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Darrington, WA FM Synopsis 11/10/13

Went up on a Sunday drive from Marysville up to Darrington on Hwy 530. Here's a scan I got - surprised by this. Bongwater said that Seattle stuff is white noise in Darrington - well sort of. Used the Grundig G8 just outside the Shell station/Burger Barn.

88.1 CBU-2 Vancouver BC weak
88.3
88.5 KPLU Tacoma weak
88.7
88.9 K205FO South Everett (the La Famila translator)/KPLK Sedro-Woolley both weak
89.1 one of the CSNs, really weak
89.3 KVIX Port Angeles very weak
89.5 KNHC Seattle very weak
89.7
89.9
90.1 KNWP Port Angeles weak
90.3 KEXP Seattle weak
90.5 CBCV Victoria weak-fair
90.7 KSER Everett fair
90.9 KVTI Tacoma weak
91.1 KROH Port Townsend weak
91.3 CJZN Victoria weak
91.5 KEJI Darrington very strong, as I was in the C-O-L. Heard some tropical Spanish music on here! Hardly gets out at all, maybe 5 miles west on 530 and then KQXI takes over from Granite Falls.
91.7 KXOT Tacoma hardly audible
91.9 KPTZ Port Townsend weak-fair
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC fair
92.3
92.5 KQMV Bellevue fair
92.7
92.9 KISM Bellingham fair-good
93.1
93.3 KUBE Seattle weak
93.5
93.7 CJJR Vancouver weak
93.9
94.1 KMPS Seattle weak
94.3
94.5 CFBT Vancouver very weak
94.7
94.9 KUOW Seattle weak-fair
95.1
95.3 CKZZ Vancouver weak
95.5
95.7 KJR Seattle fair at times
95.9
96.1 CHKG Vancouver weak
96.3
96.5 KJAQ Seattle weak
96.7
96.9 CKLG Vancouver staticky
97.1
97.3 KIRO Tacoma weak-fair
97.5
97.7 KOMO Oakville weak
97.9
98.1 KING Seattle weak
98.3
98.5 CIOC Victoria fair
98.7
98.9 KLCK Seattle weak-fair
99.1
99.3 KDDS Elma very weak
99.5
99.7 CBUF-FM9 Victoria hardly audible
99.9 KISW Seattle weak
100.1
100.3 CKKQ Victoria fair
100.5 CFRO Vancouver weak
100.7 KKWF Seattle weak-fair
100.9
101.1 CFMI Vancouver weak
101.3
101.5 KPLZ Seattle weak-fair
101.7 CHLY Nanaimo BC weak/K269FX Port Angeles (KONP) weak
101.9 unid station either CFUV or CITR. No sign of Portland 103.3 so not KINK. Very weak
102.1 KSWW Ocean Shores very weak
102.3
102.5 KZOK Seattle weak
102.7 CKPK Vancouver very weak
102.9 KYNW Centralia very weak
103.1 CHTT Victoria very weak
103.3
103.5 CHQM Vancouver very weak
103.7 KHTP Tacoma weak
103.9
104.1 KAFE Bellingham fair-good
104.3
104.5 KMCQ Covington very weak
104.7 KDUX Aberdeen very weak
104.9 CFUN-FM2 Vancouver hardly audible
105.1
105.3 KCMS Edmonds weak
105.5
105.7 CBU Vancouver weak-very weak
105.9
106.1 KBKS Tacoma weak
106.3
106.5 KWPZ Lynden fair
106.7
106.9 KRWM Bremerton weak
107.1
107.3 CHBE Victoria BC very weak
107.5
107.7 KNDD Seattle weak
107.9

As you can tell, not much up in the "bowl" of Darrington! And what's really weird is that KEJI is a Spanish station in an area where 1% of the city is Hispanic. WTH? They only have 400W so it barely gets out of those mountains - 5 miles tops.

-crainbebo
 
Even in a small town like that, I would think that AM broadcasting would work better. Maybe the one Darrington FM signal has decent coverage though (not that anyone is listening). Keep on the scans Crainbebo!
 
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KJR-FM really gets out for a C0. I've heard them a couple times in Victoria and around there, as well as Mill Bay, about 45 minutes north of Victoria. I've also picked up KBKS and KJAQ up there. Last time I was up there, I was a little surprised at how the Bellingham sticks came in, I would have thought being right across the water would have made those a lot stronger. No sign of CBUF or CFOX up there?
 
Nope. Vancouver was REALLY spotty. Some stations were hardly audible, others were A-OK.

-crainbebo
 
I think I found out why I was getting KSWW and KDUX - knife edge refraction off Whitehorse Mountain. KDUX is directly in the path of Whitehorse but it still came in over that 6800 foot mountain. I've noticed way better knife edge prop out in Shelton where KEGX 106.5 can boom in like a local from the Tri Cities, ditto 92.9 the Bull in Yakima.
 
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