Topband: 1.800MHz AM carrier

[Thomas]

Hello,

This season on 160m I've been hearing a moderately strong AM carrier on 1.800MHz. The carrier is present in the evenings and exhibits QSB. The modulation has been a little difficult to make out but I've been able to tell that it is ESPN sports programming. 

I checked the AM band using a digital AM radio in the evening and found three stations that carry the programming; one in Utah, one in El Paso, TX, and the other  a local Tucson station. Oddly, none of them are related harmonically to 1.800MHz. Once in a while there is a break from the recorded programming and there are some regional commercials. Naturally, I expected the local station to be the source of the problem, but the commercials weren't quite right. It seems like the QSB would always take out information that would help me identify the station's location. Then, the other night, I copied the commercials better and heard several references to El Paso and Red Raiders. Therefore, it became clear that the station is not the local one, but instead about 300 miles away. An Internet search lists KHEY on 1.380MHz and having ESPN sports programming. That jives with one of the 3 stations I found using the digital AM radio. Note that I've copied the 1.8MHz carrier with both my OMNI-VI+ and my K2.

Would it be possible for some others to listen for this station on 1.800MHz and help identify it? It would be especially good if there are some 160m operators in El Paso that could listen to the AM broadcast and then check for the carrier on 1.8MHz. I am not trying to create problems for the AM station, but I would like to alert them that they may be causing interference to our band. I don't operate at the bottom of the band often; however, during the ARRL 160m contest there were some operators very near 1.800MHz that were being hit hard by the carrier. 

Thanks in advance for any help.

'73, Thomas - AC7A (Tucson)