OKLAHOMA
Daytime DX in Oklahoma
Glenn Hauser's MW bandscan.
DX Listening Digest (19/12-2009)
OKLAHOMA
KTOK, 1000, a ``Clear Channel`` station in OKC, without IBOC both on Sept 13 between 18 and 19 UT when checked on caradio, and also Sept 14 at 1740. During talkshows, not sports. Hope it`s gone for good? But it has been sporadic in past. Weak TX/KS signals audiblized on 990 and 1010. Meanwhile, WWLS-640 IBOC still blasting away.
Glenn Hauser, OK, dxld 9-070 (15/9-2009)
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Since at least 2200 UT Thursday, Oklahoma City TV stations have blown away all network programming for continuous coverage of wildfires which have erupted S and E of Oklahoma City. I see this still hasn`t made the national news headlines.
It`s rather like a tornado emergency; KFOR is being relayed on KTOK-1000, they say. Have not checked but there may be live streaming from KFOR, KOCO and/or KWTV. And there could also be day-at-night MW facilities, etc.
Fortunately the area affected is at quite a distance from us in Enid, altho we have also had high winds causing my antennas to wobble somewhat precariously.
Glenn Hauser, 0330 UT April 10, dxld yg (10/4-2009)
OKLAHOMA
For the record, KEOR 1120 Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is still `testing` daytimes with automated oldies, limited playlist at check around 1930 UT Feb 11. No doubt the new Catholic owner will do away with that ASAP, but it may be a while till the deal be finalised. Ave, Maria!
Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD 9-014 (11/2-2009)
OKLAHOMA
KEOR, Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK, which had been missing for a couple weeks, was back on 1120 the afternoon of Jan 15 with usual oldies music tests; but gone again Jan 16 around 2015 UT check.
Off-again, on-again: KEOR, 1120, Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, was again being heard at 2150 UT Jan 20, with the same limited playlist of oldies; already losing out to KMOX, about 7 Hz away; pause at 2158 but no legal ID audible tho they have done so in the past. Around 2210 it was the whistling ``Westminster Cathedral``. Also on when checked at 1955
Jan 21.
Glenn Hauser, Enid, DXLD 9-006 (21/1-2009)
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OK`s newest AM radio station is on the air: 1120. This is the original KEOR 1110 in Atoka, SE Oklahoma, which was hijacked to Catoosa, Tulsa market, and frequency shifted in order to squeeze yet another AM station into The Metroplex, TX.
Heard Nov 3 from 1727 UT playing nothing but oldies cuts, segués, pauses ranging from 5 to 30 seconds, never any announcements, not even a legal ID at hourtop 1800, as I monitored until 1815. Why is it that new stations testing on the air think they can get away without legal IDs? Not off to a good start, but this is obviously what I am hearing, and DF fits.
Fair signal in Enid, some 200 km away, but splash at times from closer KLEY-1130 KS. Songs included Carrie Anne, I Get Around, Travelin` Man, Mother-in-Law, Surf City, World Without Love.
Per FCC listing, call is still KEOR, which should work for Tulsa too, as in eastern Oklahoma radio; 2.0 kW daytime, two-tower direxional; facility ID number 3651 to read all about it:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=3651
Which was extremely slow-loading, took some 5 minutes; is everybody looking it up already?
Pattern is more or less cardioid, major lobe at 185-190 degrees toward western Tulsa, minor lobe in opposite direxion, and null at 50 degrees toward KMOX (which has a poor groundwave signal across the Oxarx), and one to match at 325 degrees – would that be toward Portland or nothing in particular? SR/SS table for the coordinates shows 1300 and 2315 UT in November.
Radio-locator.com shows site is on North Peoria Avenue near 106 East Street North, which would be Tulsa terminology; tho COL is Catoosa, still gives address as a PO Box in Atoka! Tiger map via FCC shows location is actually next to Sperry, N of Tulsa, not Catoosa, which is NE of Tulsa. Address on record with FCC is yet another, 3633 FM 437, Rogers TX 76569.
Glenn Hauser, Enid, DXLD yg (3/11-2008)
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Spooky MW tests from Oklahoma have started!
Noted something this morning (16.6.08) you might want to check out. Sometime between 0800-0900 CDT [1300-1400 UT], I noticed a loud 2000 Hz wide test tone on 540 kHz. The S-meter on my G313e indicated S9+10db. It suddenly stopped allowing me to again hear the usual KWMT (S7) daytime tug of war with KDFT. Then at 10:03 a.m. CDT, it resumed at S9+20dB. At 10:25 CDT the test tone stopped and the carrier signal dropped to S9+10dB.
