Started in the mid-afternoon with a weak but stable mix of KS, MO and NE stations. Several new logs out of this, plus some unids that I will be sharing soon.
3:10PM(PT) - Es begins. Very weak signals on 88.3, 89.3, 90.5, and 92.7. Some of this may have been 2Es as one of my DX friends in MO was getting ID and SC at the same time! Too bad we'll never know.
3:17PM - 94.1 KFKF Kansas City, MO; ID 'This is KF Country,' into next song. NEW #737, 100KW at 1413 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/23/21.
3:25PM - 89.3 KCUR Kansas City, MO; with All Things Considered Weekend, and RDS "KCUR.ORG". NEW #738, 100KW at 1413 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/19/21.
3:32PM - 92.7 KSJQ Savannah, MO; promo for concert and Q Country ID. NEW #739, 50KW at 1359 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 2-3 times in the past.
Several UNIDs fading in and out - country station on 92.3 got truncated by distant Prosser translator for KOLU. CCM on 88.3. Country on 96.5, 95.5, 92.1 (George Strait - I Saw God Today). 97.7 had a rock station and the ID also faded out. Burlington KS (relog)? Another religious station on 92.3 (KCCV?) and 93.5 (KRSS?)
3:35PM - 92.3 KEZO Omaha, NE; ID "Z92". Relog, 95KW at 1269 miles.
3:38PM - 92.7 KUSO Albion, NE; RDS US92. NEW #740, 50KW at 1176 miles. Heard in Ellensburg, 6/10/20 and a few times after that.
3:41PM - 94.1 KQCH Omaha, NE; local Omaha references, weak signal. NEW #741, 95KW at 1269 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/10/20, and a few times after that. Also a presumed 97.7 KBBX Nebraska City NE with SS music.
3:58PM - 90.5 KXCV Maryville, MO; TOH ID for KXCV and KRNW 88.9 Chillicothe. NEW #742, 100KW at 1350 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/14/21.
3:59PM - 88.3 KOLB Hartington, NE; references to Spirit Catholic Radio. NEW #743, 100KW at 1164 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/14/21.
KXCV and KSJQ hung on, then gone around 4:05.
Evening opening - an hour and 15 min. missed due to a church event
5:44PM - 97.3 KWFN San Diego, CA; RDS and sports talk. Relog, 38KW at 974 miles.
5:45PM - 93.1 KYMT Las Vegas, NV; local ad for LasVegasEDDoctors.com. Relog, 23.5KW at 779 miles.
5:49PM - 94.3 KDUC Barstow, CA; local ad for A1 Auto Wreckers in Barstow. NEW #744, 4.6KW at 823 miles.
5:51PM - 94.7 KTWV Los Angeles, CA; with the iconic '94.7 the Wave' jingle. Relog, 52KW at 864 miles.
5:53PM - 102.1 KLVJ Encinitas, CA; with K-LOVE and CCM music // 103.1. Relog, 30KW at 966 miles.
Had to leave
Returned just after 7:30 with more Es, bigger and better
7:30PM - Es MUF well over 100mhz, at least 103.3
7:36PM - 99.9 KXTC Thoreau, NM; ID 'XTC'. NEW #745, 100KW at 977 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/6/21.
7:37PM - 98.1 KFGE Lincoln, NE; RDS "FROGGY 98". Relog, 100KW at 1224 miles.
7:40PM - 93.9 KINT-FM El Paso, TX; with ID for La Suavecita mixed with 1-2 others. Relog, 96KW at 1266 miles.
7:45PM - Es MUF 107.9! Remained this way for a good 20-30 minutes. 106.7 had religious and Spanish mixed, 105.9 was Spanish (maybe two stations), 105.1 was Spanish...tons of Spanish (both U.S. and Mexican) around the dial. Had a 103.7 with classic hits, likely Church Rock NM, had an ID but need to post it to confirm. It didn't sound familiar. 103.7 also had a station with Rick Dees' countdown and a Spanish station. No sign of most-wanted, most-needed K279BP Albuquerque (KOAZ, The Oasis).
7:50PM - 106.3 KXOT Los Lunas, NM; with RDS "LA MEXICANA". Relog, 100KW at 1085 miles, but not heard in years. Mixed with an unknown pop station that had RDS of song/artist only. Maybe NE as well?
7:51PM - 107.5 KSMX Clovis, NM; with promo for contest and ID Mix 107.5. NEW #746, 100KW at 1245 miles. New overall!
7:58PM - 91.7 KTGW Fruitland, NM; mention of Passion Radio. NEW #747, 12KW at 933 miles. New overall!
8:00PM - 90.7 KQLV Santa Fe, NM; with generic K-LOVE ID, I believe I missed the TOH ID. Relog anyways, 19.81KW at 1075 miles. Demolished KNWR with a 2-3 bar signal.
8:05PM - 97.7 KLVO Belen, NM; RDS 'RADIO LOBO'. Relog, 98.4KW at 1085 miles.
8:06PM - 105.5 KQRI Bosque Farms, NM; RDS 'AIR1'// 89.9 translator. NEW #748, 97.58KW at 1085 miles. New overall!
