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- Subject: Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 30-February 5, 2015
- From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
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All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; 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/page30
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
** OKLAHOMA. 800, Feb 2 at 0030 UT, tuning by KQCV OKC, weather spot from KOCO-TV meteorologist ``for the Bott network`` is obviously a day or two old judging from the forecast temps! I suspect their religious views are just as wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1120, Jan 30 at 1921 UT, KEOR Tulsa/Catoosa/Sperry is *still* open carrier dead air, but KMOX St Louis can be heard under it. That takes skywave over poor-conductivity Ozarx (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1120, Feb 3 at 1340 UT, KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is *still* open carrier/dead air, serving only to make a SAH of 200/minute with remnant of KMOX = three and a third Hz. Since the transmitter remains on, even tho no modulation, does that not qualify it as a silent station per FCC rules? Maybe that`s why they leave it on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Feb 5 at 1923 UT, KEOR Catoosa etc. OK is still open carrier/dead air; no KMOX audible under it this time (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. I fear I have done an injustice to 1360 KDJW Amarillo and 1420 KULY Ulysses KS, concluding that they are off-frequency due to daytime hets against KPHN 1360 and KTJS 1420. In past weeks, hearing only a daytime het on 1360, I had no reason to assume it was something local, but it so happens that the 1420- het is an almost perfect match in pitch to the 1360+ het, suggesting that they originate halfway between, from a station on 1390 putting out matching spurs almost 30 kHz away!
Such as our strongest local signal, KCRC Enid. Spurs are very weak by comparison and no modulation audible on them, but they are quite steady, and as I drive around, somewhat stronger in northern Enid closer to KCRC site than in southern Enid.
Also after dark against the pileups on 1360 and 1420. At 0048 UT Feb 2 we drive right by the KCRC site to see if the hets peak. Well, no, but then the huge RF from 1390 itself really desensitizes the caradio for tens of kHz around it. There are 1390s in all adjacent states, but hard to believe any of them could be responsible for the steady spurs day and night. If KCRC ever cut its 24h carrier(s), we could know for certain.
1419.9 approx., Feb 2 circa 2030 UT, I have traveled to a spot in Enid almost 2 miles due south of the KCRC 1390 antennas, and proceed to DF the spur --- yes, on the DX-398 it`s due north/south, to that clinches it as an artifact of KCRC, like the one on 1360.1 approx. on the other side. Ideally one should isolate the spur carrier from the frequency it is hetting against, but these are too close, so I`m going by the null-dip in the audible het. My previous quick DFing NW of Enid in the rain had coincidentally led to the wrong culprits in TX and KS. BTW, KCRC 1390 carrier is very slightly on the lo side compared to its neighbors, which also accounts for slightly different pitches on the spur hets (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1360 & 1420, Feb 5 at 1916 UT I check the two spur frequencies from local 1390 KCRC --- no more audible hets against weak 1360 KPHN KS, or 1420 KTJS OK. However, I suspect the spurs are still radiating, just `adjusted` to be closer to 1360 and 1420, because listening closely on 1360 there is now a sudaudible heterodyne --- that could be KPHN vs KDJW in Amarillo, but now I have my doubts.
At 1916 I hear no SAH on 1420, presumed KTJS Hobart OK. But over a minute`s time at 2024 UT, the SAH rate on 1420 varies from fast to medium back to fast, meaning one of the carriers is unstable. It`s more than an hour later, however, and there could be skywave from some otherstation to confuse matters. Also at 2024 UT, 1360 now has a fast SAH verging on an audible rumble (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BTW, it was hard to see KCRC at night on East Willow, since the three towers in a row have *no* lighting. I was wondering whether this is legit, so asked Doug Smith about the rules:
``I went by 1390 KCRC tonight, and noticed the tower lights were not on (or no lights?). They have three towers in a row. Seems FCC AM Query has all the info except how high they are, which ought to have a bearing on whether they must be lit. What do you think?``
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=10856
``A good guess is actually present on that FCC page. This is going to format poorly so I'm really just going to have to refer you back to the link. All three towers show an "electrical height" of 91 degrees.
360 degrees is one wavelength. One wavelength is the speed of transmission divided by the frequency. For all intents and purposes, the "speed of transmission" is the speed of light, and the units work out if you assume the speed of light is 300,000. Divide it by the frequency in kilohertz.
