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FM Scan, west of Leavenworth, WA - 7/26/16

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crainbebo

Went up in the hills near Leavenworth today (the Bavarian town of Washington). Nice FM scan with a lot of >100 mi DX! (XX) means approximate miles.

88.1 - KWAO Ocean Park (115)/KCWU Ellensburg (35)
88.3 - KMLW Moses Lake (80)/Unid Northwest Public Radio, must have been KHNW Manson (40, and 360w over quite a few mountains)
88.5 - KLRF Milton-Freewater, OR (160), like a local at times!/unid NPR, maybe KPLU Tacoma
88.7 - KDMB Moses Lake (80)
88.9 - KCSH Ellensburg (35)/CBUX-FM1 Victoria, BC (135)
89.1 - KFAE Richland (115)
89.3 - unid public radio, maybe KAOS Olympia?
89.5 - KSOH Wapato (70)
89.7 - KWWS Walla Walla (155)/unid with music, maybe CJSU Duncan?
89.9 - KPLW Wenatchee (25)
90.1 - KOLU Pasco (115)
90.3 - K212FK Wenatchee (// 91.5 KLWS, 25)/ttKNWY Yakima (70, sounded like echo during DNC coverage)/unid alternative, prob KEXP Seattle
90.5 - CBCV Victoria (135)
90.7 - KNWR Ellensburg (35)
90.9 - KVTI Tacoma (80)
91.1 - KYPL Yakima (70)/UNID Classical, KPBX?
91.3 - CJZN Victoria, BC (135...very strong)/KGTS Walla Walla (155)
91.5 - KLWS Moses Lake (80)
91.7 - KBLD Kennewick (120)
91.9 - KDNA Granger (80)
92.1 - K221BI Wenatchee (KZML, 25)/CBU-FM1 Victoria (135...again very strong especially in the higher elevations)
92.3 - KZUS Ephrata (60)
92.5 - KQMV Bellevue (60)/KZHR Dayton (160!)/UNID Oldies fadeup briefly...must've been Ms. Around 1700 PT. In Leavenworth proper: K223BK Cashmere (10) // KPLW.
92.7 - KNCW Omak (90...very weak but through many mountain ranges)
92.9 - KDBL Toppenish (80)/KISM Bellingham (120). In Leavenworth proper: K225AR Wenatchee (25-ish) // KZML-95.9.
93.1 - Nothing up in the hills, but had the local KPLW translator in Leavenworth.
93.3 - KPWK Seattle (50)/KRKL Walla Walla (155)
93.5 - KOZI Chelan (45...not so good <5000 ft due to mountains...but I really like their full service AC format from what I sampled today. CBS News on the hour, local news every weekday at 5PM, local morning interview show, etc.)
93.7 - KDRK Spokane (160 and very strong at times)/KLSY Montesano (115)
93.9 - KTAC Ephrata (60). Lower elevations bring KTAC and K230AX Wenatchee (25) // KCSY-106.3 Twisp, which I couldn't get. Twisp is 70+ miles north and 106.3 is LP.
94.1 - KMPS Seattle (50)
94.3 - K232ED Wenatchee (25 - UPDATE: It is // KKRV. NOT KKRT-900.)
94.5 - KATS Yakima (70)
94.7 - KZAL Manson (40)
94.9 - KIOK Pasco (120)
95.1 -
95.3 - KXLE Ellensburg (40)
95.5 -
95.7 - KKSR Walla Walla (150)
95.9 - KZML Quincy (50)
96.1 - KXXO Olympia (115, doing well from Capitol Peak)/KIIX Opportunity (160+)
96.3 - KRCW Royal City (70)
96.5 - KJAQ Seattle (50)
96.7 - KWWW Quincy (50)
96.9 - KYYO McCleary (115)/KZTA Naches (65)
97.1 - KXRX Walla Walla (150+)
97.3 - KIRO Tacoma (50)
97.5 - KOLW Basin City (115). No sign of KTRT Winthrop. Would have been nice to sample their Americana format, "The Root."
97.7 - KYSN Wenatchee (25)/KOMO Oakville (115)
97.9 - KZTB Milton-Freewater (155)
98.1 - faint KISC Spokane (160)
98.3 - KEYW Pasco (115)
98.5 - KEYG Grand Coulee (90)/CIOC Victoria, BC (135)
98.7 -
98.9 - KVRQ Seattle (50)
99.1 - KUJ Pasco (115)
99.3 - KDRM Moses Lake (80)/KDDS Elma (115)
99.5 - KQBG Rock Island (25)
99.7 - KHHK Yakima (70)/CBUF-FM9 Victoria, BC (135 @ 1200 watts! Not bad!)
99.9 - KXLY Spokane (160...very strong at times. Must have had some type of knife edge. It could be heard when no other Spokane's showed up. No sign of KISW.)
100.1 - KQFO Pasco (115)
100.3 - CKKQ Victoria, BC (135...like a local)/KXAA Cle Elum (25, no match for that knife-edge prop from BC)
100.5 - KWIQ Moses Lake (80)
100.7 - KHSS Athena, OR (160, very weak)
100.9 - KARY Grandview (90)
101.1 - KOHO Leavenworth (10)
101.3 - KGDN Pasco (115)
101.5 - KPLZ Seattle (60)
101.7 - KLES Prosser (100 but very weak compared to some Tri-Cities stns)
101.9 - KZIU Weston, OR (155)
102.1 - KPQ Wenatchee (10)
102.3 -
102.5 - KZOK Seattle (50)
102.7 - KORD Richland (120)
102.9 - KFOO Centralia (115). Leavenworth proper: KEFA-LP Wenatchee (25)
103.1 - KYKV Selah (70)/ttCHTT Victoria BC (135, weak CHR, but could have also been KCDA ID)
103.3 - KWLN Wilson Creek (80)
103.5 - KWHT Pendleton, OR (160, strong)
103.7 - KHTP Tacoma (very weak 60 miles)
103.9 - K280BZ Wenatchee (25, // KWWW)
104.1 - KXDD Yakima (70)
104.3 -
104.5 -
104.7 - KKRV Wenatchee (25)
104.9 - KYXE Union Gap (70, low power)
105.1 - K286CA East Wenatchee (30, // KKRV)
105.3 - KONA Pasco (115)
105.5 -
105.7 - KRSE Yakima (70)/KZBD Spokane (160, w/ "1057NowFM.com" and contest ment.)
105.9 -
106.1 - KBKS Tacoma (50)
106.3 -
106.5 - KEGX Richland (115)
106.7 - KKWN Cashmere (15)
106.9 - KRWM Bremerton (60)
107.1 -
107.3 - KFFM Yakima (70)
107.5 - KXJM Banks OR (briefly, 160+ miles). In Leavenworth: K298BR Wenatchee (25, KWDR-93.5 Spanish Rel)
107.7 - KWVN Pendleton (160)
107.9 - KMBI Spokane (160)
 
