Re: [IRCA] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, February 1-7, 2013

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 5KW, KAAY doesn't have to be as directional as at 50KW.. I can't say for
sure, but I think I'd heard they were running non directional at night,
which accounted for several people hearing them where they wouldn't
normally.

Regarding an 1120 logging, WPRX has been known to not switch to night power
or pattern

Paul

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> **
> <SNIP>
>
> ``Thursday, February 7, 2013 --- KAAY Back On The Air --- Doug Virden has
> reported that, as of the evening of February 6, 2013, KAAY has returned to
> the air, and that he wished the music from the 60's and 70's would have
> returned, as well. Nonetheless, kudos to the technician(s) involved who got
> the station back on the air! Bud S. (staceys4@xxxxxxxxxxx) Posted by at
> 6:17 AM``
>
> His previous report said it`s a 5 kW transmitter replacing the 50 kW.
> So will it need to stay on the same tight direxional patterns as when
> full-powered? Apparently the antennas are OK. At FCC AM Query there is
> nothing obvious about an STA, but in the Correspondence Folder this filing
> January 17 saying it went silent January 10, including:
>
> ``THE KAAY(AM) MAIN TRANSMITTER HAS SUFFERED A MAJOR POWER SUPPLY FAILURE
> AND THE AUXILIARY TRANSMITTER HAS BEEN FATALLY DAMAGED BY WATER. AS RESULT,
> THE STATION IS OFF THE AIR. RADIO LICENSE HOLDING CBC, LLC, WILL FILE A
> REQUEST FOR SILENT SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY IF THE TRANSMITTERS CANNOT
> BE REPAIRED BY FEBRUARY 8, 2013.``
>
> Station`s own website schedule
> http://www.1090kaay.com/common/more.php?m=10&mode=schedule&r=2
> shows nothing but ``airtime available`` 24/7! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
> LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
> UNIDENTIFIED. 2240-, Feb 4 at 1213 UT I am alarmed to awaken and turn on
> to pre-tuned 2240 in anticipation of the harmonic I have been hearing,
> since on Feb 1, it apparently came on circa 1215. At first there is
> nothing, but carrier and modulation cut on at *1216:30 with announcement
> seemingly in Spanish, but too weak to copy, shortly into music. The signal
> is immediately degrading, to JBA carrier when I give up at 1228. Seems like
> earlying sunrises will soon impossiblize this.
>
> The 1215 sign-on smax of a US station where the official FCC February
> sunrise time is then. Mexicans don`t seem to bother with such quarter-hour
> rounding precision, as in the IRCA Log you can see almost all of them which
> are not 24 hours schedule starting and stopping at hourtops. Sure wish I
> could find my set of SR/SS maps designed for MW DXing.
>
> So I need to find a 560 or 1120 station in the proper 1215 UT Feb sunrise
> strip. Assuming it`s Spanish, the best possibility on 1120 in NRC AM Log is
> WXJO Douglasville GA, 1 kW daytimer with a CP for 10. But its Feb SR is
> 1230 UT, close but not close enough. WNWF, Destin, NW Florida in CST zone
> is also 1230 UT. And so is WKCE Maryville TN, 1230 UT. And AFAIK, not
> Spanish. So much for 1120. How about 560, x 4?
>
> There are no known US SS stations on 560. WMIK, Middlesboro KY? Also 1230
> UT {Wow! What would Disney pay them to relinquish that call? NFS? Means to
> them not so much MIddlesboro KY but ``Where Messiah Is King`` per NRC AM
> Log --- yes religion and monarchy are inextricably linked to the detriment
> of both}. WRDT Monroe MI? 1230 too. This approach is not working. Based on
> the LSR time, the 2240 transmitter would have to be a bit further east than
> all of the above.
>
> Back to Mexico: on 560 the only station in IRCA with a nominal sign-on of
> 1200 UT is XESRD, La Tremenda, in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, 5/0.25 kW.
>
> On 1120 there are three at *1200: XEZB, La Mejor, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 2/0.25
> kW; XEPOP, Fórmula 11-20 AM in Puebla, Puebla, 1/0.1 kW; and XERUY, R.
> Universidad, Mérida, Yucatán. 1/? kW. This is going to be solved only by
> some more good clues from monitoring, if I can yet pull enough signal at
> sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> Glenn, I also went back to the drawingboard on this one. Considering WPRX
> is too weak, there is one other station that fit the pattern after
> investigation, and thats WUST From Wash. DC that goes from PSRA to 20 kW.
> http://www.wust1120.com/WUST/AudioOnDemand.html
> elucidates that a Spanish religious program begins at 0715 EST (1215 UT).
> This might be your suspect, and is a little East of your previous
> investigations (Paul S. in CT, Feb 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> Paul, Tnx, WUST looks like a good fit, except FCC shows their Feb sunrise
> is 1200 UT, not 1215. Maybe they wait until then anyway because of
> programming? When it comes to harmonix, when something is out of whack
> anyway, WPRX Bristol CT would not necessarily be too weak, but its sunrise
> is 1145. Listeners further east than I should be able to get 2240 better
> than I can and maybe a definite ID, starting around 1215. 73, (Glenn, OK,
> dxldyg via DXLD)
>
> That leaves WBBF Buffalo, NY 1 kW daytimer with proper Feb. Sunrise time
> and Spanish programming (Paul S. in CT, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, ibid.)
>
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