** CANADA. 960, Sept 30 at 0503-0505 UT during local KGWA Fox-hole, I am getting something clearer by shooting thru the open carrier than nulling it, with volume turned way up --- discussion in English of the Calgary Flames and other silly puckgame teams. Therefore CFAC Calgary, Alberta is not employing its 50 kW nighttime pattern which is cardioidish with deep null USward, but non-direxional daytime pattern. I`ve heard it a few times before this way, but normally no sign of it. I see in NRC AM Log 2013 it is now affiliated with ESPN --- is there a Canadian network version, or was I necessarily hearing a local origination segment? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non], Sept 30 before 1300:
13530, good at 1249; in fact SSOB if you consider this still the 22 mb
13830, fair at 1259; none in the 12s, 14s, 16s, 17s
Only traces on the usual inband 15 MHz frequencies
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860 et al., Sept 30 at 1401:36, RHC YL announcer asserts it`s ``exactamente las 10, ante-meridiano``, maintaining her record of being at least a sesquiminute slow. Exactly, my foot.
BTW, Arnie Coro reports that a new SW frequency starts tonight, 4765 with R. Progreso relay at 0030-0400, and it`s already in Aoki as 50 kW ND from Oct 1; and will overlap Tajikistan starting at 0300. I suspect the Brazilian listed on 4765 is not active. Coro previously mentioned that RHC itself would add a 90m frequency around 3300. NOTE: It`s Progreso, not Progresso!! If you know the first thing about Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM [non]. 5765-USB, Sept 30 at 1154, no sign of AFN, still missing. Or possibly due to poor propagation; PNGs and Indonesians have also been no- or barely-shows on 90 and 60m the past week. Our sunrise now 1226 UT, well after most of the PNGs have closed around 1200. WWV reported at 1318 that there have been and shall be minor solar radiation storms at the S1 level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Sept 30 at 1206 UT, ``La Poderosa`` ID, norteña music:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
per Cantú, which for those who may not be aware, refers to this excellent online but not always totally up to date and correct reference: http://www.mexicoradiotv.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Sept 30 at 1229 UT, morning-zoo type show in Spanish, several talkers with funny voices, laughs, SFX, automatic 2-pip timesignal a few seconds before 1230; 1232 music, 1234 back to zoo but fading; no sign of KKOB or KKOB yet. At this late hour, I would lean toward Los Mochis, but can`t be sure it`s not Monterrey, per Cantú:
770 XEACH Radio Fórmula Primer Cadena Monterrey, N.L. 25,000 1,000
770 XEREV Los 40 Principales + FM 104.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 5,000 100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Sept 30 at 1208 UT, time & temp in ``Monclova, Coahuila``, audible with KSPI OK nulled, fast SAH between them; Cantú:
780 XEWGR Exa + FM 101.1 Monclova, Coah. 10,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 860, Sept 30 at 1201 UT, dominating KKOW and everything else, is Spanish mentioning ``la zona metropolitana de Monterrey`` as if a local reference, i.e. in Cantú:
860 XENL Radio Recuerdo Monterrey, N.L. 5,000 2,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 880, Sept 30 at 1210 UT, a bit of mañanitas ending, then IFE PSA aimed at those turning 18 who should now register to vote. 1212 live YL mentions three saints whose day this is [if you believe in that sort of thing], ``en un día como hoy`` = efemérides, today-in-history which goes on and on as she reads haltingly from a long list of Sept 30 events including something in the year 0420, ``santo patrón de los traductores``, still going at 1217. Then, since 2009y, Sept 30 has been ``El Día Internacional de la Blasfemia``! in support of freedom of expression. Here`s more about it, in English:https://www.facebook.com/blasphemyday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_Day
where we learn that OK is among the states with an anti-blasphemy law, surprise2.
