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What TIS stations do you get day and night?
- Thread starter crainbebo
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Edinburgh,IN
Day & Night
530 Columbus,IN
1610 New Whiteland,IN
Day & Night
530 Columbus,IN
1610 New Whiteland,IN
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Mid West Clubber
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I honestly dont think I can get any TIS stations where I live in Martinsville Indiana. I dont live very close to any Interstates, rest area's, Tourist info Centers ECT... I think the closest TIS to here is a good 20 to 30 miles away, and dont TIS stations typically only cover like a mile or two.
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MotoMuzak
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You know what my QTH is by now.....
530--WPHG710, PDX Airport TIS; tape loop. This is surprisingly powerful for a TIS, as I have been able to copy it during the daytime at Vancouver Mall, some +-5 miles north of PDX.
Sometimes at night if I rorate my radio in the right direction so as to null out WPHG710, I can get some other apparently computer-generated looping TIS from Washington DOT involving road construction somewhere on I-5. I have no idea where the signal originates, specifically. Its call ends with "690" if that's any help.......
1610--nope, haven't gotten anything on there........
530--WPHG710, PDX Airport TIS; tape loop. This is surprisingly powerful for a TIS, as I have been able to copy it during the daytime at Vancouver Mall, some +-5 miles north of PDX.
Sometimes at night if I rorate my radio in the right direction so as to null out WPHG710, I can get some other apparently computer-generated looping TIS from Washington DOT involving road construction somewhere on I-5. I have no idea where the signal originates, specifically. Its call ends with "690" if that's any help.......
1610--nope, haven't gotten anything on there........
from Nashville:
1610 - BNA (Nashville Intl Airport) Info Station...gets out for miles!
1680 - TDOT (TN Dept of Transportation)...multiple stations on 1680
on I-40/65/24... pretty much a mess as they overlap
1610 - BNA (Nashville Intl Airport) Info Station...gets out for miles!
1680 - TDOT (TN Dept of Transportation)...multiple stations on 1680
on I-40/65/24... pretty much a mess as they overlap
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We have 3,
1630 CJYW from the Ottawa Airport
99.7 CIIO which has road closures, event listings, gas prices, weather forecasts sometimes exchange rates and a daily history lesson. There are some other features as well
101.9 CIIO (French) Same as 99.7 but in French.
We have 3,
1630 CJYW from the Ottawa Airport
99.7 CIIO which has road closures, event listings, gas prices, weather forecasts sometimes exchange rates and a daily history lesson. There are some other features as well
101.9 CIIO (French) Same as 99.7 but in French.
Location: near El Cajon / La Mesa, CA
Until some of the new cross-border stations signed on a couple years ago or so, my main TIS catches from my house (most of which REQUIRED at least the select-a-tenna) were AM 890 from Cabrillo National Monument, AM 1610 from Chula Vista (until it went off the air, and I could just barely hear it without the SAT on a good radio), AM 1620 from San Diego Convention center (then it moved to 1660, and I heard it there too), and AM 1690 from San Diego airport. For a while recently I was also able to get a placeholder/temporary type Caltrans one on 1620 from San Ysidro.
Farthest daytime reception honors goes to 530 at LAX airport.
Farthest at night, which obviously won't happen anymore unless all the x-banders go off the air, are the stations at DFW.
Until some of the new cross-border stations signed on a couple years ago or so, my main TIS catches from my house (most of which REQUIRED at least the select-a-tenna) were AM 890 from Cabrillo National Monument, AM 1610 from Chula Vista (until it went off the air, and I could just barely hear it without the SAT on a good radio), AM 1620 from San Diego Convention center (then it moved to 1660, and I heard it there too), and AM 1690 from San Diego airport. For a while recently I was also able to get a placeholder/temporary type Caltrans one on 1620 from San Ysidro.
Farthest daytime reception honors goes to 530 at LAX airport.
Farthest at night, which obviously won't happen anymore unless all the x-banders go off the air, are the stations at DFW.
