A personal best summit attempt - at 9,340 feet! It's also the highest elevation I have ever gone to. Glad I had the Boost Oxygen, otherwise it could have gotten really bad as I have had major migraines from 7K elev. before (likely altitude sickness or overexertion, or both). I had a minor headache that faded big-time after I breathed in the oxygen. Wild bandscan at this elevation, some stations I did not expect at all. Pictures and whatnot, later. This scan was from the top of the peak, at the lookout. Terrible west wind at the top, blowing 40 mph or more, so I had to go to the east side of the lookout for cover! I could see the clouds whipping up on the summit, and just below the summit.
The peak is outside of Stevensville MT.
88.1 K201IN Hamilton (KAWZ) + at least 1 UNID, maybe 2...Thompson Falls was likely one of them
88.3 KJCG Missoula / UNID
88.5 KYPH Helena
88.7 KXEI Victor
88.9 KFRD Butte
89.1 KUFM Missoula
89.3 KLGG Kellogg ID 'Spokane Public Radio' / KLBF Bozeman with K-LOVE
89.5 K208EF Missoula (KMBI) / probably KPJH Polson mixed / KEWU-FM Cheney WA, cued PI code 1CE0, with jazz...162 miles
89.7 KQLR Whitehall, K-LOVE
89.9 KBGA Missoula
90.1 KUKL Kalispell / KNWO Cottonwood ID
90.3 KJFT Arlee
90.5 KJLF Butte
90.7 KMZO Hamilton
90.9 KDWG Dillon / KUMD Deer Lodge, both with Montana Public Radio, one delayed from the other.
91.1 KMZL Missoula
91.3 KAPC Butte (MTPR) / UNID with Your Network of Praise // 88.7. I'm not sure if this was intermod from a very strong KXEH, or if KXEB Big Timber is now on. That's 210 mi if they are. I was looking for Walla Walla to no avail. I would have easily recognized a Positive Life reference...but I guess the Pikes Peak OR transmitters are too far or blocked by other Bitterroots.
91.5 K218AI Rattlesnake (KUFM) / KPLG Plains / possibly another UNID
91.7 KRFA-FM Moscow ID / another UNID NPR, maybe KUMW Dillon
91.9 KUFN Hamilton / K220JX Missoula (The Effect)
92.1 K221FW Lewiston ID (Hank FM) all alone! 99W, 132 miles!
92.3 KKMT Ronan
92.5 KAAR Butte, with RDS PI 0000 'KAAR 92.5 COUNTRY' Radiotext, nothing else, I tried so hard for KZHR Dayton but they were just too strong. Nada on KPQX Havre either
92.7 K224AA Missoula (KGRZ)
92.9 KLFM Great Falls / unid with current pop music, probably KZZU, but I couldn't get an RDS hit so could it be KEZQ West Yellowstone, the station that has no stream, no website, no trace?
93.1 (strong HD hash)
93.3 KGGL Missoula
93.5 (strong HD hash)
93.7 K229BU Missoula (K-LOVE) / unid buried, probably KDRK, could have been KOBB Bozeman however
93.9 K230BC Ronan (KERR-AM)
94.1 KOPR Butte
94.3 K232CI Missoula (The Ride)
94.5 KHTQ Hayden ID / KMON-FM Great Falls
94.7 K234AT McQueen/Butte (KXTL-AM)
94.9 KYSS-FM Missoula
95.1 KXEI Havre (242 miles!) confirmed with YNOP IDs
95.3 K237DZ Missoula (Radio By Grace) completely dominant, no way to get KPND or others
95.5 KMBR Butte
95.7 K239AP Missoula (ALT-FM)
95.9 KHNK Columbia Falls
96.1 KFOO Opportunity WA
96.3 KBAZ Hamilton
96.5 KOZE-FM Lewiston ID / something else in there too
96.7 KISN Belgrade / country music, very likely KZIN Shelby
96.9 KQRV Deer Lodge / K245AP Missoula (ZOO-FM)
97.1 KALS Kalispell
97.3 KKRS Davenport WA / fadeups of soft Christian music probably KLCE Blackfoot ID
97.5 KYMI Charlo
97.7 KGLM-FM Anaconda
97.9 KDXT Lolo
98.1 (just HD hash)
98.3 K252FP Missoula (KGVO-AM), didn't find KBEV Dillon, too strong
98.5 KBBZ Kalispell
98.7 KHKM Hamilton
98.9 KKZX Spokane WA / KAAK Great Falls
99.1 KCMM Belgrade (likely, didn't get ID) / the unid pirate mentioned in the road trip thread, IDing as Magic 99 with no callsigns and Hot AC music.
99.3 KQEZ St. Regis
99.5 KBLL-FM Helena / KZZL Pullman WA
99.7 K259DD Missoula (KMPT-AM)
99.9 KXLY-FM Spokane WA / KBOZ-FM Bozeman
100.1 KZOQ Missoula
100.3 KLSK Great Falls / K262AB Walkerville (KGLM) 99W 88mi
100.5 UNID with open carrier. It also had a message (like a TIS) but I missed it except for the last few words, and the dead air lasted forever. I assume this is a new LPFM somewhere that operates travel info. Maybe around Drummond, or Dillon?
