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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 21-27, 2017

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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 eriod 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. FRG-7 is no longer in use.

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/page63
[over 257,000 views! as of October 27, 2017]

These logs are 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. 1610, Oct 25 at 1213 UT, ending informaciones in Spanish; I keep hoping to hear something besides CHHA Toronto here, but followed by ad with 416 area-code which is as good as an ID. XEUACH is much desired, the only Mexican; in Spanish there are also Peruvians and Argentines per the BDXC X-band list copied into DXLD 17-41 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA [non]. 1120, as late as 1320 UT Oct 22, KMOX in solid with local temp 70 already, no sign of 10 kW daytimer, KETU Catoosa, which is entitled to start 7 kW Critical Hours at 1230 UT in October (1300 UT in November); at 1323 UT, SAH against KMOX starts, maybe this if not TX.

KETU pattern is major lobe south, minor lobe north, nulls toward St Louis and Portland
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1553082-121213.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1230, Oct 22 at 1316 UT, steady open carrier/dead air atop the graveyard jumble, no doubt my semi-local on groundwave, WBBZ Ponca City, failing to modulate (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 1520, Oct 22 at 1311 UT, KYND Cypress TX is still playing the 73-second loop trying to get someone to lease the station; axually atop weakened KOKC now. Please, someone call Bill Turner at 281-373-1520 and get some more pertinent programming upon it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn, KYND is still running the promo loop, looking for someone to lease the station. Previous programmer moved to KLVL 1480 (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re my search for 1560 KGOW Bellaire TX now in Vietnamese, Stephen Luce, Houston, replies, ``Glenn, KGOW flipped to Vietnamese on October 1st. The previous sports format moved to translator K231CN on 94.1 FM. KGOW is still operating full time from its night site, so the former strong signal heading NNE from the day site during critical hours is no longer there`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hello, IRCA reports: 1560 KGOW Bellaire, TX was sports, now ethnic. Website still shows sports but domain up for sale. Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. -2.9668W, Oct 24, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

** U S A. 1560, Oct 25 at 1216 UT, promo for something at 4 pm on KLNG, Christian stuff. I am here trying to dig some Vietnamese out of the QRM, as NRC DX News reports that KGOW Bellaire TX has flipped to that from sports in English! But no sign of it. 

KLNG is plenty strong like the 10 kW ND daytimer it is from Council Bluffs IA. Trouble is, official October sunrise per FCC AM Query is not until 1230 UT (November: 1315 UT), after which for two Critical Hours it is supposedly restricted to 2.1 kW. If anything at this hour, it should be running PSRA (pre-sunrise authority) of only 1.32 watts --- yes, that is one-point-three-two watts as in NRC AM Log! Clearly not worth bothering with, so why wait if you are one of God`s stations above the Laws of Man? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Per a phone conversation I had a couple years ago with GM Chuck Yates, the info for the 10 kW day power and the 2.1 kW CH power lines up with what's listed in the NRC Log, and in addition, KLNG also has a 332 watt PSSA, which they normally run up to 2 hours after LSS, then they sign off (although, as I type this, KLNG is already off, so who knows WHAT criteria they use as to what days they implement the PSSA and what days they don't). I live about 5 miles due west of KLNG's stick, and it's doubtful that 1.32 watts would even make it THIS far after 0600 CLT. My hunch is that if you heard them that well in Enid at 0716 CLT, they were already running at least the 2.1, if not the full 10. I'm copying this to Wayne Heinen so that he can stick the 332 watt PSSA into his database for next year's logboook. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, 0059 UT Oct 26, ABDX via DXLD)

** U S A. 1589.942 approx., Oct 22 at 1307 UT, sermon in English; low het = about 60 Hz hum often audible against 1590.00 stations. I previously traced this on June 12 to KMOZ, 1000/85 watts U1 in Rolla MO, a Bott station, when it was on 1589.90 in the middle of the night at 0500 UT. Since then I don`t find a single other report of KMOZ on the IRCA or NRC lists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1710 kHz, Oct 22 at 1205 UT, JBA talk, 1207 UT music, vs storm noise level from LA/TX, no doubt still Radio RetÃn lo que Tienes, BÃton Rouge pirate, as heard much better Oct 20. JBA carrier still audible at 1304 UT.

This thing is obviously more than a 10-watt talking house transmitter as it gets out to at least 910 km/565 miles to Enid; or 856/532 to Terry Krueger in Clearwater FL; thus I am surprised that since publicized on World of Radio 1900, and in DXLD yg, and my own previous log, I have seen NO other reports of it, at least in the ABDX, IRCA and NRC lists (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1901, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1710.024, LOUISIANA, (PIRATE), Radio RetÃn lo que Tienes, BÃton Rouge. 0915 [UT] October 21, 2017. Nearly local level with primitive Spanish live (presumably pre-recorded) gospel chanting inside the church with lots of room echo, Spanish preacher briefly from 0939 UT, back to singing. Parallel station website stream. Weak het when tossed into LSB, coming from just below 1710.00, maybe the possibly affiliated NY-area pirata (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, short longwires, active loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1901, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1710.02, Oct 24 at 0614 UT, Spanish preaching, presumed Radio RetÃn lo que Tienes, BÃton Rouge, Louisiane pirate. So far only other DXer of this known is Terry Krueger in Florida who put it on ``1710.024, at 0915 GMT October 21, 2017 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1901, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The way that Radio RetÃn lo que Tienes's schedule is written, that's 7 am to midnight, not 7 to noon. (Also, that is one mouthful of a name!) One of the Baton Rouge guys has heard the FM before and actually asked for an ID of it. 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11256-Spanish-unID-on-03-21-17
That AM, though, is getting out thanks to its funky frequency! (Raymie Humbert, PhÅnix AZ, Oct 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

1710, Oct 26 around 0630 UT, JBA carrier; but at 1104 UT, usual screaming preacher and crowd response from Radio RetÃn lo que Tienes, BÃton Rouge LA pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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