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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 19-25, 2016

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All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 UT period to the previous date by ELT].

Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 with E-W longwire; FRG-7 with NW-SE shortwire

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/page44

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

** CANADA. 1610, Feb 25 at 0459 UT, announcement in Spanish over PMS Anguilla, and 0500 UT `O, Canada` national anthem, i.e. CHHA, Voces Latinas, Toronto. Do any other or all Canadians play NA at local midnite? I haven`t noticed it before, certainly not from CBC; optional unlike Mexico? Getting the new 1610 in Montreal past CHHA will be tough here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Feb 19 at 0141 UT, praise music in Spanish owns frequency, i.e. 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM still not nulling toward KDKA; but there is also a heavy SAH of 2.5 Hz, with DF fitting for my semi-local KOKP Perry OK. I conclude that KOKP is in dead air instead of Triple-Play Sports. 

Listening further, I hear a weak country(?) music station which seems to be close to the KOKP direxion. Not that many 1020s in the USA, and format unmatches any of them, near or far, in NRC AM Log. DF is no good for Mexico either. Maybe it was really one of the three Cubans in WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Feb 20 at 1750 UT on caradio, very poor signal from KGYN Guymon on groundwave. IIRC it used to be better, so continue to suspect something is amiss, like power lowered from 10 kW, or sticking to night pattern in day, nulling toward Philadelphia and us; it used to be the other way round, ND day pattern at night, when I don`t hear much from it either now (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 1080+, Feb 24 at 0713 UT, country music is ripping up KRLD Dallas talk, loops NW/SE, and only by nulling this can I get KRLD more or less clear from the SSE. Can`t be anything but KSLL Price UT, 10 kW daytimer! once again on air at night. Listed as Rock/OLD, so maybe crossing over a bit. It`s also slightly off frequency to the hi side making fast SAH with KRLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, Feb 25 at 0534 UT, C&W music vs KRLD Dallas, i.e. KSLL Price UT, 10 kW non-direxional daytimer still funxioning 24h. Does KRLD care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1370, after rehearing 1380 KRCM on day power, I find something else interesting a channel below (other than nearest KGNO Dodge City KS, which I NEVER hear, day or night --- is it really active?) --- Feb 24 at 0706 UT, ID for KCRV and KCRVradio.com, country music on ``AM 1370 KCRV``, loops east-west. It`s Caruthersville MO, right on the Mississippi River across from TN in the extreme SE corner, address in Kennett further west, 1000/63 watts U1 = always non-direxional, per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1380, Feb 21 at 0456 UT, Spanish gospel music is dominant, and on LSB plenty strong not to be splashed by local ESPN 1390 KCRC. Soon Spanish promo for new customers on ``la nueva estaciÃn de Radio Aleluya, 1590-AM``, address 1600 Pasadena Blvd, Pasadena TX 77562, phone 713-589-1336 during business hours 8-6 l-v, 9-6 sÃbado, concluding with ``aÃn no hemos dicho nada`` (we haven`t said anything yet --- ??). Then ad still in Spanish for church services in English! Jueves a 7:30 at La Iglesia del Pueblo in Pasadena, 713-920-1840. 0500 UT illegal ID ONLY for ``KMIC [letters in English], Houston, 15-90 AM, Radio Aleluya``. Then into ranchera style music but must be religious.

Nothing said on 1380 about 1380! Which is really KRCM, Shenandoah TX, 2800/60 watts U1 and this was no 60 watts! Or application for 22000/43 U5, per NRC AM Log, which already had this as a R. Aleluya as of last August, at same Pasadena address as announced above. Shenandoah is a Houston suburb to the north along I-45 closer to Conroe, not necessarily correlating with transmitter site.

At 0500 UT Feb 21, I check 1590 anyway and don`t hear enough for a // in the mush, but there is a persistent LAH from about 1589.95 --- what`s that? The 1590 5/5 kW night pattern is SE into the Gulf: KMIC calls are a holdover from R. Disney, previous occupant (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1380, Feb 23 at 0237 UT, station with ranchera hymn is dominating again, like the non-identifying KRCM Shenandoah TX, relaying KMIC 1590 Pasadena/Houston, as logged two nights ago, obviously still on 2.8 kW ND day facility if not the 22 kW day direxional applied for (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re 1380, KRCM, Shenandoah TX, now heard twice with strong dominant signal at night, the info that it had an application for 22 kW was from the NRC AM Log as of last summer. Checking current FCC AM Query, we see now they already are LICENSED for 22 kW day power, 50 watts (ha, ha) night power:

https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=14228

The pdf pattern plot is 404, but the data shows:
https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&hpat=2&facid=14228

major lobe is to the north and east; minimum to the WSW. Not only are they licensed for 22/0.05 kW, but also have an application for 22/0.043 kW. This involves a transmitter site change at night only.

