Conquerered one more summit before temperatures take a giant dump next week - and snow dumps in the mountains - and possibly a wet snow mix on Thursday morning on the valley floor. Pleasant with temperatures in the low 60s and amazing views, Jughandle Mountain was a little harder than nearby Boulder Mountain (summited on 8/31). It's a class 2 scramble up a boulder pile with occasional use of hands - and a lot of decision-making as to which boulder to hop to next. Most boulders were very strudy. Elevation is 8,310 feet - approximately 60 feet lower than Boulder. To get here you have to go to Louie Lake (2 mi. hike, pretty easy and a pretty lake as well, then about a mile of walking to leave the trail in a meadow. The meadow will lead you to the initial boulder pile. Views ranging from the Wallowas in Oregon, the Seven Devils Mountains near Riggins, entire Lick Creek range, Warm Lake area, Lake Cascade, McCall, Brundage Mtn, Payette Lake, and more. Couldn't find the Sawtooth Range, was hoping to see it. Several new logs as well.
The beautiful yellow and orange colors were a fall bonus! Lots of hikers, even some who were scrambling the boulder field. And several more at the lake, including families w/ kids.
88.1 KRRB Kuna / KDJC Baker OR
88.3 KGSY McCall
88.5 K203DY Baker City OR (KAWZ - NEW! 13W 92mi!) / KDPI Ketchum (NEW! 105W 113mi) / unid religious, suspect KLRF Milton-Freewater OR
88.7 KETP Enterprise OR / KIYE Kamiah / KOAY Middleton
88.9 KOBK Baker City OR all alone - nothing else noted. Was hoping to bag KEFX, The Effect's mothership, in Twin Falls.
89.1 KAVY McCall
89.3 KLGG Kellogg
89.5 KTSY Caldwell
89.7
89.9 KBSK McCall / KRBX Boise
90.1 KOLU Pasco WA / tentative KNWO Cottonwood
90.3 KBSU-FM Boise
90.5 (HD hash)
90.7 KBSQ McCall
90.9 KGCL Jordan Valley OR / KKRH Grangeville (Cascade ID translator spewing static again, see 91.7 for why)
91.1 KPBX Spokane WA / KYPL Yakima WA Positive Life Radio fadeup 240mi / a third UNID mixing at times.
91.3 K217BO Halfway OR (KOBK) / UNID with rap/rock, perhaps the KEFX translator in Grangeville? Wouldn't be Jackpot NV as the BSPR network didn't air anything like that.
91.5 KBSX-FM Boise
91.7 *KBSM MCCALL OFF* - KRFA Moscow and KBLD Kennewick WA noted (latter is NEW, 1.8KW 177mi)
91.9 KBSC Cambridge / KESY Baker City OR
92.1 KWVR-FM Enterprise OR
92.3 KIZN Boise
92.5 KZHR Dayton WA fadeups / unid very faint fadeups pointing away from WA - perhaps KAAR MT?
92.7 K224CV Cascade (KOAY)
92.9 KHKF Island City OR / KZZU Spokane WA
93.1 KBOI-FM New Plymouth
93.3 KGGL Missoula MT fadeups (didn't hear KRKL WA)
93.5 K228CZ Cambridge (KBSX) / unid underneath, likely the KRBX translator in downtown Boise
93.7 KDRK Spokane WA / K229AY Baker City OR (KOAY) / K229DH Caldwell (KCID-AM)
93.9 KTAC Ephrata WA / brief fadeup of likely KZBQ Pocatello
94.1 KBXL Boise
94.3
94.5 K233BJ McCall (KAVY)
94.7 K234AD Enterprise OR (KMBI)
94.9 KRVB Boise
95.1
95.3 K237HA Nampa (KTIK-AM) / KKBC Baker City OR (elusive KECH Sun Valley not heard - again!)
95.5 KUJJ McCall
95.7 KEZJ Twin Falls / K239DB Stanley (KBSK) / another UNID fading up at times during national ads. Maybe KKSR Walla Walla WA.