So one wavelength at 1390 is 300,000/1390 = 216m. 91 degrees is 216m*(91/360) = 54.6m.
Now, that's the *electrical* height. Usually, electrical and physical heights are the same. Sometimes, they aren't. For example, if there's an FM station on one of the towers and they decide to electrically
isolate the top of the tower - so that it's not part of the AM array. Of course it's not unusual for the tower to be built atop a concrete pier (to keep swamp water from shorting it to ground) so the physical height may be a bit higher for that reason.
(electrical heights near 90 degrees tend to concentrate power along the horizon, which is of course where stations would like it to be. Such heights are pretty common. Indeed, I note all four of KGWA-960's towers are 90 degrees in electrical height. Which, if you do the math, works out to 78.1m.) Anyway:
Under FCC regulation 17.7, only towers of at least 61m (200') must be registered with the FCC (that registration is in turn forwarded to the FAA). I can't find a rule that specifically says so but my understanding is that towers of less than 61m do not require lighting, unless they're near an airport. And because KGWA's towers *are* more than 61m in height, they *do* require lighting.
Interestingly, if you look at KCRC's towers on Google Street View, there appears to be a light beacon atop the center tower. Although it's hard to tell whether that's what it really is. I don't see it on either end tower. I can't tell with KGWA; their towers are too far from the road & there are trees in the way. == Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66`` Thanks, Doug! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1400, Sat Jan 31 at 1914 UT, whoopee! Local 1390 KCRC is in dead air, so I can hear something adjacent, but with national ads: NAPA, Quicken, and then at 1915 UT, Norman Mitsubishi, so KREF Norman OK. KCRC remodulates a silly ballgame by 1917 UT (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1450, Jan 30 at 1925 UT, ``your musical portfolio, live and in color, KGFF``. There`s a unique slogan from Shawnee OK groundwave. Quite a feat, since I thought AM radio was only in black & white. Woodward`s KSIW is about the same distance, and you never know which one or both will be in, but KGFF wins at the moment (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1610, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, OK, is now clearly audible on GW and still relaying NOAA Weather Radio from Kansas, synthetic YL. Nothing but NOAA? (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, Feb 4 at 0627 UT, KZLS Enid is open carrier/dead air, so when nulled, WTNI Biloxi sportstalk is as usual dominant, along with unID CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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U S A: [Note my midday skywave DX logs [and some groundwave] were originally circulated in chronological order, now reworked into frequency order as several of them were heard on more than one day]. This also includes my nighttime logs for the week:
570, Jan 30 at 1916 UT, WNAX ID and Accuweather for Yankton SD, clearly audible under KLIF Dallas. WNAX is always there on GW, but skywave may be helping a bit now. SAH counted as 212 per minute or 3.53 Hz (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
670, Jan 30 at 1915 UT, CCI between sports talk and another station. Sports must be WSCR Chicago, but as also on rare groundwave it`s considerably weaker than WGN. Other station is KLTT Denver which normally reaches here barely on GW. 670 is bothered by splash from 640 Moore. BTW, I keep mistyping its call: once recently as KWPM as in Moore, but it`s really KWPN as in Norman; or since it`s a Sports Animal, ``We Program Nonsense``!) (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
670, Jan 31 at 1802 UT, woman singing the Star Spangled Banner, no doubt inaugurating a silly ballgame on WSCR, Chicago. This signal is atop KLTT Denver which is always here weakly on daytime groundwave (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
700, Jan 31 at 1806 UT, sports discussion involving Seton Hall and Xavier, way over KHSE The Metroplex; apparently originates from NJ. There are several Xaviers, but WLW schedule for today confirms it`s them at 11:30-2:30 EST:
http://www.700wlw.com/articles/700wlw-programming-233227/saturday-january-31-11124595
Cincinnati-Enid city to city distance is 1213 km = 754 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
700, Jan 31 at 1919 UT, station in English almost zero-beat with KHSE TX groundwave; 1920 clear ID for WLW, Cincinnati. Unlike WGN, the 700 station suffers from ACI splash de 690 KGGF if not 710 KCMO or KGNC (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
700, Feb 5 at 1924 UT, Spanish from the Metroplex, but under it is a station in English, surely WLW Cincinnati, Scanned the entire band, but nothing much unusual in the 1500s or 1600s (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
720: Only 41 minutes after local mean noon, which is always 1832 UT, I find a good & steady signal from WGN 720 Chicago. Winter daytime skywave is in play. I`m driving away from neighborhood and household noise sources, so in central Enid I keep driving until pervasive line noise and plasma screens are minimal, parking first by a warehouse near the intersexion of Walnut & Jefferson. No DFing on the caradio with vertical whip.
