Re: [IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, July 10-16, 2015
---BeginMessage--- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; 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 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/page36 These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** OKLAHOMA. 1330 1450, July 13 at 1834 UT I am doing a mid-day bandscan on the caradio, and find JBA hets here, on 1330 against KNSS, and 1450 weaker against KSIW/KGFF remnants. So now local KCRC 1390- Enid is putting out spurs not only at almost plus/minus 30 kHz, making unmistakable modulated hets against 1360 and 1420, but also at double that, plus/minus ~60 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, UT Saturday July 11 at 0226 UT, no sign of KXTD Wagoner OK, La Qué Buena, cheating after 0145 UT sunset, as I have been hearing previous eves; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) = ** U S A. 600, July 10 at 0457 UT, Jim Bohannon is wrapping up third live hour. He used to be on WMT Cedar Rapids, and 0459 UT ID for WMT, 0500 UT Fox ``news``. Still looking for KSJB ND to show up again if really back on full power, rebuilt antennas. There are no loud clear signals here for Jimbo from 0307 UT; and he`s no longer on WMT, so I must have been hearing KTBB Tyler TX, where per http://www.jimbotalk.net station finder only his third hour is carried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 12 at 0557 UT, ID for KTBB-FM, some rock music, but it`s really a bit in `Texas Overnight`, instead of `Jim Bohannon`, since this is a weekend, UT Sunday. Didn`t catch the FM frequency, but NRC AM Log lists translator K236BG on 95.1, yet slogan as ``NewsTalk AM 600/95.7 FM``. ?? WTFDA database shows no Tyler on 95.1 or 95.7, and no K236BG. Instead the ``FM`` of KTBB 600 is: 250 watt translator K239CB, 95.7 in QUITMAN TX which is about 30 miles NNW of Tyler. I was of course, re-rechecking for KSJB ND on 600, but still no sign of it, allegedly back on full 5 kW power with rebuilt antenna system (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 13 at 0505 UT, KTBB Tyler TX again, this time IDing as KTBB-FM 97.5. WTFDA Database shows that is 13 kW, 121m in Troup TX, supposedly IDing as ``Talk 600``. Cf. previous log where the related FM was found to be a translator in Quitman on 95.7, the frequency I thought was announced at that time --- maybe they rotate in mentions of the frequencies of translator(s) too. Troup is about 15 miles SSE of Tyler. Then into `Texas Overnight` from the Texas State Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Still no sign of KSJB ND on 600. Mike Winarz in Winnipeg has some comments about KSJB --- As you reported in WOR 1781, KSJB is indeed broadcasting at full power. Just after listening to your show I immediately tuned to 600 kHz on the medium wave dial and being in Winnipeg (about 275 miles from Jamestown), in daylight KSJB was booming in with signal quality near what I'd expect from local radio stations! Too bad I don't like country music... (Mike Winiarz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, 0014 UT July 10) Mike, Tnx for the report. Had you noticed it was NOT coming in so well before last week?? I also wonder if they have any advertisers from Canada. Not that I would ask you to listen to country music, hi (Glenn to Mike, ibid.) Hi Glenn, I've never [heard] really much of anything on 600 kHz before, but now all of a sudden there it is! No Canadian ads that I've heard so far but I suppose that much of the advertising I've heard is tourism related so there might be some advertising directed at Canadians. Explaining why I am receiving such a strong signal from 250 miles has to be that Jamestown is in the North Black Hills, whereas Winnipeg is at the bottom of what used to be Lake Agassiz in prehistoric times and [as] such provides a pretty good line of sight, not to mention the station`s power! Is it still a 5 watt limit in the U.S or have they opened that up? Off topic, I do believe I met you at the ANARC conference in Montreal back in the early 80's which was
Re: [IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, July 10-16, 2015
---BeginMessage--- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; 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 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/page36 These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** OKLAHOMA. 1330 1450, July 13 at 1834 UT I am doing a mid-day bandscan on the caradio, and find JBA hets here, on 1330 against KNSS, and 1450 weaker against KSIW/KGFF remnants. So now local KCRC 1390- Enid is putting out spurs not only at almost plus/minus 30 kHz, making unmistakable modulated hets against 1360 and 1420, but also at double that, plus/minus ~60 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, UT Saturday July 11 at 0226 UT, no sign of KXTD Wagoner OK, La Qué Buena, cheating after 0145 UT sunset, as I have been hearing previous eves; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) = ** U S A. 600, July 10 at 0457 UT, Jim Bohannon is wrapping up third live hour. He used to be on WMT Cedar Rapids, and 0459 UT ID for WMT, 0500 UT Fox ``news``. Still looking for KSJB ND to show up again if really back on full power, rebuilt antennas. There are no loud clear signals here for Jimbo from 0307 UT; and he`s no longer on WMT, so I must have been hearing KTBB Tyler TX, where per http://www.jimbotalk.net station finder only his third hour is carried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 12 at 0557 UT, ID for KTBB-FM, some rock music, but it`s really a bit in `Texas Overnight`, instead of `Jim Bohannon`, since this is a weekend, UT Sunday. Didn`t catch the FM frequency, but NRC AM Log lists translator K236BG on 95.1, yet slogan as ``NewsTalk AM 600/95.7 FM``. ?? WTFDA database shows no Tyler on 95.1 or 95.7, and no K236BG. Instead the ``FM`` of KTBB 600 is: 250 watt translator K239CB, 95.7 in QUITMAN TX which is about 30 miles NNW of Tyler. I was of course, re-rechecking for KSJB ND on 600, but still no sign of it, allegedly back on full 5 kW power with rebuilt antenna system (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 13 at 0505 UT, KTBB Tyler TX again, this time IDing as KTBB-FM 97.5. WTFDA Database shows that is 13 kW, 121m in Troup TX, supposedly IDing as ``Talk 600``. Cf. previous log where the related FM was found to be a translator in Quitman on 95.7, the frequency I thought was announced at that time --- maybe they rotate in mentions of the frequencies of translator(s) too. Troup is about 15 miles SSE of Tyler. Then into `Texas Overnight` from the Texas State Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Still no sign of KSJB ND on 600. Mike Winarz in Winnipeg has some comments about KSJB --- As you reported in WOR 1781, KSJB is indeed broadcasting at full power. Just after listening to your show I immediately tuned to 600 kHz on the medium wave dial and being in Winnipeg (about 275 miles from Jamestown), in daylight KSJB was booming in with signal quality near what I'd expect from local radio stations! Too bad I don't like country music... (Mike Winiarz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, 0014 UT July 10) Mike, Tnx for the report. Had you noticed it was NOT coming in so well before last week?? I also wonder if they have any advertisers from Canada. Not that I would ask you to listen to country music, hi (Glenn to Mike, ibid.) Hi Glenn, I've never [heard] really much of anything on 600 kHz before, but now all of a sudden there it is! No Canadian ads that I've heard so far but I suppose that much of the advertising I've heard is tourism related so there might be some advertising directed at Canadians. Explaining why I am receiving such a strong signal from 250 miles has to be that Jamestown is in the North Black Hills, whereas Winnipeg is at the bottom of what used to be Lake Agassiz in prehistoric times and [as] such provides a pretty good line of sight, not to mention the station`s power! Is it still a 5 watt limit in the U.S or have they opened that up? Off topic, I do believe I met you at the ANARC conference in Montreal back in the early 80's which was
Re: [IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, July 10-16, 2015
---BeginMessage--- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; 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 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/page36 These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** OKLAHOMA. 1330 1450, July 13 at 1834 UT I am doing a mid-day bandscan on the caradio, and find JBA hets here, on 1330 against KNSS, and 1450 weaker against KSIW/KGFF remnants. So now local KCRC 1390- Enid is putting out spurs not only at almost plus/minus 30 kHz, making unmistakable modulated hets against 1360 and 1420, but also at double that, plus/minus ~60 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, UT Saturday July 11 at 0226 UT, no sign of KXTD Wagoner OK, La Qué Buena, cheating after 0145 UT sunset, as I have been hearing previous eves; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) = ** U S A. 600, July 10 at 0457 UT, Jim Bohannon is wrapping up third live hour. He used to be on WMT Cedar Rapids, and 0459 UT ID for WMT, 0500 UT Fox ``news``. Still looking for KSJB ND to show up again if really back on full power, rebuilt antennas. There are no loud clear signals here for Jimbo from 0307 UT; and he`s no longer on WMT, so I must have been hearing KTBB Tyler TX, where per http://www.jimbotalk.net station finder only his third hour is carried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 12 at 0557 UT, ID for KTBB-FM, some rock music, but it`s really a bit in `Texas Overnight`, instead of `Jim Bohannon`, since this is a weekend, UT Sunday. Didn`t catch the FM frequency, but NRC AM Log lists translator K236BG on 95.1, yet slogan as ``NewsTalk AM 600/95.7 FM``. ?? WTFDA database shows no Tyler on 95.1 or 95.7, and no K236BG. Instead the ``FM`` of KTBB 600 is: 250 watt translator K239CB, 95.7 in QUITMAN TX which is about 30 miles NNW of Tyler. I was of course, re-rechecking for KSJB ND on 600, but still no sign of it, allegedly back on full 5 kW power with rebuilt antenna system (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 13 at 0505 UT, KTBB Tyler TX again, this time IDing as KTBB-FM 97.5. WTFDA Database shows that is 13 kW, 121m in Troup TX, supposedly IDing as ``Talk 600``. Cf. previous log where the related FM was found to be a translator in Quitman on 95.7, the frequency I thought was announced at that time --- maybe they rotate in mentions of the frequencies of translator(s) too. Troup is about 15 miles SSE of Tyler. Then into `Texas Overnight` from the Texas State Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Still no sign of KSJB ND on 600. Mike Winarz in Winnipeg has some comments about KSJB --- As you reported in WOR 1781, KSJB is indeed broadcasting at full power. Just after listening to your show I immediately tuned to 600 kHz on the medium wave dial and being in Winnipeg (about 275 miles from Jamestown), in daylight KSJB was booming in with signal quality near what I'd expect from local radio stations! Too bad I don't like country music... (Mike Winiarz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, 0014 UT July 10) Mike, Tnx for the report. Had you noticed it was NOT coming in so well before last week?? I also wonder if they have any advertisers from Canada. Not that I would ask you to listen to country music, hi (Glenn to Mike, ibid.) Hi Glenn, I've never [heard] really much of anything on 600 kHz before, but now all of a sudden there it is! No Canadian ads that I've heard so far but I suppose that much of the advertising I've heard is tourism related so there might be some advertising directed at Canadians. Explaining why I am receiving such a strong signal from 250 miles has to be that Jamestown is in the North Black Hills, whereas Winnipeg is at the bottom of what used to be Lake Agassiz in prehistoric times and [as] such provides a pretty good line of sight, not to mention the station`s power! Is it still a 5 watt limit in the U.S or have they opened that up? Off topic, I do believe I met you at the ANARC conference in Montreal back in the early 80's which was
