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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 14-20, 2014

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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/page28

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. 910, Nov 16 at 0600-0607 UT, slanted SRN News, with optional cutaways every couple of minutes, but this station stays with it for 7 minutes, followed by YL with local weather forecast including snow [and it has been snowing in Enid this morning for the first time this season], and finally KVIS ID. The signal was really dominant at first. Not always so, despite the day & night 1 kW patterns from Miamuh slightly CCW from east/west aiming right at us. NRC AM Log 2014 does not have it as an SRN affiliate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, Nov 15 at 0600-0605 UT, local KGWA Enid is still sometimes going to 5 minutes of dead air at local midnight, i.e. a `Fox-hole` of no Fox news, thus unwittingly facilitating DX. I hadn`t checked this in quite a while, but tonight I can`t recognize anything with the remaining carrier tightly nulled, except there is a fast SAH of approx. 10 Hz, but no commensurate modulation --- some other station with dead air?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. Cheater-check Nov 15 at 0709-0711 UT:
660, KTNN Window Rock AZ is *not* heard for a change, but something weak in Spanish

750, KAMA El Paso TX is still owning the frequency instead of WSB, Spanish talk from Univisión América

880-CUSB, KHAC Tse Bonito NM, still on 10 kW ND day power, facilitating audibility of English sermon, hymn. FCC ignores this, but is there any FCC record of such AM stations being permitted to fail to modulate both sidebands? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 970, Nov 15 at 0649 UT, Jim Bohannon speaking; only 970 found in ever-widening spiral of states from the map 
http://www.jimbotalk.net/stationfinder?programID=309
is WDAY Fargo ND until 1 am CT = 0700 UT. It`s 10/10 kW U4 which means different patterns day and night, but the NRC Pattern Book shows same almost circular patterns, only with a slight notch to the ENE as if there were something in Canada to protect; maybe an extinct station? There are smaller 970 fulltimers in Superior and Ishpeming, but not right on the notch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 970, Nov 16 at 0559 UT, WDAY ID despite heavy QRM, as I am tuning into 960 for the KGWA Fox-hole. Fargo ND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, Nov 16 at 1321 UT, ``Chicago, we`ve got you covered`` slogan, so WMVP, then autoparts ad, makes it thru with KTOK nulled as much as possible. Rarely heard here, but should be best after sunrise, as day pattern does not suppress west, while at night it`s east-only. FCC official sunrise in Nov is 1245 UT (Dec & Jan: 1315 UT). Meanwhile, unheard KKIM Albuquerque may be behaving itself following bad publicity reaching the management (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1140, Nov 18 at 1318 UT, Spanish news about latest earthquakes in Kansas including one near Anthony which is right close to the OK border, but we didn`t feel that one. Nor did any Kansans make the latest USGS list which they admit is not complete:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

1320 UT ``Ésta es Radio-Noticias 11-40``, then ad for Sears. With English pronunciation, while in México it`s ``Say-Arse``. (BTW, Enid`s Sears is Going Out of Business by January; everything must go at discounts. So our only mall loses another of its major anchor stores).

So this 1140 is KCXL Liberty MO (KC market) with its partial-Spanish schedule. Not to be confused with WQBA Miami, which per tunein.com also slogans ``Noticias 11-40``, but which is ``not available now`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1510, Nov 16 at 0636 UT, with little WLAC, music, then ID as ``The Rock 93.7 FM and 1510 AM``, and again at 0641 UT. So it`s KCKK Littleton CO, in NRC AM Log as ``The Rock``, also on that FM channel, and with anomalous AM powers of 10 kW day, 25 kW night. How did they pull that off? Day and night patterns are tight figure-8s NNE/SSW, which should put very little signal toward us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, Sunday Nov 16 at 0657 UT, ESPN 15-30 with adstring including Franklin Mint, own iHeartRadio.com, call 844-BUYRADIO [so 844 is another toll-free prefix now?], credit union, Prizal? Lenses, vandal.com (? Sure sounded like that), finally WCKY ID and 0700 UT gospel huxter but not Brother Scare nor one of his psychophants, totally different not // SW. I was expecting to hear BS as usual after 0600 UT, as per AM station schedule at 1-3 am Eastern 7 days:
ftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/AM%20Radio%20Stations.htm
A Sunday anomaly, or has TOM dropped WCKY? The station would rather not admit it broadcasts anything but stupid ballgames and sports talk, no plain old program schedule to be found at
http://www.espn1530.com/main.html
but another chance for cheesecake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, Nov 17 at 0714 UT, the dulcet tones of Brother Scare are detectable in the QRM, so he`s back/still on WCKY despite missing last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNIDENTIFIED. 1530, Nov 16 at 0135 UT, Spanish talk weakly with WCKY nulled, maybe peaking circa SSW. There are only two Mexicans on this frequency, and two SS Texans, KGBT Harlingen now with Univisión América, 50/10 kW, night pattern lobes to the SE and WSW, `nothing` to the north, yet probably still more likely than Radio Mujer, KZNX Creedmoor (Austin market), 220 watts night, U7 meaning three different patterns for day, critical hours and night. Maybe could match KGBT to Ua`s KAMA 750 sometime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1610, Nov 18 circa 0130 UT on caradio, I`m hearing IBOC-like noise, so has 1600 St Louis or Denver resumed it after months of respite? Can`t get any fix with ND antenna, and when I get home can`t hear it on the DX-398. Possibly could also come out of a 1620 station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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