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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 4-10, 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/page45

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. 2749-USB, March 6 at 0242 UT, almost human neatly enunciating YL voice with marine weather at nice S9 level, gale warnings for numerous places. Canadian Coast Guard website shows VCS Halifax has just started at 0240 via Sambro NS site with ``Radiotelephony --- Technical marine synopsis, forecasts and wave height forecasts for marine areas: 201 to 214. Notices to Shipping in South Coast Nova Scotia area. Notices to Shipping revising the position of every reported offshore exploration and exploitation vessel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** OKLAHOMA. 890, March 5 at 2021 UT quick check, KTLR OKC is indeed still in Spanish gospel-huxtering on a Saturday afternoon, as on various schedule segments, otherwise in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, March 5 at 2020 UT, KGYN Guymon with country music is running S2.5 on the NRD-545 with E/W ALA-330S. I am noting this for baseline purposes, to compare later if it varies significantly over daytime groundwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 690, March 9 at 0712 UT, big open carrier looping E/W, obviously KGGF Coffeyville KS an hour+ after normal local midnite ``sign-off``. Often left on, but not always; depends on humidity? 

BTW, 10/5 kW U4 KGGF is being bought by the cross-border Bartlesville OK station group including little KWON-1400 and KPGM-1500, so look for possible format change on KGGF; also getting three FM stations in the deal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 4 at 0120 UT, big dominant signal from NNW/SSE with bluegrass, then classic country seguÃs, next at 0121 UT being ``Hey, Porter`` about a train ride. It must be the reactivated KBXD in Dallas, whose new format is yet to be determined; stunting for now? 

After another tune or two, at 0129 UT, singing ID ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas, Texas hits too, go-go-go``, then coal-mine song; several more songs, no announcements, let alone commercials. 0147 UT, ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas, a-go-go, souvenirs, oh oh oh oh ----`` and a second one immediately, ``Super-hit go-go sounds of wonderful K-Box in Dallas``. 

Blowing away my closer 1480, KQAM Wichita, but occasionally pokes thru during Dallas fades, as it`s wrapping up a silly ballgame from the K-State Wildcats Network. KQAM gains more and more from 0155 UT to 0200 UT such that I can`t get a legal ID if any from the otherstation. 

Of course, this is not KBOX, but currently called KBXD, obviously in tribute to the heyday rocker of 50 years ago, which just reactivated a few days ago, after a rocky ownership transfer involving access to the transmitter site; it`s been upgraded to 50/1.9 kW, and I seriously suspect it must have been on 50 kW day power until 0155 UT. Official night hours in March for KBXD are: 0030 UT-1245 UT.

50 kW day pattern major lobe is to the NW but still plenty to the NNW:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1547811-120922.pdf

1.9 kW night pattern has six lobes, major one still to the NW but tighter now with one of the six nulls toward Wichita:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1547811-120923.pdf

As for KBOX, those were the heritage calls of 1480 Dallas, but FCC callsign history only goes back to 1989, showing that KBXD is the seventh one since then. There is now no KBOX anywhere on AM, but FCC has a KBOX on FM 104.1 in Lompoc CA. pdfs of ancient history cards at FCC show that 1480 Dallas started in 1952 as KGKO, and became KBOX in 1959.

During its previous period of reactivity a couple years ago, KBXD was making a heavy SAH with KQAM, but now the frequency has been adjusted closer, due to a Harris DX50 replacing the solid-state Nautel. KBXD was on for a few days in December to prove they existed in 2015y, so are they now on to stay? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 4 at 0700 UT, [see previous report] re-tune-in just in time to hear ToH legal ID as ``KBXD, 1480, Dallas`` (with a Spanish accent? Not sure), immediately followed by another jingle non-ID, ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1816, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 5 at 0155 UT, C&W music dominating even on the ALA-330S oriented east-west, quick break at 0200.4 for KBXD Dallas ID, so suspect still on 50 kW day power even later than last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1816, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 10 at 1335-1355+ UT, KBXD Dallas still nothing but classic country song seguÃs, deep fades now after sunrise, and SAH of 2.3 Hz against KQAM Wichita which will eventually overcome it.

Strangely enough, searching radioinsight.com on KBXD, there is nothing found since last April when it was purchased out of bankruptcy along with other stations. Someone now at radiodiscussions.com refers to this format as ``placeholder`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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