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June 16 Record Breaking E-skip from Moses Lake, WA *2x skip included!*

Compliment to my friend Taylor's post from 6/17 - view here: https://www.radiodiscussions.com/th...en-flipped-around-to-ca-6-16-21.737380/unread

Like Taylor in Ellensburg, 60 miles to my southwest, I too had a record breaking E-skip opening on June 16 and had a very similar path to Taylor except I had two waves with a 30 minute break in between. Equipment used was the SPARC SHD-TX2 with an RTL-SDR dipole wrapped around (which believe it or not works!)

(All times in Pacific - PDT)

The first wave started at 5:38 pm with KHCT and KTBT (first ever Tulsa market station). This wave was mainly confined to Southeast/Central Kansas and Northern Oklahoma, particularly around Wichita, and ended just 20 minutes later at 6:00 pm with the TOTH ID of K238CK Hoisington.

* 17:38 - 90.9 KHCT Great Bend, KS (1906 km / 1184 mi)
* 17:38 - 92.1 KTBT Broken Arrow, OK (2280 km / 1417 mi)
* 17:39 - 95.1 KICT Wichita, KS (2059 km / 1279 mi)
* 17:40 - 98.7 KNSS Clearwater, KS (2082 km / 1294 mi) *HD*
* 17:41 - 104.5 KMYZ Pryor, OK (2312 km / 1437 mi)
* 17:47 - 94.7 KSKU Sterling, KS (1975 km / 1227 mi)
* 17:58 - 91.9 KBDD Winfield, KS (2127 km / 1322 mi)
* 17:59 - 94.3 KCVW Kingman, KS (2062 km / 1281 mi)
* 18:00 - 95.5 K238CK Hoisington, KS (1935 km / 1202 mi)

The second wave started at 6:34 pm with a double hop E-skip - WBVM 90.5 Tampa, FL! I uploaded a stand-alone short video of my capture:
* 18:34 - 90.5 WBVM Tampa, FL (3858 km / 2397 mi)

Shortly after WBVM dissipated, I started getting Kansas once again, this time stronger and more widespread. Wichita came back, along with Dodge City, Hays and Topeka.

* 18:36 - 92.5 KQMA Phillipsburg, KS (1817 km / 1129 mi)
* 18:39 - 95.5 KVOB Lindsborg, KS (1991 km / 1237 mi)
* 18:41 - 91.1 KCFN Wichita, KS (2055 km / 1277 mi)
* 18:47 - 94.5 WIBW Topeka, KS (2096 km / 1302 mi)
* 18:55 - 88.1 KZCK Colby, KS (1710 km / 1063 mi)
* 18:56 - 92.3 KKGQ Newton, KS (2054 km / 1276 mi)
* 18:57 - 94.5 KSKL Scott City, KS (1767 km / 1098 mi)
* 18:59 - 102.5 KKCV Rozel, KS (1916 km / 1191 mi)
* 19:00 - 88.9 KPRD Hays, KS (1910 km / 1187 mi)
* 19:01 - 90.5 KZNA Hill City, KS (1801 km / 1119 mi)
* 19:02 - 94.1 KDNS Downs, KS (1894 km / 1177 mi)
* 19:02 - 95.3 KWKN Wakeeney, KS (1801 km / 1119 mi)
* 19:05 - 90.1 KHCC Hutchinson, KS (2027 km / 1260 mi) *HD*
* 19:08 - 90.7 KQSH Dodge City, KS (1894 km / 1177 mi)
* 19:10 - 98.1 KSKZ Copeland, KS (1859 km / 1155 mi)
* 19:11 - 98.9 KYIS Oklahoma City, OK (2221 km / 1380 mi)
* 19:12 - 97.3 KKJQ Garden City, KS (1859 km / 1155 mi)
* 19:13 - 93.1 KHMY Pratt, KS (1996 km / 1240 mi)
* 19:15 - 105.5 KVSV Beloit, KS (1912 km / 1188 mi)
* 19:16 - 102.5 KBLS North Fort Riley, KS (2037 km / 1266 mi)
* 19:17 - 97.9 KWGB Colby, KS (1673 km / 1040 mi)

This lasted roughly 45 minutes until 7:17 pm until a plot twist - a jarring path flip to California with the logs of KWAV Monterey and K238AH (KLVM) King City, CA with RDS. It took a quick Safari search on my phone to realize I was getting California. Through the next hour and 45 minutes, the E-skip paths took me from the Monterey area and down the California coast right through the San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego and into Tijuana areas, and branching off into the Fresno/Hanford/Bakersfield areas. From there, the clouds started moving east through the Inland Empire -- and I logged Las Vegas, Yuma, Phoenix, and eventually tapped into Tucson before it all died.

