I haven't quite made it to Idaho here in southern Michigan, but I managed SLC, UT (Coalville, to be exact) in 2007. I'd like to make Idaho, but they look to be on the very deep fringe of single-hop Es range for me.
My biggest DX'stery: 2006. Heard a public radio station on 88.7. Part of a network out in Colorado or New Mexico. Can't remember where exactly, but I know that they had a full power AND a translator on the same frequency both with the same programming, I'll never know if it was the full power one or the translator.
Another one from 2008. I remember passing through the South Bend area and hearing WBYT on their assigned frequency of 100.7, but also on 101.9! To add to the mystery, I had intense short-haul tropo to the same area later that week and heard once again, WBYT on 101.9. This time, from my home stereo in Coldwater. There happens to be a translator licensed to Elkhart on 101.9, so the big question is, was WBYT putting a spur on 101.9? Or was the Elkhart 101.9 xltr rebroadcasting WBYT? I wouldn't have counted the spur as an official log, if I could have determined it as such. But if it was indeed the licensed xltr, I could have logged it, but I'll never know.
My biggest DX'stery: 2006. Heard a public radio station on 88.7. Part of a network out in Colorado or New Mexico. Can't remember where exactly, but I know that they had a full power AND a translator on the same frequency both with the same programming, I'll never know if it was the full power one or the translator.
Another one from 2008. I remember passing through the South Bend area and hearing WBYT on their assigned frequency of 100.7, but also on 101.9! To add to the mystery, I had intense short-haul tropo to the same area later that week and heard once again, WBYT on 101.9. This time, from my home stereo in Coldwater. There happens to be a translator licensed to Elkhart on 101.9, so the big question is, was WBYT putting a spur on 101.9? Or was the Elkhart 101.9 xltr rebroadcasting WBYT? I wouldn't have counted the spur as an official log, if I could have determined it as such. But if it was indeed the licensed xltr, I could have logged it, but I'll never know.