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** U S A. APRS maps show huge tropo blob over the NW half of TX, much
of OK, and western KS, morning of May 5 but does not dissipate into
the afternoon as you might expect, so I may have more to report than
this into my rooftop antenna cut for RF channel 7 up thru UHF,
permanently aimed SSE toward OKC:
1731 UT: RF 28 briefly decodes as KFDX-DT 3-1 = Wichita Falls TX; also
flashing in very briefly: 3-2 KJBO-DT with a court show from MyTV; a
few minutes later also 3-3 as Laff; 3-4 as ANT with I Dream of Jeannie
at 1740. Rabbitears.info about KJBO: yes, it is on 3-2, but also
originally KJBO-LD on 35-1 & 35-1, unseen.
BAD signals only into the STB:
At 1731, 20, 21, 22, 26.
At 1747, 10, 20, 22.
At 1855, 10, 11, 21, 22, 26, 34.
At 1825, RF 20 decodes quickly as KQCW-HD, 19-1: Muskogee OK, CW
At 1855, RF 31 as 3-1 OETA, i.e. KOET Eufaula, and 20 KQCW again.
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 26, May 5 at 1947 UT, BAD signal starts to decode as
KOTV 6-1 Tulsa, continuing the huge tropo opening as in previous
report.
UT May 6 at 0249, RF 20 decodes at 42-1 KBZC-LD. That`s a lowpower in
nearest major market, OKC, but normally invisible here with 7.2 kW
ERP.
Also all these mostly infomercial subchannels, but PSIP on every one
is same KBZC-LD! 42-2, 42-3, 42-4, 42-5, 42-6, 42-7.
UT May 6 at 0255, RF 36, Univision on 36-1 with PSIP KUOKCD1 -- yes,
with figure one at the end somehow as I inspect it closely. There are
NO virtual 36-2 or 36-3, skipping to 36-4 StartTV and 36-5 H&I as in
rabbitears.info. Of course this 7.33 kW ERP channel with Univision is
superfluous as it`s also on highpower RF 29 from Shawnee along with
Telemundo and Estrella TV.
RF 36 is also direxional NNW which must help it a bit thisaway.
Among many BAD signals May 5 at 1526 UT, I get a decode on RF 20 from
KQCW 19-1; and on RF 26 from KOTV 6-1 with CBS, Tulsa, in & out (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** U S A. Big tropo TVDX opening continues over central USA, May 5 at
2350 UT, BAD signals on RF 20, 34, 35. UT Sat May 6 at next check
0131, BAD:
10, 11, 14, 20, 21, 22, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36. Some of those no doubt
Oklahoma, but see OKLAHOMA for identified intrastate DX.
UT May 6 at 0434 I have Univision on RF 31 but displays virtual 46-1.
Trouble is, I can`t find any such match in listings altho it`s on 46-1
in Arizona and Hawaii: I don`t think so. Closest 31 is Wichita market,
KDCU Derby KS with Univision, but rabbitears.info shows its virtual is
also 31! Allocation map for 31 has no matches in TX or OK. Univision
website is no help: I can`t even find an affiliate list as they push
viewing via an APP rather than OTA TV stations!! Nor Wikipedia.
Finally I check FCC TV Query, and by golly, they do show KDCU RF 31
with virtual 46. I also inspect the subchannels I get with this and
they match the rabbitears info for KDCU: Grit, Mystery, Laff, CourtTV.
Notified webmaster who says I am first to inform him of incorrect
info. His latest info was virtual 31 for many years. Must have changed
recently; maybe was originally on RF 46 before repacking. My last
previous log of KDCU was Sept 5, 2021 on RF 31 and indeed ``31``.
My STB tuning is further confused by *another* virtual 46 from Norman
OK`s KOCM which is really on RF 16, gospel huxter starting with
DayStar. It`s usually a bit too weak here to decode. Somehow KOCM got
on a prime low cable channel in Enid, 6.
At 0531 UT, BADs on 8, 9 and 10; then 8 decodes briefly as KPTS,
Wichita.
Next morning, May 6 from 1525, we still have big tropo blob all the
way from Monterrey to Des Moines, but I`m not getting any such far DX.
BADs:
RF 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, i.e. just about
every UHF channel not `local` -- and some of those have become BAD due
to DX QRM: even Enid`s only local K17JN-D; 15 from OKC.