100.7 KIBG Bigfork / KXLB Bozeman / KPDA Mountain Home ID briefly with Spanish music (233 miles)
100.9 The shocker of them all! K265DX Enterprise OR, // KRFA-91.7 and KNWO-90.1 with NWPB classical music. 10 watts at 167 miles!! Wide open frequency, nothing in MT except for a 100 watter in Lima (near the ID border) that may not even be on...and a translator in Billings. No sign of my (usually) local KARY Grandview WA which would have been sweet (269 miles)
101.1 KZMT Helena / K266BK Missoula (KAWZ)
101.3 may have had something on the noise level - maybe KRYK Chinook?
101.5 KAMM Frenchtown
101.7 KWGF Great Falls
101.9 KXZI-LP Missoula / KTSL Medical Lake WA
102.1 KBMC Bozeman, and I may have had something mixing with them...wouldn't it be something if it was Wenatchee
102.3 KMXM Helena Valley
102.5 KMSO Missoula
102.7 KINX Fairfield / K274CY Whitefish (KSAM-AM)
102.9 K275BS Missoula (ESPN, KKVU-HD4)
103.1 KRVO Columbia Falls / KVCM Helena
103.3 KDTR Missoula
103.5 KTWD Wallace / KZMY Bozeman
103.7 K279CP Missoula (KHDV)
103.9 KZMN Kalispell / KMSM-FM Butte
104.1 K281CH Missoula (Boomer)
104.3 (HD hash)
104.5 KKVU Stevensville
104.7 (HD hash, and likely a signal buried underneath it - KBZM Big Sky?)
104.9 KWLY-LP Missoula / KIKF Cascade / the other unid pirate that seems to be in the Bitterroot, IDing as "Cool 105" with oldies/classic hits. No idea what this could be.
105.1 KWOL-FM Whitefish
105.3 K287AW Hamilton (KKVU) / KMTX-FM Helena
105.5 K288AW Philipsburg (KOPR)
105.7 KKQX-FM Manhattan / K289CF Kalispell (KIBG) yet no sign of KZBD Spokane???
105.9 KYJK Missoula
106.1 KZFN Moscow ID / KQDI Great Falls
106.3 K292GH Hamilton (KMSO-FM) / KDBR Kalispell
106.5 KYPX Helena
106.7 KXDR Pinesdale
106.9 KSCY Four Corners MT (IDed, with K-SKY Weather forecast) / KMOK Lewiston ID
107.1 K296FM Missoula (KDXT)
107.3 KIMO Helena
107.5 KENR Superior
107.7 KMTZ Walkerville
107.9 KHDV Darby
The peak is outside of Stevensville MT.
88.1 K201IN Hamilton (KAWZ) + at least 1 UNID, maybe 2...Thompson Falls was likely one of them
88.3 KJCG Missoula / UNID
88.5 KYPH Helena
88.7 KXEI Victor
88.9 KFRD Butte
89.1 KUFM Missoula
89.3 KLGG Kellogg ID 'Spokane Public Radio' / KLBF Bozeman with K-LOVE
89.5 K208EF Missoula (KMBI) / probably KPJH Polson mixed / KEWU-FM Cheney WA, cued PI code 1CE0, with jazz...162 miles
89.7 KQLR Whitehall, K-LOVE
89.9 KBGA Missoula
90.1 KUKL Kalispell / KNWO Cottonwood ID
90.3 KJFT Arlee
90.5 KJLF Butte
90.7 KMZO Hamilton
90.9 KDWG Dillon / KUMD Deer Lodge, both with Montana Public Radio, one delayed from the other.
91.1 KMZL Missoula
91.3 KAPC Butte (MTPR) / UNID with Your Network of Praise // 88.7. I'm not sure if this was intermod from a very strong KXEH, or if KXEB Big Timber is now on. That's 210 mi if they are. I was looking for Walla Walla to no avail. I would have easily recognized a Positive Life reference...but I guess the Pikes Peak OR transmitters are too far or blocked by other Bitterroots.
91.5 K218AI Rattlesnake (KUFM) / KPLG Plains / possibly another UNID
91.7 KRFA-FM Moscow ID / another UNID NPR, maybe KUMW Dillon
91.9 KUFN Hamilton / K220JX Missoula (The Effect)
92.1 K221FW Lewiston ID (Hank FM) all alone! 99W, 132 miles!
92.3 KKMT Ronan
92.5 KAAR Butte, with RDS PI 0000 'KAAR 92.5 COUNTRY' Radiotext, nothing else, I tried so hard for KZHR Dayton but they were just too strong. Nada on KPQX Havre either
92.7 K224AA Missoula (KGRZ)
92.9 KLFM Great Falls / unid with current pop music, probably KZZU, but I couldn't get an RDS hit so could it be KEZQ West Yellowstone, the station that has no stream, no website, no trace?
