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Brief e-skip yet again today 7/7/14 with two newbies (no audio unfortunately)

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crainbebo

I was on a brief stroll at the park - didn't think there was going to be skip so I didn't bring my recorder, and still got two new ones.

10:54AM - First signs of skip on 88.9 (Focus on the Family) and 95.1 (Billy Currington country music)
11:00AM - 88.9 KJIA Spirit Lake, IA; current weather conditions for many different cities in MN and IA, including Worthington, Spirit Lake, Mason City and Story City. NEW #280, 50KW, 1260 miles.
11:02AM - 97.3 KMXC Sioux Falls, SD; ID "Mix 97, it's 1:00." (Central Time) NEW #281, 100KW, 1182 miles.
Also in at the same time were a Christian station on 96.5 (likely KNWC), and an unid on 93.9 mentioning a contest with prizes of tickets to the Iowa State Fair and some waterparks, one in Sioux Falls, likely KIAI Mason City.

-crainbebo
 
Maybe, but they didn't ID so I cannot log the 93.9.

Again, a huge opening in the late afternoon and evening! 10 more new logs!
4:53PM - 96.5 KSLV Del Norte, CO; mixing with unid Country station, with mention of Connectingcolorado.com and "Your KSLV-KYDN Report." NEW #282, 930W (!), 953 miles.
4:57PM - 92.3 UNID with what sounded like a gospel show and "supported by" mention of a business with a 719 area code. Will post the unid here and to WTFDA forums.
5:01PM - 88.9 All Things Considered, then fade-out
5:10PM - 96.5 KECO Elk City, OK, ID "Hot Country 96.5 KECO" into Alabama's "Song of the South." NEW #283, 100KW, 1342 miles.
5:13PM - unid 95.1 Brantley Gilbert's "Small Town Throwdown"
5:25PM - 95.5 KAHE Dodge City, KS; ID "Super Hits K95". NEW #284, 100KW, 1214 miles.
5:27PM - 98.1 KSKZ Copeland, KS; jingle ID "Z98" into Maroon 5 music. NEW #285, 100KW, 1196 miles.
5:28PM - 96.3 KERP Ingalls, KS; ID "96.3 the Marshal" after Miranda Lambert's "Automatic."; well over KRCW. NEW #286, 100KW, 1192 miles.
5:28PM - 97.3 KKJQ based on skip path, Garden City KS relog
5:36PM - 98.3 Garth Brooks fadeup, no ID
5:49PM - 93.1 KHMY Pratt, KS; ID "My 93.1" (had to tune to 93.2 to avoid KDBL splatter). NEW #287, 100KW, 1275 miles.
5:50PM - 92.3 KFTI Newton, KS relog with ad for Gutter Cover. Unid as well talking about rodeo. Not sure if it was KFTI again or not.
5:51PM - 88.9 KPRD Hays, KS 3 DAYS IN A ROW! ID "Praise Radio for Midwest Kansas, KPRD". 1200 miles. That chief engineer must love to point that transmitter directional toward the northwest!
6:10PM - 93.3 KKOB Albuquerque, NM "93.3 KOB FM" ID over KRKL
6:13PM - 95.7 KPCL Farmington, NM; mention of Family Friendly Morning Show and ad for the Farmington TownePlace Suites by Marriott. NEW #288, 26.5KW, 932 miles. Over fringe KKSR Walla Walla.
6:18PM - 94.9 KNCK Concordia, KS; over semi local KIOK (hard to clobber!) with ID "NCK 94.9" and into Tom Petty's "Refugee." NEW #289, 100KW, 1250 miles.
6:20PM - 88.9 KNMI Farmington, NM "sponsoring the weather on Vertical Radio" into IRN/USA News. Relog
6:25PM - 97.3 KKSS Santa Fe, NM; ID "Kiss 97.3 #1 for Hip Hop and Rap." NEW #290, 100KW, 1069 miles.
6:26PM - unid 97.1 Dirt Road Anthem Jason Aldean
6:53PM - unid 88.3 mentioned a cherry pit competition, likely an NPR, did not ID and was gone by 7PM TOH, MONO signal (not stereo)
7:34PM - 92.3 KMOZ Grand Junction, CO; ad for the Mesa County Fair, based on skip path. NEW #291, 100kw, 801 miles.
7:37PM - unid 94.1 likely KKXK with Lia
7:50PM - UNID 97.3 SS will post to this forum and WTFDA forums
7:51PM - 96.5 KBKZ Raton, NM "Northern New Mexico's..." relog
8:00PM - 88.7 KNAU Flagstaff, AZ TOH ID, relog at 910 miles

