Enjoying the Juneteenth holiday with FREE parking in state lands, I decided to head for an area that I've never explored: the Ahtanum State Forest. Just outside of Tampico WA, the 75,000 acre forest has several 4X4 roads and a few hiking trails, as well as multiple campgrounds. Today's bandscan was at the Grey Rock Trail, which rises above Tree Phones Campground to a high point around 6100 feet where Mt. Adams can be seen, and prior to that, a summit point at 5800' where the entire Lower Yakima Valley can be seen, as well as nearby Darland Mountain, the Toppenish Ridge, and Horse Heavens. This may be one of the best bandscans I have ever done in a mountainous region. No E skip today, but look out! Distant DX abounds, and some of it *really* distant.
Pictures are coming. I saw a pack of elk including a calf at the 6000' level. I had little from the northwest (Seattle area), a little action northeast, many Portland FMs, and the rest was all from the south, and especially the SE. Several NEW stations to the logbook. With the TEF6686:
88.1 KYTR Union Gap (29mi) / KAYB Sunnyside (54mi) / tentative KTCV Kennewick (94mi) / KQHR Hood River (56mi)
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (86mi)
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (147mi) with 60dbu signal+ / way over KYVT Yakima (29mi, heard in KLRF null)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (88mi) / K204CZ Kennewick (The Effect - 11W 99mi. NEW!)
88.9 K205FT Yakima (KOLU, 34mi) - no sign of KCSH Ellensburg.
89.1 KFAE Richland (96mi and 72dbu signal. You can tell there was FULL line-of-sight to Tri-Cities. These signals were stronger than some Yakima full-power FMs.)
89.3 tentative KVRA Sisters OR (would be 168mi), otherwise just weak KFAE splatter and static
89.5 KSOH Wapato (29mi)
89.7 KOTD The Dalles OR (50W 55mi, NEW!) / tentative KLCC Eugene OR in and out with NPR news programming. KWWS Walla Walla completely off the air. They would have been 60+dbu full signal, if they were on.
89.9 KKJA Redmond OR (143mi) / K210CX Yakima (AIR 1, 19W 29mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (98mi)
90.3 KNWY Yakima (29mi). Couldn't get a decent enough null on them to try for La Grande/Boise.
90.5 KQBC Benton City (76mi) / K213DM Heppner OR (KVIP Redding, 23W 109mi, NEW!) / K213DU Goldendale (KFAE, 15.5W 55mi, NEW!)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (63mi)
90.9 KRBM Pendleton OR (120mi) / weak Christian signal in KRBM null, turns out to be K215CR The Dalles OR (AIR 1, 10W 55mi, NEW!)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (34mi)
91.3 KGTS Walla Walla (145mi)
91.5 K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 35mi) / KLWS Moses Lake (92mi) / KOPB-FM Portland (103mi)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (98mi) / might have been something else way under in null
91.9 KDNA Granger (29mi)
92.1 KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (120mi)
92.3 K222BP Prosser (KOLU, 23W 69mi) / KZUS Ephrata (91mi) / KGON Portland (103mi)
92.5 KZHR Dayton (145mi) with no sign of closer K223BC Naches
92.7 KMSW The Dalles OR (60mi) / K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish, 28W 88mi)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (35mi)
93.1 KBOI-FM New Plymouth ID (NEW - 48KW 310 miles!!!) solid at 5800 ft. ledge much of the time with weak to fair signals. News/Talk KBOI. To this date, my furthest non-E skip/meteor FM DX ever from a mountain range. I can see why: the only obstruction is the Blue Mountains above Pendleton, and I'm at nearly 6000 feet. / weak KRYP Portland (103mi)
93.3 KRKL Walla Walla (145mi)
93.5 KACI-FM The Dalles OR (55mi) / KTRI Royal City (77mi)
93.7 K229AD Yakima (KDYK, 34mi) / KQFM Hermiston OR (97mi)
93.9 K230BW Kennewick (KVAN, 88mi, NEW!) / either KTAC or KPDQ with religious programming
94.1 KYJJ Boardman OR (77mi) / KSWD Seattle (79mi) / K231CT Walla Walla (// KHSS-HD2, 155W 137mi, NEW! Obviously them, with classical music.)
