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some observations

bobdavcav said:
Wow, that's pretty impressive! Why do Tiger Mountain stations come in so badly, yet Cougar stations seem to have a clear shot to Bellingham?
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Hardly a clear shot from Cougar either. They're awash in static and multipath in most parts of Bellingham as well, but head east and on the hills and they often come in listenably. Tiger stations are bad pretty much everywhere in Whatcom County. There's a "wall" of sorts along I-5 as you head north from the Skagit/Whatcom County line to downtown Bellingham that affects Seattle FMs very badly in Bellingham.

I think it might be a combination of lower power stations on Tiger as well as natural terrain that make Tiger reception so bad. Even though Tiger is just a few miles away from Cougar (and they have a bigger overall HAAT than Cougar), which makes all the difference in places like downtown Everett. Somehow, that hasn't translated as well to Bellingham.

CHWF and CKLR, like CFCP pop up around Whatcom County and in the San Juans (namely the north side of Orcas), but again, not regularly. But enough to notice if you spend enough time driving around here. I haven't heard them in Skagit County either, but I think it might be that "wall" and the fact they are much farther away and at lower power than the Seattle FMs in Skagit County.
 
Hmm, I don't know what's with downtown Everett, I always call that the radio challenged area from about Broadway to Us-2. What do you expect for a station coming from 80 miles away? KPLZ and KCMS are listenable around WWU, and we've recieved KJR-FM as far as let's see if I can spell this right, Tssawwasan, yes, where you catch the ferry to Victoria.
 
I've received CHLY and CKWV from Nanaimo all the way to the Eastern part of Marysville (the same area where I got 64w CBCV-FM1 99.5). But they are not on local Seattle channels...101.7 and 102.3. Another interesting thing: I get KOMO Oakville stronger on 97.7 than CBUF (which KOMO can be nulled out to get CBUF).

-crainbebo
 
O.K. you guys, try for CIVL 101.7 in Abbotsford which is now on the air testing intermittently with a tone. 520 watts (880 watts maximum ERP). Up until now the station had been running 40 watts from a temporary transmitter at the UFV campus.
 
Dan said:
O.K. you guys, try for CIVL 101.7 in Abbotsford which is now on the air testing intermittently with a tone. 520 watts (880 watts maximum ERP). Up until now the station had been running 40 watts from a temporary transmitter at the UFV campus.
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I'm getting a barely audible signal from CHLY I believe. (There's two guys talking.) It doesn't rule out anything yet - I have to get in the car and see......
 
The tone disappeared this afternoon Bongwater, but keep checking it out. Gord from Northwest Broadcasters heard it in North Vancouver so I'm sure the signal will make it into Bellingham.
 
Funny thing I've noticed about radio signals on my Subaru car radio is that in Vancouver, I can get most of the Seattle stations pretty good - usually listenable, but not so vice-versa, even tho' the Vancouver FM stations are nearly all mega-power facilities with a mountain to the north of their xmtr sites, aiming their signals south. I guess Seattle is too far east for a clear shot.
Notice you might spot the "Golden Ears" mountains behind Maple Ridge BC driving north on I-5 around Everett. And I think most Vancouver transmitters are a few miles west of that on the mountainside.

I know Vancouver is all 50kw AMs, but all but one are directionalized away from the US. (And now all news CKWX is buried under Russian music on the new signal from Oregon. Was Mexican music until a recent afternoon. That interference gets into Canada, too - but nobody seems pressured to remediate it.)

I think the Vancouver FM signals are being buried on this side of the border, one by one, by power boosts of Olympia area stations, and new low power facilities in Seattle, most all of which are on the same freqs. Pity. I find the music selections on the Jack-FM versions at its originating stations in Victoria and Vancouver more interesting that on the Seattle version of it.

I do wish Seattle's Comcast would add some Vancouver FMs besides just one - classic rock CFMI - to its cable radio offerings. But appears there's no one at Comcast to request it of, apart from their online form (which doesn't appear to go to anyone who decides programming). There's some interesting speciality stuff, and fresher sounding mainstream formats, for a nice contrast from what you get in Seattle on the air in BC. Wish there was an all-classical station up there, however. Probably a lot of Vancouverites feel so as well. CBC Radio 2 no longer counts as one.
 
Radio 2 does play a few classical programs in a sea of mostly AAA music and some jazz. But I agree, overall it doesn't count as a classical station.
 
GL, would have to agree with you on the point about better Adult Hits stations. Don't know about the better variety since I don't listen much, but I do like WBEN and WARH, but up here they all lean Classic Hits, whereas my favorites lean AC. I've never liked CHBE as much as US Hot ACs, but what's the difference between Canadian Hot AC and Top 40? Seems as if the line is getting closer even down here, but when we were on the bus this summer in the San Juans, we had on CHBE and with the exception of one random 90s song, seemed like a streight-up top 40. Interesting that American Top 40 is carried on Canadian Hot ACs. In my opinion there is enough space for a full class C station in Olympia and one in Vancouver. Where it gets rediculous is what KWPA is doing, a full class A against a full class C barely over 50 miles away? Much to close. I'd give CFBT at least 160 km between it and a class A. Well if you want an exact number, 161 km.
 
bobdavcav said:
GL, would have to agree with you on the point about better Adult Hits stations. Don't know about the better variety since I don't listen much, but I do like WBEN and WARH, but up here they all lean Classic Hits, whereas my favorites lean AC. I've never liked CHBE as much as US Hot ACs, but what's the difference between Canadian Hot AC and Top 40? Seems as if the line is getting closer even down here, but when we were on the bus this summer in the San Juans, we had on CHBE and with the exception of one random 90s song, seemed like a streight-up top 40. Interesting that American Top 40 is carried on Canadian Hot ACs. In my opinion there is enough space for a full class C station in Olympia and one in Vancouver. Where it gets rediculous is what KWPA is doing, a full class A against a full class C barely over 50 miles away? Much to close. I'd give CFBT at least 160 km between it and a class A. Well if you want an exact number, 161 km.
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FM is just too overcrowded. Period.
 
Hey Bongwater......give CIVL 101.7 a shot now. They are currently running their regular programming, although the left channel appears dead in stereo mode.
 
It sounds like KXXO is back at regular power, from South Mountain I would suppose. It's not as staticky as it was a couple weeks ago.

-crainbebo
 
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