8:07PM - 103.9 KNLV-FM Ord, NE; King FM ID, local ad. NEW #749, 97KW at 1108 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/10/20
8:08PM - 95.7 KPCL Farmington, NM; Christian music, ID for the Passion Radio Network. Relog, 100KW at 933 miles.
8:09PM - 99.5 KMGA Albuquerque, NM; ID 'Magic 99.5'. NEW #750, 19.5KW at 1075 miles. New overall! I think this was heard in western WA many years ago, but never heard in Ellensburg.
8:12PM - A slew of Albuquerques at the lower half - KRST-92.3, KOBQ-93.3, KZRR-94.1, all are relogs. They all had RDS too. All 1075 miles.
8:17PM - 98.5 KABG Los Alamos, NM; promo for blood drive sponsored by Big 98.5. Relog, 100KW at 1042 miles.
8:22PM - 94.3 KYEE Alamogordo, NM; with Sunday Night Slow Jams, a PSA for the New Mexico LGBTQ community, and ID "Key 94, KYEE Alamogordo" back into Slow Jams. Through splatter of KATS-94.5, 7 mi away at 100KW. Not too shabby! NEW #751, 3KW at 1217 miles. New overall!
8:30PM - 92.7 KRSY-FM La Luz, NM; ID 'Coyote Country' and classic country music, Earl Thomas Conley, etc. not often heard nowadays! NEW #752, 6KW at 1220 miles. New overall!
8:34PM - 96.3 KHEY El Paso, TX; ID '96.3 KHEY Country', 'The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia' by Reba McEntire, RDS. Relog, 88KW at 1266 miles.
8:35PM - 97.5 KBNA-FM El Paso, TX; RDS "KE BUENA". NEW #753, 100KW at 1266 miles. New overall!
8:38PM - 101.1 KVLC Hatch, NM; James Taylor song, ID "101 Gold". Relog, 100KW at 1195 miles.
8:39PM - 99.9 KTSM-FM El Paso, TX; with Delilah, "Sunny" RDS, IDs. Relog, 87KW at 1266 miles.
8:45PM - 99.5 KXPZ Las Cruces, NM; ID "I'm Garth Brooks and this is 99-5 Zia Country." NEW #754, 100KW at 1195 miles. New overall!
8:53PM - 98.5 KRFM Show Low, AZ; ID "Mix 98". Relog, 100KW at 1020 miles.
8:54PM - 88.7 KNAU Flagstaff, AZ; with Hearts of Space program, ID "Arizona Public Radio." Relog, 100KW at 931 miles.
Audio coming later!
3:10PM(PT) - Es begins. Very weak signals on 88.3, 89.3, 90.5, and 92.7. Some of this may have been 2Es as one of my DX friends in MO was getting ID and SC at the same time! Too bad we'll never know.
3:17PM - 94.1 KFKF Kansas City, MO; ID 'This is KF Country,' into next song. NEW #737, 100KW at 1413 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/23/21.
3:25PM - 89.3 KCUR Kansas City, MO; with All Things Considered Weekend, and RDS "KCUR.ORG". NEW #738, 100KW at 1413 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/19/21.
3:32PM - 92.7 KSJQ Savannah, MO; promo for concert and Q Country ID. NEW #739, 50KW at 1359 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 2-3 times in the past.
Several UNIDs fading in and out - country station on 92.3 got truncated by distant Prosser translator for KOLU. CCM on 88.3. Country on 96.5, 95.5, 92.1 (George Strait - I Saw God Today). 97.7 had a rock station and the ID also faded out. Burlington KS (relog)? Another religious station on 92.3 (KCCV?) and 93.5 (KRSS?)
3:35PM - 92.3 KEZO Omaha, NE; ID "Z92". Relog, 95KW at 1269 miles.
3:38PM - 92.7 KUSO Albion, NE; RDS US92. NEW #740, 50KW at 1176 miles. Heard in Ellensburg, 6/10/20 and a few times after that.
3:41PM - 94.1 KQCH Omaha, NE; local Omaha references, weak signal. NEW #741, 95KW at 1269 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/10/20, and a few times after that. Also a presumed 97.7 KBBX Nebraska City NE with SS music.
3:58PM - 90.5 KXCV Maryville, MO; TOH ID for KXCV and KRNW 88.9 Chillicothe. NEW #742, 100KW at 1350 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/14/21.
3:59PM - 88.3 KOLB Hartington, NE; references to Spirit Catholic Radio. NEW #743, 100KW at 1164 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 7/14/21.
KXCV and KSJQ hung on, then gone around 4:05.
Evening opening - an hour and 15 min. missed due to a church event
5:44PM - 97.3 KWFN San Diego, CA; RDS and sports talk. Relog, 38KW at 974 miles.
5:45PM - 93.1 KYMT Las Vegas, NV; local ad for LasVegasEDDoctors.com. Relog, 23.5KW at 779 miles.
5:49PM - 94.3 KDUC Barstow, CA; local ad for A1 Auto Wreckers in Barstow. NEW #744, 4.6KW at 823 miles.