Oh yeah, so what station is this on 880? At 1219 losing a bit to another SS and to KRVN NE which I need to keep nulled; 1220 YL gives TC for 6:18 so it`s close to the UT-6 zone; 1222 birthday wishes to someone in Los Mochis, finally a local reference in passing; birthday song by tenor and mariachis, not to familiar tune nor mañanitas. I had thought it might be XEV Chihuahua, but it`s really the only other UT-6 Mexican per Cantú:
880 XEPNK Planeta + FM 103.5 Los Mochis, Sinaloa 10,000 2,000
So now this is more definite than my 880 logs of Aug 25 and Sept 10 in DXLDs 13-35 and 13-37 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1000, Sept 30 at 0543 UT, ``la voz del pueblo es ¡La Rancherita!``, music. So strong I have to null it to hear KTOK. Cantú:
1000 XEFV La Rancherita Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 D
No, it is NOT a daytimer! IRCA shows it irregular 24h with 5/1 kW; WRTH as 1 kW fulltime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Sept 30 at 1236 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* having severe problems, modulation cutting out every few seconds, and unusually weak, allowing easy null for Spanish music, presumed KMMQ in Nebraska. 1259 recheck it`s much stronger, making it easy to see on the DX-398 meter that the signal drops drastically along with the modulation but does not cut out completely. Now averaging once per second, but irregularly.
Apparently KOKP is diligently switching from night to day facilities, powering up from 250 to 400 watts, and two different patterns, the broader day one normally putting a semi-local signal into Enid? Not exactly; official sunrise in Sept was already 1215 UT; October 1230. Its PSRA calls for 28 watts in September, no more due to KDKA until 10 watts in March. But if it can run 250 watts all night, why should it have a much lower PSRA??
As usual, sibling station 1580 KOKB Blackwell has no such problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Sept 30 at 1239 UT, KOAG Enid is still All-Ag with market report, constant humbuzz on carrier. Maybe will flip later today to True Oldies as rumored? 1607 UT, still ``the Farm Station, all-ag, all-day``. [See also USA: 1070 KLIO Wichita, just flipped from True Oldies to ESPN Deportes!]
99.7, Sept 30 at 1602 UT finally catch legal ID from the new ``Hank FM``, ex-True Oldies: ``We`re proud to be KNAH, Mustang-Oklahoma City`` --- ha ha, that`s HANK spelt backwards --- so new it`s still not in FCC FM Query, unassigned, with 99.7 Mustang still coming up as KZLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 650, Sept 30 at 0535 UT, let`s see what`s inhabiting the null of WSM: Not one, but two Coast to Coast AM affiliates as I am hearing a slight reverb, from not-quite-synchronized feeds. One is surely KGAB in Wyoming, but the other? NRC AM Log is no help as it does not specify C2C affiliates, which are so pervasive overnight! So I have to hunt thru the show website.
Other 650s are CKOM in Saskatoon but also its own schedule shows it in comedy every night during this hour, no C2C until 0600 UT. And 50/50 kW U1, KENI in Anchorage AK!! Starting at 0500 UT = 9 pm local. That would be nice. Unfortunately there is yet another, quite rare too but more likely, WNMT in Nashwauk MN, 10/1 kW U2 as long as it`s really on nite pattern with two minor lobes going west and northeast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 860, Sept 30 at 1229 UT, another regular polka from KKOW Pittsburg KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1070, Sept 30 at 1237 UT, wow, it`s really flip-day all around. True Oldies contracts must be expiring, as KLIO Wichita is suddenly in Spanish sports! Discussing Manchester United and other British SBG teams. Could not believe my ears at first, but it`s certainly the KLIO groundwave signal from that direxion, usual fast SAH when nulled with remnant KNX (KLIO being the one off-frequency). 1241 still fútbol talk, and numerous program promos never mentioning the station/network, but including multiple timezones from Eastern to Pacific, so it`s not from México. Altho also discusses Liga MX game schedule; 1245 text jingle repeating 643-776 over and over, the same as EVR(?), whatever that means. 1246 program promo finally mentions in passing ESPN Deportes Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 88.7, KRZA Alamosa CO webcast I had on in the background, at 1529 UT Sept 30 was playing a song whose lyrix include ``you motherf------`` but cut to some other music after the second time that was exclaimed. Not quite blasphemy but a nice example of free speech on the radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Note: previous report should have been subjected September 29-30, since it did include on Sept 29 item (99.7), rather than Sept 30 only
This report dispatched at 1627 UT Sept 30
** CHINA. Firedrake [non], Sept 30 before 1300:
13530, good at 1249; in fact SSOB if you consider this still the 22 mb
13830, fair at 1259; none in the 12s, 14s, 16s, 17s
Only traces on the usual inband 15 MHz frequencies
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860 et al., Sept 30 at 1401:36, RHC YL announcer asserts it`s ``exactamente las 10, ante-meridiano``, maintaining her record of being at least a sesquiminute slow. Exactly, my foot.
