Between 8:05-9PM tonight, while visiting relatives in Wapato WA (15 miles SE of here), E-skip blew up like a professional fireworks show. MUF was over 108 mhz, the signals were strong, and some channels were three deep! It was an opening full of extremes as well.
UNFORTUNATELY, I have no audio to share with you. I didn't take my recorder, as thinking with all of the aurora going on, Es wouldn't happen. Well was I wrong! #@&%!!
I wrote my logs on a small piece of paper and had to use two of them due to the intensity. Here's a translation of what I wrote on those messy papers...
Times are not listed. But they are in the right order I believe, from 8:05 to 9PM (sudden end of skip).
97.3 KKJQ Dodge City KS with country music, relog; 100KW at 1204 miles.
95.5 KAHE Dodge City KS, end of "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett, mention of Southwest Kansas. Relog, 100KW at 1204 miles.
93.9 KZRD Dodge City, KS; ID "93.9 the Buzzard." Not heard since 2010! Relog, 100KW at 1204 miles.
95.1 KATC Colorado Springs, CO; mention of Nash FM, which is their branding. Relog, 72KW at 952 miles.
96.5 KRAV Tulsa, OK; ad for Bob Hurley Ford in Tulsa, mixing with country and other stations. First station from Tulsa! NEW #461, 100KW at 1450 miles!! Great long skip to be enjoyed on the 4th.
95.3 unid ESPN Radio, faded up very strong. The only suspect I have is Paris AR, which is 1,586 miles away and lileky double hop. Can't ID this one.
95.9 KSOK Winfield, KS; local news mentioning the city of Winfield. NEW #462, 15.2KW at 1360 miles.
103.7 KYLK Okemah, OK; K-LOVE programming // 103.1 and mention of Tulsa later on. NEW #463, 72KW at 1463 miles!! This is my 2nd personal best by just miles. XHECS-97.3 Chihuahua, CHI still holds the record at 1,469 miles.
92.5 KOMA Oklahoma City, OK; promo for Lisa & Kent Morning Show, ID "92.5 KOMA." NEW #464, 94KW at 1410 miles. OKC #3.
93.1 KQIZ Amarillo, TX; commercial for Pete's CarSmart Kia in Amarillo with singing jingle "P-e-t-e-s"... NEW #465, 100KW at 1242 miles.
93.5 KLMR Lamar, CO; a well-wanted station for many years! Eastern Colorado weather, and ID "KLMR." NEW #466, 100KW at 1076 miles.
107.7 Top of band with religious programming, likely KGCR Goodland KS @ 1066mi
93.3 KJKE Oklahoma City, OK; local ads mentioning Oklahoma. Relog, 100KW at 1410 miles.
101.5 KSMM Liberal, KS; Regional Mexican music, ID "La Mexicana 101.5". NEW #467, 100KW at 1199 miles.
105.1 KXKL Denver, CO; cool ID! "Kool 105.1 and the City of Arvada welcome you to the 2015 Arvada 4th of July Celebration". Simulcast of fireworks soundtrack! NEW #468, 100KW at 906 miles. First new Denver caught in a number of years.
101.1 KWOX Woodward, OK; weather forecast, ID "K101" mixing with one or two other stations. NEW #469, 82KW at 1287 miles. No sign of KWFX surprisingly!
102.3 KSPK Walsenburg, CO; Colorado Rockies baseball, ID at station identification time mentioning Walsenburg and Southern Colorado. NEW #470, 100KW at 1008 miles.
101.5 KRMQ Clovis, NM; ID "Q101.5", back into classic hits music. NEW #471, 100KW at 1230 miles.
89.9 KACV Amarillo, TX; tuned down to low FM and surprisingly found a non-TOH/BOH ID! "Amarillo College's FM90" and back into music. This was logged in Bellevue WA on 7/18/12, and as it is on a local translator's channel in Yakima, it is NOT counted in the Yakima log. So, NEW #472! 100KW at 1241 miles.
97.5 KZNS-FM Coalville, UT; very strong with Los Angeles Angels baseball, "Angels Radio Network." Only affiliate on 97.5, and what a surprise! NEW #473, 89KW at only 585 miles! Amazing how in the span of two days, I have E skip signals at less than 600 miles on FM on two occasions!
97.7 KLVO Albuquerque, NM; ID "Lobo." Relog, 100KW at 1076 miles.
95.7 KPCL Farmington, NM; local ad mentioning Aztec, NM; "Passion Radio" ID. Relog, 26.5KW at 921 miles.
101.1 KBER Ogden, UT; yet another surprise! Out of commercial break, I heard an ID for "K-Bear 101, Utah's Rock Station." Shocked at how far up the dial the short skip got. NEW #474, 25KW at 585 miles!!
102.5 KIOT Los Lunas, NM; ID "Coyote 102.5". Relog, 21.5KW at 1066 miles.
92.5 KRWN Farmington, NM; casino commercial mentioning the Four Corners. NEW #475, 63KW at 921 miles.
93.7 KXXI Gallup, NM; ID "93X" over K229AD Yakima (dead air). NEW #476 (As with KACV, KXXI was heard in western WA via Es. But due to K229AD here, it was not counted into the Yakima log. So KXXI is new to Yakima, relog overall), 100KW at 970 miles.
96.3 KBZU Albuquerque, NM; ID "96.3 Nash Icon," very strong. Relog, 20KW at 1066 miles.
At 9PM, the skip jumped out of existence. Nothing was left except tropo scatter (stations like KKRS 97.3 Davenport and KXIX 94.1 Bend were in).
