My longest day hike ever at 11 miles round-trip! Hiked from White Pass, up the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail), past Ginnette Lake, 100s of ripe wild blueberries, sweet as can be, and over 20 'thru-hikers' on their way to the Canadian border, 200 miles north of the trailhead. They are doing the entire 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada. They sure have a LOT of determination. 'Wild' with Reese Witherspoon, I'm sure inspired many hikers. I met two from the Los Angeles area, and one young couple who flew from London to take on this life-changing adventure.
About 5 miles from the car was a scramble off-trail through trees, scree rock, and some wild blueberries, to the summit of Hogback Mountain, 6,789 feet above sea level and about 2,000 feet above the White Pass Ski Area. The PCT does not take thru-hikers to this mountain, so it is seldomly summited. Views included the Goat Rocks (and Curtis Gilbert Peak), Mt. Adams before it faded into clouds, a hazy Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Rimrock Lake, and lots more. No Mt. Hood, blocked by the Goat Rocks. Interesting FM scan favoring central/eastern WA, Olympia, and (especially low-band), Astoria OR! Coordinates... 46.6N, -121.405W. It's about 1/2 mile from the Lewis County line.
Many pictures are coming soon.
88.1 KWAO Vashon (86mi) / KYTR Union Gap (42mi) / something else buried, probably KAYB Sunnyside
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (96mi) / a very weak 2nd station under, maybe KBVM Portland?
88.5 KYVT Yakima (43mi) / KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (161mi) / KNKX Tacoma (68mi)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (94mi) / KLOY Ocean Park (120mi)
88.9 KSWS Chehalis (78mi) / K205FT Yakima (KOLU, 48mi)
89.1 KFAE Richland (111mi) / KMHD Gresham OR (98mi) / tentative KGHE Elma (106mi, 255W), classical/piano music in KFAE null, I know KGHI Westport airs this type of music and they simulcast...KGHE was confirmed on Thorp Mountain near Kachess Lake in Aug. 2020.
89.3 KAOS Olympia (77mi)
89.5 KSOH Wapato (42mi)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (160mi) / tentative KWFJ Roy (60mi)
89.9 KXIR Freeland (115mi) / K210CX Yakima (KHRI National Air 1 Feed, 19W 43mi) / KPLW Wenatchee (75mi) / KKJA Redmond OR (151mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (113mi) / another station buried in tight null, KOLU bounced between 8-9 bars, full signal
90.3 KNWY Yakima (43mi) / K212DB Moses Lake (KAWZ, 250w 107mi! Surprising catch, no sign of KEXP, under KNWY)
90.5 KQBC Benton City (91mi) / KCPL Astoria OR (220W 120mi! This was Spanish Religion as KGIO. It is now Positive Life Radio // KGTS, KYPL, etc. and new calls.) / CBCV Victoria BC (170mi) - Notice no sign of KACS once again. Website confirms that KACS and its relayers have been periodically off the air for major updates to the system, but are still streaming on KACS.org. I don't know if KCPL would be possible w/ KACS on the air.
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (66mi) / KSER Everett (104mi)
90.9 KVTI Tacoma (68mi) / KRBM Pendleton OR (135mi)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (48mi) / KTJC Kelso (76mi, CSN programming in tight KYPL null) / unid 3rd station with classical music, likely KWAX Eugene OR
91.3 KGTS College Place (160mi) / tentative KCED Centralia (75mi)
91.5 KLWS Moses Lake (99mi) / KOPB-FM Portland OR (98mi) / K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 48mi 11W)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (113mi) / KYFQ Tacoma (93mi)
91.9 KDNA Granger (42mi) / KMUN-FM Astoria OR (120mi - running Broadway show tunes throughout the 3:00 hour! It's a show called Stage & Screen, that runs on Wednesdays.)
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC (178mi) / KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (135mi)
92.3 KGON Portland OR (99mi) / K222BP Prosser (KOLU, 23W 84mi)
92.5 KZHR Dayton (160mi) / KQMV Bellevue (68mi)
92.7 KMSW The Dalles OR (66mi) / K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish, 28W 98mi, decent signal but the audio is very distorted)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (48mi) / K225DC Tumwater (100W 86mi, with Beatles and progressive rock from the '60s and early '70s. Has to be them. Radio-Locator says // KGTK-AM but that isn't true. No IDs and definitely not KISM Bellingham based on song presentation.)