My guess is it must be located within a 60-mile [radius] from my location. A check of all the stations in the area find them operating at full power on their assigned frequencies. I find no indication of a new station at the FCC website. I hope it's an anomaly for the world doesn't need another station on 540 kHz, and especially NOT in Oklahoma!
If you tune to 540 kHz now (1055 CDT), you find a carrier signal blocking KWMT from being received. At this moment it's the strongest signal being received between 530 and 680 kHz.
Best wishes, Richard Allen, S of Billings OK, DXLD
Thanks for a great tip. This is very likely the long-awaited testing of a hush-hush project by the OSU Multispectral Laboratories in Ponca City, from Chilocco (N of there at the KS border). There is a lot about in some issues of DXLD last year. Other possible frequencies: 830, 1680, 92.3, 99.1, 107.5. Shortwave and TV too. Call: WE2XFZ.
See under OKLAHOMA:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7082.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7084.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7085.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7134.txt
Yes, I am getting the 540 carrier at 1611 UT check. Not `local` strength here, but certainly nothing ordinary. Loops 45/225 degrees or slightly less, which checks with Chilocco. Soon resumed continuous tone test, by 1635 until cut off abruptly just before 1707, without any ID on the hour or any announcements at all.
Glenn Hauser, Enid, DXLD
I was aware of OSU's transmitter at Chilocco (just west of US 177, across the river from Arkansas City) but didn't put it and the test signals together in my mind until now. It's a healthy S9+20 here at the moment. Its test signal is only 2 kHz wide so it isn't interfering with KFRM, yet. I hope it goes away as suddenly as it came.
I'll have to get my old Space Magnet in action and see what direction it is coming from. The G313e is connected to 21-meter wire running NE-SW which seems to favor stations to the northeast like KWMT-540 or WTDY-1670. I'm in the process of constructing an EWE or two for medium wave.
Oh well, I can forget it for the moment. They ceased transmission at 12:06 CDT (lunch break?) and KWMT is back over KDFT. From the amount of lightning static, it sounds like it might be a stormy afternoon.
Richard Allen
Hi Kirk, Tnx to a tip from Richard Allen, the hush-hush OSU test from Chilocco I mentioned to you some time ago seems to be on the air now, 11:30 am CDT, carrier on 540, sometimes with tones. You might want to check this out, and other possible frequencies, 830, 1680, 92.3, 99.1, 107.5, not to mention some TV and SW as in several items about this last year in DXLD.
73, Glenn to Kirk Allen
Hi Glenn, You happened to catch me with a little time to spare, so I checked out all the AM/FM frequencies you mentioned. (I'll read all the links you sent asap). At 1710 UT, I heard a very clear 1 kHz tone (or near that) on 540. Nothing on any of the other frequencies. I heard the "station" on an Eton E-100. Very loud clear signal here.
Kirk Allen, Ponca City, June 16.
Hi Kirk, Both Richard and I heard the tone test on 540 cut off at 1707 UT. If you were still hearing a tone after that, perhaps they cut back to much lower power. Still not back on as of 2015 UT. Nor anything on the other frequencies. But they could be back, tomorrow morning if not sooner. Please let me know if you hear anything further from this.
Glenn to Kirk, via DXLD
Glenn: With the use of the G313e receiver's spectrum analyzer, I found the unidentified station sending a 2 kHz wide test tone on 830 kHz at 1320 CDT [1820 UT] with S9+30db signal strength. It was the strongest signal in the entire AM band at that time. The transmitter powered down just before 1330 CDT due most likely to a thunderstorm moving through the Arkansas City area at the time. I did some quick direction finding my old YB400 and it appears to be on a NE-SW bearing. So you're probably correct about it being at Chilocco.
Richard Allen
Richard, I checked all 3 frequencies on and off, but did not catch 830. By 2 kHz wide, do you mean a 1 kHz tone, as to its pitch? I think that`s what it was on 540, but didn`t try to measure it. Should be closer to NNE from your angle
Glenn to Richard
The tone extended to 1000 Hz (or 1 kHz) to either side of the frequency. It was possible to adjust the IF bandwidth under 2 kHz and not hear the tone. I'm not an expert on these things, just happy to figure out there isn't a new b/c station on 540 kHz.
The distance between here and the Chilocco transmitting aerial mounted on the old Indian school water tower is 45 miles with a bearing of 28°. That corresponds somewhat to my quick direction check with the YB400.
Richard Allen, OK
Will check that frequency as often as I'm able. I just now checked it and heard nada at 0110 UT June 17.
Kirk Allen, OK
Nothing further heard here either, tho I have not been able to check them all very often.
People at a distance may want to look for OCs or TTs on these frequencies at night. As in last year`s info, the same organization is also licensed to test experimentally from Flying H, SW of Roswell NM, different frequencies.
Glenn Hauser, Enid, DXLD yg (17/6-2008)
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