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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 7-13, 2016

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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by ELT].

Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 with E-W longwire

These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page51

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA,Âunidentified [if any], separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order 

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 7 at 1248 UT, WKY OKC with regular hiccuping, about 48 times per minute. Affects whatever Spanish is being modulated, so rather than audio dropouts, the transmitter itself is doing this, and with BFO it does seem to be ICDs --- intermittent carrier dropouts. WKY is in a sorry state (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: ha! I just realized that can be taken more than one way --- and should be (Glenn Hauser, OKLAHOMA)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 9 at 1235 UT, WKY OKC still with ICDs interrupting music for instants. Are local listeners putting up with this? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1330 & 1450, Oct 7 at 1307 UT, weak hets slightly off-frequencies and varying slightly against legit 1330.0 and 1450.0 stations; obviously the second-order spurs out of local 1390 KCRC, toward which they loop, plus and minus ~60 kHz, beyond the much stronger first-order ones which also carry KCRC modulation circa 1360 and 1420, only ~30 kHz away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 660, Oct 9 at 1228 UT, Navajo drumming, 100% signature of KTNN Window Rock AZ, 50/50 kW U2, but likely on ND day pattern already ahead of October official sunrise at 1315 UT (November: 1345 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 680, Oct 10 at 1236 UT sunrise here, ``America`s number one sports station, KNBR, 680, the sports leader``. At over 1354 miles/2178 km city-to-city, not easily heard, but this is the best time for it, the only Bay Area station making it here, the other bigshots without a clear frequency (and slightly further than NYC, also rare except sometimes 880 WCBS). 

A few minutes earlier I was getting news in Spanish on 680, presumably usual XEORO Sinaloa, as the lowest-frequency XE still propagating vs the inexorable westward terminator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1030, Oct 9 at 1238 UT, ``The new Real Country, KCWJ`` and soon, ``Country favorites back-to-back, Real Country 1030 AM KCWJ``. Is 5/0.5 kW U4, CoL Blue Springs MO, address in Independence, i.e. greater Kansas City (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1180, Oct 7 at 1259 UT, RCatholic-style chanting, something new, loops SW/NE, 1300 UT ID as KLPF, 1180 AM, missed city, but it`s Midland TX. Then unaccented English talk as Guadalupe Radio Network, and program `GRN Live` from the North Texas studio. Says network is growing by leaps and bounds. Guess what? Midland is not in north Texas. Also with SAH of 148/minute = 2.47 Hz, probably against Omaha. KLPF is 25000/215 watts U1 with a PSRA of 500. NRC AM Log shows it not yet on air as of August, rather a CP to change from 1150 which was merely 1000/148/500 U1, so QSY has now been accomplished. It remains non-direxional day and night. October sunrise is 1245 UT, so on full day power when I heard it. FCC adds, KLPF operates as a noncommercial educational station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1847, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, Oct 8 at 0148 UT, Xfinity internet ad on the Cubs Radio Network. Handy list of their few affiliates includes the one I expected, WGEM Quincy IL:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/schedule/affiliates.jsp#radio
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, Oct 9 at 1242 UT, open carrier/dead air, obviously KTNO The Metroplex TX from its direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1470, Oct 13 at 1240 UT, classic rock looping ESE/WNW, 1242 UT ``Knock Three Times``, good signal, presumed KSMM Liberal KS, NRC AM Log listed as OLD format, ``Super Hits``, // KODC-LP 102.1. Not that far but doesn`t quite make it on daytime groundwave, 1000/170/500 watts U1. 

Wait a minute, how can a commercial AM station be // an LPFM, by definition non-commercial?? FCC AM Query shows 1470 licensed to Rocking M Media; nothing about being non-commercial, nor any FM connexion. October sunrise not until 1245 UT (November 1315 UT), but could be on 500 watt PSRA.

FCC FM Query shows ``KODC-LP: KS DODGE CITY, Licensee: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH``, quite a mismatch, so are these stations really related?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Oct 7 at 1308 UT, KBXD is still a FARCE. No sign of latest occupant now, Radio Salam Namaste, but instead: dead air interrupted periodically by the old canned ``KBXD, 1480, Dallas`` illegal IDs by slightly-Spanish accent, some of them with a music-beat bed, and a single PSA in English from Texas Department of Transportation to ``drive smart`` (not smartly --- who needs adverbs anymore?), observing braking distances to avoid crashing sound-effects. This ``programming`` repeats every couple of minutes irregularly, and sometimes the ID overrides the tail of the PSA, still audible at 1400 UT. Is this default computer programming gone wild?

Makes 3 Hz SAH, presumably with KQAM Wichita, which can`t compete with this 50 kW even after sunrise. But thanks to the dead air intervals quieting, I detect some other intriguing 1480 signals: around 1310 UT, something briefly in Spanish, likely KAVA Pueblo CO if not KCZZ Mission KS. And some rock music from WSW/ENE? which I figured could be Hobbs NM --- except that 1480 no longer exists. Maybe it`s remnant of KTHS in AR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1480, Oct 9 at 1243 UT, continuous S Asian pop music, 168/min SAH with KQAM Wichita = 2.8 Hz. Sounds like KBXD is back to stunting, as never hear any ID for Radio Salam Namaste which was programming it for a while. At least there is a variety of music instead of computer stuck on IDs and TX DOT PSAs over and over as recently logged. 1300 UT ToH canned ID twice for KBXD, 1480, Dallas, and back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Oct 12 at 1243 UT, rapid conversation between a YL and another(?) YL, mixing presumed Hindi with English, usual SAH with KQAM, from KBXD Dallas. Topic is about science and ``have a great day at school``, 1248 UT to S Asian pop music; 1253 UT next break brings Hinglish traffic report for The Metroplex; 1255 UT news of NC flooding. This programming must be from Radio Salam Namaste, altho that ID not heard today, unlike some other days with music-only, or just TX DOT PSA/KBXD IDs/dead air as recently caught (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Oct 11 at 0112 UT, ``One great song after another, only on 99.7 â MyFM``. I copied it as 93.7, but translator listed wagging this dog of KRJO Monroe LA, is on 99.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1480+, Oct 10 at 0552 UT, low audible het (LAH) looping E/W, so not either of my closests, KBXD and KQAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Oct 11 at 0115 UT, really bad noise from east/west, QRMing KSTP sports from the NNE unless nulled. Different sound but presumably same spoiler mystery station we have been hearing for months making unstable hetties above and below 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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