In Charleston, SC, I pick up several TIS stations, day and night. There is one on 530, from downtown Charleston, that almost always runs the NOAA Weather Radio feed from KHB-29 (the Charleston station), and it also runs periodic traffic reports from City police (but rarely works).
I also pick up the station from Folly Beach at 1610, and that actually is a good service, with a 3-5 minute loop of information relating to the beach, like the next meeting, and weather forecasts updated every day.
It has a rather strong signal, heard all over the barrier islands, from Kiawah to the Isle of Palms.
I also get one at 1630, from our local county park, which doesn't really provide a service most of the year, but during festivals, they run a loop promoting parking and rules, and during the Holiday Festival of Lights (the 2-mile light show that has almost 2,000,000 lights), they run a loop of Christmas music.
I also pick up the station from Folly Beach at 1610, and that actually is a good service, with a 3-5 minute loop of information relating to the beach, like the next meeting, and weather forecasts updated every day.
It has a rather strong signal, heard all over the barrier islands, from Kiawah to the Isle of Palms.
I also get one at 1630, from our local county park, which doesn't really provide a service most of the year, but during festivals, they run a loop promoting parking and rules, and during the Holiday Festival of Lights (the 2-mile light show that has almost 2,000,000 lights), they run a loop of Christmas music.
Crainbebo,
I've heard other TIS's, but i'm probably at the farthest point from any of them. The aforementioned 530 TIS in Fremont, IN is 15 miles away. There's another one on 1610 in nearby Battle Creek with NOAA weather radio that I might be able to get here, but splatter from my local 5kw daytime 1590 makes that impossible.
I've heard other TIS's, but i'm probably at the farthest point from any of them. The aforementioned 530 TIS in Fremont, IN is 15 miles away. There's another one on 1610 in nearby Battle Creek with NOAA weather radio that I might be able to get here, but splatter from my local 5kw daytime 1590 makes that impossible.
You know my QTH by now: Bothell, WA!!! 
530: KNEZ390 Swamp Creek and WPVW628 Bothell. When they are off-air, I pick up an odd mashup of a TIS from the Hood Canal Bridge, KNEZ390 Coal Creek and another unid.
1610: Usually weak WPKL360 Woodinville, but sometimes at night, when I turn my radio to the right direction, I can pick up WQBB569 from Union Gap, WA, which is weird because it's over 140 miles away from my location, and it bradcasts with 10 watts.
1650: Nothing at my house, but on the road, heard Redmond Community Radio (RCR) and WPUL289 (City of Kent TIS)
530: KNEZ390 Swamp Creek and WPVW628 Bothell. When they are off-air, I pick up an odd mashup of a TIS from the Hood Canal Bridge, KNEZ390 Coal Creek and another unid.
1610: Usually weak WPKL360 Woodinville, but sometimes at night, when I turn my radio to the right direction, I can pick up WQBB569 from Union Gap, WA, which is weird because it's over 140 miles away from my location, and it bradcasts with 10 watts.
1650: Nothing at my house, but on the road, heard Redmond Community Radio (RCR) and WPUL289 (City of Kent TIS)
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FreddyE1977
Guest
from the southern reaches of Pittsburgh, PA, I can get three:
at 1620, 1630 and 1650. All are PennDOT traffic advisory stations
for various local commuter highways. Most loop all day, but one
of them rebroadcasts the local NOAA Weather station at 162.55 mHz.
at 1620, 1630 and 1650. All are PennDOT traffic advisory stations
for various local commuter highways. Most loop all day, but one
of them rebroadcasts the local NOAA Weather station at 162.55 mHz.
