[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 15-21, 2013

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 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/page15
       
These logs are in four sexions, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified, separated by ======= Within each, they are in frequency order

** U S A. 940, Nov 21 at 1116 UT as I tune in, WMIX ID, mention http://www.beyondtheelevator.org about soybeans at 1118. (Without the www you get a blank page, but not an Unfound.) This is Mount Vernon IL, should still be on night pattern east-west, which altho 1.5 kW instead of 5 kW day power, is more favorable for us than day pattern north-south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, Nov 20 I did not check at 0600-0605 UT for the KGWA Fox-Hole, but at 0656 find KGWA is now in dead air, which lasts until  non-Fox hole news cuts back on at 0700, and just before that I get a clear ID for KMA 960 and KMA-FM 99.1, Shenandoah IA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1100, Nov 15 at 1329 UT, 210-area code ad, ``AM 1100 KDRY, K-dry, 50 years of broadcasting``. Next program sponsored by Living on the Edge; 1330 only a rumbling noise, maybe else during fade, as 1331 back up citing Philippians I: 27-30 which somehow leads to a football analogy. 

KDRY is 11000/1000 U2 in Alamo Heights (San Antonio) TX. Thought there might have been a break for switch from night to day power and pattern, but official November sunrise was already at 1300 UT. New NRC Pattern Book 2013 shows non-direxional circular day and night, but FCC AM Query shows night pattern is cardioid with deep null to the NE and very little northward toward me; anyhow it would be on ND day by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, Sunday Nov 17 at 1322 UT, `cello playing classical piece accompanied by organ much in the background, no announcement IDing the music, then into full organ & choir, ``Praise God from whom all blessings flow``. Initially VG signal fades out by 1330. The only way most commercial stations will ever play ---ugh!--- classical music is if it is part of a paid church broadcast. WOAI schedule shows First Presbyterian Church Sundays at 7-8 am CST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1200, Thursday Nov 21 at 0623 UT, I continue to seek stations with WOAI nulled as much as possible: YL jazz singer in English with ``Devil and the Deep Blue Sea``, then segués past 0629 sound like same singer. Makes SAH of 248/minute with WOAI = 4.13 Hz. I figure jazz per se would be a hard format to match, but NRC AM Log does have this and nothing else jazzy on 1200 altho WAMB Nashville is allegedly NOStalgic:
``1200 WCHB Taylor (Detroit) MI U4 50000/15000, UC:TLK/JAZ.``
This is sounding familiar; ah yes, my log of almost three months ago: 

``1200, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0524, somestation is giving WOAI a 
run for its money, and it`s playing jazz! YL scat-singing at the 
moment, best with WOAI nulled, making a fast SAH, but its own null 
indicates direxion ENE/WSW. Fading down by 0530.

Last year`s NRC AM Log shows one station on 1200 has a subsidiary Jaz 
format! WCHB in Taylor MI, 50/15 kW U4, which is mainly news/talk, but 
their website http://wchbnewsdetroit.com/schedule/ confirms ``Smooth 
Jazz`` Sat 6 pm to Sun 7 am, and also Sun 6 pm to 12 am [EDT = UT -4] 
and the DF fits. Due to the rarity of this format on commercial radio, 
I am tempted to claim a definite log rather than tentative. Doesn`t 
really matter since I am not counting stations. Night pattern of WCHB 
supposedly throws everything somewhat east of due north; day pattern 
also but broader (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1685, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)``

Since this is not a weekend, rechecking the schedule finds also `Smooth Jazz` from 10 pm Wed to 6 am Thu [EST = 03-11 UT Thu, and probably other weeknights] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1220, Nov 21 at 1123 UT, country music segués past 1130; loops ENE/WSW, handily avoiding the off-frequency Texan het. Presumed still WSLM Salem IN as previously heard, running 5 kW day pattern instead of 82 watts night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. Olá, Brasileiros, acham que este sinal venha do Brasil? 1200 kHz, e qual é?

This evening I had some (Brazilian) Portuguese on 1200 at 0124 UT November 15; with WOAI nulled, which must have been in a fade as it gradually took over again. It`s all talk, first a man mentioning ``espiritual`` and then a woman talking as the QRM grows. 