AUDIO
KSLV: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/j91rdnr1qckoz74/KSLV_96.5_Del_Norte_CO_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
UNID 92.3: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dfr6ba2pxa38d0n/UNID_92.3_from_Yakima_WA_7_7_14_Es.wma
KHMY: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tvouw1r7rr1omqx/KHMY_93.1_Hutchinson_KS_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KNMI: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/u37rs6nr77ethp0/KNMI_88.9_Farmington_NM_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KSKZ: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/4w8wkpcn9v5uoxd/KSKZ_98.1_Copeland_KS_from_Yakima_WA_7_7_14.wma
KNCK: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bg2y6duy0p0jzrp/KNCK_94.9_Concordia_KS_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KNAU: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/964f294lwp4yit0/KNAU_88.7_Flagstaff_AZ_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
UNID 97.3 SS: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ed2bqui7adqqy77/UNID_97.3_SS_from_Yakima_WA_7_7_14.wma
KECO: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/1gq4cr7w9p4a11r/KECO_96.5_Elk_City_OK_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KPRD: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/gwl3betf53hwkfg/KPRD_88.9_Hays_KS_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KERP: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/swr41ya29lxfgwz/KERP_96.3_Ingalls_KS_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KPCL: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/i2zzl6x32u28ulu/KPCL_95.7_Farmington_NM_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KFTI (definite): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dc2yz70ysdty254/KFTI_92.3_Newton_KS_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
UNID 97.7: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3u3so4yjqgrre7i/UNID_97.7_from_Yakima_WA_7_7_14.wma
KKSS: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/cm8mw0dj89df448/KKSS_97.3_Albuquerque_NM_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
KKOB: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/61wb6wvsspvvaf2/KKOB_93.3_Albuquerque_NM_7_7_14_from_Yakima_WA.wma
UNID 92.3 #2 (could have been KFTI or someone else): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/z7dujzbnfce5yjl/UNID_92.3_number_2_from_Yakima_WA_7_7_14.wma

-crainbebo
 
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Does Yakima get more E-Skip than we do here in the west? I didn't scan at all today, but I did conduct several scans from Camano Island yesterday, and about the most surprising thing was KYNW trying to come in in stereo at nearly 80 miles, must come directly up the sound which was about 30 yards in front of me.
 
It sure seems like it this year. Some years western WA will have loads of skip, other years the west will hardly have any and most openings will be in central and eastern Washington. A DXer in Portland had 88.5 Vail, CO today and KTEP 88.5 El Paso as well as possibly KATC 95.1 Colorado Springs.

The 97.7 has been IDed as KNOZ Orchard Mesa, CO, repeating KRYD 104.9 Jack-FM in Norwood, CO, which explains the San Miguel Basin Fair and Rodeo commercial in the unid clip. This was just after I logged KMOZ-FM on 92.3. NEW #292, 5KW at about 800 miles.

-crainbebo
 
The past several days I've tuned the empty channels on a couple of my FM radios and nothing, except infrequent tropo enhancement from here in the Seattle metro area.
 
Rick N6KCR in Seattle bagged KUWR 91.9 Laramie, WY last night around 8PM on unattended recording. You'll see him on the TVFM Skip Log sometimes.

-crainbebo
 
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