[IRCA] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, December 14-20, 2012

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio 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, rest of USA, unidentified, separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** CANADA. Re my previous log of 750, CKJH, Melfort, Sask., I said ``25/25 kW U3, i.e. non-directional day and all-north at night; yeah, sure`` and David Yocis replied, ``Glenn, "U3" means directional with same pattern day and night``

So it does; but I was also referencing the NRC Pattern Book of 2005 which at that time showed ND Day, Dir-North at night. In any event, at the time heard, should have been on night pattern, but more likely non-direxional (Glenn Hauser)

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** U S A. 880, Dec 14 at 1404 UT, no signal today from KLRG 50 kW in next state AR when I wanted to hear `Canada Calling` like 24 hours earlier; instead KRVN NE is dominant and in its null only some weak music, probably KHAC AZ/NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED 880

** U S A. 900, Dec 20 at 1402 UT, CBS News, in E/W null of KSGL Wichita gospel huxter; based on listings in the NRC AM Log, and proximity, the only possibility is KHOZ in Harrison AR, now on non-direxional 1 kW day power. Naturally losing it by 1406 when there might have been something local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, UT Friday Dec 14 at 0600-0605 UT, KGWA Enid provides another dead-air break, during which the dominant understation this time has ABC News, which I always assume is KMA Shenandoah IA. KGWA continues to be sporadic, silent most midnites, but occasionally plugged with Fox `News` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, Dec 16 at 0602, ABC News with echo, so presumably KMA IA and WERC AL (unless WERC is no longer with ABC, as someone reported them with Fox `news` at some other hour). 0602 was the first commercial break, but it was a PSA for Habitat for Humanity, so ABC could not sell this spot; during local KGWA Enid dead-air pause (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 960, Dec 20 at 0600-0605 UT during another Fox-hole from local KGWA Enid, with its dead-air carrier nulled as much as possible, a mix of ABC News, ABC News slightly echoing against the first one, blues music, and Mexican music. The last two probably WABG in Mississippi, and XEK Nuevo Laredo; the first ABC, KMA in Iowa. 

I had previously figured that WERC in Alabama was the most likely second ABC station, as listed in the NRC AM Log, but Kevin Redding in TN says WERC is now running Fox news. So I look thru the NRC Log again; altho there are a few ABC affiliates in further reaches of the US, with 2-digit watt night power, the most likely one I am getting is KNEB in Scottsbluff NE, with 350 watts night, and NRC Pattern Book 2005 showed at night it`s a N/S figure-8, meaning some signal should be coming our way to the SE thru KGWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Dec 14 at 1407 UT, Spanish opening ``el mejor informativo de los Estados Unidos``. Probably 10 kW, non-direxional daytimer KXPL El Paso TX, as would not expect Spanish gospel-huxter KIJN Farwell TX to be broadcasting news, tho a fast SAH revealed its presence too. Official FCC sunrise for KXPL in Dec and Jan is 1400 UT. 

It also has a PSRA of 150 watts starting at 1300 UT in Dec & Feb, the limiting station being ``XENVA2`` but in Jan reduced to only 8 watts due to XEEP. These NVA entries in FCC database are not real calls, but mean `new` station, i.e. not necessarily anything really on the air. Does this mean SCT will never assign a real callsign XENVA to anystation? There are a few other SS on 1060 in the USA, but at this time, KXPL is most likely and the only one in NRC AM Log with NWS/TLK format.

BTW, I`ve read that there is a movement in Mexico to eliminate ``Estados Unidos`` from the official name of that country, which was adopted long ago to match the other United States country abutting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Dec 17 at 1235 UT, KIJN Farwell TX on NM border, gospel huxter in Spanish with shall we say, Chicano accent, mentions ``en el nombre de Jesús``, which is what the call letters mean in English, and introducing ``Noticiero Semanal desde Jerusalén`` in good Spanish; so KIJN does have ``news`` after all, as long as it is from the future. Usual more than sufficient signal before local sunrise, and making fast-ripple SAH with whatever else on 1060 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1330, Dec 14 at 1346 UT, KNSS Wichita KS and KCKM Monahans TX are making fast SAH slightly more than the one on 1480. KCKM was going from country music to local ad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1350, Dec 19 at 1402 UT, CBS News, but only one minute, 1403 optional cutaway employed by KMAN Manhattan KS which just can`t wait to get on with local news; briefly atop channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Dec 14 at 0050 UT on caradio, fast SAH again like before with KBXD vs other stations, so my previous comment about their moving closer to 1480 appears incorrect (unless it varies, unlikely). The 1.47 Hz SAH I computed Dec 13 at 1420 UT may have happened to be beating with something other than KQAM, which was closer to KBXD.

Next morning around 1338 UT I again find the fast SAH of 10-12 Hz on 1480, but KQAM is dominating for a change. KBXD is unusually weak; on reduced power? Domestic MW propagation is strange this morning, much inferior to yesterday morning, despite trans-Pacific carriers being audible; see UNIDENTIFIED. At 1412, on 10 kHz DX-398 steps with BFO, KQAM pitch matches adjacent frequencies so I continue to think KBXD is the one that is slightly off. Next time it is dominant I will try the same thing with it and maybe determine whether it is plus or minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1480, Dec 19 at 1405 UT, paranoid preacher on Tru News show who claims we aren`t getting the real story from mainstream media and things are much worse than they seem. Again mentions at 1410 expanding audience as now covering N Texas and as far as Stillwater OK on 1480 --- this is KBXD Dallas --- and also on four SW frequencies. I estimate the SAH as about 7 Hz, and on the low side compared to BFO pitches of neighboring frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Dec 20 at 1358 UT, open carrier from the E/W, zero-beat with KRVN Nebraska to the north; only evident by the loss of KRVN modulation when that is nulled and the signal meter still with several bars on the DX-398. Still OC past 1400. Suspect it`s KLRG 50 kW in Arkansas, then fading, instead of `Canada Calling` from the WTAN network as previously heard at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 970, UT Sunday Dec 16 at 0605, trying again to ID the station with oldtime radio as heard 168 hours ago: it`s there but this week with very heavy QRM. Mentions ``classic radio``, but starts with current report from Hollywood about Beyoncé, of all things. It seems that `Radio Classics` is the 24/7 SiriusXM 82 version by the same entrepreneur as `When Radio Was`, Greg Bell; packed schedules here
http://gregbellmedia.com/ShowSchedules.html
for those who can`t get enough, but no affiliate list found, if there are any at ground level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 970, Dec 17 at 0606 UT, local ad with phone 493-4050, no area code; Google points to LFM car repair in Louisville KY, so WGTK is a good bet there. Whatever became of WAVE, an ideal radio-station call with their sine-wave logo? Ha, FCC shows that call ended on Nov 1, 1981, and there were two others before WGTK since August 9, 2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1310, Dec 18 at 1354 UT, still trying to ID KKNS Corrales NM: at first dominant is KZRG Joplin MO mentioning Route 66 in English, but it soon fades leaving weak music in Spanish, not enough to hear any ID around 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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