Later on Saturday after/noon I switch to FM DXing from the caradio, as
yet not fully researched, so will be in my next report; including some
ethnic radio from DFW (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. That tropo blob is *still* there over mid-America when I
next check for TVDX, UT Sun May 7 at 0231: BAD signals on RF 9, 10,
11, 17, 18, 26: notably, 17 and 18 are bad because of DX against Enid
and OKC stations. 26 briefly decodes as KOTV 6-1 Tulsa, along with
KQCW on 6-2, and NewsOn6 on 6-3 - at this time also on KQCW, couldn`t
tell if identical and synched (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
of OK, and western KS, morning of May 5 but does not dissipate into
the afternoon as you might expect, so I may have more to report than
this into my rooftop antenna cut for RF channel 7 up thru UHF,
permanently aimed SSE toward OKC:
1731 UT: RF 28 briefly decodes as KFDX-DT 3-1 = Wichita Falls TX; also
flashing in very briefly: 3-2 KJBO-DT with a court show from MyTV; a
few minutes later also 3-3 as Laff; 3-4 as ANT with I Dream of Jeannie
at 1740. Rabbitears.info about KJBO: yes, it is on 3-2, but also
originally KJBO-LD on 35-1 & 35-1, unseen.
BAD signals only into the STB:
At 1731, 20, 21, 22, 26.
At 1747, 10, 20, 22.
At 1855, 10, 11, 21, 22, 26, 34.
At 1825, RF 20 decodes quickly as KQCW-HD, 19-1: Muskogee OK, CW
At 1855, RF 31 as 3-1 OETA, i.e. KOET Eufaula, and 20 KQCW again.
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 26, May 5 at 1947 UT, BAD signal starts to decode as
KOTV 6-1 Tulsa, continuing the huge tropo opening as in previous
report.
UT May 6 at 0249, RF 20 decodes at 42-1 KBZC-LD. That`s a lowpower in
nearest major market, OKC, but normally invisible here with 7.2 kW
ERP.
Also all these mostly infomercial subchannels, but PSIP on every one
is same KBZC-LD! 42-2, 42-3, 42-4, 42-5, 42-6, 42-7.
UT May 6 at 0255, RF 36, Univision on 36-1 with PSIP KUOKCD1 -- yes,
with figure one at the end somehow as I inspect it closely. There are
NO virtual 36-2 or 36-3, skipping to 36-4 StartTV and 36-5 H&I as in
rabbitears.info. Of course this 7.33 kW ERP channel with Univision is
superfluous as it`s also on highpower RF 29 from Shawnee along with
Telemundo and Estrella TV.
RF 36 is also direxional NNW which must help it a bit thisaway.
Among many BAD signals May 5 at 1526 UT, I get a decode on RF 20 from
KQCW 19-1; and on RF 26 from KOTV 6-1 with CBS, Tulsa, in & out (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** U S A. Big tropo TVDX opening continues over central USA, May 5 at
2350 UT, BAD signals on RF 20, 34, 35. UT Sat May 6 at next check
0131, BAD:
10, 11, 14, 20, 21, 22, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36. Some of those no doubt
Oklahoma, but see OKLAHOMA for identified intrastate DX.
UT May 6 at 0434 I have Univision on RF 31 but displays virtual 46-1.
Trouble is, I can`t find any such match in listings altho it`s on 46-1
in Arizona and Hawaii: I don`t think so. Closest 31 is Wichita market,
KDCU Derby KS with Univision, but rabbitears.info shows its virtual is
also 31! Allocation map for 31 has no matches in TX or OK. Univision
website is no help: I can`t even find an affiliate list as they push
viewing via an APP rather than OTA TV stations!! Nor Wikipedia.
Finally I check FCC TV Query, and by golly, they do show KDCU RF 31
with virtual 46. I also inspect the subchannels I get with this and
they match the rabbitears info for KDCU: Grit, Mystery, Laff, CourtTV.
Notified webmaster who says I am first to inform him of incorrect
info. His latest info was virtual 31 for many years. Must have changed
recently; maybe was originally on RF 46 before repacking. My last
previous log of KDCU was Sept 5, 2021 on RF 31 and indeed ``31``.
My STB tuning is further confused by *another* virtual 46 from Norman
OK`s KOCM which is really on RF 16, gospel huxter starting with
DayStar. It`s usually a bit too weak here to decode. Somehow KOCM got
on a prime low cable channel in Enid, 6.
At 0531 UT, BADs on 8, 9 and 10; then 8 decodes briefly as KPTS,
Wichita.
Next morning, May 6 from 1525, we still have big tropo blob all the
way from Monterrey to Des Moines, but I`m not getting any such far DX.
BADs:
RF 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, i.e. just about
every UHF channel not `local` -- and some of those have become BAD due
to DX QRM: even Enid`s only local K17JN-D; 15 from OKC.
Later on Saturday after/noon I switch to FM DXing from the caradio, as
yet not fully researched, so will be in my next report; including some
ethnic radio from DFW (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. That tropo blob is *still* there over mid-America when I
next check for TVDX, UT Sun May 7 at 0231: BAD signals on RF 9, 10,
11, 17, 18, 26: notably, 17 and 18 are bad because of DX against Enid
and OKC stations. 26 briefly decodes as KOTV 6-1 Tulsa, along with
KQCW on 6-2, and NewsOn6 on 6-3 - at this time also on KQCW, couldn`t
tell if identical and synched (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
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