[IRCA] MW DX from Enid OK, October 25, 2010

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. MW log editors are welcome to excerpt items, reformat and change to favorite timezone if necessary. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; some caradio as specified; above 2 MHz on FRG-7 with 110-foot east-west longwire.
 
** MEXICO. Circa sunrise MW DX Oct 25 on DX-398, internal antenna:

540, Oct 25 at 1158, Ejército y Fuerza Aérea PSA from government, W Radio promos, 1200 into local San Luís Potosí news by YL; from XEWA.

620, Oct 25 at 1205 after long orchestral NA, sign-on by XEBU, Chihuahua mentioning 10 mil watts.

700, Oct 25 at 1243, several mentions of phone 52-3-13-13, ``aquí en Ciudad Parral``, and hours it may be called, street address, mentions astrology. Same station I heard Oct 17, XEGD, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, with ``Consejos para un mejor vivir``.

1100, Oct 25 at 1217, some ranchera music audible only with KFAB IBOC nulled. XENAS, Navojoa, Sonora looks best bet (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3160, WPJK x 2, SC, again late signing on, Oct 25: Nothing there at 1127-1133. Retune at 1139 and now they are in sign-on message, 1140 train whistling and gospel music. Poor reception today with storm noise level probably from Alabama/Georgia area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 720, KDWN Las Vegas NV, Oct 25 at *1244:40 UT again cuts onto day pattern an hour too early, amid Heidi Harris telling how to vote on state questions, 1246 to traffic report; 1253 had faded down but soon back up.

790, Oct 25 at 1248 UT, KNST Tucson AZ again dominating over KFYO Lubbock TX and anything else, with ID, news, 1251 Wall Street Journal This Morning.

860, KOAM lives! Oct 25 after CBS News ended with kicker about Bullwinkle, at 1210 UT I was surprised to hear a ``KOAM News Update``, mentioning ``the four states``, stories from Joplin, Neosho, Pittsburg, KOAM mentioned a couple more times, but at 1212 transformed into ``Classic Country AM 860, KKOW``, music. 

KOAM [Kansas/Oklahoma/Arkansas/Missouri] was the original call on 860, Pittsburg KS. Still applies to TV station on 13, with a CP to move back to original 7 and increase power. Not to any FM station, let alone AM 860. So apparently the TV station supplies the local news bits to KKOW, whether or not they are still commonly owned.

880, Oct 25 at 1247 UT, preacher in English from east/west, certainly not KRVN. Could be KLRG Sheridan AR 50 kW, but NRC AM Log has that as talk. Could also be KHAC Tse Bonito NM = Window Rock AZ, which is religious plus Navajo. After all, I am also getting KDWN 720 Las Vegas NV, but it`s also before sunrise in TB/WR, so should be on 430 watt night power instead of 10 kW day, nondirexional at all times.

920, Oct 25 at 1234 UT, lo-key single announcer with local Utah news dominating frequency, traffic accident, Uinta and adjacent Duchesne county unemployment rates; 1236 ``AM 920 KVEL News-Talk``, ad. KVEL is in Vernal, NE corner of state, dinosaur country. NRC AM Log says 5/1 kW, mentions no PSRA, but this is well before sunrise there. NRC Pattern Book shows night has major lobe to the NE, very minor one sort of toward us, while daytime is non-direxional. I bet it was really the latter.

1430, Oct 25 at 1354 UT, ``Studio 1430`` acknowledges a listener in Germany (presumably webcast), from NW/SE, then ``The Man in My Girl`s Life`` song involving speaking more than singing; SAH of about 10 Hz but dominating channel despite two OK 1430s, more than an hour after LSR here. It`s also after sunrise there which in October is 1315 UT; November 1345. Night pattern goes slightly east of north; daytime nondirexional. 1359 mentioning non-smokers dying in Nebraska; 1400 CNN News; 1403, 8:03 timecheck in the ``Breakfast Club``, local headlines mentioning Denver. So this is KEZW, COL suburb Aurora, with format, news network and slogan all corresponding to info in NRC AM Log also headquartered there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP MW carrier search Oct 25: around 1155 UT looked for 747 and 774 from Japan, but not. A bit better in fuller scan 1221 downward in LSB mode: 1098, 774, 747, 738; 1223 upward in USB mode: 747 774, 828, 1098, 1116 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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