93.1 KRYP Gladstone (99mi) / CKYE-FM Vancouver BC (203mi)
93.3 KJR-FM Seattle (73mi) / KRKL Walla Walla (160mi)
93.5 KWDR Royal City (89mi, 210W-huge signal!) / KACI-FM The Dalles OR (63mi)
93.7 KLSY Montesano (105mi) / K229AD Yakima (KDYK-AM, 250W 48mi) / KQFM Hermiston OR (112mi)
93.9 KPDQ-FM Portland OR (99mi)
94.1 KSWD Seattle (68mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (43mi)
94.7 tentative KNRK Camas (99mi) slammed with KATS splatter
94.9 KIOK Richland (111mi) / KUOW-FM Seattle (82mi - when I heard them, they were talking about the history of "cheese zombies", the school lunch invention that came from the Yakima Valley in the 1960s! Ironic!)
95.1 KITI-FM Winlock (76mi)
95.3 K237GY Prosser (KZXR-AM, 205W 84mi) / K237FR (KYYO-HD2, "KGY" 77mi) / CKZZ Vancouver BC (204mi) / KPND Deer Park (232mi - confirmed with ID) / tentative KXLE Ellensburg (48mi), but could be KXXK Aberdeen as well - country music
95.5 KBFF Portland OR (99mi)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (160mi) / KJEB-FM Seattle (73mi)
95.9 KZML Quincy (91mi) / KRSX Goldendale (63mi)
96.1 KXXO Olympia (86mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (101mi)
96.5 KJAQ Seattle (68mi)
96.7 KMMG Benton City (102mi)
96.9 KZTA Naches (25mi) / KYYO McCleary (91mi)
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (160mi) / KYCH-FM Portland OR (99mi)
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma (68mi)
97.5 KOLW Basin City (97mi) / may have been a 2nd station under, KIRO HD hash didn't help - KNLR Bend?
97.7 KNWN-FM Oakville (105mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (165mi) / KLVP Aloha OR (99mi)
98.1 KING-FM Seattle (68mi) / KISC Spokane (205mi - solid signal)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (113mi) / tentative KPPK Rainier OR (79mi) in KEYW null
98.5 KNBQ Central Park (86mi) / KEYG-FM Grand Coulee (143mi - down below the mountain on the PCT)
98.7 KMNA Mabton (61mi) / KUPL Portland OR (98mi)
98.9 KNUC Seattle (68mi)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (114mi)
99.3 KDDS-FM Elma (105mi) / KDRM Moses Lake (106mi - in tight KDDS null) / KMGW Naches (25mi)
99.5 KWJJ Portland OR (99mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (51mi)
99.9 KISW Seattle (68mi) / KRKT Albany OR (162mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (114mi)
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (98mi) / KBWN-LP Buena (53mi) / CKKQ Victoria BC (170mi)
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake (108mi - nearly 10 bars on the Sangean)
100.7 KKWF Seattle (68mi) / KHSS Athena OR (160mi)
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview (67mi)
101.1 K266BM Olympia (KBRD-AM, 250W 86mi. Repeating the same 30-second clip of a 1940s instrumental over and over, with 30 seconds of silence in between. Major technical issue and nobody home. Sounds like when they repeated KGTK with a whole bunch of noise and 60hz hums a couple of years ago!) / KXL-FM Portland OR (98mi) / CFMI New Westminster BC (203mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (111mi) / K267CV Yakima (KIT-AM, much weaker than KGDN...43mi)
101.5 KPLZ Seattle (73mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (84mi) / K269HF Yakima (KBBO-AM, 99W 45mi...this signal barely gets out 5 mi W of Yakima, and yet made it to the top of a mountain 45 mi W.) / at least 1-2 others, probably the KXRO Aberdeen translator and ???