720, Jan 30 at 1913 UT, good & steady signal from WGN Chicago, almost 700 miles. Under very quiet conditions even in the summer I can sometimes pull it by groundwave, but this is much stronger. Talkhost is discussing wings and football games, mentions Órion Samuelson in passing. (WBBM 780 and WLS 890 are blocked by Okies.)
DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX, JANUARY 31: Having heard WGN and a bunch of other skywave stations yesterday during the hour after local mean noon (always 1832 UT), from inside Enid as I was driving and hunting quietest spots to stop and tune, today I plan a DX-pedition to my favorite and closest quiet rural monitoring spot, which is NW of Enid almost to Carrier, 7.5 miles west of US 81/60/64 on SH 45, where there is an area without overhead powerlines, and a convenient pull-off. I shall park facing north with the caradio whip on the right front fender, in case that have any influence on direxionality, pickup.
For skywave, there may be some additional help from sporadic E. It certainly was not reaching VHF channel 2, but strong signals from US stations a megameter away on the 15 MHz HF band are a sign of it. Es` role in mediumwave propagation seems to be a little-studied phenomenon.
But first, as I pull out of the garage, WGN 720 is immediately listenable, at fair and steady level, not as strong as at night, but certainly sufficient here at mid-day. Not wanting to lose time on my way to a quick lunch, my first stop inside Enid is in a large open field south of Autry Technology Center without powerlines, which has thus been occupied by kite festivals at other yearparts.
720, Jan 31 at 1801 UT, WGN is in well with obvious local references. WGN is the prime pilot for all this, and the most fortunate in not suffering from any adjacent channel splash, nor any significant co-channel. Chicago-Enid city to city distance: 1074 km = 667 miles
(Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
After two good sessions of midday MW skywave DX on Jan 30 & 31, I try for another on Feb 1: at 1827 UT, 5 minutes before local mean noon, pilot WGN 720 Chicago is audible, but much weaker now; also 670 has a SAH presumably WSCR Chicago vs KLTT Denver. But nothing much else is making it on the frequencies previously logged. By 1838 UT, parked in the powerless kite field, WGN has become JBA. Something has changed, more than the sun being a smidgin higher at zenith (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Some more midday skywave MW DX on Feb 5, on caradio inside Enid, not the powerless field nor the Carrier site, so I am either driving or parking in store lots which are not completely noiseless. Local mean noon remains 1832 UT so this starts 43 minutes after the zenith.
720, Feb 5 at 1915 UT, WGN Chicago is in, not hard to recognize with English talk (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
810, Sunday Feb 1 at 1338 UT, Rosary in responsive Spanish, something about a woman with a growth of fruit in her belly, roughly east/west. First thought of KSWV Santa Fe, but it`s really a secular city despite the name, and pre-sunrise. There`s another SS in mid-Tennessee, but probably too far into daylight? More likely this from NRC AM Log:
KXOI Crane (Odessa) TX, 1000/500 watts U3, ``Radio Alabanza`` and that`s exactly what they are doing. 1342 UT losing to music from the NW/SE, presumably KLVZ Brighton (Denver) CO, but still separable for a few minutes. Not a hint of WHB Kansas City yet.