Currently licensed day and night at
30Â 07' 40.00" N Latitude      Power: 22.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime 
95Â 57' 35.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
with different patterns day and night.

Day site would stay same, but new night site app would be quite moved:
29Â 39' 54.00" N Latitude      Power:  0.043 kilowatts (kW) Nighttime 
95Â 45' 28.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
and non-direxional

However, if they are going to run 22 kW at night, why bother with a new 43-watt night-only site presumably closer to the target area? DAIJ Media, LLC, licensee of KRCM, obviously has no respect for the rules, not bothering to ID legally either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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Hopefully this is not OCY4U again, received at 0710 this morning; cheers (David Hamilton, Scotland(?), Feb 22, RealDX yg via DXLD)

Hi David, at the beginning of your clip "la nueva estaciÃn en la familia de Radio Aleluya". It's KRCM Shenandoah TX, at 26" they announce the frequency 15-90 AM (KMIC) 73/ (Valter Comuzzi, Italy(?), ibid.)

Many thanks; I think this is a new one for me cheers (David, ibid.)

I would settle for OCY4U; then I posted my info above as TROTS (gh)

** U S A. 1380, Feb 24 at 0658 UT, same Spanish ad for Iglesia del Pueblo on Pasadena Blvd., as I have heard before from KRCM Shenandoah TX, so I keep tuned to hear if they will finally legally ID? NO, at 0659 UT, ID ONLY for KMIC 1590; 0700 UT into Spanish hymn. I check 1590 a minute later, and nothing directly from that. KRCM is still dominating 1380 here, enough to squeeze past local 1390 KCRC.

KRCM emitting new 22 kW day power toward the northeast at night allowed David Hamilton, UK, to DX it Feb 22 at 0710, as he inquired of RealDX, hoping it wasn`t merely the Peruvian again (I would settle for that!). Rodney Johnson, NV, points out:

``I too have been noticing that the "Electric Field Strength pattern plot PDF"
https://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/mb/databases/AM_DA_patterns/1614981-123098.pdf
from the main Query Result page is almost always 404. However when you click the "Pattern Data for KRCM" link 
https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&hpat=2&facid=14228
and go to the bottom of the data table you will see an "Electric Field Strength pattern plot (PDF)" [identical] link that usually works!
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1614981-123098.pdf
Only for directional arrays of course. It appears they have a big wide lobe centering on 30Â in daytime and a single tower omnidirectional at night --- supposedly! 73s --Rodney`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1380, Feb 25 at 0459 UT, usual plug for Iglesia del Pueblo on Pasadena Blvd., and usual ID ONLY for KMIC 1590 Houston, R. Aleluya, really via KRCM Shenandoah TX, obviously still running its 22 kW day power on north/eastward pattern, breaking three regulations at once (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Feb 20 at 0126 UT, dominant signal playing Christian hymn by full orchestra, loops NW/SE, soon announcement for 58 degrees in Colorado Springs, time 6:27; Vonage ad read by local announcer, then ones for healthmerchant.net and grasshopper.com phone systems; YL ID: ``Thank you for listening to the all-new AM 1580, KFCS, Colorado Springs-Pueblo; now on with the music`` and 0130 UT into a hymn on piano. 

The all-old KFCS had an oldies/shopping format per NRC AM Log. No echo as Larry Godwin, MT, was reporting Jan 18 at 0130 UT making him wonder if there were transmitters in both cities? If so, unknown to FCC AM Query showing licensed to same single site, day and night, 10/0.14 kW, both non-direxional. It`s obviously on 10 kW day power now, despite official Feb sunset an hour earlier at 0030 UT! (March: 0100 UT). I can remember when the 1580 in C.S. was KPIK (until 1987y). After several more changes, it only became KFCS last May. Koming From Colorado Springs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

With multiple radical format changes in the past year, I would tend to
assume it stands for "Kan't Find Commercial Sponsors..." 73 (Tim Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 20 at 0134 UT, the warbling is still weakly audible, and KSTP is not too strong, so another attempt to DF it. It now seems a couple degrees above due east. In case there is something in the shack skewing the ferrite in the DX-398, I then go outside to the yard and the street, but get the same results. This has been narrowed down to three possibilities, the little stations in NW KY, SE MO, and NW TN. Closest to due east is WPOT Trenton TN, 250/6 watts; slightly CCW is the nearest, KDFN Doniphan MO, 1000/0 watts; slightly more CCW is the farthest, WMJL Marion KY, 175/0 watts. Still need someone to visit one or three of these towns at night, as we are too close to the margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Nothing from the blues music 1500 station at first, but at 0148 UT Feb 20, there it is, NW/SE, continuing to be assumed as KCLF New Roads LA, 1000/0, or if CP is on, 850/18 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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