5:51PM - 94.7 KTWV Los Angeles, CA; with the iconic '94.7 the Wave' jingle. Relog, 52KW at 864 miles.
5:53PM - 102.1 KLVJ Encinitas, CA; with K-LOVE and CCM music // 103.1. Relog, 30KW at 966 miles.
Had to leave
Returned just after 7:30 with more Es, bigger and better
7:30PM - Es MUF well over 100mhz, at least 103.3
7:36PM - 99.9 KXTC Thoreau, NM; ID 'XTC'. NEW #745, 100KW at 977 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/6/21.
7:37PM - 98.1 KFGE Lincoln, NE; RDS "FROGGY 98". Relog, 100KW at 1224 miles.
7:40PM - 93.9 KINT-FM El Paso, TX; with ID for La Suavecita mixed with 1-2 others. Relog, 96KW at 1266 miles.
7:45PM - Es MUF 107.9! Remained this way for a good 20-30 minutes. 106.7 had religious and Spanish mixed, 105.9 was Spanish (maybe two stations), 105.1 was Spanish...tons of Spanish (both U.S. and Mexican) around the dial. Had a 103.7 with classic hits, likely Church Rock NM, had an ID but need to post it to confirm. It didn't sound familiar. 103.7 also had a station with Rick Dees' countdown and a Spanish station. No sign of most-wanted, most-needed K279BP Albuquerque (KOAZ, The Oasis).
7:50PM - 106.3 KXOT Los Lunas, NM; with RDS "LA MEXICANA". Relog, 100KW at 1085 miles, but not heard in years. Mixed with an unknown pop station that had RDS of song/artist only. Maybe NE as well?
7:51PM - 107.5 KSMX Clovis, NM; with promo for contest and ID Mix 107.5. NEW #746, 100KW at 1245 miles. New overall!
7:58PM - 91.7 KTGW Fruitland, NM; mention of Passion Radio. NEW #747, 12KW at 933 miles. New overall!
8:00PM - 90.7 KQLV Santa Fe, NM; with generic K-LOVE ID, I believe I missed the TOH ID. Relog anyways, 19.81KW at 1075 miles. Demolished KNWR with a 2-3 bar signal.
8:05PM - 97.7 KLVO Belen, NM; RDS 'RADIO LOBO'. Relog, 98.4KW at 1085 miles.
8:06PM - 105.5 KQRI Bosque Farms, NM; RDS 'AIR1'// 89.9 translator. NEW #748, 97.58KW at 1085 miles. New overall!
8:07PM - 103.9 KNLV-FM Ord, NE; King FM ID, local ad. NEW #749, 97KW at 1108 miles. Heard in Ellensburg 6/10/20
8:08PM - 95.7 KPCL Farmington, NM; Christian music, ID for the Passion Radio Network. Relog, 100KW at 933 miles.
8:09PM - 99.5 KMGA Albuquerque, NM; ID 'Magic 99.5'. NEW #750, 19.5KW at 1075 miles. New overall! I think this was heard in western WA many years ago, but never heard in Ellensburg.
8:12PM - A slew of Albuquerques at the lower half - KRST-92.3, KOBQ-93.3, KZRR-94.1, all are relogs. They all had RDS too. All 1075 miles.
8:17PM - 98.5 KABG Los Alamos, NM; promo for blood drive sponsored by Big 98.5. Relog, 100KW at 1042 miles.
8:22PM - 94.3 KYEE Alamogordo, NM; with Sunday Night Slow Jams, a PSA for the New Mexico LGBTQ community, and ID "Key 94, KYEE Alamogordo" back into Slow Jams. Through splatter of KATS-94.5, 7 mi away at 100KW. Not too shabby! NEW #751, 3KW at 1217 miles. New overall!
8:30PM - 92.7 KRSY-FM La Luz, NM; ID 'Coyote Country' and classic country music, Earl Thomas Conley, etc. not often heard nowadays! NEW #752, 6KW at 1220 miles. New overall!
8:34PM - 96.3 KHEY El Paso, TX; ID '96.3 KHEY Country', 'The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia' by Reba McEntire, RDS. Relog, 88KW at 1266 miles.
8:35PM - 97.5 KBNA-FM El Paso, TX; RDS "KE BUENA". NEW #753, 100KW at 1266 miles. New overall!
8:38PM - 101.1 KVLC Hatch, NM; James Taylor song, ID "101 Gold". Relog, 100KW at 1195 miles.
8:39PM - 99.9 KTSM-FM El Paso, TX; with Delilah, "Sunny" RDS, IDs. Relog, 87KW at 1266 miles.
8:45PM - 99.5 KXPZ Las Cruces, NM; ID "I'm Garth Brooks and this is 99-5 Zia Country." NEW #754, 100KW at 1195 miles. New overall!
8:53PM - 98.5 KRFM Show Low, AZ; ID "Mix 98". Relog, 100KW at 1020 miles.
8:54PM - 88.7 KNAU Flagstaff, AZ; with Hearts of Space program, ID "Arizona Public Radio." Relog, 100KW at 931 miles.
Audio coming later!