Took a trip up into the mountains west of Leavenworth on Highway 2 today. The trail was relatively steep for about 1400 feet, then mellowed out as it headed towards the junction with the Nason Ridge trail. Golden-mantled ground squirrels, chipmunks, the 'eep' sounds of pikas, ravens, stellar's jays, nuthatches, and many other birds seen today for wildlife; a Sterlite container became about 1/4 full with more wild huckleberries, but it's late in the season and a lot of them are gone. Lake was beautiful, with Brook trout swimming around and little wind. Glad I went out today, as this weekend we are (finally!) getting a wallop of a rainstorm after another awful wildfire season. Here's the FM scan from that lake. A lot of interesting stations heard...
88.1 KLUW East Wenatchee
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (188 miles)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake
89.1 KFAE Richland (143 miles, similar distances for other Tri signals)
89.3 KAOS Olympia
89.5 K208EY Wenatchee (KAWZ)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (181 miles)
89.9 KPLW Wenatchee
90.1 KOLU Pasco
90.3 K212FK Wenatchee (KLWS)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg
90.9 KVTI Tacoma
91.1 KPBX-FM Spokane
91.3 KGTS College Place (180 miles) / K217AJ Leavenworth (KLWS)
91.5 KLWS Moses Lake
91.7 KBLD Kennewick
91.9 KDNA Granger
92.1 K221BI Wenatchee (KWLN)
92.3 KZUS Ephrata
92.5 KZHR Dayton (with NO sign of the nearby KPLW translator in Cashmere)
92.7 K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish - 28w, 93 miles!)
92.9 K225AR Wenatchee (KZUS)
93.1 K226AW Leavenworth (KPLW)
93.3 KRKL Walla Walla
93.5 KWDR Royal City (210 watts at 94 miles) / KOZI-FM Chelan (barely audible under powerhouse KWDR...210 watts, heh!)
93.7 KLSY Montesano / UNID Country station, either KDRK or CJJR
93.9 KTAC Ephrata (shockingly, no sign of the Sunny FM translator in Wenatchee. Incredible as look two channels below...)
94.1 KSWD Seattle
94.3 K232ED Sunnyslope (KKRV-HD3 / Jack FM, 99 watts 35 mi...very similar distance to 93.9 and yet they are pegging the S-meter at the lake. The 93.9 doesn't even show up!)
94.5 K233CJ College Place (Fox Sports - Shocker! 250 watts at 179 miles!! I did have the 99.7 KTEL translator in Milton-Freewater last August at 176 miles just below Thorp Mountain, NW of Easton. This I believe will beat the record for a low-power translator on Pikes Peak in the blue Mountains, or near it. Of course, Es logs from elsewhere don't count. What's amazing is NO KATS, NO KHTQ, NO KRXY. Just them, all alone!)
94.7 KZAL Manson / KZAL-FM1 Wenatchee (echoing)
94.9 KIOK Richland
95.3 K237AW Chelan (KCSY) / KXLE Ellensburg / tentative K237FR Tumwater (KYYO-HD2, KGY Oldies, did not match KEYG)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (181 miles - unbelievable signal, stronger or equal to some Wenatchee LPs.)
95.9 KZML Quincy
96.1 KXXO Olympia / unid, KLKY? KFOO?
96.3 KRCW Royal City
96.5 KJAQ Seattle
96.7 KWWW Quincy
96.9 KYYO McCleary
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (181 miles)
97.3 unid, either KIRO or K247CH Entiat repeating KDMB, couldn't ID this one
97.7 KYSN East Wenatchee
98.1 K251AZ Malaga (KEYG - running dead air)
98.3 KEYW Pasco
98.5 KEYG Grand Coulee / CIOC-FM Victoria BC (briefly)
98.7 KFXP-LP Wenatchee
98.9 KNUC Seattle
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank
99.3 KDRM Moses Lake / KDDS Elma
99.5 KQBG Rock Island
99.9 KXLY-FM Spokane
100.1 KQFO Pasco
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (briefly, 180 miles) / KXAA Cle Elum
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake
100.7 K264BF Wenatchee (KMLW)
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth
101.3 KGDN Pasco
101.5 KPLZ Seattle
101.7 K269HC Wenatchee (KPQ-AM)
101.9 KZIU Weston OR (190 miles! Farthest log of the day)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee
102.5 KZOK Seattle
102.7 KORD Richland
102.9 KEFA-LP Wenatchee
103.1 KYKV Selah
103.3 KUVB-LP Leavenworth / KWLN Wilson Creek
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (183 miles)
103.9 K280BZ Wenatchee (KWWW)
104.1 KAFE Bellingham / KXDD Yakima (both scattering in and out)
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee
105.1 K286CA East Wenatchee (KKRV)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick
105.7 unid with 'Hurts So Good' John Mellencamp, likely KRSE Yakima, very brief
105.9 K290CH Sunnyslope (KORE-LP...threshold level)
106.5 KEGX Richland
106.7 KKWN Cashmere
106.9 K295AU Moses Lake (KGTS) / KRWM Bremerton
107.3 KFFM Yakima
107.5 K298BR Wenatchee (KWDR)
107.7 KWVN-FM Pendleton OR (189 miles)
107.9 KJHS-LP Wenatchee
Pics coming up this weekend! Lots of fun, and a good workout. My first hike in about a month or so. Smoke has been the concern, as has the crazy crowds of Labor Day weekend and I was at the Ellensburg Rodeo as well. Any other hikes in 2021 will be either in the nearby shrub-steppe desert canyons for fall foliage, or just for pure exercise (i.e., the John Wayne Trail that I often take 4 or 5 mile walks on).
