[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK May 24-30, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 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 [if any], rest of USA, unidentified, separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** OKLAHOMA. 780, May 25 at 0506 UT, daytimer KSPI Stillwater open carrier is on again, making fast SAH with Pueblo and attenuated WBBM. KSPI had been behaving itself recently until now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, May 26 at 0202-0205 UT, open carrier/dead air from KGWA Enid! Another Fox-hole of no news besides the one which usually happens at 0500-0505. Could well be many more at hourtops when I am not looking for them. But this time, nothing significant audible underneath. Next hole at 0502-0505 UT May 26 provides mostly blues music, i.e. WABG Mississippi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 28 at 0502 UT, Mexican music audible with KMOX nulled, but very poor signal. Presumed daytimer KEOR Catoosa again; also at 1128 caught an announcement mentioning ``palabra de dios``, Victoria, and a 491- phonumber, but now it`s legally daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 690, May 27 at 0502 UT, taps just ending from KGGF Coffeyville KS, sign-off but not carrier-off. KTSM El Paso continues, making SAH with Fox `News` Radio. This isn`t really the purpose of taps, but KGGF keeps doing it instead of playing the National Anthem.

An item about taps, with the traditional lyrix rarely sung, fortunately, since they violate Separation of Church & State:
http://enidnews.com/archive/x609263698/While-Taps-comes-from-the-Civil-War-modern-technology-has-caught-up-with-it

Also, this story reveals the significance of the multiple triangular folds in a US flag at a military funeral, also violating Separation of Church & State. Happy Memorial Day! 
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x1167596964/Each-fold-in-flag-carries-symbolism

Related story:
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x240784576/Honing-their-skills-Vance-AFB-Silver-Talon-Honor-Guard-positions-are-highly-coveted
(Glenn Hauser, OK, May 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, May 28 at 0458:50 UT, KGGF starts playing taps after quick sign-off announcement, after Jim Bohannon, so should finish close to local midnite (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, May 27 at 0502-0505 UT, main occupant of the KGWA Fox-hole tonight is blues music, i.e. WABG Greenwood MS --- I can even hear it without nulling KGWA carrier (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 990, May 28 at 0505 UT, dominant signal loops E/W, legal ad, 0506 opening Phil Hendrie show giving east and west coast times, but nothing for the Great Center of America! In the nightmiddle here, 990 is normally a battle between CBW and XET, but not tonight; therefore I assume KWAM Memphis TN is running 50 kW day facilities on east-west pattern, rather than 450 watts nite altho that pattern is favorable too.

Hendrie`s website http://philhendrieshow.com has 815 pages, but to find ``Aphiliates`` you must go thru the `Live` tab. Listed by state, yes, there`s KWAM at 12-3 am [CDT] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1160, May 28 at 1125 UT, Mexican music, vs no KSL, presumed KCTO Cleveland MO (Kansas City) now on 5 kW day power; soon overcome by Disney, ``wake up sleepyheads``, i.e. KRDY San Antonio TX. 1129 Spanish back up, ``Buenos Días, Solanía`` (? sounded like) and fadeout. Website is under construxion, http://www.lasuperx1160.com/ without a program schedule, but very active on FB, 
https://www.facebook.com/LasuperxNumeroUno 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, May 24 at 0506 UT as I tune across WOAI opening `Coast to Coast AM`, George announces that starting Monday the show will be on the 1190 station in Dallas. Hmmm, moving from what, KLIF? No, current affiliate list for TX at
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/stations/texas
shows no station at all in The Metroplex, a major, major market! Not under that monicker, nor Dallas, nor Fort Worth, nor any obvious suburb/COL (White Oak 99.3 FM turns out to be in east TX). 

1190 is KFXR (originally KLIF), with that extremely complex 5 kW night pattern, utilizing 12! towers:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=25375
and the major lobe heads WSW, 252 degrees:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/221001-66822.pdf
FCC link to topo map 
http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=2&Lon=-96.413056&Lat=32.899167&w=2&ref=G|-96.413056,32.899167
showing nite site (which is different from day site) with coordinates:
32° 53' 57.00" N Latitude 
96° 24' 47.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
is very slow-loading but finally displays ``37 km NE of Dallas``, i.e. somewhere on the eastern shore of Lake Ray Hubbard, near Rockwall and Glen Hill. That makes its major lobe shoot right across Dallas proper and more or less Fort Worth beyond, but many other parts of The Metroplex will find themselves in a null.
 
Getting back to WOAI, I notice that C2C runs many seconds behind same program on other outlets; in fact, no two of them seem to be synchronized, as in random bandscanning from one station to another, often on adjacent frequencies, you hear the last several words repeated or skipped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The KFXR nighttime site is visible at night south of I-30 while one is
driving westbound on I-30 coming into Dallas from Greenville (TX that
is). It puts a very wobbly and poor signal into the northern suburbs.
Only the outside of the box formation of towers is lit, so you can
really only count 9-10 towers. When my Texas Aggies were on 1190, I
would look forward to a day game, and dread a night game. The last
couple of years, the Aggies have moved to KRLD-FM 105.3 for DFW coverage (David R Block, TX, ptsw yg via DXLD)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, May 28 at 0523, KOKC OKC has heavy musical QRM, making fast ripple SAH, unseems Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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