What a night of extremes! Hope you enjoyed your 4th.
-crainbebo
UNFORTUNATELY, I have no audio to share with you. I didn't take my recorder, as thinking with all of the aurora going on, Es wouldn't happen. Well was I wrong! #@&%!!
I wrote my logs on a small piece of paper and had to use two of them due to the intensity. Here's a translation of what I wrote on those messy papers...
Times are not listed. But they are in the right order I believe, from 8:05 to 9PM (sudden end of skip).
97.3 KKJQ Dodge City KS with country music, relog; 100KW at 1204 miles.
95.5 KAHE Dodge City KS, end of "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett, mention of Southwest Kansas. Relog, 100KW at 1204 miles.
93.9 KZRD Dodge City, KS; ID "93.9 the Buzzard." Not heard since 2010! Relog, 100KW at 1204 miles.
95.1 KATC Colorado Springs, CO; mention of Nash FM, which is their branding. Relog, 72KW at 952 miles.
96.5 KRAV Tulsa, OK; ad for Bob Hurley Ford in Tulsa, mixing with country and other stations. First station from Tulsa! NEW #461, 100KW at 1450 miles!! Great long skip to be enjoyed on the 4th.
95.3 unid ESPN Radio, faded up very strong. The only suspect I have is Paris AR, which is 1,586 miles away and lileky double hop. Can't ID this one.
95.9 KSOK Winfield, KS; local news mentioning the city of Winfield. NEW #462, 15.2KW at 1360 miles.
103.7 KYLK Okemah, OK; K-LOVE programming // 103.1 and mention of Tulsa later on. NEW #463, 72KW at 1463 miles!! This is my 2nd personal best by just miles. XHECS-97.3 Chihuahua, CHI still holds the record at 1,469 miles.
92.5 KOMA Oklahoma City, OK; promo for Lisa & Kent Morning Show, ID "92.5 KOMA." NEW #464, 94KW at 1410 miles. OKC #3.
93.1 KQIZ Amarillo, TX; commercial for Pete's CarSmart Kia in Amarillo with singing jingle "P-e-t-e-s"... NEW #465, 100KW at 1242 miles.
93.5 KLMR Lamar, CO; a well-wanted station for many years! Eastern Colorado weather, and ID "KLMR." NEW #466, 100KW at 1076 miles.
107.7 Top of band with religious programming, likely KGCR Goodland KS @ 1066mi
93.3 KJKE Oklahoma City, OK; local ads mentioning Oklahoma. Relog, 100KW at 1410 miles.
101.5 KSMM Liberal, KS; Regional Mexican music, ID "La Mexicana 101.5". NEW #467, 100KW at 1199 miles.
105.1 KXKL Denver, CO; cool ID! "Kool 105.1 and the City of Arvada welcome you to the 2015 Arvada 4th of July Celebration". Simulcast of fireworks soundtrack! NEW #468, 100KW at 906 miles. First new Denver caught in a number of years.
101.1 KWOX Woodward, OK; weather forecast, ID "K101" mixing with one or two other stations. NEW #469, 82KW at 1287 miles. No sign of KWFX surprisingly!
102.3 KSPK Walsenburg, CO; Colorado Rockies baseball, ID at station identification time mentioning Walsenburg and Southern Colorado. NEW #470, 100KW at 1008 miles.
101.5 KRMQ Clovis, NM; ID "Q101.5", back into classic hits music. NEW #471, 100KW at 1230 miles.
89.9 KACV Amarillo, TX; tuned down to low FM and surprisingly found a non-TOH/BOH ID! "Amarillo College's FM90" and back into music. This was logged in Bellevue WA on 7/18/12, and as it is on a local translator's channel in Yakima, it is NOT counted in the Yakima log. So, NEW #472! 100KW at 1241 miles.
97.5 KZNS-FM Coalville, UT; very strong with Los Angeles Angels baseball, "Angels Radio Network." Only affiliate on 97.5, and what a surprise! NEW #473, 89KW at only 585 miles! Amazing how in the span of two days, I have E skip signals at less than 600 miles on FM on two occasions!
97.7 KLVO Albuquerque, NM; ID "Lobo." Relog, 100KW at 1076 miles.
95.7 KPCL Farmington, NM; local ad mentioning Aztec, NM; "Passion Radio" ID. Relog, 26.5KW at 921 miles.
101.1 KBER Ogden, UT; yet another surprise! Out of commercial break, I heard an ID for "K-Bear 101, Utah's Rock Station." Shocked at how far up the dial the short skip got. NEW #474, 25KW at 585 miles!!
102.5 KIOT Los Lunas, NM; ID "Coyote 102.5". Relog, 21.5KW at 1066 miles.
92.5 KRWN Farmington, NM; casino commercial mentioning the Four Corners. NEW #475, 63KW at 921 miles.
93.7 KXXI Gallup, NM; ID "93X" over K229AD Yakima (dead air). NEW #476 (As with KACV, KXXI was heard in western WA via Es. But due to K229AD here, it was not counted into the Yakima log. So KXXI is new to Yakima, relog overall), 100KW at 970 miles.
96.3 KBZU Albuquerque, NM; ID "96.3 Nash Icon," very strong. Relog, 20KW at 1066 miles.
At 9PM, the skip jumped out of existence. Nothing was left except tropo scatter (stations like KKRS 97.3 Davenport and KXIX 94.1 Bend were in).
What a night of extremes! Hope you enjoyed your 4th.
-crainbebo