[IRCA] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, November 30-December 6, 2012

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified
    
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

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

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Nov 30 at 2239 UT, KMOX dominates on caradio, but still Mexican music underneath, SAH of 2.8 Hz this time from KEOR Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1390, Dec 1 at 0608 UT, Enid`s other local KCRC is competing with KGWA 960 for dead-air honors, still open carrier at 0615, and nulling this 1390 signal I can hear some understations, but nothing IDable. It`s dangerous to listen long, as earphones are required to pull anything at all, and I don`t know when the ESPN modulation will blast back on, unlike the standard 5:00 minute Fox-hole on KGWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 570, Dec 6 at 0613 UT, Fox Sports Radio has the best signal, so it must not be KLIF; loops southwest/northeast, and Cuban Reloj sounders weakly audible too when nulled. Pronto ID for ``KSNM, 570, news, talk and sports for southern New Mexico``. Something here is also causing a low rumbling het. KSNM Las Cruces is 5 kW day, 155 watts night, really? Both non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, SRF-59, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, Dec 1 at 1316, KSKY overtakes an unID Mexican, in English, soon ID as ``660 AM The Answer`` and Mark Davis show. Replying to my previous log, David R. Block in The Metroplex says,

``"The Answer" promo originated in KSKY 660 being the answer to the
question "Where is Mark Davis?" Davis, leaving WBAP 820 in a salary
dispute with Cumulus, landed at KSKY 3 months later. KSKY 660 transmitter facility is in kind of a no-mans-land between the
cities of Carrollton and Lewisville off Business 121 and Huffines
Road. KVCE 1160 nighttime facilities are only about 100 yards east of
660. Both are right on a Carrollton Golf Course. (FORE!!!) They may both be legally in the town of Hebron.`` 

Had KSKY just gone to day power of 20 kW instead of 700 watts night? Not supposed to, until official December sunrise of 1330, ex 1300 in November, and no PSRA listed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, Dec 6 at 0602 UT, ID for ``KONO, 101.1, San Antonio`s greatest hits``; easily heard with wrist twisted so as to null dominant KKOW in Pittsburg KS. 

I`m trying the unmodified Sony SRF-59 that Kraig Krist gave me since the sensitivity of the DX-398 seems to be falling off; so far, so good. 

KONO on 860 is only 900 watts at night and NRC Pattern Book 2005 shows a night pattern of east-west with a deep null toward the north (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, SRF-59, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Dec 1 at 1306 UT, the unique voice of Don Imus, loops NE/SW --- surprised to hear him on a Saturday, but nearest affiliate on 1010 is KIND Independence KS, per his website, which makes us click on each state individually rather than searching on a frequency, so there could be others. Supposedly scheduled M-F 5-8 am CST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Dec 4 at 0559 UT, ``el este de Nuevo Méjico --- la palabra de dios``, i.e. KIJN Farwell TX, 10 kW daytimer cheating as always, and also a fast SAH as always off-frequency, much like KLIO Wichita on 1070 which however is legally on at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1100, Dec 1 at 1337, ad for carpet cleaner, area code 210, i.e. San Antonio, i.e. KDRY, 11/1 kW, Alamo Heights TX. December official FCC sunrise is 1315 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 1100

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UNIDENTIFIED. 850, Dec 1 at 1319 UT, someone is playing choral `Star Spangled Banner` with nice harmonies, in null of KOA, but fade out before any ID can be heard. There is certainly no US station to the SW, but 1315 UT is the Dec LSR for KEYH in Houston, while KJON in Carrollton TX must wait until 1330, both direxional daytimers. 

Then there`s non-direxional daytimer KFUO in Clayton MO, where December sunrise is also 1315. Playing our national anthem is so rare these days that odds are only one of them does it at sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, Dec 1 at 1326 UT sports talk about OU, but no Oklahoma station here; soon losing out to gospel, no doubt KKLL Webb City MO. What could the first one be? If ESPN network, could be 22/2 kW KWWN Las Vegas NV, but more likely just a regular talker, KNZZ Grand Junxion CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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