Now in February, official sunrises are 15 or 30 minutes later than in January; 1330 UT for Crane (For comparison: Albuquerque & Denver: 1400 UT; Oklahoma City & Kansas City: 1315 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
830, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, quick ID as WCCO.com with weather, 28 degrees and cloudy. Minneapolis at 1031 km = 641 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
830, Jan 31 at 1908 UT, preacher in English is now atop WCCO as definitely logged earlier. Altho rain is starting again, I get out and DF this one ASAP, bending over to shield the DX-398: WNW/ESE, which points to 25 kW ND daytimer KUYO Evansville (Casper), central WY, 1016 km = 632 miles. Not to be confused with Evanston in SW WY. Already logged 830 WGUE Memphis TN and it is not religious (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
830, Feb 5 at 1924 UT, ID right away for WCCO, Minneapolis MN. These are weak but steady skywave signals (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
840, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, SAH between two weak stations; very marginal groundwave here is KTIC, West Point NE, so is the other one WHAS Louisville KY, 1092 km = 678 miles? Yes, see below (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
840, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk show on education, abhorring an incident where a girl student had to pull her pants down and show her underwear. Apparently national, with phone 1-800-507-7080, then a caller from Colorado. Can it be WHAS? Let`s see: sked shows Sat 1-4 pm EST, ``The Weekend With Joe Pags`` but no further link worx. Phone number confirmed at http://www.joepags.com/
City to city, Louisville to Enid: 1092 km = 678 miles
(Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
840, Feb 5 at 1923 UT, SAH of about 6 Hz between presumed KTIC West Point NE, and: Rush going into a break with ID for WHAS, Louisville KY (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
850, Jan 30 at 1918 UT, Rush. That would be KOA Denver, which per
http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/rushlimbaugh/
just started airing him live this month with the proviso that he will be pre-empted for any sillyballgames on weekday afternoons. KOA can barely reach here on GW but better now with some skywave, and no sign of the Texan (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
850, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, Superbowl discussion, no doubt KOA Denver; more below (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
850, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, organ music, either KJON R. Guadalupe, Carollton TX, or KFUO Clayton MO, mixed with ABC News from KOA Denver, going to CO news about a rock climber killed in Ouray County (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
850, Feb 5 at 1923 UT, only Spanish audible, so Metroplex TX not KOA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
860, UT Sat Jan 31 at 0156 UT, from Pittsburg KS, KKOW ID during silly ballgame, during which its signal has been unreasonably strong at night. So suspect an HSFB STA is in effect, 10 kW ND, instead of 5 kW direxional; we do get it at night on the broad SW pattern away from Toronto, but this is really dominant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
870, Jan 31 at 0140 UT in WWL null, Vietnamese and a SAH, so 1 kW direxional daytimer KFJZ Fort Worth is on way late again. It peaks at 0148 UT such that I can hear it without even nulling WWL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
870, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, SBG involving LSU, certainly WWL New Orleans, another southie, 1021 km = 634 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
880, Jan 31 at 0133 UT I have nulled KRVN Lexington NE to find music and announcements in Spanish, so keep checking this frequency, but no more of that; KRVN is covering a sillyballgame involving the Cozad Cornhuskers.
Instead in KRVN null at 0152 UT a song in English, ``What a wonderful time of the year`` left over from Xmas; suspect KHAC Tse Bonito NM, so I compare USB to LSB on the DX-398, and yes, it`s not on LSB; network news headlines at 0155, also habitual of KHAC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1040, Jan 31 at 1901 UT, just as I tune in, 10-second pause for ID during Iowa BKB SBG, timed perfectly: WHO Des Moines: 687 km = 427 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1060, Jan 31 at 1912 UT, discussion of abortion. No doubt KRCN Longmont CO, just this month born again from biz to Catholic (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1100, Feb 1 at 1326 UT, outro `Focus on the Family`, promo another show at 2 pm ``on all-Christian Radio, KDRY, K-dry``. It`s 11/1 kW U2 from Alamo Heights (San Antonio) TX, per NRC AM Log, ``All-teaching Christian Radio``. I suppose I should add this one to the possibilities I am hearing on midday skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1120, Jan 30 at 1921 UT, KEOR Tulsa/Catoosa/Sperry is *still* open carrier dead air, but KMOX St Louis can be heard under it. That takes skywave over poor-conductivity Ozarx (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1120, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, KMOX under KEOR Tulsa = still open carrier/dead air (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1200, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, SAH from two weak stations; WRTO Chicago could be one if in Spanish, but at 1913 UT talk show from Texas is in English, so WOAI San Antonio. Nice also to be getting skywave from the south where the sun is of course higher than from the north. City to city: 778 km = 484 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1200, Feb 5 at 1923 UT, weak station in English must be WOAI San Antonio (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1280, Feb 4 at 1347 UT, after our sunrise 1331 UT, I manage to null semi-local KSOK Ark City KS music enough to hear a Fox Sports Radio ID. None likely in the NRC AM Log, but FSR affiliate list includes WODT New Orleans, which the log has as ESPND = Spanish ESPN.
