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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, May 6-12, 2016

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All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 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/page47

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 

** OKLAHOMA. 1470, May 7 at 0202 UT, ad for Best Western Kirkwood Inn (St Louis suburb) whence you may visit the St Louis Zoo and other attraxions. There are no 1470s near St Louis, but a hotel would not be advertising locally anyway, rather not too close but not too far, then something in Ferguson. It soon fades, but I deduce this could be the St Louis Cardinals network, on which the only 1470 listed state by state at 
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/schedule/tv_radio_affiliates.jsp
is KGND, Vinita, which is now one of OK`s Sports Animals, 500/88 watts U1, and this is after sunset. There is a broadcast game tonight from 0015 UT vs Pittsburgh (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1520, May 7 at 0201 UT, KOKC with CBS News, huge signal as if they are finally back on 50 kW maybe even ND if not direxional westward, instead of longtime STA of paltry 12 kW ND, which they had even before a tornado broke one of their towers a year or two ago. Can it be??? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, May 12 at 1210 UT, country music equaling level of KOKC OKC, usual crummy STA rather than 50 kW, i.e. KYND Cypress TX still making do with no ChiCom to relay, and producing SAH of 32/minute or 0.53 Hz, just before KYND starts to fade down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1220 UT, end of National Farm Report, or plug for it in the familiar voice of good ol` Orion Samuelson, then local IDs for ``K-Triple-X``, and more completely, ``K-Triple-X and 100.3 The Ride``. WTFDA FM Database shows that is 100/100 kW KRDQ Colby KS, confirmed as `The Ride` but not shown as // 790, and indeed with Hot AC, it may not be totally duplicative but rather a sibling station to C&W KXXX, which is now surely on day power of 5 kW. Initially no QRM from anything, not even KFYO Lubbick, but then KURM fades up, q.v., separable by wrist-twisting the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1222 UT, almost an hour post-sunrise, KURM fades up to compete with KXXX Colby KS. This one is advertising something at Blue Springs, KURM ID in passing as ``Curm Radio``, reviewing a seemingly local baseball game of ``our Cardinals`` --- does that mean a namesake Rogers-Arkansas-area team rather than ``their Cardinals`` in St Louis? Also geographically odd is the ref to Blue Springs, which is a major suburb of Kansas City MO, and no such town in AR, but maybe a place of springs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, May 6 at 1226 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS with birthday wishes to various listeners, including a 1-year-old, something large market stations dare not attempt if they want to have time for anything else, and then 1228 UT a ``Mexican polca for those still celebrating Cinco de Mayo``. This is a (week?)daily spot when they always play a polka, another cute tradition. Some of the b-days were advance for Saturday May 7 so presumably no polka dedications then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, May 8 at 0131 UT, racecar discussion, perhaps KQAM Wichita, and no classic country, so is KBXD off again? Recheck at 1148 UT May 8, C&W seguÃs with 4 Hz SAH against apparent open carrier, the latter KQAM? 1159 UT ID as KBXD Dallas, and jingle for ``Wonderful K-Box in Dallas``, so they are *still* stunting, and playing next, what else, ``Wichita Lineman``! Guess there is no song about a Dallas lineman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, KUAZ Tucson ID, and ad, er, underwriting announcement for the Arizona Inn from 50 kW ND public radio daytimer. Its SR/SS for May are: 1230 UT/0215 UT; June: 1215 UT/0230 UT. Soon losing out to KDCC, and feared it was sign-off time already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, just after hearing KUAZ, twist the DX-398 a bit and get a Fox Sports Radio personality promo for local station, and ID as 1550 AM, KDCC, Dodge City, Kansas, 0200 UT into Fox News. KDCC is 1000/90 watts U3, same westward pattern day and night, supposedly protecting the other KS and OK 1550s, but sure doesn`t sound like it now, and BTW, official sunset in May was 0145 UT (June & July: 0200 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1700, May 7 at 0157 UT, horrible roar QRMing KKLF, but I do make out an English ID for it underneath from Dallas-Fort Worth amid Tejana music (music is feminine, so can`t be ``tejano``, unless your Spanish is really illiterate). I also noted this a few nights ago; first feared it was from some local device, but this is no weaker or stronger when I take the PL-880 out into the yard and street, and to boot, it nulls at the same direxion as KKLF. Totally out-of-whack transmitter? Is anyone else hearing this? Not a KKLF CE, apparently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1700, May 8 at 0129 UT, still getting hum/buzz presumably out of the KKLF TX transmitter, mixing with sportstalk from IA or RGV. Also at 1141 UT. It would be nice if someone in The Metroplex would confirm this noise locally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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