What an awesome day for a hike! Huckleberries once again ripe for the picking, and for the eating - a pretty lake to explore and a rather steep climb after that to a marvelous lookout on Thorp Mountain where views from Mt. Adams to Rainier, Mt. Daniel, Stuart and the Enchantments and even 40 miles out to Ellensburg/the Kittitas valley were seen. A very interesting FM scan, some from on top of Thorp Mtn and some from below (most of those being eastern WA tropo scatter).
88.1 KWAO Ocean Park 94mi/KCWU Ellensburg 40mi
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake 89mi
88.5 K203EN Ellensburg (KYKV) 66W 49mi/KNKX Tacoma 37mi/KLRF Milton-Freewater OR 178mi
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake 70mi/KLOY Ocean Park 900w 148mi/K204ET Aberdeen (KAWZ) 115W 122mi (!)
88.9 KCSH Ellensburg 25mi/KSWS Chehalis 104mi
89.1 KFAE-FM Richland 130mi/KGHE Montesano 255W 116mi (did not hear parent on 91.5, KGHI Westport. KGHE audio quality is distorted and overmodulated. They air classical music and some public radio/Pacifica programs like Democracy Now!)
89.3 KAOS Olympia 84mi
89.5 KSOH Wapato 66mi/KNHC Seattle 43mi
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla 173mi/KWFJ Roy 69mi
89.9 K210DK Ellensburg 91W 49mi (KLWS)/KPLW Wenatchee 46mi
90.1 KOLU Pasco 132mi/KBSG Raymond 440W 129mi (relays KACS-90.5)
90.3 KNWY Yakima 66mi/K212FK Wenatchee (KLWS) 41mi/KEXP Seattle 54mi
90.5 KACS Chehalis 96mi/CBCV Victoria BC 137mi/unid religion (tentative KQBC Benton City, 110mi 200W)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg 39mi
90.9 KVTI Tacoma 66mi
91.1 KYPL Yakima 70mi
91.3 KGTS College Place 173mi/KBCS Bellevue 43mi
91.5 K218DF Cle Elum (KAWZ) 24mi/K218CX Yakima (KAWZ) 11W 63mi (has to be! Echo with K218DF on summit.)
91.7 KYFQ Bremerton 76mi/tentative KBLD Kennewick 132mi
91.9 KDNA Yakima 66mi/KMUN Astoria OR 148mi/tentative KPTZ Port Townsend 91mi
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC 142mi/KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR 162mi/K221FR West Seattle (KNKX) 250W 62mi (I remember when this was still on 88.1, as K201AB. This was when the pre-KWAO was KLOP, serving Ocean Park and Astoria from a nearby tower.)
92.3 KGON Portland 148mi/KZUS Ephrata 76mi
92.5 KZHR Dayton 173mi/KQMV Bellevue 37mi
92.7
92.9 KDBL Toppenish 71mi/KISM Bellingham 118mi/KZZU Spokane 183mi (briefly over KDBL)/K225BY Olympia 140W 85mi (Oly's Classic Rock 'n Roll, KRXY HD relay)
93.1 KRYP Gladstone 148mi
93.3 KUBE Seattle 43mi/KRKL Walla Walla 173mi
93.5 KWDR Royal City 87mi/KOZI-FM Chelan 70mi
93.7 KLSY Montesano 101mi/tentative KQFM Hermiston OR 137mi and KDRK Spokane 193mi
93.9 KTAC Ephrata 76mi/K230AX Sunnyslope (KCSY) 48W 47mi/KPDQ-FM Portland 148mi/tentative K230BW Kennewick (250W 119mi, with Spanish music)
94.1 KSWD Seattle 37mi/KCLK-FM Clarkston 204mi (briefly over KSWD)
94.3 K232CV Ellensburg (KATS) 36W 49mi/KRKZ Chinook 400W 147mi
94.5 KATS Yakima 66mi/KRXY Shelton 92mi/tentative KHTQ Hayden ID 199mi
94.7 KZAL Manson 59mi/K234AU Westport (Timber Country) 250W 125mi
94.9 KIOK Pasco 130mi/KUOW Seattle 54mi
95.1 KITI-FM Winlock 410W 102mi
95.3 KXLE-FM Ellensburg 24mi
95.5 KBFF Portland 148mi
95.7 KJR-FM Seattle 43mi/KKSR Walla Walla 173mi
95.9 KZML Quincy 66mi
96.1 KXXO Olympia 94mi
96.3 KRCW Royal City 100mi
96.5 KJAQ Seattle 37mi
96.7 KWWW Quincy 66mi
96.9 KYYO McCleary 95mi
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla 173mi
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma 37mi/KKRS Davenport 156mi (briefly over KIRO)
97.5 KOLW Basin City 112mi
97.7 KOMO-FM Oakville 101mi/CBUF-FM Vancouver 158mi (Briefly over KOMO)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR 181mi
98.1 KING-FM Seattle 37mi/K251AZ Malaga 10W 45mi (KEYG)/KISC Spokane 183mi
98.3 KEYW Pasco 132mi
98.5 KEYG-FM Grand Coulee 111mi/KNBQ Central Park 94mi/CIOC-FM Victoria BC 129mi
98.7 KMNA Mabton 79mi
98.9 KNUC Seattle 37mi/KKZX Spokane 183mi (briefly mixing with KNUC)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank 132mi
99.3 KDDS Elma 101mi
99.5 KQBG Rock Island 43mi/KZLY Ione OR 155mi/KZZL Pullman (briefly) 205mi
99.7 KHHK Yakima 71mi/KLMY Long Beach 153mi/K259CR Milton-Freewater OR (KTEL-AM) 170W 173mi!!! WOW! Joe Pags show, matching schedule, over KHHK at a viewpoint 500-600 feet below Thorp Mountain, technically on the long Kachess Ridge trail.