101.9 KNHK Weston OR (165mi) / KINK Portland OR (98mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (66mi) / KSWW Ocean Shores (112mi - in tight KPQ-FM null)
102.3 KYYT Goldendale (68mi - no sign of KCRX Astoria)
102.5 KZOK Seattle (68mi)
102.7 KORD-FM Richland (114mi)
102.9 KZTM Centralia (86mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (48mi)
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek (123mi) / K277CZ Shelton (KMAS-AM, 90mi) / K277BG Grandview (23W 84mi, KGTS-91.3) No sign of KKCW!
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (155mi) / something buried underneath with talk, likely the new Catholic format on the KBKW 1450 translator in Aberdeen
103.7 KHTP Tacoma (68mi)
103.9 K280GI Richland (15.5W 102mi!!) / KVAS-FM Ilwaco (118mi)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (48mi)
104.3 KMNT Chehalis (78mi)
104.5 K283BX Wapato (KBBO-AM, 250W 45mi) / KLSW Covington (73mi) / KZJJ Mesa (new Regional Mexican station in the Tri-Cities, approx. 105 mi distance)
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee (83mi) / tentative KDUX Hoquiam (112mi) / KDUK-FM Florence OR (190mi)
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (48mi) / KTDD Eatonville (43mi)
105.1 KRSK Molalla OR (98mi)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick (111mi)
105.7 KRSE Yakima (38mi)
105.9 KFBW Vancouver (98mi)
106.1 KBKS Tacoma (68mi) / K291BV Wapato (Big 106.1, KHHK-HD2 250W 45mi)
106.3 KLOO-FM Corvallis OR (162mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (114mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (98mi) / KKWN Cashmere (78mi)
106.9 KRWM Bremerton (73mi) / K295BT Wapato (KTCR-AM, 250W 45mi) / K295AU Moses Lake (KPLW, 250W 107mi...stronger than parent station KPLW!)
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock (83mi)
107.3 KFFM Yakima (48mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (98mi)
107.7 KNDD Seattle (68mi) / KWVN Pendleton OR (152mi)
107.9 KHPE Albany OR (162mi) / K300AP Sunnyside (tentative, 50W 66mi...maybe the one with dead air?)
About 5 miles from the car was a scramble off-trail through trees, scree rock, and some wild blueberries, to the summit of Hogback Mountain, 6,789 feet above sea level and about 2,000 feet above the White Pass Ski Area. The PCT does not take thru-hikers to this mountain, so it is seldomly summited. Views included the Goat Rocks (and Curtis Gilbert Peak), Mt. Adams before it faded into clouds, a hazy Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Rimrock Lake, and lots more. No Mt. Hood, blocked by the Goat Rocks. Interesting FM scan favoring central/eastern WA, Olympia, and (especially low-band), Astoria OR! Coordinates... 46.6N, -121.405W. It's about 1/2 mile from the Lewis County line.
Many pictures are coming soon.
88.1 KWAO Vashon (86mi) / KYTR Union Gap (42mi) / something else buried, probably KAYB Sunnyside
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake (96mi) / a very weak 2nd station under, maybe KBVM Portland?
88.5 KYVT Yakima (43mi) / KLRF Milton-Freewater OR (161mi) / KNKX Tacoma (68mi)
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake (94mi) / KLOY Ocean Park (120mi)
88.9 KSWS Chehalis (78mi) / K205FT Yakima (KOLU, 48mi)
89.1 KFAE Richland (111mi) / KMHD Gresham OR (98mi) / tentative KGHE Elma (106mi, 255W), classical/piano music in KFAE null, I know KGHI Westport airs this type of music and they simulcast...KGHE was confirmed on Thorp Mountain near Kachess Lake in Aug. 2020.
89.3 KAOS Olympia (77mi)
89.5 KSOH Wapato (42mi)
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla (160mi) / tentative KWFJ Roy (60mi)
89.9 KXIR Freeland (115mi) / K210CX Yakima (KHRI National Air 1 Feed, 19W 43mi) / KPLW Wenatchee (75mi) / KKJA Redmond OR (151mi)
90.1 KOLU Pasco (113mi) / another station buried in tight null, KOLU bounced between 8-9 bars, full signal
90.3 KNWY Yakima (43mi) / K212DB Moses Lake (KAWZ, 250w 107mi! Surprising catch, no sign of KEXP, under KNWY)
90.5 KQBC Benton City (91mi) / KCPL Astoria OR (220W 120mi! This was Spanish Religion as KGIO. It is now Positive Life Radio // KGTS, KYPL, etc. and new calls.) / CBCV Victoria BC (170mi) - Notice no sign of KACS once again. Website confirms that KACS and its relayers have been periodically off the air for major updates to the system, but are still streaming on KACS.org. I don't know if KCPL would be possible w/ KACS on the air.