BTW, Arnie Coro reports that a new SW frequency starts tonight, 4765 with R. Progreso relay at 0030-0400, and it`s already in Aoki as 50 kW ND from Oct 1; and will overlap Tajikistan starting at 0300. I suspect the Brazilian listed on 4765 is not active. Coro previously mentioned that RHC itself would add a 90m frequency around 3300. NOTE: It`s Progreso, not Progresso!! If you know the first thing about Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM [non]. 5765-USB, Sept 30 at 1154, no sign of AFN, still missing. Or possibly due to poor propagation; PNGs and Indonesians have also been no- or barely-shows on 90 and 60m the past week. Our sunrise now 1226 UT, well after most of the PNGs have closed around 1200. WWV reported at 1318 that there have been and shall be minor solar radiation storms at the S1 level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Sept 30 at 1206 UT, ``La Poderosa`` ID, norteña music:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
per Cantú, which for those who may not be aware, refers to this excellent online but not always totally up to date and correct reference: http://www.mexicoradiotv.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Sept 30 at 1229 UT, morning-zoo type show in Spanish, several talkers with funny voices, laughs, SFX, automatic 2-pip timesignal a few seconds before 1230; 1232 music, 1234 back to zoo but fading; no sign of KKOB or KKOB yet. At this late hour, I would lean toward Los Mochis, but can`t be sure it`s not Monterrey, per Cantú:
770 XEACH Radio Fórmula Primer Cadena Monterrey, N.L. 25,000 1,000
770 XEREV Los 40 Principales + FM 104.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 5,000 100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Sept 30 at 1208 UT, time & temp in ``Monclova, Coahuila``, audible with KSPI OK nulled, fast SAH between them; Cantú:
780 XEWGR Exa + FM 101.1 Monclova, Coah. 10,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 860, Sept 30 at 1201 UT, dominating KKOW and everything else, is Spanish mentioning ``la zona metropolitana de Monterrey`` as if a local reference, i.e. in Cantú:
860 XENL Radio Recuerdo Monterrey, N.L. 5,000 2,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 880, Sept 30 at 1210 UT, a bit of mañanitas ending, then IFE PSA aimed at those turning 18 who should now register to vote. 1212 live YL mentions three saints whose day this is [if you believe in that sort of thing], ``en un día como hoy`` = efemérides, today-in-history which goes on and on as she reads haltingly from a long list of Sept 30 events including something in the year 0420, ``santo patrón de los traductores``, still going at 1217. Then, since 2009y, Sept 30 has been ``El Día Internacional de la Blasfemia``! in support of freedom of expression. Here`s more about it, in English:https://www.facebook.com/blasphemyday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_Day
where we learn that OK is among the states with an anti-blasphemy law, surprise2.
