DFW MW DX - Exploring the band

[TXPH97]

Location: DFW, Texas
Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X stock

Continuing to explore the band with latest loggings from 11/10 - 11/12:

530 Radio Enc Cuba Villa Maria 2152 11/12/2021 Spanish talk // stream Fair
540 XEWA MEX San Luis Pot 2150 11/12/2021 Pop music // stream Strong in null of local KDFT
760 XEABC MEX San Sebastiá 2140 11/12/2021 Strong with music // stream Completely over usual WJR
770 XEACH MEX Monterrey 2144 11/12/2021 Spanish talk // stream Fair in null of local KAAM Looking for KKOB
790 WMC TN Memphis 2146 11/11/2021 ESPN Radio Mid-south ID KBME nulled Fair fading up to strong
800 XEROK MEX Ciudad Juáre 2136 11/11/2021 Radio Cañon ID o/u CKLW Good signal
880 KJOZ TX Conroe 2130 11/12/2021 Spanish tropical music // stream with KRVN nulled Fair
900 KHOZ AR Harrison 2148 11/11/2021 Faded up for Legal ID followed by country music
930 KLUP TX Terrell Hill 2305 11/10/2021 News talk The Answer Weak
940 WYLD LA New Orleans 2040 11/11/2021 Hallelujah 940 WYLD New Orleans ID XEQ nulled mixing with KTFS
950 KPRC TX Houston 2046 11/11/2021 Houston ads weak
960 WERC AL Birmingham 2106 11/11/2021 News ID talk // stream weak
990 XET MEX Monterrey 2110 11/12/2021 Sounded like a sporting event // stream Fair with local KFCD nulled
1000 XEOY MEX DF 2047 11/12/2021 Stereo Cien ID with pop music (Right Said Fred) // stream Fair to good
1030 KFAY AR Farmington 2051 11/12/2021 Conservative talk // stream Weak while looking for WBZ
1060 XERDO MEX Matamoros 2030 11/12/2021 La Raza ID with music // stream Fair
1070 KTFI KS Wichita 2020 11/12/2021 Wichita Classic Country ID in null of KRLD adjacent channel interference
1090 KAAY AR Little Rock 2214 11/11/2021 Religious program
1210 KUBR TX San Juan 2313 11/10/2021 Spanish music KGNC nulled // stream Weak
1260 KSGF MO Springfield 2205 11/10/2021 Fox News, legal ID, Springfield ads Fair
1290 KOIL NE Omaha 0010 11/11/2021 Talk // stream Weak
1300 KVET TX Austin 1915 11/12/2021 Fox Sports talk // stream Fair
1320 KXYZ TX Houston 2215 11/10/2021 Black Information Network news Weak to fair
1330 KCKM TX Monahans 1925 11/12/2021 Legal ID with country music Fair with KNSS nulled
1340 KAND TX Corsicana 1721 11/11/2021 Texas cattle market report Navarro college ad Weak
1350 KXTN TX San Antonio 1935 11/12/2021 Spanish with San Antonio ads mixing with unID spanish music Fair
1370 KJCE TX Rollingwood 1700 11/11/2021 Talk 1370 CBS Austin ID
1370 KGNO KS Dodge City 0018 11/11/2021 News followed by ID Classic Country for SW Kansas Good
1380 KRCM TX Shenandoah 1800 11/11/2021 English call ID Spanish rel music
1380 KKRX OK Lawton 1954 11/12/2021 Sooner Sports Network with Lawton ads fading o/u unID Relevant Radio
1410 KLVQ TX Athens 1742 11/11/2021 Henderson County's Hit Music Station ID Classic rock
1430 KTBZ OK Tulsa 2325 11/10/2021 CBS Sports radio Fair
1430 KSHJ TX Houston 1725 11/11/2021 Cathlolic EWTN Houston ads
1470 KDHN TX Dimmitt 1745 11/11/2021 Ad with 806 area code mentions of Dimmitt Strong at first then faded
1520 KYND TX Cypress 1545 11/11/2021 Spanish religion ESNE Radio // stream. Under/mixing with KOKC
1550 WPFC LA Baton Rouge 2300 11/11/2021 Black Gospel // stream strong
1560 KGOW TX Bellaire 0040 11/11/2021 Vietnamse programming Strong
1570 KPYK TX Terrell 1408 11/11/2021 Legal ID Adult Standards Weak
1570 XERF MEX Ciudad Acuña 2023 11/11/2021 Music // stream strong
1620 WTAW TX College Station 1500 11/11/2021 News and ID Daytime - weak
1640 KZLS OK Enid 1738 11/11/2021 Conservative talk // stream Fair
1680 KRJO LA Monroe 1735 11/11/2021 Classic country // stream Very weak

 

[Dondd]

To what part of Texas are you relocating?

Austin region.

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

The US Canada Agreement was changed decades ago so that only the 0.5 mV/m 50% Skywave Contour was required to be protected, not any point on the border or in the other country. Did the US and Mexico never Agree to the same condition (for XEROK and the other Class I/Class As)? I remember that there were problems because of NAFTA disagreements that should have not been considered from a professional standpoint, but they stood firm. My understanding is that the old skywave model is used in both Agreements, resulting in a larger 0.5 mV/m 50% skywave area. I think this map uses the newer model, so it may cover all of Mexico under the older model. Otherwise, wouldn't they be able to interfere in and near the Yucatan Peninsula? Zoom Out to see the skywave contour, since it's so large you cant see it without doing that, due to the 150 kW power that is protected.