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg (66mi) / KSER Everett (104mi)
90.9 KVTI Tacoma (68mi) / KRBM Pendleton OR (135mi)
91.1 KYPL Yakima (48mi) / KTJC Kelso (76mi, CSN programming in tight KYPL null) / unid 3rd station with classical music, likely KWAX Eugene OR
91.3 KGTS College Place (160mi) / tentative KCED Centralia (75mi)
91.5 KLWS Moses Lake (99mi) / KOPB-FM Portland OR (98mi) / K218CX Yakima (KAWZ, 48mi 11W)
91.7 KBLD Kennewick (113mi) / KYFQ Tacoma (93mi)
91.9 KDNA Granger (42mi) / KMUN-FM Astoria OR (120mi - running Broadway show tunes throughout the 3:00 hour! It's a show called Stage & Screen, that runs on Wednesdays.)
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC (178mi) / KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR (135mi)
92.3 KGON Portland OR (99mi) / K222BP Prosser (KOLU, 23W 84mi)
92.5 KZHR Dayton (160mi) / KQMV Bellevue (68mi)
92.7 KMSW The Dalles OR (66mi) / K224EW Othello (EWTN Spanish, 28W 98mi, decent signal but the audio is very distorted)
92.9 KDBL Toppenish (48mi) / K225DC Tumwater (100W 86mi, with Beatles and progressive rock from the '60s and early '70s. Has to be them. Radio-Locator says // KGTK-AM but that isn't true. No IDs and definitely not KISM Bellingham based on song presentation.)
93.1 KRYP Gladstone (99mi) / CKYE-FM Vancouver BC (203mi)
93.3 KJR-FM Seattle (73mi) / KRKL Walla Walla (160mi)
93.5 KWDR Royal City (89mi, 210W-huge signal!) / KACI-FM The Dalles OR (63mi)
93.7 KLSY Montesano (105mi) / K229AD Yakima (KDYK-AM, 250W 48mi) / KQFM Hermiston OR (112mi)
93.9 KPDQ-FM Portland OR (99mi)
94.1 KSWD Seattle (68mi)
94.5 KATS Yakima (43mi)
94.7 tentative KNRK Camas (99mi) slammed with KATS splatter
94.9 KIOK Richland (111mi) / KUOW-FM Seattle (82mi - when I heard them, they were talking about the history of "cheese zombies", the school lunch invention that came from the Yakima Valley in the 1960s! Ironic!)
95.1 KITI-FM Winlock (76mi)
95.3 K237GY Prosser (KZXR-AM, 205W 84mi) / K237FR (KYYO-HD2, "KGY" 77mi) / CKZZ Vancouver BC (204mi) / KPND Deer Park (232mi - confirmed with ID) / tentative KXLE Ellensburg (48mi), but could be KXXK Aberdeen as well - country music
95.5 KBFF Portland OR (99mi)
95.7 KKSR Walla Walla (160mi) / KJEB-FM Seattle (73mi)
95.9 KZML Quincy (91mi) / KRSX Goldendale (63mi)
96.1 KXXO Olympia (86mi)
96.3 KRCW Royal City (101mi)
96.5 KJAQ Seattle (68mi)
96.7 KMMG Benton City (102mi)
96.9 KZTA Naches (25mi) / KYYO McCleary (91mi)
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla (160mi) / KYCH-FM Portland OR (99mi)
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma (68mi)
