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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 17-23, 2018

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All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 UT period to the previous date by ELT].

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

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

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

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page67
[over 284,000 views! as of February 23, 2018]

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, Feb 22 at 1338 UT, strumming chords from NE/SW, 1340 UT Spanish and fading. There are no 1610 Americans except HAR/TIS. I have no luck with the Mexicans, but seems rather late for Toronto; yet CHHA ID in Spanish at 1401 UT, almost a bihour after its sunrise at 1205 UT, and almost a unihour after Enid`s at 1311 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Feb 17 at 1926 UT, another station vying in the weekend dead-air sweepstakes, 10 kW wasted by KETU Catoosa OK (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1210, Feb 17 at 1924 UT, weak presumed KGYN with silly basketball game Alabama vs Kentucky, has heavy SAH but no other audio audible, of 172/minute = 2.87 Hz. The other one must be some skywave at midday. Closest likely in the MW offsets reference, 
http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1210
not including KOKK or the RGV station is KHAT Laramie WY 11 years ago:
1210 1210.0001 USA KGYN (Guymon, OK)  2017-09-08 
1210 1210.002  USA KHAT (Laramie, WY) 2007-03-03
i.e. would be 1.9 Hz apart, but hardly contemporary info (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Feb 22 at 1327 UT, KGYN Guymon now with VG signal during M-F poetry spot by Jim Thompson; then about an app for market info; ad for grocery in Northridge Mall, Top Value with the ``add 10 percent`` gimmick; Enid now has one of these, different name. Official Feb FCC sunrise for KGYN is not until 1330 UT, but don`t let that stop them already running ND 10 kW; March: 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Feb 17 at 1921 UT, KZLS Enid with dead air, or just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 1130, Feb 17 at 1854 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS still SNAFU, same as at least the past few days.

1130, Feb 18 at 1911 UT and 2048 UT chex, KLEY Wellington KS is still totally SNAFU as described before, since first discovered Feb 14, but may have been that way much earlier; now I intend to reconfirm at least once a day: likewise Feb 19 at 1515 UT. Incredible that anystation would let this go on and on and on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 23 at 1452 UT check, KLEY is still totally out of whack, same rapid pulsing, and carrier with bits of mod cutting on and off less quickly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, Feb 22 at 1325 UT, 1190 Fort Wayne ``Wo-wo`` ID with FM 107.5, which is a mere translator W298BJ. 50000/9800 U2. I haven`t heard this one in ages. There are two MO stations in between and many others. Must now be on ND full day power since 1230 UT in Feb, 1200 UT in March. Night pattern is tight N/S in deference to WLIB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1240+, Feb 23 at 1453 UT, het on hi side from NW/SE, no doubt the perpetually off-frequency KCRT Trinidad CO as previously identified. Too weak now to get a good measurement vs 1240.00 pileup, but keyboard says the pitch is between E and Eb above Cmiddle, i.e. about 320 Hz. Incredibly, tho this has been the major 1240+off station for years, it`s not on the list at
http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1240
despite lots of other US graveyarders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1260, Feb 19 at 1521 UT, YL in Spanish is atop, presumably the one I have heard before, KDLF, Boone IA (Des Moines market = De Los Monjes). NRC AM Log shows the other SS 1260s are in: AR-silent, FL, ID, SC, TX, some of them religious. Now rather than Spanish from 1250 KS, 1270 TX which are more common (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1290, Feb 22 at 1329 UT, outro `Focus on Agriculture` from CSP? radio network, Wichita Falls closings due to icy weather, Cinemark Theatres` new size restrixions on carry-in bags, (evidently to discourage dismantled rifles or large bombs) from News Channel 6 (KAUZ RF 22). (I also heard same story on 1330 KCKM Monahans, about Mid/Essa. Enid`s only movie theatre is no longer Cinemark, but AMC under ChiCom control, so guns OK?) KWFS is licensed 5000/73 U1, but noticeably weaker in daytime lately with STA renewed of reduced power to 60%, i.e. about 3 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, Feb 17 at 1922 UT, more skywave from The Metroplex besides 1630: good in Spanish IDs, ``Su emisora favorita, Radio Luz, 1630 AM y 102.5 FM``; switch to English: ``Radio Luz, where it`s at`` with same frequencies; and SS ID again, then quoting Pres. Calvin Coolidge! It`s KTNO, University Park, 50 kW day power, and the 102.5 is merely K273BJ per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1460, Feb 18 at 1425 UT, nice rendition of ``Clair de Lune`` on piano, quite a relief from all the stupid sports / political / religious chatter on most MW frequencies, whence? 1430 UT promos for EWTN Radio, all with times in Eastern; 1431 UT `EWTN Bookmark` author interview. Should be easy to look up EWTN affiliates in NRC AM Log: certainly is not WQOP Jacksonville FL, nor WOPG Albany NY, nor WHIC Rochester NY, which are really in EST zone. 

Must be KHOJ, Saint Charles MO, 12000/210 watts U4, ``Heart Of Jesus Radio`` despite being in CST zone. Why does EWTN, based in Alabama, also Central, insist on citing times in Eastern only? Perhaps God has annointed ET as supreme. Just another example of timezone imperialism which is even easier for east-coast-based networx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1630, Feb 17 at 1921 UT, gospel music, as adjacent local 1640 KZLS is dead air or JBM --- obviously KKGM Fort Worth TX, skywave this early less than an hour after local mean noon. But why hear I nothing out of 1700 KKLF Richardson? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, Feb 19 at 2100 UT, KEBC OKC sportstalk with an understation making a rippling fast SAH, and a 5+1 timesignal of the kind usually heard on foreign SW stations; then believe I heard ``Omaha`` mentioned, so that would be KLNG, 10 kW ND daytimer in Council Bluffs IA.

MWOffsets has no entry for KLNG, but KEBC and two other major 1560s:
http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1560
1560 1559.9302 USA KGOW (Bellaire (D), TX) 2010-08-29   
1560 1559.9891 USA KEBC (Del City (D), OK) 2018-01-23   
1560 1559.999  USA KKAA (Aberdeen, SD)     2007-03-03 		
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST

UNIDENTIFIED. 1590v, Feb 19 at 2059 UT on caradio, a medium het QRMing KVGB Great Bend KS, ID with translator. In DXLD 16-15, KWBG Boone IA (near Des Moines) was suggested as the off-frequency one; listed now as 1000/500 watts U2, and would be on ND day pattern this early, but skywave already coming in topend. Night pattern goes NW, bad for us, when I also have a bad 1590 het, but maybe else from something local.

Top ``1590`` entry at mwoffsets is in fact KWBG, i.e. the one furthest off to the low side, but it`s 8+ years old, i.e. a ~332 Hz het against KVGB if both still apply:
http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1590
1590 1589.664  USA KWBG (Boone, IA)       2009-09-27  
compared to my two closest:
1590 1589.9957 USA KVGB (Great Bend, KS)  2017-10-01   
1590 1589.9961 USA KWEY (Weatherford, OK) 2018-01-23 [direxional away]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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