To my knowledge, Mexico never agreed to power more than 500 watts Night on Mexico Clear Channels. There had been plans to increase that to 1000 watts Night.

https://www.fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=101401

 

[jim-satx]

What time did you hear KGNO? I do overnights there 11pm to 5am 7 days a week

I lived in wyoming and only heard KGNO once..... i have to assume they behave, if they werent, theyd be mroe widely reported

I heard KGNO for the first time ever this past Wednesday night at 10:37 p.m. CT. It also seemed to me like they were running more than 5 kW at the time, but the signal eventually faded, so it was probably just really good propagation happening. It was gone shortly after 11 p.m., so I didn't get to hear you. I caught KGNO again around 7:15 a.m. this morning, but the signal was pretty weak.

Does the station play classic country only at night? I can't find a working website for KGNO, and today I'm only hearing talk programs on the webstream.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

I heard KGNO for the first time ever this past Wednesday night at 10:37 p.m. CT. It also seemed to me like they were running more than 5 kW at the time, but the signal eventually faded, so it was probably just really good propagation happening. It was gone shortly after 11 p.m., so I didn't get to hear you. I caught KGNO again around 7:15 a.m. this morning, but the signal was pretty weak.

Does the station play classic country only at night? I can't find a working website for KGNO, and today I'm only hearing talk programs on the webstream.

www.swksradio.com

the classic country is nights and weekends.. and theres a stream along with a semi program schedule on the website

 

[jim-satx]

www.swksradio.com

the classic country is nights and weekends.. and theres a stream along with a semi program schedule on the website

Thanks. For some reason that web address comes up with a blank page on all my devices - both on different WiFi networks and on cellular. Strange.

 

[ZantennaG1]

Thanks. For some reason that web address comes up with a blank page on all my devices - both on different WiFi networks and on cellular. Strange.

I'm getting the same blank screen from that website.

 

[jim-satx]

I'm getting the same blank screen from that website.

I figured it out - www.swksradio.net

 

[Dondd]

Austin region.

The AM reception, day and night, is a lot better here, in central Texas north of Austin, than in Florida, where the AM band seemed to be one static mess, even on my Grundig Yacht Boy.
There still is a lot of static, especially during the day, but reception is better. In Fla., it seems the AM stations are restricted in power.
Nighttime reception brings in some good signals here vs. the 2-3 I could get in Tampa: WBT, Charlotte, WLW, Cincinnati, WSB, Atlanta. All those were sometimes.

 

[davideduardo]

CKLW has apparently been on day pattern at night a lot. They should not make DFW with the Mexican clear.

The Mexican "clear" is running well under its licensed power.

 

[davideduardo]

The AM reception, day and night, is a lot better here, in central Texas north of Austin, than in Florida, where the AM band seemed to be one static mess, even on my Grundig Yacht Boy.

Having lived and DXed from FL in the past, I find this observation different than my experience. Perhaps it is your town or neighborhood and caused by local man-made interference and not static.

There still is a lot of static, especially during the day, but reception is better. In Fla., it seems the AM stations are restricted in power.

When the best AM licenses were handed out, Florida had much smaller cities and was not well developed. So the few somewhat decent stations were all highly directional to protect earlier licenses and they would shoot most of their night power over the ocean and to the south.

Even the "better" grants, such as 600 in Jax, 620 in Tampa, 580 in Orlando and 560 in Miami were all either lower power at night or directional away from the rest of the US. There are many other examples, but all are either reduced night power or highly directional or both.

A good example in the past is 1580 in Ft Lauderdale... a better night signal in San Juan than in Pompano.

 

[davideduardo]

Absolutely this. Use it or give it to someone who will.

800 is a Mexican clear channel. By treaty, the US can not use it even if it is not being fully used in Mexico. And Mexico legislated the move of over 600 AM stations to FM as they declared AM non-viable. But all the frequencies that Mexico had historical claim to are still protected, on or off the air.

Clear channel 1580 belongs to Mexico. But the Hermosillo, Sonora 50 kw non-directional station there is long gone to FM but the US can not make greater use of 1580 without a full new treaty!

Wow, what was going on with their power grid?

City grew, grid and generation capacity did not. In the case of XEROK, the transmitter is in an area that was rural when built, but now is a very poor neigborhood where most people make illegal electrical hookups, straining the grid and often shorting it out.

 

[cyberdad]

Having lived and DXed from FL in the past, I find this observation different than my experience. Perhaps it is your town or neighborhood and caused by local man-made interference and not static.

I've spent time in absolutely every corner or Florida. From Key West to where I am right now on the Gulf at the extreme western part of the Panhandle a few dozen yards from the Alabama state line. My 40-plus years experience here in both personal and business travel is that Florida is, on balance, an excellent place for DX. As for noise, also in my experience....which encompasses 49 states, coast to coast in Canada, and eight countries in Europe....is that you can and do run into local noise sources everywhere you go.. It's all just part of the game.