[IRCA] Mid-day MW bandscan from Carrier, OK

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

I meant to do a low-noon MW bandscan close to Solstice, when residual skywave
is possible, but did not get around to it until Feb 4, and by then it was
almost too late. But I also wanted to check out what makes it by groundwave on
my new caradio, not confused by skywave. I expeditioned a few miles NW of Enid
to a spot near the junxion of State Hwys 45 and 132 SE of Carrier, where there
is a brief stretch with no adjacent powerlines. On caradio with whip on fender,
no DFing possible.

Main reference is the 2007-2008 NRC AM Log. Here is some of what I noted,
skipping most strong and regular signals, between 1815 and 1905 UT, local mean
noon being at 1832:

1700: at 1819 ``La Indomable, mil setecientos, es La Grande``. Spanish
dominating an English station, fading in and out. Unlike most of the logs
below, this is probably skywave, from KBGG Des Moines, listed with ``La
Grande`` but not ``La Indomable`` slogan.

1690: at 1820, sports talk. Does not fit for Colorado with All-Kids, or
Illinois with news/talk, but surely one or the other. Format changed?

1670: at 1820, weak distorted audio. May be Enid talking house.

1660: checked this first at 1815, as KXTR Kansas City is easy to recognize with
classical, and often audible later in the afternoon when skywave has kicked in,
but not now: ESPN station was dominating with ads for a CPA `downtown`, phone
241-9187 and 281-1003, atop KXTR classical with a SAH; 1818 CNN News; 1825 ID
as ``1660 ESPN``. Those phones check for a CPA in Fargo ND, so certainly noon
skywave from KQWB at well over a megameter.

1650 & 1630 blocked by splatter from local KFXY 1640.

1620: at 1821, sports news, good signal. Presumably KOZN Bellevue NE.

1610: at 1822, NWS relay with noise, cut off amid weather info, back to usual
loop of local area attraxions around Great Salt Plains, TIS. This makes it into
parts of Enid itself if noise is low enough.

1600: at 1823, at least two stations under dominant KUSH Cushing OK.

1570: at 1825, two stations, C&W probably KNDY Marysville KS; EZL probably KZLI
Pryor OK, or KTAT Frederick OK.

1540: at 1826, Rush, over another talker. There are two Kansans here, Parsons
being the talker, tho KXEL IA might have been in the mix by skywave.

1500: at 1827, preacher. Must be KPGM Pawhuska OK

1440: at 1828, weak Spanish, presumably KTNO University Park TX (Metroplex), 15
kW, but CP for 50 in daytime; IBOC QRM, probably from Tulsa KTBZ 1430 ``The
Buzz``, 25 kW. 

1420: at 1828, local political ad for Lone Wolf, ``Country 1420, KTJS``, midday
report, from Hobart OK; IBOC QRM here too on what used to be a clear station on
its fringe. (Quite a number of other small-town stations in OK & KS were doing
local noon news hours; good to hear these still exist.)

1370: at 1829, nothing heard; was expecting usual KGNO Dodge City KS.

1360: at 1830, Ave Maria Radio, devotional by a priest. Two possibilities are
listed on this frequency with EWTN! KAHS El Dorado KS, and KDJW Amarillo TX.
1831 into talk show ``The Doctor Is In``, YL with Catholic-oriented advice,
877-573-7825. Continuous hum on audio.

1320: at 1832, Radio Oklahoma, weather, ``Newstalk 1320``, so KCLI Clinton;
back to Rush; over lo rumble, somebody off-frequency.

1260: at 1834, soul-ish music, but must be KWSH Wewoka, C&W listed.

1250: at 1835, Spanish, so KKHK Kansas City KS; [WREN Topeka missed].

1240: at 1835, slow SAH of 1 Hz or less between KADS Elk City OK and KFH
Wichita. For many years, KADS was off-frequency with an audible het.

1210: at 1836, Oklahoma news, from KGYN Guymon. Day pattern is non-direxional
so reaches Enid without cheating.

1200: at 1836, trace of a SAH, I suppose between WOAI TX and KFNW ND altho WRTO
Chicago or KYOO Bolivar MO might be involved.

1190: at 1836, ``AM 1190 KVSV``, Beloit KS, farm news.

1180: at 1837, Spanish, therefore KYOZ Bellevue NE.