* 19:17 - 96.9 KWAV Monterey, CA (1189 km / 739 mi)
* 19:18 - 95.5 K238AH King City, CA (1219 km / 757 mi)
* 19:20 - 89.3 KLFF San Luis Obispo, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:22 - 92.1 K221FV San Luis Obispo, CA (1320 km / 820 mi)
* 19:22 - 92.5 KKAL Paso Robles, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:23 - 93.1 KXSM Chualar, CA (1193 km / 741 mi)
* 19:23 - 93.3 KZOZ San Luis Obispo, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:25 - 95.3 KXTZ Pismo Beach, CA (1332 km / 828 mi)
* 19:25 - 98.1 KKJG San Luis Obispo, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:26 - 99.7 KESC Morro Bay, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:27 - 100.3 KRQK Lompoc, CA (1377 km / 856 mi)
* 19:27 - 101.3 KERW Los Osos-Baywood Par, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:27 - 102.5 KSNI Santa Maria, CA (1366 km / 849 mi)
* 19:28 - 103.7 K279CY Lompoc, CA (1377 km / 856 mi)
* 19:28 - 104.1 KBOX Lompoc, CA (1377 km / 856 mi)
* 19:28 - 104.5 KSTT Atascadero, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:29 - 105.1 KIDI Lompoc, CA (1377 km / 856 mi)
* 19:29 - 106.1 KWWV Santa Margarita, CA (1309 km / 813 mi) *HD*
* 19:30 - 106.7 KSMY Lompoc, CA (1377 km / 856 mi)
* 19:31 - 88.1 KLWG Lompoc, CA (1357 km / 843 mi)
* 19:31 - 88.5 KARQ San Luis Obispo, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:31 - 88.9 KXWB Nipomo, CA (1366 km / 849 mi)
* 19:31 - 89.9 KZKC Kettleman City, CA (1232 km / 766 mi)
* 19:31 - 90.1 KCBX San Luis Obispo, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:31 - 90.9 KGZO Shafter, CA (1314 km / 816 mi)
* 19:33 - 94.3 KOKO Kerman, CA (1153 km / 716 mi)
* 19:33 - 95.3 KBHH Kerman, CA (1198 km / 744 mi)
* 19:34 - 96.9 KEBT Lost Hills, CA (1309 km / 813 mi)
* 19:35 - 101.7 KSBL Isla Vista, CA (1453 km / 903 mi)
* 19:35 - 102.9 KIWI McFarland, CA (1310 km / 814 mi)
* 19:36 - 105.7 KQMX Lost Hills, CA (1297 km / 806 mi)
* 19:41 - 94.1 KLMM Oceano, CA (1360 km / 845 mi)
* 19:41 - 94.9 KXTT Maricopa, CA (1335 km / 830 mi)
* 19:41 - 97.5 KLSB Goleta, CA (1399 km / 869 mi)
* 19:42 - 100.7 KHAY Ventura, CA (1418 km / 881 mi)
* 19:43 - 104.3 KBQF McFarland, CA (1287 km / 800 mi)
* 19:44 - 105.9 KRAZ Santa Ynez, CA (1399 km / 869 mi)
* 19:44 - 106.5 KEGT San Miguel, CA (1264 km / 785 mi)
* 19:45 - 89.7 KCLM Santa Maria, CA (1357 km / 843 mi)
* 19:48 - 91.1 KDSC Thousand Oaks, CA (1410 km / 876 mi) *HD*
* 19:48 - 94.3 KBUA San Fernando, CA (1427 km / 887 mi)
* 19:48 - 95.1 KBBY Ventura, CA (1444 km / 897 mi)
* 19:50 - 98.7 KYSR Los Angeles, CA (1445 km / 898 mi)
* 19:50 - 102.9 KXLM Oxnard, CA (1430 km / 889 mi)
* 19:51 - 105.5 KBUE Long Beach, CA (1475 km / 917 mi)
* 19:51 - 106.7 KROQ Pasadena, CA (1437 km / 893 mi)
* 19:51 - 107.5 KLVE Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 19:52 - 89.7 KSGN Riverside, CA (1445 km / 898 mi)
* 19:53 - 92.1 KQKZ Bakersfield, CA (1292 km / 803 mi)
* 19:53 - 92.3 KRRL Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 19:53 - 92.9 KFSO Visalia, CA (1164 km / 723 mi)
* 19:54 - 94.1 KISV Bakersfield, CA (1297 km / 806 mi)
* 19:55 - 94.7 KTWV Los Angeles, CA (1436 km / 892 mi)
* 19:57 - 98.9 KSOF Dinuba, CA (1164 km / 723 mi)
* 19:58 - 102.3 KJLH Compton, CA (1459 km / 907 mi) *HD*
* 20:00 - 103.9 KRCD Inglewood, CA (1458 km / 906 mi)
* 20:00 - 105.1 KKGO Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 20:00 - 104.3 KBIG Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 20:01 - 88.1 KKJZ Long Beach, CA (1482 km / 921 mi)
* 20:01 - 88.5 KCSN Northridge, CA (1422 km / 884 mi)
* 20:01 - 88.9 KDUV Visalia, CA (1203 km / 748 mi)