Wikipedia confirms the change: ``On September 4, 2012, the station flipped to the syndicated ESPN Deportes format. On September 15, 2014 WODT switched from ESPN Deportes Spanish sports to sports with programming from Fox Sports Radio``. The other FSR 1280 stations are in IL, MA, NY, OH, PA, SC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1300+, Feb 4 at 1349 UT, looping N/S, song by kids, 1351 ID as ``96.1 KICA``, more music. Makes fast SAH since it`s slightly on the hi side of 1300. Can`t be KICA which is in Clovis NM, so what sounds like it? This must be it: KBRL, McCook NE, with sibling station KICX 96.1. KBRL is still ``The Big Talker`` per website and FB,
https://www.facebook.com/pages/1300-KBRL-The-Big-Talker/113386725518970
but apparently at this particular time was simulcasting 96.1 KICX. Group site is http://www.highplainsradio.net/ where there is no link to a KBRL page except FB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1370, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, still no sign of KGNO Dodge City KS, which Frosty Osborn, closer in Hooker OK, also has trouble hearing; believed to be off or severely ailing. Altho out here local 1390 KCRC is still causing some desensitization 20 kHz away (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1480, Jan 30 at 1410 UT, music, into YL with news headlines, weather from Newschannel 3, several IDs as ``AM 14-80 WBBP``, atop the CCI; this time employing the FRG-7 with east-west longwire mainly for SW. WBBP is in Memphis TN, day power 5 kW ND, format UC:GOS per NRC AM Log. Radio-locator puts the site cross SW of Memphis bullseye but still east of the River, i.e. really in TN. It`s over a semihour past local sunrise here in Enid, yet upper-band skywave still in from the east; in fact, WLAC 1510 Nashville ID still audible at 1427 UT vs the het from Independence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1530, Feb 2 at 0038 UT on caradio, a silly ballgame has almost reached halftime in Spanish, local break on Univisión América, so presumed KGBT Harlingen TX, 50/10 kW U2, despite a nite pattern with SW and SE wings and a deep null to the north. Very few English versions are to be heard across the band, but WOAI 1200 San Antonio has it; cost must be astronomical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1540, Jan 30 at 1925 UT, ``1540 KXEL`` ID from Waterloo IA, poor with SAH, but definitely there by skywave already, during 50 kW ND pattern. Otherstation probably Kansas (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1550, Jan 31 at 1929 UT, ``News Radio 15-50, KKLE, Winfield`` [KS] and singing ID ``KKLE``, last letter raised pitch, 1930 UT into SRN News; is that the best they can do for news? No mention now of 1130 KLEY with which it is allegedly //. 250-watt KKLE is not far, always audible on daytime GW mixing with 2.5 kW KYAL, Sapulpa OK (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1640, Feb 4 at 0627 UT, KZLS Enid is open carrier/dead air, so when nulled, WTNI Biloxi sportstalk is as usual dominant, along with unID CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1660, Feb 1 at 0137 UT ``ESPN Central Texas`` ID, which means KRZI Waco, as confirmed in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1670, Jan 31 at 1850 UT, algo with sportstalk. Has to be WOZN Madison WI. As soon as I am parked at prime spot, monitor this further; at 1854 UT, CBS Sportsradio, which fits for WOZN. 1038 km = 645 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1670+, Feb 1 at 0136 UT, WOZN Madison WI has a fast SAH from something, and compared to neighboring channels, it`s WOZN which is off-frequency to the hi side. There are only 4 other North Americans on 1670, in CA, CA, GA and QC. That makes WPLA Dry Branch (Macon) GA the most likely beater, a Fox Sports outlet yet to be logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1680, Jan 30 at 1418 UT, C&W music, two live DJs discuss event in Mississippi, 1422 UT mattress ad ``right here in Monroe, tell them ---- from K-104 sent you`` [for a kickback? {er, I mean, commission}]. K-104 refers to 104.1, KJLO-FM, 97 kW in Monroe LA, so must be simulcast now with 1680 KRJO, mentioned as such neither in the WTFDA FM database nor in the NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1690, Jan 30 at 1927 UT, sounds like Disney music, and YL announcer at 1928 UT giving a phone number including 7056. Would that be R. Disney 800 number? It`s not the individual phone of KDDZ Arvada CO as in NRC AM Log, nor would I expect talker WVON Chicago to be doing this unless the music was just a break/liner.