99.9 KISW Seattle 37mi/KXLY-FM Spokane 194mi (tentative, could have also been KRKT)
100.1 KQFO Pasco 132mi
100.3 KXAA Cle Elum 24mi
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake 94mi
100.7 KHSS Athena OR 173mi/KKWF Seattle 37mi
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview 83mi
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth 37mi/CFMI New Westminster BC 158mi (local ads heard over KOHO briefly)/K266BM Olympia (KGTK-AM, but hardly) 250W 94mi - goodness gracious this station is a mess. All I heard was a loud 60hz hum and some weak voices...somewhere. AWFUL racket.)
101.3 KGDN Pasco 130m/KLWA Westport 136mi
101.5 KPLZ Seattle 43mi
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser 107mi/K269FT Hoquiam (KXRO-AM) 122mi 250W
101.9 KZIU-FM Weston OR 181mi/KINK Portland 147mi/K270CJ Olympia (Classic Hits) 250W 92mi. This was one of the coolest stations of the day. It's classic hits running as Radio KYA complete with vintage jingles! The 'KYA' project has ran on one LP/translator or another for several years in western Washington, I remember them having an 89.5 in Ocean Shores years ago.
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee 37mi/tentative KSWW Ocean Shores 122mi (KPQ was too strong!)
102.3
102.5 KZOK Seattle 37mi
102.7 KORD Richland 132mi
102.9 KZTM Centralia 94mi
103.1 KYKV Selah 63mi
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek 104mi/K277CZ Shelton (KMAS-AM) 92mi 250W
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR 173mi/tentative CHQM Vancouver BC 159mi
103.7 KHTP Tacoma 37mi
103.9 KVAS-FM Ilwaco 148mi/K280GE Aberdeen (KSWW-HD2 'The Quake' Classic Rock) 160W 122mi. Used to be on 107.9, KLSY I think was the calls./tentative KBBD Spokane 183mi
104.1 KXDD Yakima 70mi/KAFE Bellingham 118mi
104.3 KMNT Chehalis 104mi/KHTR Pullman 206mi
104.5 KLSW Covington 43mi
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee 47mi/KDUK Florence OR 240mi (farthest of the day!)/KDUX Hoquiam 122mi/K284CG Olympia (KBUP-AM) 70W 85mi
104.9 KTDD Eatonville 61mi/KYXE Union Gap 70mi
105.1 KRSK Molalla 147mi
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick 130mi/KCMS Edmonds 43mi
105.5
105.7 KRSE Yakima 53mi/CBU-FM Vancouver BC 158mi/KZBD Spokane 183mi
105.9 KFBW Vancouver 147mi
106.1 KBKS Tacoma 37mi
106.3 Pirate Ellensburg (Bible Readings) 42mi/KLOO-FM Corvallis OR 212mi
106.5 KEGX Richland 132mi/KWPZ Lynden 118mi
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR 147mi/KKWN Cashmere 39mi
106.9 KRWM Bremerton 43mi/K295BT Wapato (KTCR-AM) 68mi
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock 114mi
107.3 KFFM Yakima 63mi
107.5 KXJM Banks OR 147mi
107.7 KNDD Seattle 37mi/KWVN Pendleton OR 175mi
107.9 KMBI-FM Spokane 193mi/KHPE Albany 212mi
Pics and audio to come as always.
