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All times and dates strictly UT!
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.
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/page76
[over 348,000 views! as of April 14, 2019]
UNIDENTIFIED. 1380, April 14 at 1245 UT, blinds.com ad by Dennis
Prager. Unlike 1390 with a jumble of weak signals in the absence of
local KCRC, adjacent 1380 without any splash has good talk signal. So
I try to find a station list for Prager, but no such thing; instead
you have to e-mail him with location and he will answer with
suggestions! https://www.dennisprager.com/find-a-station/
Checking the listings, most likely KXFN St Louis The Answer but `Best
of Prager` is not scheduled until 15-16 UT, while before 13 UT it`s
`Townhall Review` which could still contain such a commercial.
https://theanswerstl.com/programguidedaily?dayOfWeek=Sunday&timeFilter=0
Prager`s home station is another `The Answer` somewhere (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Enid is just beyond the edge of the big storms to the
south and east, so it`s quite a surprise when the OG&E power goes off
sharp at 2030 UT April 13. Unfortunately I don`t have battery power
set up for the R75, and tho the line noise level should be down, there
is still storm noise. So to accomplish something, we go shopping to
another part of town with power. During which I bandscan caradio and
find the outage goes far beyond our neighborhood:
Dead air from KNID and the other Chisholm Trail stations on 107.1,
106.3, 97.7 and 95.7. Also 1390 KCRC. This means the FM transmitter
sites still have power but not the studio on Willow next to the three
AM towers. The FMs had resumed modulating by 2240 check.
These are off the air completely: the two LPFMs on 94.3 and 99.9 which
are on the same minitower. Other local AM & FM signals continue
unscathed. 94.3 carrier back on by 2240 but not 99.9.
We later hear that the power resumed at least in some parts at 2149.
But guess what, 1390 KCRC never comes back! Suffered some damage, or
AM appendage overlooked to restart?
Since KCRC was 24h NSP, very strong and also with spurs near 1330,
1360, 1420, 1450, this is a rare chance to DX something else at least
on 1390. Nothing audible under daytime conditions, and near sunset
just a graveyard-like jumble. Not until 0558 UT April 13 do I make a
serious effort to DX 1390, but there are still no dominant signals.
This is really to be expected as all the nearest 1390s in adjacent,
even second-adjacent states run quite low power at night. For
instance, KFFK Rogers AR is only 30 watts. KGNU Denver 139 watts. KNCK
Concordia KS 54 watts. KJPW Waynesville MO 111 watts. KHOB Hobbs NM
500 watts. KULP El Campo TX 500 watts. KBEC Waxahachie TX 260 watts.
I`m trying both on the DX-398 for DFing, and on the R75 for better
gain on the E-W longwire. Slightly above the jumble at 0558 UT is C&W
looping NW/SE; 0600 news from same? 0602 back to music. At 0605 I
think I *may* hear a WROA ID in passing, but I already know that
Gulfport MS is a possibility with its 5/5 kW U4 and NOStalgia format.
Awake at 1225 UT after sunrise, maybe still some SRS? C&W looping E/W.
at 1233 UT mentions ``1390`` amid C&W; 1253 UT now a station with
financial talk by M with W sidekickess; 1258 UT fade-out. 1300 UT a
ToH ID I just cannot copy but then can recognize Fox ``news`` sounder;
now that`s a useless clue! Give up while KCRC still remains silent
past 1800 UT April 14. All very frustrating. Maybe there will be
further chances (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1600, April 10 at 1933 UT, searching for some rare music
on the AM band, ``1600, The Cush, and 1600kush.com``, i.e. KUSH in oil
terminal Cushing OK, east of Stillwater. Cush is pronounced like in
cushion; then C&W or nostalgia, or ``Americana``.
[and non] This reminds me to enumerate the few stations around here on
daytime/groundwave listenable primarily with music, not including
foreign language, gospel huxters: 780 KSPI, 860 KKOW, 900 KSGL (split
with gospel huxters mornings), 1070v KFTI, 1280 KSOK, 1600 KUSH.
Everything else is talk or sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn
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