[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 28-April 3, 2014

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E/W longwire 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

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page21

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

Last week my single post showed up more than once on some lists. I don`t know why, and I am not doing it!

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Saturday March 29 at 1243 UT, KZLS Enid is *still* playing some music, now country-rock by OM which may not officially be True Oldies Channel, then ``Fool-Hearted Man`` by YL; and at 1259 UT Hank Williams Jr starts but is cut off without any ToH ID for Glenn Beck`s Blaze Network ``news``; 1306 UT `Under the Hood` call-in show as also heard last week. Various DX bulletins are in too big a hurry to denote KZLS format as ``talk ex-music``, like NZ DX Times, but it is still *both* depending on the time! I wonder it that music was from sibling station (hardly a sister), Hank-FM, KNAH Mustang/OKC on 99.7; need to check for // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 660, April 1 at 1303 UT, news in English already over, ``The Voice of the Navajo Nation, KTNN, 660, Window Rock``, then into Navajo news; quite separable from KSKY Dallas, roughly 90 degrees apart. The first week of a spring month means best opportunity for hearing morning stations to the west; KTNN`s official April sunrise is 1245 UT but axual sunrise today is approx. 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 770, April 1 at 1307 UT, KKOB Albuquerque NM with traffic & weather on the 7s, 7:07 timecheck, loud & clear now available earlier than 1315 UT as in March, with official FCC sunrise for April at 1230 UT (May 1200 UT, June 1145 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 780, March 29 at 0544 UT, dominant signal in *Spanish* with ad for Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park, Chicago. Could this possibly be WBBM, during its old-time-radio hour?? Confirmed for August 1-3, 2014 at http://www.lollapalooza.com/ where it`s already sold out. Or is this a Mexican, most likely XEWGR or XESFT? In next minute I start to hear drama in English again = WBBM, mixing with rock music in English = XESFT? Making a SAH of 1.2 Hz. With both these nulled, weak country music from KCEG in CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 830, April 1 at 1311 UT, only signal is from E/W, ``Family Life Radio``, no WCCO, so this is KFLT Tucson AZ, whose 50 kW ND day power now starts at 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, April 1 at 1314 UT, hymn seemingly in Navajo, with KRVN nulled as much as possible, presumably the expected KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AR, up to 10 kW day power, since 660 KTNN is in well. Official April sunrise for both is 1245 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, April 1 at 1315 UT, sermon in English virtually zero-beat with KTOK OKC, and mutually nullable, certainly KKIM Albuquerque on SRS with 10 kW ND since 1245 UT; tho it`s often audible at night when it`s obviously no 38 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, April 2 at 1306 UT, preachy KKIM Albuquerque NM is making a one-third Hz SAH with far-right talk from KTOK OKC, i.e. 20 fades per minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1140, April 3 at 1240 UT, ``la temperatura actual en Kansaciti, 58 grados``, so now there`s no doubt that the KC market station is in Spanish, at least partly; then ad for `Los Compositores`, a musical event? FCC AM Query still lists as KCXL in Liberty MO. 1241 UT fadeout and replaced by a station in English, a few minutes later being KSOO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1140, April 3 at 1248 UT, `Bob & Tom Show Comedy Tour` ad with 605-area code, appearing in Washington Pavilion; 1249 UT Plains Commerce Bank. So it`s KSOO Sioux Falls SD, not unusual here on SRS, taking over from KCXL Kansas City in Spanish a few minutes earlier.

1137, approx., startled to note that our coffee-brewer puts out some RF when turned on at 1250 UT April 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1150, April 1 at 1320 UT, Spanish looping NW/SE, mentions temp 32 grados. Circumstantially, don`t see how it could be anything but KNRV Englewood (Denver) CO, NRC-AM Log listed as R. Fórmula, news/talk, 10/1 kW U4, where day power and pattern in April start at 1230 UT. However, NRC Pattern Book shows at night there is a minor lobe to the SE; in the day there is a deep null toward the east.

It`s somewhat separable from a music station to the E/W, but KDEF Albuquerque is neither musical nor active, right? Maybe just KNED in OK, as nothing coming in yet from daytime dominator to the N/S, KSAL KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1470, March 31 at 0600 UT, WMBD ID in promo and on to Fox ``news`` from the NE. This is Peoria IL, seldom heard here with 5 kW night pattern tight to the north, and day coverage also tight N/S, per NRC Pattern Book (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1450, March 30 at 0344 UT, trying for the WWXL DX test from Manchester KY, after word got out that it did start at 0300 UT instead of 0400 UT. Mostly tuning USB on 1452 or 1453, LSB on 1448 or 1447, on the DX-398, possibly some bits of code at 0344, 0346, near-imagination level; possibly continuous steady tone at 0345, 0350 UT. No sweeps heard and others say none were transmitted. But just not enough here for any certainty (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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