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MotoMuzak
Guest
Cranebebo--
I found a TIS here in PDT which repeats the local NOAA station WXL95 (162.400) on 1610 AM. The 1610 transmitter is literally only a block away from the Red Lion hotel we're staying at, on the other side of I-84. (You can see it around milepost 210, it's a little red and white radio transmitter tower.) I'm not sure how much power they put out but I surmise it's not very powerful.....I tried DXing it (!!) at the Wildhorse Casino parking lot at 9:30 last night on the Sony, about a mile north of exit 218 in the neighbouring Umatilla Indian Reservation, and it was extremely faint......so I'd be surprised if it's even a full watt. It only seems powerful enough to cover Pendleton, a little bit of the surrounding area, and that's it. I have never been able to hear it in Portland, not even under the best conditions.
But as for your question--I have been able to hear it both day and night, yes. ;o)
I found a TIS here in PDT which repeats the local NOAA station WXL95 (162.400) on 1610 AM. The 1610 transmitter is literally only a block away from the Red Lion hotel we're staying at, on the other side of I-84. (You can see it around milepost 210, it's a little red and white radio transmitter tower.) I'm not sure how much power they put out but I surmise it's not very powerful.....I tried DXing it (!!) at the Wildhorse Casino parking lot at 9:30 last night on the Sony, about a mile north of exit 218 in the neighbouring Umatilla Indian Reservation, and it was extremely faint......so I'd be surprised if it's even a full watt. It only seems powerful enough to cover Pendleton, a little bit of the surrounding area, and that's it. I have never been able to hear it in Portland, not even under the best conditions.
But as for your question--I have been able to hear it both day and night, yes. ;o)
The Logan Airport TIS at 1650 can be heard in most of the City of Boston and the coastal suburbs on the North and South Shores. The airport juts out on the water just off the coast of Boston, so the closer to the water, the better. I saw someone claim that they got it skipping out over the water on Cape Cod. I get it weakly a few miles inland northwest of Boston in Somerville.
New Updated TIS bandscan: Bothell, WA
530: mix (Hood Canal Bridge, Sea-Tac Airport, KNEZ390 Swamp Creek, KNEZ390 NE. 45 Street, WPVW628 Bothell, WA, two unIDs, KNEF687)
1610: WPKL360 Woodinville, WA, WQBV569 Union Gap, WA (night-only), WPUJ642 Kingston, WA, threshold of NOAA Weather Radio relay Pasco, WA
1650: Redmond Community Radio, Redmond, WA
1700: Issaquah TIS
On The Road
530: WPUL478 Liberty, WA, KNEZ390 Northup, KNEZ390 Coal Creek, WPVW567 Ellensburg, WA, WPVW565 Selah, WA, unID callsign Yakima, WA
1520: Auburn WA WSDOT TIS
1610: KNEF687 (SIX transmitters, from North Bend to Ellensburg), WQBV569 Union Gap, WA (logged at my house also too), Langley Community Radio (Part 15 station), WPKV296 Toppenish, WA (heard about 5 miles away in Wapato, too)
1650: WPUL289 Kent, WA
-crainbebo
530: mix (Hood Canal Bridge, Sea-Tac Airport, KNEZ390 Swamp Creek, KNEZ390 NE. 45 Street, WPVW628 Bothell, WA, two unIDs, KNEF687)
1610: WPKL360 Woodinville, WA, WQBV569 Union Gap, WA (night-only), WPUJ642 Kingston, WA, threshold of NOAA Weather Radio relay Pasco, WA
1650: Redmond Community Radio, Redmond, WA
1700: Issaquah TIS
On The Road
530: WPUL478 Liberty, WA, KNEZ390 Northup, KNEZ390 Coal Creek, WPVW567 Ellensburg, WA, WPVW565 Selah, WA, unID callsign Yakima, WA
1520: Auburn WA WSDOT TIS
1610: KNEF687 (SIX transmitters, from North Bend to Ellensburg), WQBV569 Union Gap, WA (logged at my house also too), Langley Community Radio (Part 15 station), WPKV296 Toppenish, WA (heard about 5 miles away in Wapato, too)
1650: WPUL289 Kent, WA
-crainbebo
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