88.1 KLUW East Wenatchee
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake
88.5 KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (188 miles)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake
89.1 KFAE Richland (143 miles, similar distances for other Tri signals)
89.3 KAOS Olympia
89.5 K208EY Wenatchee (KAWZ)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (181 miles)
89.9 KPLW Wenatchee
90.1 KOLU Pasco
90.3 K212FK Wenatchee (KLWS)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg
90.9 KVTI Tacoma
91.1 KPBX-FM Spokane
91.3 KGTS College Place (180 miles) / K217AJ Leavenworth (KLWS)
91.5 KLWS Moses Lake
91.7 KBLD Kennewick
91.9 KDNA Granger
92.1 K221BI Wenatchee (KWLN)
92.3 KZUS Ephrata
92.5 KZHR Dayton (with NO sign of the nearby KPLW translator in Cashmere)
92.7 K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish - 28w, 93 miles!)
92.9 K225AR Wenatchee (KZUS)
93.1 K226AW Leavenworth (KPLW)
93.3 KRKL Walla Walla
93.5 KWDR Royal City (210 watts at 94 miles) / KOZI-FM Chelan (barely audible under powerhouse KWDR...210 watts, heh!)
93.7 KLSY Montesano / UNID Country station, either KDRK or CJJR
93.9 KTAC Ephrata (shockingly, no sign of the Sunny FM translator in Wenatchee. Incredible as look two channels below...)
94.1 KSWD Seattle
94.3 K232ED Sunnyslope (KKRV-HD3 / Jack FM, 99 watts 35 mi...very similar distance to 93.9 and yet they are pegging the S-meter at the lake. The 93.9 doesn't even show up!)
94.5 K233CJ College Place (Fox Sports - Shocker! 250 watts at 179 miles!! I did have the 99.7 KTEL translator in Milton-Freewater last August at 176 miles just below Thorp Mountain, NW of Easton. This I believe will beat the record for a low-power translator on Pikes Peak in the blue Mountains, or near it. Of course, Es logs from elsewhere don't count. What's amazing is NO KATS, NO KHTQ, NO KRXY. Just them, all alone!)
94.7 KZAL Manson / KZAL-FM1 Wenatchee (echoing)
94.9 KIOK Richland
95.3 K237AW Chelan (KCSY) / KXLE Ellensburg / tentative K237FR Tumwater (KYYO-HD2, KGY Oldies, did not match KEYG)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (181 miles - unbelievable signal, stronger or equal to some Wenatchee LPs.)
95.9 KZML Quincy
96.1 KXXO Olympia / unid, KLKY? KFOO?
96.3 KRCW Royal City
96.5 KJAQ Seattle
96.7 KWWW Quincy
96.9 KYYO McCleary
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (181 miles)
97.3 unid, either KIRO or K247CH Entiat repeating KDMB, couldn't ID this one
97.7 KYSN East Wenatchee
98.1 K251AZ Malaga (KEYG - running dead air)
98.3 KEYW Pasco
98.5 KEYG Grand Coulee / CIOC-FM Victoria BC (briefly)
98.7 KFXP-LP Wenatchee
98.9 KNUC Seattle
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank
99.3 KDRM Moses Lake / KDDS Elma
99.5 KQBG Rock Island
99.9 KXLY-FM Spokane
100.1 KQFO Pasco
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (briefly, 180 miles) / KXAA Cle Elum
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake
100.7 K264BF Wenatchee (KMLW)
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth
101.3 KGDN Pasco
101.5 KPLZ Seattle
101.7 K269HC Wenatchee (KPQ-AM)
101.9 KZIU Weston OR (190 miles! Farthest log of the day)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee
102.5 KZOK Seattle
102.7 KORD Richland
102.9 KEFA-LP Wenatchee
103.1 KYKV Selah
103.3 KUVB-LP Leavenworth / KWLN Wilson Creek
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (183 miles)
103.9 K280BZ Wenatchee (KWWW)
104.1 KAFE Bellingham / KXDD Yakima (both scattering in and out)
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee
105.1 K286CA East Wenatchee (KKRV)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick
105.7 unid with 'Hurts So Good' John Mellencamp, likely KRSE Yakima, very brief
105.9 K290CH Sunnyslope (KORE-LP...threshold level)
106.5 KEGX Richland
106.7 KKWN Cashmere
106.9 K295AU Moses Lake (KGTS) / KRWM Bremerton
107.3 KFFM Yakima
107.5 K298BR Wenatchee (KWDR)
107.7 KWVN-FM Pendleton OR (189 miles)
107.9 KJHS-LP Wenatchee
Pics coming up this weekend! Lots of fun, and a good workout. My first hike in about a month or so. Smoke has been the concern, as has the crazy crowds of Labor Day weekend and I was at the Ellensburg Rodeo as well. Any other hikes in 2021 will be either in the nearby shrub-steppe desert canyons for fall foliage, or just for pure exercise (i.e., the John Wayne Trail that I often take 4 or 5 mile walks on).