95.9 KZML Quincy WA (no sign of elusive KLZX Weston. HD hash was an issue pointing away from WA.)
96.1 KSRV-FM Ontario OR
96.3 KRCW Royal City WA (NEW! 19.5KW 207mi)
96.5 K243BM Boise (ALT 96.5) / KOZE Lewiston / tentative KLIX Twin Falls
96.7 *Best catch of the day, and NEW!!* KZIN Shelby MT, confirmed w/ play-by-play of today's Montana-Northern Arizona game. I suspected this was KISN Belgrade at first. Wrong! I am very pleased with this one! 100KW, 301 miles. / tentative KMMG Benton City WA, faint Regional Mexican fadeup / KWWW Quincy WA 'KW3' 440W 250 miles - a flamethrower once again! Heard 2 weeks ago on Eagle's Nest east of Cascade.
96.9 KKGL-FM Nampa
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla WA
97.3 tentative KKRS Davenport WA
97.5 tentative KIDH-LP Meridian with open carrier / KNLR Bend OR confirmed with New Life mentions.
97.7 KZBG Lapwai (looked for KYSN WA or KGLM MT, not heard.)
97.9 KQFC Boise
98.1 KISC Spokane WA
98.3 KDZY McCall
98.5 KLGW Grand Coulee WA (complete flamethrower here)
98.7 KARO Nyssa OR
98.9 KKZX Spokane WA
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank WA (NEW! // stream with McCall noisemaker translator off) / and then the noisemaker appeared. Supposedly it's K256AN McCall // KAWZ. Should change the callsign to K256NM - the NM for 'noisemaker'. That's all it is. Decibels of static and sometimes! NPR bleeds through. Oughta call CSN out for this. I'd rather it get sold off to a Boise radio operator to relay one of the adult hits stations (whether it's JACK or BOB).
99.3 tentative KQEZ St. Regis MT AND tentative on KMGW Naches WA too! These were very weak fadeups probably on aircraft scatter. The latter had Rod Stewart, but I couldn't confirm an ID. At only 790 watts, I want to hear an ID sweeper or Yakima ad before I confirm it.
99.5 KLXI Fruitland
99.7 KHHK Yakima WA (NEW! Hot 99.7 fadeup. 4.1KW 240mi.)
99.9 K260CU Weiser (Fox Sports) / KXLY-FM Spokane WA
100.1 tentative KQFO Pasco WA, very very weak
100.3 KQXR Payette
100.5
100.7 KPDA Mountain Home (no sign of wanted KHSS OR or KIBG MT, too strong)
100.9 K265EY Cascade (KEFX) / K265DX Enterprise OR (KFAE) - these two were too strong for KARY to sneak through
101.1 KWYD Parma
101.3 KGDN Pasco WA / K267CE La Grande (KCMB)
101.5 KATW Lewiston / K268CU Boise (KKOO)
101.7
101.9 KQBL Emmett
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee WA fadeup / unid with Kim Komando show / and some HD hash
102.3 KWRL La Grande OR
102.5 open carrier - likely KRAO Colfax WA / unid mixing, either KMGI ID or KMSO MT (both relogs)
102.7 KZMG Melba
102.9 KHKO Prairie City OR (with Fox Sports, News 103, NEW! 1.1KW 153mi)
103.1 K276GE Notus (open carrier, supposed to be KCID or KTRP) / KVBL Union OR
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek WA / KLER-FM Orofino
103.5 KSAS-FM Caldwell
103.7 K279DA Hailey (KHLY-AM)
103.9 KCNU Silver City
104.1 KXDD Yakima WA constantly
104.3 KAWO Boise
104.5 unid, very weak, fadeups
104.7 KCMB La Grande OR
104.9 KEEH Spokane WA
105.1 KJOT Boise
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick WA
105.5 K288HG Boise (KFXD-AM)
105.7 KZBD Spokane WA // stream / brief fadeup of KQAK Bend OR / unid with ZZ Top, likely needed KRSE Yakima WA, but too weak and too brief.
