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Loggings => MW Loggings => Topic started by: Zoidberg on November 30, 2008, 2326 UTC
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11/30/08, 540, briefly caught KWMT near grey line here in N. Central TX.
2255 UTC: Alan Jackson - Country Boy ("I've got a 4 wheel drive...")
2259z: KWMT ID, Fort Dodge, IA
Faded out by 2301z.
Web data shows they run 5,000 watts daytime, omnidirectional with a bias toward south.
(Magnavox D2935 indoors - again, surprisingly tight Q to null out powerful regional Spanish language station.)
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12/1/08, 540, KWMT from Iowa, grey line effect again.
2240 UTC: George Strait (Faron Young song) - "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')", followed by clear IDs, brief local news and commercial break.
2248z: Faded out.
(Magnavox D2935 indoors - N. Central TX)
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Sounds like you have a great path this fall :)
Peace!
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12/2/08, 2233 UTC: Same again! KWMT, farm/ranch market reports, chatter about heifers, several clear KWMT 540 ID's.
2238z: Winter weather advisory ("...currently in Fort Dodge, 37 degrees...")
2239z: Call-in contest for free tickets to game against Oregon.
2240z: C&W style Christmas song.
2242z: ID, can't quite make out announcer's name, sounds like Ron or Bob?
2243z: Merle Haggard song ("Silver Wings"?)
2246z: KWMT ID, into another song, sudden fade out.
Signal hanging in a bit longer than previous days, but with more QRM from regional Spanish language religious station.
(N. Central TX - Magnavox D2935 portable indoors.)
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12/3/08, same station, a little earlier each day. KWMT 540.
2228z: Just drifting in with C&W song (heavy QRM from Spanish language religious station)
2231z: Commercial break (not clear)
2234z: Market reports, mention of crude oil prices, NASDAQ, livestock news
2238z: Catching only a few words here and there, mentions of "Iowa", temperature ("...degrees..."), cattle auctions
2240z: C&W with steel guitar, man singing "...I found Dixie...", "...walk on by..." in lyrics
2243z: ID, "True Country, KWMT 540 AM"
2244z: C&W song, female singer, honky tonk in lyrics ("...I'd go back where I belong...", "...better girls than me..."), much stronger for a minute.
2246z: Sudden fade out
(N. Central TX - Magnavox D2935 portable indoors.)
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No luck with KWMT since 12/4/08, the last day I caught 'em (barely). Tried again after 2200 UTC on Dec. 5-7. Quirky propagation lately.
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Joy. First positive greyline catch here in Texas of Iowa's KWMT 540 in a few days. 12/9/08, 2212-2219 UTC: woman reading news story with mentions of Senator Tom Daschle; ad for farm tractors and implements; positive KWMT ID's; suddenly faded out at 2219z during what sounded like Connie Francis "Blue Blue Day". Came back at 2224z with more C&W music.
2248z: Back briefly after long fade out, KWMT ID and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (sounded like Martina McBride version), then faded out again.
(Weird, I can only catch this station using the Magnavox D2935 and only with the internal loopstick, radio flat on its back and oriented a specific way toward the metal headboard of my bed. No go with the Sony ICF-2010 and loopstick, or Palstar R30C with fugly loop.)