94.3 KSAE-LP Kennewick (10W 94mi, NEW! Spanish religious station) / KZZR Government Camp OR (86mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (30mi)
94.7 KNRK Camas (103mi - very weak)
94.9 KIOK Pasco (96mi - putting out *80dbu+* at times)
95.1 KRHR Odell OR (2.1KW approximately 60mi - Radio Hood River, Oldies. NEW!)
95.3 KXLE-FM Ellensburg (51KW 48mi) / K237GY Prosser (KZXR, 205W 69mi)
95.5 K238CH Ephrata (KULE, 250W 91mi) / KBFF Portland (103mi)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (146mi)
95.9 KRSX Goldendale (55mi) / KZML Quincy (84mi)
96.1 KLKY Stanfield OR (107mi) / way over K241CV Yakima (KYAK, 180W 34mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (89mi) / K242AX Hood River (KQHR / 250W 55mi)
96.5 K243CK Pendleton (KUMA-AM, 250W 137mi) / weak signal with old rock buried under strong K243CK. ID was too weak. Either KOZE ID or KJIV OR, definitely didn't sound like KJAQ Seattle in the weak ID sweeper, I would recognize them any day of the week.
96.7 KMMG Benton City (88mi)
96.9 KZTA Naches (14mi)
97.1 KXRX-FM Walla Walla (146mi)
97.3 KIRO Tacoma (79mi) / probably KKRS Davenport mixed with them. No ID.
97.5 KNLR Bend OR (168mi)
97.7 KYSN East Wenatchee (72mi, very weak fade ups) / KNWN-FM Oakville (120mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (150mi)
98.1 KISC Spokane (195mi) / KING-FM Seattle (79mi)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (98mi)
98.5 KLGW-FM Grand Coulee (137mi)
98.7 KMNA Mabton (47mi)
98.9 KKZX Spokane (195mi) / KPNW-FM Seattle (79mi, very weak at the 6000+ ft. level with Mt. Adams in view.)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (99mi)
99.3 KMGW Naches (14mi)
99.5 KZLY Ione OR (107mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (37mi)
99.9 KRKT Albany OR (165mi) / tentative KXLY-FM Spokane (212mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (99mi)
100.3 KBWN-LP Buena (39mi. I couldn't take this one out for KKRZ, or better yet, KQXR ID, with all of my strength!)
100.5 KWIQ Moses Lake (98mi)
100.7 KHSS Athena OR (145mi) / tentative on KMGX Bend OR (168mi)
100.9 KARY Grandview (53mi)
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth (81mi) / KXL-FM Portland OR (103mi) / KEYF Cheney (195mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (96mi) - no sign of the KIT translator in Yakima, completely obliterated.
101.5 KDLZ-FM The Dalles OR (55mi) / K268DM Othello (KRSC, 250W 88mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (69mi)
101.9 KNHK-FM Weston OR (150mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (63mi)
102.3 KWRL La Grande OR (188mi) / K272ED Kennewick (Tri-Country, 34W 97mi) / KYYT Goldendale (58mi)
102.5 K273DK Selah (KTCR, 99W 32mi)
102.7 KORD-FM Richland (99mi)
102.9 KSJJ Bend OR (171mi) / KZTM Centralia (101mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (36mi)
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek (114mi) / K277BG Prosser (KYPL, 23W 69mi)
103.5 KWHT Pendleton (140mi)
103.7 K279AK Granger (KAWZ, 190W 53mi) / KHTP Tacoma (79mi)
103.9 K280GI Richland (KGTS, 15.5W 88mi huge signal) / K280FJ The Dalles (KACI-AM, 250W 60mi NEW!)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (34mi)
104.3 KHTR Pullman (201mi) / KAWO Boise ID (52KW, 310mi - Wow Country over KHTR, recorded! NEW!!) / unid with classic rock music, I assume this is the LPFM in Pendleton OR, but couldn't get an ID.
104.5 KPLP White Salmon (70mi) / K283BX Wapato (KHHK-HD4, 250W 32mi)
104.7 KCMB Baker City OR (187mi) / KDUK Florence OR (193mi)
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (34mi) / K285FN Kennewick West (99mi)
105.1 KJOT Boise ID (53KW 310mi - JACK FM NEW!) / tentative KRSK Molalla OR (103mi)
105.3 KONA Kennewick (96mi)
105.5 KCGB Hood River OR (61mi)
105.7 KRSE Yakima (28mi)
105.9 KOLH-LP Hermiston OR (101mi) / KFBW Vancouver (103mi) / KRJT Elgin OR (115W 172mi - NEW! Hit Radio)
106.1 K291BV Wapato (250W 32mi) / unid with dead air, VERY strong. Is KWCQ Condon OR back on? No RDS. Could have also been the Bridge translator in Tri-Cities, but AM 960 was on the air.
106.3 KLOO-FM Corvallis OR (165mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (99mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (103mi)
106.9 K295BT Wapato (KTCR, 250W 32mi) / K295AU Moses Lake (KPLW, 250W 97mi)
107.1 KTHI Caldwell ID (52KW 310mi - Hank FM, solid signal at times!! NEW!) / unid Christian music, not Sweet Home OR. Assuming KIPC-LP Pendleton OR, but did not get an ID.