105.9 KCIX Garden City
106.1 KZFN Moscow / KKMV Rupert fadeup
106.3 KDBI Homedale
106.5 KEGX Richland WA / possibly a 2nd station
106.7 K294DC Boise (KDBI - on the noise level) / fadeup of rock, probably KXDR Pinesdale MT
106.9
107.1 KTHI Caldwell
107.3 K297BZ Asotin (KCLK-AM) / KFFM Yakima WA (NEW! 100KW 247mi) / unid Country fadeup likely KIMO MT
107.5 K298CN Boise (KIDO-AM)
107.7 KWVN Pendleton OR (NEW! 75KW, 137mi.)
107.9 KXLT Eagle
The beautiful yellow and orange colors were a fall bonus! Lots of hikers, even some who were scrambling the boulder field. And several more at the lake, including families w/ kids.
88.1 KRRB Kuna / KDJC Baker OR
88.3 KGSY McCall
88.5 K203DY Baker City OR (KAWZ - NEW! 13W 92mi!) / KDPI Ketchum (NEW! 105W 113mi) / unid religious, suspect KLRF Milton-Freewater OR
88.7 KETP Enterprise OR / KIYE Kamiah / KOAY Middleton
88.9 KOBK Baker City OR all alone - nothing else noted. Was hoping to bag KEFX, The Effect's mothership, in Twin Falls.
89.1 KAVY McCall
89.3 KLGG Kellogg
89.5 KTSY Caldwell
89.7
89.9 KBSK McCall / KRBX Boise
90.1 KOLU Pasco WA / tentative KNWO Cottonwood
90.3 KBSU-FM Boise
90.5 (HD hash)
90.7 KBSQ McCall
90.9 KGCL Jordan Valley OR / KKRH Grangeville (Cascade ID translator spewing static again, see 91.7 for why)
91.1 KPBX Spokane WA / KYPL Yakima WA Positive Life Radio fadeup 240mi / a third UNID mixing at times.
91.3 K217BO Halfway OR (KOBK) / UNID with rap/rock, perhaps the KEFX translator in Grangeville? Wouldn't be Jackpot NV as the BSPR network didn't air anything like that.
91.5 KBSX-FM Boise
91.7 *KBSM MCCALL OFF* - KRFA Moscow and KBLD Kennewick WA noted (latter is NEW, 1.8KW 177mi)
91.9 KBSC Cambridge / KESY Baker City OR
92.1 KWVR-FM Enterprise OR
92.3 KIZN Boise
92.5 KZHR Dayton WA fadeups / unid very faint fadeups pointing away from WA - perhaps KAAR MT?
92.7 K224CV Cascade (KOAY)
92.9 KHKF Island City OR / KZZU Spokane WA
93.1 KBOI-FM New Plymouth
93.3 KGGL Missoula MT fadeups (didn't hear KRKL WA)
93.5 K228CZ Cambridge (KBSX) / unid underneath, likely the KRBX translator in downtown Boise
93.7 KDRK Spokane WA / K229AY Baker City OR (KOAY) / K229DH Caldwell (KCID-AM)
93.9 KTAC Ephrata WA / brief fadeup of likely KZBQ Pocatello
94.1 KBXL Boise
94.3
94.5 K233BJ McCall (KAVY)
94.7 K234AD Enterprise OR (KMBI)
94.9 KRVB Boise
95.1
95.3 K237HA Nampa (KTIK-AM) / KKBC Baker City OR (elusive KECH Sun Valley not heard - again!)
95.5 KUJJ McCall
95.7 KEZJ Twin Falls / K239DB Stanley (KBSK) / another UNID fading up at times during national ads. Maybe KKSR Walla Walla WA.
95.9 KZML Quincy WA (no sign of elusive KLZX Weston. HD hash was an issue pointing away from WA.)
96.1 KSRV-FM Ontario OR
96.3 KRCW Royal City WA (NEW! 19.5KW 207mi)
96.5 K243BM Boise (ALT 96.5) / KOZE Lewiston / tentative KLIX Twin Falls
96.7 *Best catch of the day, and NEW!!* KZIN Shelby MT, confirmed w/ play-by-play of today's Montana-Northern Arizona game. I suspected this was KISN Belgrade at first. Wrong! I am very pleased with this one! 100KW, 301 miles. / tentative KMMG Benton City WA, faint Regional Mexican fadeup / KWWW Quincy WA 'KW3' 440W 250 miles - a flamethrower once again! Heard 2 weeks ago on Eagle's Nest east of Cascade.