Oh yeah, so what station is this on 880? At 1219 losing a bit to another SS and to KRVN NE which I need to keep nulled; 1220 YL gives TC for 6:18 so it`s close to the UT-6 zone; 1222 birthday wishes to someone in Los Mochis, finally a local reference in passing; birthday song by tenor and mariachis, not to familiar tune nor mañanitas. I had thought it might be XEV Chihuahua, but it`s really the only other UT-6 Mexican per Cantú:
880 XEPNK Planeta + FM 103.5 Los Mochis, Sinaloa 10,000 2,000
So now this is more definite than my 880 logs of Aug 25 and Sept 10 in DXLDs 13-35 and 13-37 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1000, Sept 30 at 0543 UT, ``la voz del pueblo es ¡La Rancherita!``, music. So strong I have to null it to hear KTOK. Cantú:
1000 XEFV La Rancherita Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 D
No, it is NOT a daytimer! IRCA shows it irregular 24h with 5/1 kW; WRTH as 1 kW fulltime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Sept 30 at 1236 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* having severe problems, modulation cutting out every few seconds, and unusually weak, allowing easy null for Spanish music, presumed KMMQ in Nebraska. 1259 recheck it`s much stronger, making it easy to see on the DX-398 meter that the signal drops drastically along with the modulation but does not cut out completely. Now averaging once per second, but irregularly.
Apparently KOKP is diligently switching from night to day facilities, powering up from 250 to 400 watts, and two different patterns, the broader day one normally putting a semi-local signal into Enid? Not exactly; official sunrise in Sept was already 1215 UT; October 1230. Its PSRA calls for 28 watts in September, no more due to KDKA until 10 watts in March. But if it can run 250 watts all night, why should it have a much lower PSRA??
As usual, sibling station 1580 KOKB Blackwell has no such problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Sept 30 at 1239 UT, KOAG Enid is still All-Ag with market report, constant humbuzz on carrier. Maybe will flip later today to True Oldies as rumored? 1607 UT, still ``the Farm Station, all-ag, all-day``. [See also USA: 1070 KLIO Wichita, just flipped from True Oldies to ESPN Deportes!]
99.7, Sept 30 at 1602 UT finally catch legal ID from the new ``Hank FM``, ex-True Oldies: ``We`re proud to be KNAH, Mustang-Oklahoma City`` --- ha ha, that`s HANK spelt backwards --- so new it`s still not in FCC FM Query, unassigned, with 99.7 Mustang still coming up as KZLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 650, Sept 30 at 0535 UT, let`s see what`s inhabiting the null of WSM: Not one, but two Coast to Coast AM affiliates as I am hearing a slight reverb, from not-quite-synchronized feeds. One is surely KGAB in Wyoming, but the other? NRC AM Log is no help as it does not specify C2C affiliates, which are so pervasive overnight! So I have to hunt thru the show website.
Other 650s are CKOM in Saskatoon but also its own schedule shows it in comedy every night during this hour, no C2C until 0600 UT. And 50/50 kW U1, KENI in Anchorage AK!! Starting at 0500 UT = 9 pm local. That would be nice. Unfortunately there is yet another, quite rare too but more likely, WNMT in Nashwauk MN, 10/1 kW U2 as long as it`s really on nite pattern with two minor lobes going west and northeast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 860, Sept 30 at 1229 UT, another regular polka from KKOW Pittsburg KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1070, Sept 30 at 1237 UT, wow, it`s really flip-day all around. True Oldies contracts must be expiring, as KLIO Wichita is suddenly in Spanish sports! Discussing Manchester United and other British SBG teams. Could not believe my ears at first, but it`s certainly the KLIO groundwave signal from that direxion, usual fast SAH when nulled with remnant KNX (KLIO being the one off-frequency). 1241 still fútbol talk, and numerous program promos never mentioning the station/network, but including multiple timezones from Eastern to Pacific, so it`s not from México. Altho also discusses Liga MX game schedule; 1245 text jingle repeating 643-776 over and over, the same as EVR(?), whatever that means. 1246 program promo finally mentions in passing ESPN Deportes Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 88.7, KRZA Alamosa CO webcast I had on in the background, at 1529 UT Sept 30 was playing a song whose lyrix include ``you motherf------`` but cut to some other music after the second time that was exclaimed. Not quite blasphemy but a nice example of free speech on the radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Note: previous report should have been subjected September 29-30, since it did include on Sept 29 item (99.7), rather than Sept 30 only
This report dispatched at 1627 UT Sept 30