107.3 KFFM Yakima (36mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (103mi)
107.7 KWVN Pendleton OR (137mi)
107.9 K300AP Sunnyside (KRKL, 50W 52mi) / KYRF-LP Yakima (with dead air, 31mi) / KHPE Albany OR (165mi)
Pictures are coming. I saw a pack of elk including a calf at the 6000' level. I had little from the northwest (Seattle area), a little action northeast, many Portland FMs, and the rest was all from the south, and especially the SE. Several NEW stations to the logbook. With the TEF6686:
88.1 KYTR Union Gap (29mi) / KAYB Sunnyside (54mi) / tentative KTCV Kennewick (94mi) / KQHR Hood River (56mi)
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (86mi)
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (147mi) with 60dbu signal+ / way over KYVT Yakima (29mi, heard in KLRF null)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (88mi) / K204CZ Kennewick (The Effect - 11W 99mi. NEW!)
88.9 K205FT Yakima (KOLU, 34mi) - no sign of KCSH Ellensburg.
89.1 KFAE Richland (96mi and 72dbu signal. You can tell there was FULL line-of-sight to Tri-Cities. These signals were stronger than some Yakima full-power FMs.)
89.3 tentative KVRA Sisters OR (would be 168mi), otherwise just weak KFAE splatter and static
89.5 KSOH Wapato (29mi)
89.7 KOTD The Dalles OR (50W 55mi, NEW!) / tentative KLCC Eugene OR in and out with NPR news programming. KWWS Walla Walla completely off the air. They would have been 60+dbu full signal, if they were on.
89.9 KKJA Redmond OR (143mi) / K210CX Yakima (AIR 1, 19W 29mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (98mi)
90.3 KNWY Yakima (29mi). Couldn't get a decent enough null on them to try for La Grande/Boise.
90.5 KQBC Benton City (76mi) / K213DM Heppner OR (KVIP Redding, 23W 109mi, NEW!) / K213DU Goldendale (KFAE, 15.5W 55mi, NEW!)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (63mi)
90.9 KRBM Pendleton OR (120mi) / weak Christian signal in KRBM null, turns out to be K215CR The Dalles OR (AIR 1, 10W 55mi, NEW!)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (34mi)
91.3 KGTS Walla Walla (145mi)
91.5 K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 35mi) / KLWS Moses Lake (92mi) / KOPB-FM Portland (103mi)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (98mi) / might have been something else way under in null
91.9 KDNA Granger (29mi)
92.1 KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (120mi)
92.3 K222BP Prosser (KOLU, 23W 69mi) / KZUS Ephrata (91mi) / KGON Portland (103mi)
92.5 KZHR Dayton (145mi) with no sign of closer K223BC Naches
92.7 KMSW The Dalles OR (60mi) / K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish, 28W 88mi)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (35mi)
93.1 KBOI-FM New Plymouth ID (NEW - 48KW 310 miles!!!) solid at 5800 ft. ledge much of the time with weak to fair signals. News/Talk KBOI. To this date, my furthest non-E skip/meteor FM DX ever from a mountain range. I can see why: the only obstruction is the Blue Mountains above Pendleton, and I'm at nearly 6000 feet. / weak KRYP Portland (103mi)
93.3 KRKL Walla Walla (145mi)
93.5 KACI-FM The Dalles OR (55mi) / KTRI Royal City (77mi)
93.7 K229AD Yakima (KDYK, 34mi) / KQFM Hermiston OR (97mi)
93.9 K230BW Kennewick (KVAN, 88mi, NEW!) / either KTAC or KPDQ with religious programming
94.1 KYJJ Boardman OR (77mi) / KSWD Seattle (79mi) / K231CT Walla Walla (// KHSS-HD2, 155W 137mi, NEW! Obviously them, with classical music.)
94.3 KSAE-LP Kennewick (10W 94mi, NEW! Spanish religious station) / KZZR Government Camp OR (86mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (30mi)
94.7 KNRK Camas (103mi - very weak)
94.9 KIOK Pasco (96mi - putting out *80dbu+* at times)
95.1 KRHR Odell OR (2.1KW approximately 60mi - Radio Hood River, Oldies. NEW!)
95.3 KXLE-FM Ellensburg (51KW 48mi) / K237GY Prosser (KZXR, 205W 69mi)
95.5 K238CH Ephrata (KULE, 250W 91mi) / KBFF Portland (103mi)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (146mi)
95.9 KRSX Goldendale (55mi) / KZML Quincy (84mi)
96.1 KLKY Stanfield OR (107mi) / way over K241CV Yakima (KYAK, 180W 34mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (89mi) / K242AX Hood River (KQHR / 250W 55mi)
96.5 K243CK Pendleton (KUMA-AM, 250W 137mi) / weak signal with old rock buried under strong K243CK. ID was too weak. Either KOZE ID or KJIV OR, definitely didn't sound like KJAQ Seattle in the weak ID sweeper, I would recognize them any day of the week.