1110: at 1838, KFAB Omaha NE, VG signal with Rush, and IBOC sidebands blocking
1120 and 1100.

1070: at 1838, semi-local KFTI Wichita, Paul Harvey at Page 3, so must have
started around 1830. (I`ve noticed he is no longer between 1800 and 1830 on
KRMG 740 Tulsa, either.)

1060: at 1839, fast SAH. Closest are Springfield MO and Van Buren AR; none of
the three Texans are very close. Would settle for Pierre SD. Needs further
checking, but KFTI 1070 can be a problem.

1040: at 1841, Rush from WHO Des Moines IA. 

1030: at 1842, no IBOC heard, missing from WHO? Two stations, news / talk over
music, possibly Spanish. KBUF Holcomb KS surely the former, tho KFAY
Farmington/Fayetteville AR possible. Is KWFA Tye TX (Abilene) on yet? Does 50
kW KCTA Corpus Christi have any Spanish? Went back and checked this at 1857:
talking over hymn, 1858 tentative ID for KWFA.

1010 & 990: at 1843, blocked by IBOC from KTOK-1000.

970: at 1846, religion, KCFO Tulsa or KHVN Fort Worth; far enough from local
KGWA 960 to pull something past it.

950: at 1846, religion, no doubt KJRG Newton KS, ditto.

940: at 1844, trace of something under WKY-930 splash, probably KIXZ Amarillo
which I have heard before somewhat west of Enid; no Kansans. 

880: at 1845, plug for KRVN.com Lexington NE, mixing with a weaker station,
probably KJOJ Conroe TX, (which is Vietnamese, but not enough audio to tell).

850: at 1846, Paul Harvey, so KOA in usual pre-noon timeslot; slow SAH with
talk station, no doubt KJON Carrollton TX, hijacked from Anadarko OK, but at
least that benefits KOA here.

840: at 1846, something there, but an unexpected line noise peak here, surely
KTIC West Point NE, previously heard daytimes when it was something else.
Rechecked at 1905, ad for Nebraska lottery.

830-730: due to noise and running out of time, skipped over, but nothing
unusual expected.

720: at 1847, ad for Grand Central Station episode on The American Experience,
WTTW, so definitely WGN. Of all the Chicago `clears` this is the only one still
with a clear daytime shot to OK at well over a megameter, certainly by
groundwave tnx to our excellent conductivity. Fortunately KSAH Universal City
(San Antonio) TX does not bother in the daytime like it does at night, constant
SAH battling with WGN.

710: at 1847, Rush mixing with another talker. Per NRC AM Log, KGNC Amarillo TX
is the one with Rush, not KCMO Kansas City.

700: at 1848, ads in English mixed with Asian language, 214 area code, so KHSE
Wylie TX (Metroplex), blocking any hope of WLW daytime.

680: at 1849, rodeo talk about NFR, presumably KFEQ St. Joe MO.

670: at 1850, religion, from KLTT Commerce/Denver CO, another long-haul daytime
groundwave which can also be heard within Enid given low-noise location; trace
of something else, presumably WSCR Chicago, which as WMAQ used to make it
clearly on cold winter days` groundwave.

660: at 1851, KSKY Dallas, talk, with IBOC from WWLS-640 bleeding over here 20
kHz up.

650 & 630: ruined by WWLS IBOC; WSM and KHOW might otherwise make it.

620: at 1852, KMKI Disney Radio, Plano TX, music.

610: at 1852, KCSP Kansas City, sports, marred by IBOC from KMKI.
 
600: at 1852, two weak stations with SAH, probably WMT Cedar Rapids IA and KTBB
Tyler TX. This is a relatively clear frequency for daytime DX.

590: at 1853, KXSP Omaha NE with sports, over something else, probably KLBJ
Austin TX.

570: at 1853, usual mix of KLIF Dallas over WNAX Yankton SD. Unfortunately
almost co-linear and can`t null out one or the other.

560: at 1854, Rush, presumably KWTO Springfield MO, seems with IBOC QRM; is
that KLIF 570 now? No IBOC heard on 580, with WIBW strong.

550: at 1854, KFRM Salina KS, very strong as usual, but with something else
underneath; KCRS Midland TX heard previously, but KLLV Breen CO might be
possible now.

540: at 1855, usual mix of KDFT Ferris (Metroplex) TX in Spanish over KWMT Fort
Dodge IA in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



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