I doubt it was KUGS. Bellingham wasn't particularly strong. KXXO was much stronger than KISM...I still suspect KAOS. Sounded like jazz, IIRC.
 
No sign of KJR on 95.7, KING on 98.1, KKWF on 100.7 or KNDD on 107.7? Quite odd, also odd that KISW didn't show up. No sign also of KAFE or KWPZ?
 
Forgot to put in that KAFE did show up. It was hard to null KXDD, but it showed up at 120 miles. 106.5 had some Christian Contemporary mixing w/ KEGX, so probably KWPZ, but no ID and brief.
KING and KKWF do very bad past Snoqualmie, so not a surprise they didn't show up here. It was interesting hearing the 6300 watt KHSS from 160+ miles compared to KKWF's 68kw at a much less distance. KCMS never showed up either, but KONA was very strong there for 115 miles.
 
crainbebo said:
Went up in the hills near Leavenworth today (the Bavarian town of Washington). Nice FM scan with a lot of >100 mi DX! (XX) means approximate miles.



92.1 - K221BI Wenatchee (KZML, 25)/CBU-FM1 Victoria (135...again very strong especially in the higher elevations)

Radio Locator says that K221BI carries KXTG Portland. I'm thinking they're wrong.
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92.1 K221BI is leaving Wenatchee and mucking up the dial in Portland now. Alpha Media wants to use 106.3 somewhere in the metro area. I don't know why, as they've already got 102.9 for KXTG!
 
Yuck! Really? They could have picked something else like 96.7. KCRF isn't audible in Portland, but KLOO is. Another one that could work is 97.5, but that would have problems with the Newburg translator, especially on the west and south sides.
 
Last time I was in Portland (well, actually Gresham) was 2012. My goodness the translators now. 103.7 is occupied with an HD translator, 102.9 already mentioned, 97.7 is now an Eugene Spanish station. 97.9 is a full power K-LOVE, 96.3 is a full power Urban now. When I visited, 97.7 was KOMO and 102.9 was KYNW. 96.3 was a K-LOVE translator // 88.7. 97.9 used to be KNRQ Eugene especially eastern suburbs. Had several Seattle stations on Tr including KMTT, and even 92.9 KISM. Yeah, 96.7 is blank, and KCRF wasn't even audible in Gresham, although they have a huge range northbound from Lincoln City (can hear them along the whole stretch from Westport WA to Moclips WA...130-160 miles or so)
 
When I lived there last year I could get 102.9 but not 97.7, then the KXTG translator moved from 102.7 and that was the end of that.
 
crainbebo said:
Last time I was in Portland (well, actually Gresham) was 2012. My goodness the translators now. 103.7 is occupied with an HD translator, 102.9 already mentioned, 97.7 is now an Eugene Spanish station. 97.9 is a full power K-LOVE, 96.3 is a full power Urban now. When I visited, 97.7 was KOMO and 102.9 was KYNW. 96.3 was a K-LOVE translator // 88.7. 97.9 used to be KNRQ Eugene especially eastern suburbs. Had several Seattle stations on Tr including KMTT, and even 92.9 KISM. Yeah, 96.7 is blank, and KCRF wasn't even audible in Gresham, although they have a huge range northbound from Lincoln City (can hear them along the whole stretch from Westport WA to Moclips WA...130-160 miles or so)
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Yeah, you have to be aways out of Portland before hearing any Seattle stations anymore. Too bad, I miss that. The last time I was up in Everett I could receive KINK, but I bet that isn't the case now.
 
There's a 101.9 LPFM in Mukilteo now running out of a Slavic church. In Seattle, you also deal with KVSH-LP Vashon Island.
 
Even before those signed on though, I couldn't receive KINK 24/7 in Edmonds, nor could I receive KKWF or KISW at all when I lived in Vancouver. It would be interesting to hear what happens in a major tropo opening today. In some of the smaller ones we've had this summer another station mixes with the LP from Mukilteo, but it's probably Victoria or Vashon, haven't been able to ID it.
 
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