96.7 KMMG Benton City (88mi)
96.9 KZTA Naches (14mi)
97.1 KXRX-FM Walla Walla (146mi)
97.3 KIRO Tacoma (79mi) / probably KKRS Davenport mixed with them. No ID.
97.5 KNLR Bend OR (168mi)
97.7 KYSN East Wenatchee (72mi, very weak fade ups) / KNWN-FM Oakville (120mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (150mi)
98.1 KISC Spokane (195mi) / KING-FM Seattle (79mi)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (98mi)
98.5 KLGW-FM Grand Coulee (137mi)
98.7 KMNA Mabton (47mi)
98.9 KKZX Spokane (195mi) / KPNW-FM Seattle (79mi, very weak at the 6000+ ft. level with Mt. Adams in view.)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (99mi)
99.3 KMGW Naches (14mi)
99.5 KZLY Ione OR (107mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (37mi)
99.9 KRKT Albany OR (165mi) / tentative KXLY-FM Spokane (212mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (99mi)
100.3 KBWN-LP Buena (39mi. I couldn't take this one out for KKRZ, or better yet, KQXR ID, with all of my strength!)
100.5 KWIQ Moses Lake (98mi)
100.7 KHSS Athena OR (145mi) / tentative on KMGX Bend OR (168mi)
100.9 KARY Grandview (53mi)
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth (81mi) / KXL-FM Portland OR (103mi) / KEYF Cheney (195mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (96mi) - no sign of the KIT translator in Yakima, completely obliterated.
101.5 KDLZ-FM The Dalles OR (55mi) / K268DM Othello (KRSC, 250W 88mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (69mi)
101.9 KNHK-FM Weston OR (150mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (63mi)
102.3 KWRL La Grande OR (188mi) / K272ED Kennewick (Tri-Country, 34W 97mi) / KYYT Goldendale (58mi)
102.5 K273DK Selah (KTCR, 99W 32mi)
102.7 KORD-FM Richland (99mi)
102.9 KSJJ Bend OR (171mi) / KZTM Centralia (101mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (36mi)
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek (114mi) / K277BG Prosser (KYPL, 23W 69mi)
103.5 KWHT Pendleton (140mi)
103.7 K279AK Granger (KAWZ, 190W 53mi) / KHTP Tacoma (79mi)
103.9 K280GI Richland (KGTS, 15.5W 88mi huge signal) / K280FJ The Dalles (KACI-AM, 250W 60mi NEW!)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (34mi)
104.3 KHTR Pullman (201mi) / KAWO Boise ID (52KW, 310mi - Wow Country over KHTR, recorded! NEW!!) / unid with classic rock music, I assume this is the LPFM in Pendleton OR, but couldn't get an ID.
104.5 KPLP White Salmon (70mi) / K283BX Wapato (KHHK-HD4, 250W 32mi)
104.7 KCMB Baker City OR (187mi) / KDUK Florence OR (193mi)
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (34mi) / K285FN Kennewick West (99mi)
105.1 KJOT Boise ID (53KW 310mi - JACK FM NEW!) / tentative KRSK Molalla OR (103mi)
105.3 KONA Kennewick (96mi)
105.5 KCGB Hood River OR (61mi)
105.7 KRSE Yakima (28mi)
105.9 KOLH-LP Hermiston OR (101mi) / KFBW Vancouver (103mi) / KRJT Elgin OR (115W 172mi - NEW! Hit Radio)
106.1 K291BV Wapato (250W 32mi) / unid with dead air, VERY strong. Is KWCQ Condon OR back on? No RDS. Could have also been the Bridge translator in Tri-Cities, but AM 960 was on the air.
106.3 KLOO-FM Corvallis OR (165mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (99mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (103mi)
106.9 K295BT Wapato (KTCR, 250W 32mi) / K295AU Moses Lake (KPLW, 250W 97mi)
107.1 KTHI Caldwell ID (52KW 310mi - Hank FM, solid signal at times!! NEW!) / unid Christian music, not Sweet Home OR. Assuming KIPC-LP Pendleton OR, but did not get an ID.
107.3 KFFM Yakima (36mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (103mi)
107.7 KWVN Pendleton OR (137mi)
107.9 K300AP Sunnyside (KRKL, 50W 52mi) / KYRF-LP Yakima (with dead air, 31mi) / KHPE Albany OR (165mi)