The first Brazilian I think of is R. Cultura, São Paulo, or rather Cultura Brasil as it is now known, but it should be mostly music. It`s 100 kW but only 20 kW at night; and there are five others of lower powers.

CJRJ in Vancouver is multi-cultural, but mostly Punjabi and apparently no Portuguese per their schedule. A few Spanish in the US such as WJUA (ex-WINK) in Florida, Mexican music, and WRTO in Chicago, Univisión, but hard to imagine them slipping into Portuguese.

This was not ``Portunhol`` -- the Davi Miranda wacko preaching which is a mixture of languages, heard on many SW stations. 

There are several Mexicans on 1200, but again why would they have anything in Portuguese, or why would anything outside of Brasil?

Could there be some other ethnic and/or religious station in the USA?

Here`s my clip; please listen and offer any suggestions. It`s best at the first but after two minutes, can only be heard under WOAI.
http://www.w4uvh.net/1200Braz.rm

You`ll note a subaudible heterodyne of almost 4 Hz against WOAI in case that helps to ID it. Surprised to see WOAI at 36 Hz hi as of September 15, 2013 in mwoffsets. Only Brazilian listed there is Fortaleza, 7 Hz lo. Please copy directly to me as well as list reply. Tnx. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, USA, to several MW lists, via DXLD)

Only replies so far are these, via the radioescutas yg:

``Hello Glen[n], the radio that you received is from Brazil, the accent of the speaker is in northeastern Brazil, I think it is the radio club Fortaleza Ceará 1200 kHz
http://www.radioclubece.com.br/
73's Fran - São Paulo - Brasil``

``Glenn, Something makes me think this is not from Brazil. The "sound" and kind of fading takes more to a middle range signal. I think the man talking is a Brazilian, yes, but sounds as he is trying to talk to a Spanish language audience (final Ls in espiritual, "de la noche" etc.). I agree with you this is not the Davi Miranda "portunhol``, but is something similar. Hope you can find the solution. Rocco Cotroneo, Rio de Janeiro``

``Hi Glenn! To me it seems like a Brazilian man trying to speak in Spanish and it seems like a program from churches like "Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus" (IURD) or  David Miranda's Church "Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor" (IPDA).

I found this link with a list of Brazilian MW stations:
http://www.s2audio.com.br/ondas_medias_brasil/om_brasil_910_1300khz.html
I hope to help you and sorry my English! (Davi Lucas Pinto de Sousa, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, Nov 15`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I can’t even hear 1200 CJRJ Vancouver in Boise (Bill Frahm, Nov 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must be a rare Canadian axually running its DA pattern, day and night cardioid, deep null toward Boise and Enid (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1200, Nov 15 at 0650 UT, another check with WOAI nulled, after hearing Portuguese earlier: now it`s a YL jazz singer in English, making SAH of 150/minute = 2.5 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1200, Nov 16 at 0103 UT, I am again looking for the Brazilian talk with WOAI nulled (which Rocco Cotroneo in Rio suggests may have been a Brazilian trying to sound like Spanish; and that the signal seems like it is too close for Brasil. I must agree, as I also checked 1220 and 1100, both nights and did not find any signs of Brasil.) 

Now there is a song but can`t be sure of language; 0106 tape fast-forwarding, sound-effect? Strange. This makes a 200/minute SAH with WOAI, 3.33 Hz, less than the <4 Hz I was getting 24 hours earlier, but more than the other WOAI-nulled station I had at 0650, 2.5 Hz. Of course one or more of them could vary, but unlikely; 

BTW, WOAI is certainly not 36 Hz hi as in mwoffsetts, but close to, within a very few Hz of 1200.000 as compared to other 10-kHz channel stations above and below. BTW2, WOAI never seems to be running IBOC noise any more, unless in complete daytime, tho it`s still shown as fully active here:
http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
Wasn`t WOAI one of the ``HD`` pioneers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Nov 20 at 0105 UT, with WOAI nulled, I am getting somestation in Spanish, mentions ``La Raza``, which hints it is US, not Mexican, YL announcer for a while, before WOAI fades back up. I continue to check this most nights in hopes of hearing the Brazilian Portuguesish as once before, but which was probably not all the way from ZYland (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

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