88.1 KWAO Ocean Park 94mi/KCWU Ellensburg 40mi
88.3 KMLW Moses Lake 89mi
88.5 K203EN Ellensburg (KYKV) 66W 49mi/KNKX Tacoma 37mi/KLRF Milton-Freewater OR 178mi
88.7 KDMB Moses Lake 70mi/KLOY Ocean Park 900w 148mi/K204ET Aberdeen (KAWZ) 115W 122mi (!)
88.9 KCSH Ellensburg 25mi/KSWS Chehalis 104mi
89.1 KFAE-FM Richland 130mi/KGHE Montesano 255W 116mi (did not hear parent on 91.5, KGHI Westport. KGHE audio quality is distorted and overmodulated. They air classical music and some public radio/Pacifica programs like Democracy Now!)
89.3 KAOS Olympia 84mi
89.5 KSOH Wapato 66mi/KNHC Seattle 43mi
89.7 KWWS Walla Walla 173mi/KWFJ Roy 69mi
89.9 K210DK Ellensburg 91W 49mi (KLWS)/KPLW Wenatchee 46mi
90.1 KOLU Pasco 132mi/KBSG Raymond 440W 129mi (relays KACS-90.5)
90.3 KNWY Yakima 66mi/K212FK Wenatchee (KLWS) 41mi/KEXP Seattle 54mi
90.5 KACS Chehalis 96mi/CBCV Victoria BC 137mi/unid religion (tentative KQBC Benton City, 110mi 200W)
90.7 KNWR Ellensburg 39mi
90.9 KVTI Tacoma 66mi
91.1 KYPL Yakima 70mi
91.3 KGTS College Place 173mi/KBCS Bellevue 43mi
91.5 K218DF Cle Elum (KAWZ) 24mi/K218CX Yakima (KAWZ) 11W 63mi (has to be! Echo with K218DF on summit.)
91.7 KYFQ Bremerton 76mi/tentative KBLD Kennewick 132mi
91.9 KDNA Yakima 66mi/KMUN Astoria OR 148mi/tentative KPTZ Port Townsend 91mi
92.1 CBU-FM1 Victoria BC 142mi/KUMA-FM Pilot Rock OR 162mi/K221FR West Seattle (KNKX) 250W 62mi (I remember when this was still on 88.1, as K201AB. This was when the pre-KWAO was KLOP, serving Ocean Park and Astoria from a nearby tower.)
92.3 KGON Portland 148mi/KZUS Ephrata 76mi
92.5 KZHR Dayton 173mi/KQMV Bellevue 37mi
92.7
92.9 KDBL Toppenish 71mi/KISM Bellingham 118mi/KZZU Spokane 183mi (briefly over KDBL)/K225BY Olympia 140W 85mi (Oly's Classic Rock 'n Roll, KRXY HD relay)
93.1 KRYP Gladstone 148mi
93.3 KUBE Seattle 43mi/KRKL Walla Walla 173mi
93.5 KWDR Royal City 87mi/KOZI-FM Chelan 70mi
93.7 KLSY Montesano 101mi/tentative KQFM Hermiston OR 137mi and KDRK Spokane 193mi
93.9 KTAC Ephrata 76mi/K230AX Sunnyslope (KCSY) 48W 47mi/KPDQ-FM Portland 148mi/tentative K230BW Kennewick (250W 119mi, with Spanish music)
94.1 KSWD Seattle 37mi/KCLK-FM Clarkston 204mi (briefly over KSWD)
94.3 K232CV Ellensburg (KATS) 36W 49mi/KRKZ Chinook 400W 147mi
94.5 KATS Yakima 66mi/KRXY Shelton 92mi/tentative KHTQ Hayden ID 199mi
94.7 KZAL Manson 59mi/K234AU Westport (Timber Country) 250W 125mi
94.9 KIOK Pasco 130mi/KUOW Seattle 54mi
95.1 KITI-FM Winlock 410W 102mi
95.3 KXLE-FM Ellensburg 24mi
95.5 KBFF Portland 148mi
95.7 KJR-FM Seattle 43mi/KKSR Walla Walla 173mi
95.9 KZML Quincy 66mi
96.1 KXXO Olympia 94mi
96.3 KRCW Royal City 100mi
96.5 KJAQ Seattle 37mi
96.7 KWWW Quincy 66mi
96.9 KYYO McCleary 95mi
97.1 KXRX Walla Walla 173mi
97.3 KIRO-FM Tacoma 37mi/KKRS Davenport 156mi (briefly over KIRO)
97.5 KOLW Basin City 112mi
97.7 KOMO-FM Oakville 101mi/CBUF-FM Vancouver 158mi (Briefly over KOMO)
97.9 KZTB Milton-Freewater OR 181mi
98.1 KING-FM Seattle 37mi/K251AZ Malaga 10W 45mi (KEYG)/KISC Spokane 183mi
98.3 KEYW Pasco 132mi
98.5 KEYG-FM Grand Coulee 111mi/KNBQ Central Park 94mi/CIOC-FM Victoria BC 129mi
98.7 KMNA Mabton 79mi
98.9 KNUC Seattle 37mi/KKZX Spokane 183mi (briefly mixing with KNUC)
99.1 KUJ-FM Burbank 132mi
99.3 KDDS Elma 101mi
99.5 KQBG Rock Island 43mi/KZLY Ione OR 155mi/KZZL Pullman (briefly) 205mi
99.7 KHHK Yakima 71mi/KLMY Long Beach 153mi/K259CR Milton-Freewater OR (KTEL-AM) 170W 173mi!!! WOW! Joe Pags show, matching schedule, over KHHK at a viewpoint 500-600 feet below Thorp Mountain, technically on the long Kachess Ridge trail.