* 20:02 - 90.7 KPFK Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 20:03 - 93.5 KDAY Redondo Beach, CA (1458 km / 906 mi) *HD*
* 20:06 - 95.3 XHHIT Tecate, BCN (1660 km / 1031 mi)
* 20:06 - 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi) *HD*
* 20:07 - 96.5 KYXY San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi)
* 20:07 - 97.3 KWFN San Diego, CA (1610 km / 1000 mi)
* 20:08 - 98.1 KXSN San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi)
* 20:08 - 99.9 KOLA San Bernardino, CA (1470 km / 913 mi)
* 20:09 - 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles, CA (1435 km / 892 mi)
* 20:09 - 101.5 KGB San Diego, CA (1609 km / 1000 mi)
* 20:09 - 102.9 KLQV San Diego, CA (1595 km / 991 mi)
* 20:10 - 103.7 KSON San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi) *HD*
* 20:10 - 104.1 KKLM Murrieta, CA (1527 km / 949 mi)
* 20:11 - 105.3 KIOZ San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi) *HD*
* 20:11 - 107.7 XHRST Tijuana, BN (1636 km / 1017 mi)
* 20:12 - 90.3 XHITZ Tijuana, BN (1634 km / 1015 mi)
* 20:13 - 92.5 XHRM Tijuana, BCN (1635 km / 1016 mi)
* 20:13 - 92.9 XHFZO Ensenada, BN (1722 km / 1070 mi)
* 20:13 - 92.9 KXFG Menifee, CA (1513 km / 940 mi)
* 20:13 - 93.3 KHTS El Cajon, CA (1609 km / 1000 mi)
* 20:14 - 94.1 KMYI San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi)
* 20:17 - 97.7 KQVO Calexico, CA (1638 km / 1018 mi)
* 20:17 - 99.7 XHTY Tijuana, BN (1639 km / 1018 mi)
* 20:18 - 100.1 KGBA Holtville, CA (1622 km / 1008 mi)
* 20:18 - 102.5 KGGN Hemet, CA (1516 km / 942 mi)
* 20:19 - 104.5 XHLTN Tijuana, BN (1634 km / 1015 mi)
* 20:19 - 104.9 XHLNC Tijuana, BN (1660 km / 1031 mi)
* 20:19 - 105.9 XHSU Mexicali, BN (1641 km / 1020 mi)
* 20:20 - 90.5 KNLM Yucca Valley, CA (1464 km / 910 mi)
* 20:20 - 91.1 XETRA Tijuana, BCN (1634 km / 1015 mi)
* 20:21 - 92.1 KKCM Thermal, CA (1522 km / 946 mi)
* 20:22 - 93.7 KCLB Coachella, CA (1502 km / 933 mi)
* 20:25 - 105.1 KLXB Bermuda Dunes, CA (1492 km / 927 mi)
* 20:25 - 107.5 KXO El Centro, CA (1622 km / 1008 mi)
* 20:25 - 107.9 XHSLR San Luis Rio Colorado, SON (1675 km / 1041 mi)
* 20:27 - 92.3 XHMMF Mexicali, BN (1641 km / 1020 mi)
* 20:27 - 94.5 KSEH Brawley, CA (1611 km / 1001 mi)
* 20:27 - 95.1 KNYE Pahrump, NV (1243 km / 772 mi)
* 20:25 - 105.5 XHCMS Mexicali, BCN (1668 km / 1036 mi)
* 20:31 - 88.9 KNPR Las Vegas, NV (1279 km / 795 mi)
* 20:33 - 93.1 KYMT Las Vegas, NV (1279 km / 795 mi)
* 20:33 - 93.1 KLJZ Yuma, AZ (1655 km / 1028 mi)
* 20:35 - 95.1 KTTI Yuma, AZ (1658 km / 1030 mi)
* 20:35 - 95.5 KWNR Henderson, NV (1285 km / 798 mi)
* 20:37 - 92.3 KOMP Las Vegas, CA (1279 km / 795 mi)
* 20:38 - 89.3 KAER Mesquite, NV (1232 km / 766 mi)
* 20:38 - 89.7 KCNV Las Vegas, CA (1279 km / 795 mi)
* 20:38 - 94.1 KMXB Henderson, NV (1285 km / 798 mi)
* 20:56 - 95.5 KYOT Phoenix, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 20:57 - 92.3 KTAR Glendale, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 20:59 - 98.7 KMVP Phoenix, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 21:04 - 92.1 KCMT Green Valley, AZ (1830 km / 1137 mi)

After more than 3 hours, I had logged a total of 144 stations, with 11 in HD. I used a combination of RDS/HD, TOTH ID, playlist matches and path matches based on format.

Footage of my E-skip captures:

Map of my E-skip captures
Screenshot 2021-06-20 at 10.00.09.png
 
Also I'm hearing 2 stations on 97.5

Prob Rock & Top 40 playing Doja Cat Kiss Me More
I believe the Rock was KLSB's audio (i.e. K-Love) and the pop was semi-local KOLW Basin City/Tri Cities, WA.
 
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