I can hear KXTG 750 easily here in Seattle. I haven't had much luck with the others. What about you?
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What kind of luck have you had with Portland, Oregon AM's?
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I'll have to play around with the Portland signals this weekend and see if I can give some better information!
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I have them all confirmed from either day or night reception. I only need two Oregon's to complete the whole state! (KURY 910 and KHSN 1230).
Daytime, I receive the following from Portland in Yakima. It's an easy area to grab.
550 KOAC (Corvallis, yes, I know)
620 KPOJ
750 KXTG
860 KPAM
1080 KFXX
1130 KXET
1150 sometimes KGDD
1190 KEX
1520 sometimes KQRR
1550 KKOV
1640 KDZR
From Seattle, you should be able to grab KPOJ-620 as well as KXTG. KPAM is also possible, but not where you live in Pierce County (way too much KHHO IBOC). KEX, KQRR 1520, KKOV, KDZR also possible.
Daytime, I receive the following from Portland in Yakima. It's an easy area to grab.
550 KOAC (Corvallis, yes, I know)
620 KPOJ
750 KXTG
860 KPAM
1080 KFXX
1130 KXET
1150 sometimes KGDD
1190 KEX
1520 sometimes KQRR
1550 KKOV
1640 KDZR
From Seattle, you should be able to grab KPOJ-620 as well as KXTG. KPAM is also possible, but not where you live in Pierce County (way too much KHHO IBOC). KEX, KQRR 1520, KKOV, KDZR also possible.
Thanks for the info! There is a lot of electrical noise in my neck of the woods, so I think my results will be much different when I can get to a more rural area to scan. 750 is very reliable though (thanks to the band being nice and open in the mid 700's). KFXX will always be a lost cause, as I am very close to Vashon.
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I get Portland pretty well. It's almost as if I lived there! Oh yeah, I do.
Bruce Murdock once commented on pdxradio.com that 620 was coming in like a local, while driving in Seattle and exclaimed, "Super 62 indeed!". No 910, 970 or 1330? By the way, we get 570, 710, 770 and sometimes 950 in the daytime. If you go up to Mt. Hood, you can get 1090.KEX still came in very well when I was in Hawaii 5 or 6 years ago.
How about people living east of the Rockies? Here in Iowa, I can't recall ever having heard a Portland station -- with KMOX and WSB being the powerhouses that they are. Nor Seattle -- which I think other people in the midwest have mentioned hearing at times, but not me to the best of my recollection. I think KFI and KNBR are still my only west coast catches.
I get Portland pretty well. It's almost as if I lived there! Oh yeah, I do.
During the years in the last decade, when I was getting into Seattle on biz trips 2-3 times a year, 620 (primarily as KPOJ) was fairly easy daytime duty around the Sea-Tac area where most of my appointments took place. Often those trips would be Seattle/Portland/Vancouver (Canada). As a general rule, the Seattle stations did better in Portland and Vancouver than the other way around.
I've never heard any Pacific NW stations in the Chicago area. Only west coasters I've heard are KFI, KNX, KNBR & KDIA on Ex band. However on the Atlantic DX receiver in Northern Ireland a few years ago I heard KOMO.
KDZR was heard by Jim Renfrew of western New York last year. He stumbled across it on accident, as 1520 WWKB was off the air; he heard KKXA Snohomish, WA!
KDZR: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg65634.html
and KKXA: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg65628.html
-crainbebo
KDZR: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg65634.html
and KKXA: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg65628.html
-crainbebo
Best I've done from the Pacific Northwest here in the Chicago area has been CKWX (1130/Vancouver, BC), which during each of the past three winters has put in one or two appearances. Most recent being February (IIRC) of this year. I've never heard anything else from the Pacific Northwest around here.
Next best for me was quite a distance from here. That was about 15-20 years ago when I heard KIRO still on day pattern (50kw ND)on a car radio one evening in Kenora, ON. Kenora is about 120 miles east of Winnipeg, and also about 120 miles north-northeast of International Falls, MN on the Northern reaches of Lake of the Woods.
Next best for me was quite a distance from here. That was about 15-20 years ago when I heard KIRO still on day pattern (50kw ND)on a car radio one evening in Kenora, ON. Kenora is about 120 miles east of Winnipeg, and also about 120 miles north-northeast of International Falls, MN on the Northern reaches of Lake of the Woods.
I'll give you guys an update when I have a chance try dxing from the car, as that seems to be only place where I can hear anything on the AM band. I did run through the dial at home though with a good radio, and I can definitely hear 620, 750, and 1190, but the quality is far from sounding like a local.
I agree. I suppose its due to many of the stations using east-west patterns which are unlistenable by the time you reach Seattle.
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=CKST&service=AM&status=F&hours=D (CKST 1040)
CHMJ 730 seems to be the best signal during the daylight (although they are trashed by IBOC from KIRO 710). CKWX 1130 used to sound excellent day and night, but they sound pretty rough these days thanks to a newer Portland signal on 1130. A smaller 10kw signal (CISL 650) is more audible than the other high powered Vancouver AM's it seems.
Vancouver stations -- a bit off topic but I've had a couple of those that I can recall -- News 1130 and pretty sure I caught the Chinese language station on 1320. Decent catches for this area.
Where I'm at (outside of Seattle) 750 at night often comes in at local quality. KEX next in strength. KPOJ varies. KPNW (Eugene, I know) varies but sometimes has a dependable signal. KPAM 860 sometimes is semi-local in quality -- and then other times it's down in the mess.
Not at all off topic; I regular play around with the Vancouver dial.
I have no trouble catching the Vancouver dial where I live, but for some reason CKNW 980, CKST 1040, CFAX 1070, CJRJ 1200, and CJVB 1470 all can be difficult.
980 and 1470 are regional channels and not as likely to come in beyond their standard coverage areas.
True, but CISL is also a class B at 10kw, and they sound better than CKNW during the day. Even with an east-west array, i'd still expect to hear something on 980.
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