, named instead 
Radio Frontera. IRCA Mexican Log of 2015 (will there ever be a new 
one?) contains both names. Not bad at a kilomile, especially if on 
night power as it should be, and non-direxional per NRC Pattern Book 
of 2013 (a new edition of 2018 has just been published!). But not too 
unusual here on SRS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tim Hall replies Sept 12 to my 820 XEABCA log:

``TH: They have really been getting out well the past year or two. The 
vast majority of the time, they refer to themselves as "Canal 
ochocientos veinte, ABC Radio" but occasionally they also still use 
"Radio Frontera," which I believe is actually the name of the local 
company that operates XEABCA-820 and XEMMM-940. A radio blogger in 
Mexicali told me recently that XEABCA has been granted a CP to migrate 
to FM as XHABCA-101.3. The same blogger told me that long-silent XEAA
-1340 was hoping to return to the air this summer (they were still off 
when I drove through El Centro in June). 73 Tim Hall`` (Glenn Hauser, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Sept 11 at 0615, JBA carrier from presumed R. 
Kiribati, getting to be a regular. See also UNID 936 (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Sept 12 at 0616, JBA carrier from presumed R. 
Kiribati. And again Sept 13 at 0611 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 11 at 1202, XETAR, La Voz de la Sierra 
Tarahumara, sign-on procedure with many IDs in Spanish and native 
languages, also singing, mentions of CDI parent agency [concesionario: 
COMISION NACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS]. On the 
DX-398 it`s separable from WWL remnants. I`ve seen its website before, 
but looking for it in the WRTH 2018, on page 281, 870 XETAR is keyed 
as station CH18) in Chihuahua state -- but the referenced entry on 
page 284 for CH18) is obviously some other station, in Cuauhtemoc! If 
XETAR be somewhere else in the CH sexion, I haven`t found it, but I do 
notice another likely typo: CH12) as ``readiocanon...@latinmail.com`` 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 936 kHz: see UNIDENTIFIED

UNIDENTIFIED. 936, Sept 11 at 0620, I have been bandscanning up from 
bottom of MW band, with east-west longwire on the R75 set at 9 kHz 
steps, but minus 1 kHz from TA/TP channels, to hear any carriers on 
USB tuning, besides 846 Kiritimati. Before dozing off at midband, I do 
hit one on 936, in fact stronger than 846 but still JBA with no 
modulation. It`s right-on frequency, so surely not a local artifact. 

Consulting the WRTH TA and TP listings, I conclude it is most likely 
100 kW SNRT, Agadir, Morocco, sunrise today being right now: 0621. Of 
course, it`s post-sunrise in the rest of Africa and Europe except 
maybe Spain with 3 x 20 kW Radio 5. I wonder if the F.Pl of two new 
400 kW MW transmitters in Agadir has been consummated? It`s too early 
for eastern Australia with 10 kW stations, much too early for China 
with 200 KW, but sun set in Auckland NZ already at 0607 altho station 
there is only 1 kW. So theoretically, 936 Agadir could be propagating 
all the way to NZ now --- 11989 miles short path to Mangawhai, per 
crowflies, not onward from here, but along the coasts of Brazil and 
Argentina, around Cape Horn and the southern Pacific ocean. Has Bryan 
Clark heard it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 936, Sept 12 at 0611 UT, JBA carrier again from likely 
SNRT, Agadir, Morocco, just before LSR there. In previous log I should 
have added that listed power is 100 kW, altho Future Plan called for 2 
x 400 kW on MW (and 936 the only known frequency at that site).

936, Sept 13 at 0612, there it is again, with some fading. This time I 
get a rough DF on the DX-398, NE/SW. Then check

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 7-14, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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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/page70
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These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if 
any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within 
each, they are in frequency order

** CANADA [and non]. 800, Sept 12 at 1031 UT, CKLW with ``AM 800`` 
local news of Windsor & Detroit. On the E-W longwire it has no problem 
from KQCV OKC, while on the DX-398, KQCV must be carefully nulled to 
get CKLW. 

BTW, AM Switch in the latest NRC DX News reports: ``Application for 
STA filed: 800, KQCV, OK, Oklahoma City – Applies for STA, parameters 
at variance and/or reduced power; problems in pattern`` --- whatever 
that mean in practice. It certainly does not seem like reduced power 
here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

=
 
** OKLAHOMA. 692.310, Sept 12 at 0618 UT, in my TA/TP 9-kHz bandscan, 
instead of a carrier on 693, I find a JBA one here. Again at 1110 UT 
check, seems fading a bit; but still detectable at 1410 UT, a 
sesquihour after sunrise, in KGGF 690 splash, so must be something 
local, from a household device (a lot of which stay on), or spur from 
a nearby transmitter? Others may ignore this item which is really a 
note to self, in case I need to refer to it later. Unless someone else 
axually (Word processor changes that to axially!) hear it, near or far 
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 779.985, Sept 12 at 1045 UT, WBBM has heavy QRM 
from hard rock music looping WNW/ESE --- Colorado? NO, it`s KSPI 
nearby Stillwater, conveniently breaking for local weather forecast at 
1047 UT. Making annoying fast SAH with WBBM. At 1440 UT with KSPI 
alone, I measure it 15 Hz minus off-frequency. The trouble is, KSPI is 
a 250-watt daytimer, not legally on air until 1215! UT in September 
(1230 UT in October); no info about a PSRA but even if it had one, 
would not apply until 1100 UT = 6 am CDT. KSPI has a long history of 
cheating. It`s not in the MW Offset list, so now they can add it!

While I`m at it, I check the R75 precise frequency readout accuracy on 
MW against KTOK OKC, presuming it is really 1000.000 and I find no 
correxion factor is necessary here, unlike SW, which is more and more 
off, the higher the frequency, from 2.5 Hz at 2.5 MHz to 13 Hz at 20 
MHz. Then checking 
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1000 
KTOK is on 1000.0001. I also measure another perpetual off-frequency 
station. See USA: KFTI 1070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
See also CANADA [and non] about KQCV OKC

===

** U S A. 880-CUSB, Sept 11 at 1200 UT, partial ID for ``Western 
Indian Network, Tuba City``, I.e. KTBA 760, the sibling station to the 
one I am really hearing, KHAC, Tse Bonito NM, 1/430 watts U1, the 
perpetual day-power cheater. 

The Tuba City AZ station I remember when I was in Navajoland several 
years ago, was midband circa 1050? I guess they moved. Hunting for it 
in the new NRC AM Log I checked the huge cross-reference by city and 
found on page 246, Tse Bonito and Tuba City right next to each other 
in alphabetical order. What are the chances of that?! Log also shows 
both with the same address in Window Rock AZ. But I do not find a 
Western Indian Network among Station Groups listed on page 301, nor 
among the Networks on page 291 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1069.979, Sept 12 at 1443 UT, KFTI Wichita KS measured -21 
Hz off-frequency; it`s been this way forever, at night making an 
annoying rapid SAH against KNX or whatever. One of few stations 
doggedly musical on MW, allegedly $tereo, Classic Country, and NRC AM 
Log 2018 does not even have an FM translator for it. I then check 
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1070
and find a very close match: 1069.9793 as of Jan 2, 2018
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1660, Sept 13 at 1356 UT, long string of Ad Council PSAs, at 
least six? Fading completely out and back up, as skywave is about to die, 
but long enough to hear 1400 UT ID for ``KWOD,