96.9 KKGL-FM Nampa
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla WA
97.3 tentative KKRS Davenport WA
97.5 tentative KIDH-LP Meridian with open carrier / KNLR Bend OR confirmed with New Life mentions.
97.7 KZBG Lapwai (looked for KYSN WA or KGLM MT, not heard.)
97.9 KQFC Boise
98.1 KISC Spokane WA
98.3 KDZY McCall
98.5 KLGW Grand Coulee WA (complete flamethrower here)
98.7 KARO Nyssa OR
98.9 KKZX Spokane WA
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank WA (NEW! // stream with McCall noisemaker translator off) / and then the noisemaker appeared. Supposedly it's K256AN McCall // KAWZ. Should change the callsign to K256NM - the NM for 'noisemaker'. That's all it is. Decibels of static and sometimes! NPR bleeds through. Oughta call CSN out for this. I'd rather it get sold off to a Boise radio operator to relay one of the adult hits stations (whether it's JACK or BOB).
99.3 tentative KQEZ St. Regis MT AND tentative on KMGW Naches WA too! These were very weak fadeups probably on aircraft scatter. The latter had Rod Stewart, but I couldn't confirm an ID. At only 790 watts, I want to hear an ID sweeper or Yakima ad before I confirm it.
99.5 KLXI Fruitland
99.7 KHHK Yakima WA (NEW! Hot 99.7 fadeup. 4.1KW 240mi.)
99.9 K260CU Weiser (Fox Sports) / KXLY-FM Spokane WA
100.1 tentative KQFO Pasco WA, very very weak
100.3 KQXR Payette
100.5
100.7 KPDA Mountain Home (no sign of wanted KHSS OR or KIBG MT, too strong)
100.9 K265EY Cascade (KEFX) / K265DX Enterprise OR (KFAE) - these two were too strong for KARY to sneak through
101.1 KWYD Parma
101.3 KGDN Pasco WA / K267CE La Grande (KCMB)
101.5 KATW Lewiston / K268CU Boise (KKOO)
101.7
101.9 KQBL Emmett
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee WA fadeup / unid with Kim Komando show / and some HD hash
102.3 KWRL La Grande OR
102.5 open carrier - likely KRAO Colfax WA / unid mixing, either KMGI ID or KMSO MT (both relogs)
102.7 KZMG Melba
102.9 KHKO Prairie City OR (with Fox Sports, News 103, NEW! 1.1KW 153mi)
103.1 K276GE Notus (open carrier, supposed to be KCID or KTRP) / KVBL Union OR
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek WA / KLER-FM Orofino
103.5 KSAS-FM Caldwell
103.7 K279DA Hailey (KHLY-AM)
103.9 KCNU Silver City
104.1 KXDD Yakima WA constantly
104.3 KAWO Boise
104.5 unid, very weak, fadeups
104.7 KCMB La Grande OR
104.9 KEEH Spokane WA
105.1 KJOT Boise
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick WA
105.5 K288HG Boise (KFXD-AM)
105.7 KZBD Spokane WA // stream / brief fadeup of KQAK Bend OR / unid with ZZ Top, likely needed KRSE Yakima WA, but too weak and too brief.
105.9 KCIX Garden City
106.1 KZFN Moscow / KKMV Rupert fadeup
106.3 KDBI Homedale
106.5 KEGX Richland WA / possibly a 2nd station
106.7 K294DC Boise (KDBI - on the noise level) / fadeup of rock, probably KXDR Pinesdale MT
106.9
107.1 KTHI Caldwell
107.3 K297BZ Asotin (KCLK-AM) / KFFM Yakima WA (NEW! 100KW 247mi) / unid Country fadeup likely KIMO MT
107.5 K298CN Boise (KIDO-AM)
107.7 KWVN Pendleton OR (NEW! 75KW, 137mi.)
107.9 KXLT Eagle