93.1 (strong HD hash)
93.3 KGGL Missoula
93.5 (strong HD hash)
93.7 K229BU Missoula (K-LOVE) / unid buried, probably KDRK, could have been KOBB Bozeman however
93.9 K230BC Ronan (KERR-AM)
94.1 KOPR Butte
94.3 K232CI Missoula (The Ride)
94.5 KHTQ Hayden ID / KMON-FM Great Falls
94.7 K234AT McQueen/Butte (KXTL-AM)
94.9 KYSS-FM Missoula
95.1 KXEI Havre (242 miles!) confirmed with YNOP IDs
95.3 K237DZ Missoula (Radio By Grace) completely dominant, no way to get KPND or others
95.5 KMBR Butte
95.7 K239AP Missoula (ALT-FM)
95.9 KHNK Columbia Falls
96.1 KFOO Opportunity WA
96.3 KBAZ Hamilton
96.5 KOZE-FM Lewiston ID / something else in there too
96.7 KISN Belgrade / country music, very likely KZIN Shelby
96.9 KQRV Deer Lodge / K245AP Missoula (ZOO-FM)
97.1 KALS Kalispell
97.3 KKRS Davenport WA / fadeups of soft Christian music probably KLCE Blackfoot ID
97.5 KYMI Charlo
97.7 KGLM-FM Anaconda
97.9 KDXT Lolo
98.1 (just HD hash)
98.3 K252FP Missoula (KGVO-AM), didn't find KBEV Dillon, too strong
98.5 KBBZ Kalispell
98.7 KHKM Hamilton
98.9 KKZX Spokane WA / KAAK Great Falls
99.1 KCMM Belgrade (likely, didn't get ID) / the unid pirate mentioned in the road trip thread, IDing as Magic 99 with no callsigns and Hot AC music.
99.3 KQEZ St. Regis
99.5 KBLL-FM Helena / KZZL Pullman WA
99.7 K259DD Missoula (KMPT-AM)
99.9 KXLY-FM Spokane WA / KBOZ-FM Bozeman
100.1 KZOQ Missoula
100.3 KLSK Great Falls / K262AB Walkerville (KGLM) 99W 88mi
100.5 UNID with open carrier. It also had a message (like a TIS) but I missed it except for the last few words, and the dead air lasted forever. I assume this is a new LPFM somewhere that operates travel info. Maybe around Drummond, or Dillon?
100.7 KIBG Bigfork / KXLB Bozeman / KPDA Mountain Home ID briefly with Spanish music (233 miles)
100.9 The shocker of them all! K265DX Enterprise OR, // KRFA-91.7 and KNWO-90.1 with NWPB classical music. 10 watts at 167 miles!! Wide open frequency, nothing in MT except for a 100 watter in Lima (near the ID border) that may not even be on...and a translator in Billings. No sign of my (usually) local KARY Grandview WA which would have been sweet (269 miles)
101.1 KZMT Helena / K266BK Missoula (KAWZ)
101.3 may have had something on the noise level - maybe KRYK Chinook?
101.5 KAMM Frenchtown
101.7 KWGF Great Falls
101.9 KXZI-LP Missoula / KTSL Medical Lake WA
102.1 KBMC Bozeman, and I may have had something mixing with them...wouldn't it be something if it was Wenatchee
102.3 KMXM Helena Valley
102.5 KMSO Missoula
102.7 KINX Fairfield / K274CY Whitefish (KSAM-AM)
102.9 K275BS Missoula (ESPN, KKVU-HD4)
103.1 KRVO Columbia Falls / KVCM Helena
103.3 KDTR Missoula
103.5 KTWD Wallace / KZMY Bozeman
103.7 K279CP Missoula (KHDV)
103.9 KZMN Kalispell / KMSM-FM Butte
104.1 K281CH Missoula (Boomer)
104.3 (HD hash)
104.5 KKVU Stevensville
104.7 (HD hash, and likely a signal buried underneath it - KBZM Big Sky?)
104.9 KWLY-LP Missoula / KIKF Cascade / the other unid pirate that seems to be in the Bitterroot, IDing as "Cool 105" with oldies/classic hits. No idea what this could be.
105.1 KWOL-FM Whitefish
105.3 K287AW Hamilton (KKVU) / KMTX-FM Helena
105.5 K288AW Philipsburg (KOPR)
105.7 KKQX-FM Manhattan / K289CF Kalispell (KIBG) yet no sign of KZBD Spokane???
105.9 KYJK Missoula
106.1 KZFN Moscow ID / KQDI Great Falls
106.3 K292GH Hamilton (KMSO-FM) / KDBR Kalispell
106.5 KYPX Helena
106.7 KXDR Pinesdale
106.9 KSCY Four Corners MT (IDed, with K-SKY Weather forecast) / KMOK Lewiston ID
107.1 K296FM Missoula (KDXT)
107.3 KIMO Helena
107.5 KENR Superior
107.7 KMTZ Walkerville
107.9 KHDV Darby