Aha, finally found on R. Disney website this: ``Radio Disney offers several forms of contest / sweepstakes: Call-In: The Radio Disney toll - free phone number for call - in entries is 1 - 877 - 870 - 5678. Changes to the toll - free number will be announced on - air.`` So it`s KDDZ which hasn`t been sold yet. Of course, it has to be skywave at this daypart and distance at top end (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1690, Jan 31 at 1931 UT, Disney-type music which was not audible earlier, no doubt KDDZ Arvada (Denver) CO again like yesterday.
Now only one hour after noon LMT. With that I wrap it up and head home. The skywave DX has been much steadier than at night, but not constant, still subject to fades in and out. Much less interference now to combat. But several OKC, Tulsa and of course Enid frequencies are so strong that no DX is possible adjacently; at least not without nulling capability on the caradio which is much more sensitive than the DX-398 auxiliary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1759, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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UNIDENTIFIED. 760, Jan 30 at 1917 UT, KCCV Overland Park/Kansas City religion has unID CCI. Could it be 50 kW non-direxional WJR Detroit? 50 kW KKZN Thornton (Denver) is half as far, but day pattern westward, null eastward, and rare here at any time. Arkansas station unlikely on GW, poor conductivity that way. During midday skywave DX opening definitely from as far as Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 760, Jan 31 at 1807 UT, CCI again with religion atop, no doubt KCCV Overland Park KS. Too much of that to tell whether the understation is WJR Detroit, which would be very nice at 1435 km - 891 miles (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Jan 31 at 0130 UT, as local KGWA is covering a silly ballgame, I find I can null it very precisely with the DX-398 flat on an easel, to hear a musical station also making a fast SAH. Slow romantic song by YL in English, maybe Celine Dion but not her titanic hit; 0132 & 0137 segúes, classic rock, all at slow pace. KGWA SBG includes long pauses which help; must not be much of a crowd at the game. I hope for an ID at 0200 UT from the understation, but it`s XEK in Spanish: see MEXICO, immediately followed by a PSA for veterans by American Legion in English: hard to believe it was from the same station, altho possibly XEK was playing tunes in English like some Mexicans do (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1000, Jan 30 at 1919 UT, KTOK OKC, talker is strong as usual, but I can hear something under it, unusual. Since Chicago is in on 670 & 720, I suspect WMVP, which has a lopsided day pattern favoring east, but considerable west too. There`s nothing on 1000 between here and Chicago. Sioux Falls beams NW away from us (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1000, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, weak CCI barely, under KTOK, so WMVP Chicago? (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, Jan 30 at 1920 UT, Rush. Certainly not my closest, KKLL Webb City (Joplin) MO which is religious and barely reaches on GW. NRC AM Log shows him on three 50 kW ND stations: WTAM Cleveland OH, KNZZ Grand Junxion CO, and WZFG Dilworth MN (Fargo). My first choice would be WTAM, city to city 1509 km or 938 miles. All three stations` websites confirm Rush still on live, the other two with super-patriotic hype branding (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, fast SAH is JBA, so OH/CO/MN and/or MO GW? (Glenn Hauser, caradio at powerless kitefield in Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1100, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, 2- or 3-way SAH; 1900 UT, YL news atop. Can`t get a local reference but maybe WTAM Cleveland if not KNZZ Grand Junxion or WZFG Fargo [non]; or all three (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1250, Jan 31 at 1927 UT, English talk show, soon fading vs Spanish music, the latter surely KYYS Kansas City KS, La X, La Super Estación. Of the nearest ones in NRC AM Log, IA, NE and TX are musical, while AR MO and TX are talkative of some sort. Too many possibilities (Glenn Hauser, caradio, DXpedition hotspot near Carrier OK, NW of Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1680, Feb 4 at 0625 UT, weak talk station is making fast SAH with KRJO Monroe LA in music. The unID loops further north, or counterclockwise. Likely either WOKB in FL or WPRR in MI, rather than WTTM in NJ, KNTS in WA or KGED in CA, altho I have pulled KGED before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2660+, Feb 3 at 1237 UT, very poor signal, music barely audible, and can`t tell what kind; should be religious from KGLD, 1330 in Tyler TX as presumed still radiating a bit on its second harmonic. 1245 UT seems to switch to talk. Listening again from before 1300 UT past 1303 UT but can`t hear any signal boost at official Feb sunrise when it should double power from 500 PSRA to 1000 watts full daytime power. Still detectable at 1313 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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