97.5 KOLW Basin City (97mi) / may have been a 2nd station under, KIRO HD hash didn't help - KNLR Bend?
97.7 KNWN-FM Oakville (105mi)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR (165mi) / KLVP Aloha OR (99mi)
98.1 KING-FM Seattle (68mi) / KISC Spokane (205mi - solid signal)
98.3 KEYW Pasco (113mi) / tentative KPPK Rainier OR (79mi) in KEYW null
98.5 KNBQ Central Park (86mi) / KEYG-FM Grand Coulee (143mi - down below the mountain on the PCT)
98.7 KMNA Mabton (61mi) / KUPL Portland OR (98mi)
98.9 KNUC Seattle (68mi)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank (114mi)
99.3 KDDS-FM Elma (105mi) / KDRM Moses Lake (106mi - in tight KDDS null) / KMGW Naches (25mi)
99.5 KWJJ Portland OR (99mi)
99.7 KHHK Yakima (51mi)
99.9 KISW Seattle (68mi) / KRKT Albany OR (162mi)
100.1 KQFO Pasco (114mi)
100.3 KKRZ Portland OR (98mi) / KBWN-LP Buena (53mi) / CKKQ Victoria BC (170mi)
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake (108mi - nearly 10 bars on the Sangean)
100.7 KKWF Seattle (68mi) / KHSS Athena OR (160mi)
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview (67mi)
101.1 K266BM Olympia (KBRD-AM, 250W 86mi. Repeating the same 30-second clip of a 1940s instrumental over and over, with 30 seconds of silence in between. Major technical issue and nobody home. Sounds like when they repeated KGTK with a whole bunch of noise and 60hz hums a couple of years ago!) / KXL-FM Portland OR (98mi) / CFMI New Westminster BC (203mi)
101.3 KGDN Pasco (111mi) / K267CV Yakima (KIT-AM, much weaker than KGDN...43mi)
101.5 KPLZ Seattle (73mi)
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser (84mi) / K269HF Yakima (KBBO-AM, 99W 45mi...this signal barely gets out 5 mi W of Yakima, and yet made it to the top of a mountain 45 mi W.) / at least 1-2 others, probably the KXRO Aberdeen translator and ???
101.9 KNHK Weston OR (165mi) / KINK Portland OR (98mi)
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee (66mi) / KSWW Ocean Shores (112mi - in tight KPQ-FM null)
102.3 KYYT Goldendale (68mi - no sign of KCRX Astoria)
102.5 KZOK Seattle (68mi)
102.7 KORD-FM Richland (114mi)
102.9 KZTM Centralia (86mi)
103.1 KYKV Selah (48mi)
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek (123mi) / K277CZ Shelton (KMAS-AM, 90mi) / K277BG Grandview (23W 84mi, KGTS-91.3) No sign of KKCW!
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR (155mi) / something buried underneath with talk, likely the new Catholic format on the KBKW 1450 translator in Aberdeen
103.7 KHTP Tacoma (68mi)
103.9 K280GI Richland (15.5W 102mi!!) / KVAS-FM Ilwaco (118mi)
104.1 KXDD Yakima (48mi)
104.3 KMNT Chehalis (78mi)
104.5 K283BX Wapato (KBBO-AM, 250W 45mi) / KLSW Covington (73mi) / KZJJ Mesa (new Regional Mexican station in the Tri-Cities, approx. 105 mi distance)
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee (83mi) / tentative KDUX Hoquiam (112mi) / KDUK-FM Florence OR (190mi)
104.9 KYXE Union Gap (48mi) / KTDD Eatonville (43mi)
105.1 KRSK Molalla OR (98mi)
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick (111mi)
105.7 KRSE Yakima (38mi)
105.9 KFBW Vancouver (98mi)
106.1 KBKS Tacoma (68mi) / K291BV Wapato (Big 106.1, KHHK-HD2 250W 45mi)
106.3 KLOO-FM Corvallis OR (162mi)
106.5 KEGX Richland (114mi)
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR (98mi) / KKWN Cashmere (78mi)
106.9 KRWM Bremerton (73mi) / K295BT Wapato (KTCR-AM, 250W 45mi) / K295AU Moses Lake (KPLW, 250W 107mi...stronger than parent station KPLW!)
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock (83mi)
107.3 KFFM Yakima (48mi)
107.5 KXJM Banks OR (98mi)
107.7 KNDD Seattle (68mi) / KWVN Pendleton OR (152mi)
107.9 KHPE Albany OR (162mi) / K300AP Sunnyside (tentative, 50W 66mi...maybe the one with dead air?)
