** AUSTRALIA. 7530, Dec 14 at 1501, RBA hint of Kookaburra, English ID, a bit of Japanese? and then Korean, S7 to S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 278 kHz, Dec 14 at 0717, beacon NM and dash: 500 watts from Matagami, Quebec. Matagami is in a remote off-road area near 78 W/50 N, NNE of Rouyn-Noranda.
332 kHz, Dec 14 at 0723, beacon QT and dash: 1000 watts from Thunder Bay, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13765, Dec 14 at 1441, RHC-FM at S9+10, Spanish almost clear with F# tone, first one found today out of 13700-AM transmitter. At 1454 after breakfast I hunt the others, approx.: 13830, 13892, 13952, 14020-trace, 13636, 13570, 13505, 13442-trace (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. The Enid market has two new FM stations run by Chisholm Trail Broadcasting, and they are licensed to the next two towns down the Trail.
106.3, Dec 13 at 1940 UT, ``The new 106-3, The Wolf, Certified True Country`` and variations on that non-ID. Dec 14 at 1602 legal ID ``KWOF, Waukomis-Enid, the new 106-3, The Wolf, True Country``, etc. This implies that country on parent station 107.1 KNID North Enid is *not* ``true``!
FCC map shows the tower is axually in Waukomis, 36-12-59 N, 97-54-54 W, just west of speedtrap US 81, 6 kW ERP H&V at 100 meters HAAT; and the 60 dbu contour reaches only unto mid-Enid, but it`s a local-quality signal here, blocking a possible FM DX frequency. Original call KWEO probably never made it on air, until they decided how to brand this thing.
97.7, Dec 14 at 1551 UT, ``New classic rock station in town, kicks-ass 97-7, The Hawk``, etc. 1600 UT ``Soaring over Hennessey and Enid, 97-7 KHRK, The Hawk``. Original call for this was KHEO, probably never made it to air. This is only 3.9 kW H&V at 100 m HAAT, 36-12-59 N, 97-54-54 W --- guess what, exactly the same coordinates as KWOF Waukomis! 60 dbu contour barely covers Enid, but local quality signal here. Goodbye, any DX on 97.7.
Not sure exactly how long these have been on air, as there has been absolutely no local publicity/advertising/newspaper coverage about them. I expect all are automated out of the KCRC/KNID CTB building on Willow in Enid next to the three 1390 towers in a row. Listening to both the better part of an hour, *no* commercials heard, just music and promotional non-IDs at every break (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130.48, UT Fri Dec 14 at 0000, WBCQ is on tonight, with `Hour of the Time`, deceased Bill Cooper giving his earthly contact info; good luck! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5950 // 9395, Dec 14 at 0002, WRMI with Oldies music; following the very brief stint Supreme Master TV had this hour on 5950; instead of resuming RFI English via WRN, its also too-brief predecessor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505.056V, Dec 14 at 0222, WRNO in English, undermodulated S9+10, frequency offer than usual, but as I measure it on BFO, slides down closer to 7505.00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 14 from 0645: 531, 549, 576, 585, 612, 621, 639, 666, 738, 747, 774*, 801, 837, 846(2 --- one of them Kiribati TP?), 882, 909, 936(2), 954(6 kHz from local), 999, 1017, 1026, 1035, 1044*, 1053, 1089, 1098, 1125(2). (By now it`s 0708 as I doze off and undoze:) 1134(2), 1305(2), 1314, 1413(2), 1485(2), 1503*, 1521, 1539(2), 1575, 1584(2), 1602. *=stronger ones; tried for audio on some but no go. (2)=at least two carriers beating. Quite a haul.
Then at 0715 I check LW to find: 162, 180, 198(2), 216, but some of those could be beaconish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1752 UT December 14