99.9 KISW Seattle 37mi/KXLY-FM Spokane 194mi (tentative, could have also been KRKT)
100.1 KQFO Pasco 132mi
100.3 KXAA Cle Elum 24mi
100.5 KWIQ-FM Moses Lake 94mi
100.7 KHSS Athena OR 173mi/KKWF Seattle 37mi
100.9 KARY-FM Grandview 83mi
101.1 KOHO Leavenworth 37mi/CFMI New Westminster BC 158mi (local ads heard over KOHO briefly)/K266BM Olympia (KGTK-AM, but hardly) 250W 94mi - goodness gracious this station is a mess. All I heard was a loud 60hz hum and some weak voices...somewhere. AWFUL racket.)
101.3 KGDN Pasco 130m/KLWA Westport 136mi
101.5 KPLZ Seattle 43mi
101.7 KZXR-FM Prosser 107mi/K269FT Hoquiam (KXRO-AM) 122mi 250W
101.9 KZIU-FM Weston OR 181mi/KINK Portland 147mi/K270CJ Olympia (Classic Hits) 250W 92mi. This was one of the coolest stations of the day. It's classic hits running as Radio KYA complete with vintage jingles! The 'KYA' project has ran on one LP/translator or another for several years in western Washington, I remember them having an 89.5 in Ocean Shores years ago.
102.1 KPQ-FM Wenatchee 37mi/tentative KSWW Ocean Shores 122mi (KPQ was too strong!)
102.3
102.5 KZOK Seattle 37mi
102.7 KORD Richland 132mi
102.9 KZTM Centralia 94mi
103.1 KYKV Selah 63mi
103.3 KWLN Wilson Creek 104mi/K277CZ Shelton (KMAS-AM) 92mi 250W
103.5 KWHT Pendleton OR 173mi/tentative CHQM Vancouver BC 159mi
103.7 KHTP Tacoma 37mi
103.9 KVAS-FM Ilwaco 148mi/K280GE Aberdeen (KSWW-HD2 'The Quake' Classic Rock) 160W 122mi. Used to be on 107.9, KLSY I think was the calls./tentative KBBD Spokane 183mi
104.1 KXDD Yakima 70mi/KAFE Bellingham 118mi
104.3 KMNT Chehalis 104mi/KHTR Pullman 206mi
104.5 KLSW Covington 43mi
104.7 KKRV Wenatchee 47mi/KDUK Florence OR 240mi (farthest of the day!)/KDUX Hoquiam 122mi/K284CG Olympia (KBUP-AM) 70W 85mi
104.9 KTDD Eatonville 61mi/KYXE Union Gap 70mi
105.1 KRSK Molalla 147mi
105.3 KONA-FM Kennewick 130mi/KCMS Edmonds 43mi
105.5
105.7 KRSE Yakima 53mi/CBU-FM Vancouver BC 158mi/KZBD Spokane 183mi
105.9 KFBW Vancouver 147mi
106.1 KBKS Tacoma 37mi
106.3 Pirate Ellensburg (Bible Readings) 42mi/KLOO-FM Corvallis OR 212mi
106.5 KEGX Richland 132mi/KWPZ Lynden 118mi
106.7 KLTH Lake Oswego OR 147mi/KKWN Cashmere 39mi
106.9 KRWM Bremerton 43mi/K295BT Wapato (KTCR-AM) 68mi
107.1 KRQT Castle Rock 114mi
107.3 KFFM Yakima 63mi
107.5 KXJM Banks OR 147mi
107.7 KNDD Seattle 37mi/KWVN Pendleton OR 175mi
107.9 KMBI-FM Spokane 193mi/KHPE Albany 212mi
Pics and audio to come as always.
