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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 7-14, 2018

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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:Â 
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]
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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 â 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)

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** 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

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** 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, 10000/430 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, 1660, Kansas City, 
The Score, a Radio.com station`` and into Dan Patrick show. 

I want to be sure which state the transmitter site be in. Radio-
locator shows its cross definitely on KS side, but FCC longitude of 
``94Â 40' 58.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) -94.682778`` puts it much closer 
to State Line Road. Blowing up an FCC map at
https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/kwod/contour-maps/
finds the pin in Westwood Hills, just on the KS side. Was this a 
station that changed site recently? With all those PSAs, biz must not be 
too good at KWOD, which radio-locator addresses in Lexington KY; 
remote controlled? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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