July 1 Multi-Path E-skip from Moses Lake, WA

[dxsphere]

14 days of drought and a scorching heat wave here in the Pacific Northwest has been brought to an end by a multi-path E-skip opening. It's not often I get FM radio from three different countries either. No double hop today...

The first and second paths started around the same time and seemed to have converged sometime during the opening. The first path started off in Northwest New Mexico (Farmington) and moved toward Albuquerque, then north toward Fort Collins. The second path started off in Central Utah and seemed to have moved east toward Fort Collins.
* 14:35 - 88.9 KNMI Farmington, NM (1478 km / 918 mi)
* 14:36 - 90.5 KZET Towaoc, CO (1399 km / 869 mi)
* 14:36 - 90.9 KSJE Farmington, NM (1477 km / 918 mi)
* 14:36 - 94.1 KZRR Albuquerque, NM (1703 km / 1058 mi)
* 14:37 - 95.1 KABQ Corrales, NM (1700 km / 1056 mi)
* 14:37 - 95.3 KRPX Wellington, UT (1081 km / 672 mi)
* 14:37 - 95.5 KHFM Santa Fe, NM (1648 km / 1024 mi)
* 14:41 - 93.3 KOBQ Albuquerque, NM (1703 km / 1058 mi)
* 14:44 - 105.9 KRZY Santa Fe, NM (1648 km / 1024 mi)

Third path detected: Regina, SK -- RDS PI code displayed as "KRDS" and there was a playlist match. This path continued on a weaker basis than the main one, and nabbed me Edmonton and I believe it eventually ended up in North Dakota before dissipating.
* 14:52 - 92.1 CHMX Regina, SK (1147 km / 713 mi)

These paths continue for another hour and a half before dying out.
* 14:52 - 95.1 KATC Colorado Springs, CO (1499 km / 931 mi)
* 14:59 - 88.9 KLOF Gillette, WY (1126 km / 700 mi) -- TOTH ID caught
* 15:00 - 88.9 KRFC Fort Collins, CO (1365 km / 848 mi)
* 15:02 - 91.9 KYSD Spearfish, SD (1233 km / 766 mi)
* 15:03 - 90.1 KCFR Denver, CO (1402 km / 871 mi)
* 15:06 - 96.1 KSME Greeley, CO (1356 km / 843 mi)
* 15:08 - 99.1 KUAD Windsor, CO (1367 km / 849 mi)
* 15:09 - 101.5 KJHM Watkins, CO (1472 km / 915 mi)
* 15:09 - 102.5 KTRR Loveland, CO (1367 km / 849 mi)
* 15:13 - 88.9 CKSB-FM-1 Regina, SK (1150 km / 715 mi) -- playlist match
* 15:13 - 88.9 KCJX Carbondale, CO (1291 km / 802 mi)
* 15:14 - 94.3 KMAX Wellington, CO (1326 km / 824 mi)
* 15:16 - 95.5 KPHT Rocky Ford, CO (1601 km / 995 mi)
* 15:26 - 101.5 CHQX Prince Albert, SK (1168 km / 726 mi) -- playlist match
* 15:28 - 91.1 KTNE Alliance, NE (1417 km / 880 mi) *HD* -- first HD catch of the day; relog
* 15:29 - 103.9 KRXP Pueblo West, CO (1499 km / 931 mi)
* 15:29 - 105.9 KALC Denver, CO (1402 km / 871 mi)
* 15:30 - 96.5 KQSW Rock Springs, WY (1030 km / 640 mi)
* 15:33 - 93.7 KSBV Salida, CO (1451 km / 902 mi)
* 15:35 - 98.9 KKMG Pueblo, CO (1499 km / 931 mi)
* 15:37 - 102.9 CHDI Edmonton, AB (818 km / 508 mi) -- Not 100% sure as playlist was out of date. Song played as Ouch by Tragically Hip - a Canadian artist and there are no alternative/rock stations in Colorado, New Mexico or Wyoming on 102.5 that matched.
* 15:37 - 102.9 KARS Laramie, WY (1292 km / 803 mi)
* 15:37 - 104.3 KKFN Longmont, CO (1409 km / 876 mi) *HD* -- HD blinked on my receiver; couldn't get call display. Did receive the analog signal though.
* 15:38 - 105.7 KVAY Lamar, CO (1669 km / 1037 mi)
* 15:38 - 107.5 KQKS Lakewood, CO (1409 km / 876 mi)
* 15:40 - 91.9 KUWR Laramie, WY (1280 km / 795 mi) *HD* -- New HD lock!
* 15:42 - 94.1 KNEB Scottsbluff, NE (1380 km / 857 mi)
* 15:43 - 95.1 KYCS Rock Springs, WY (1011 km / 628 mi)
* 15:44 - 100.5 KGHT El Jebel, CO (1324 km / 823 mi) -- HD blinked on my receiver over local KWIQ; couldn't get call display. Got KZYR in HD which is in the same market.
* 15:45 - 101.3 KFEZ Walsenburg, CO (1596 km / 992 mi)
* 15:48 - 97.7 KZYR Avon, CO (1331 km / 827 mi) *HD* -- New HD displayed; the analog overtook KYSN for quite a while, and I was able to get HD for a minute or so.
* 15:50 - 100.3 KIMN Denver, CO (1407 km / 874 mi)
* 15:52 - 89.3 KLBV Steamboat Springs, CO (1252 km / 778 mi)
* 15:52 - 106.7 KMRZ Superior, WY (1030 km / 640 mi)
* 15:54 - 90.5 KUWZ Rock Springs, WY (1030 km / 640 mi) *HD* -- New HD lock! Also updates what I have in my HD directory.
* 16:01 - 91.1 KLDV Morrison, CO (1413 km / 878 mi) -- TOTH ID caught
* 16:16 - 90.9 KTWJ Moffit-Lincoln, ND (1442 km / 896 mi)

Path switch - Tucson and Phoenix shifting to San Diego and L.A. - this path was quite a bit weaker than earlier paths but I did get KMYI and KPBS-HD quite well.
* 16:20 - 92.9 KHUD Tucson, AZ (1793 km / 1114 mi)
* 16:21 - 95.5 KYOT Phoenix, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 16:22 - 96.9 KMXP Phoenix, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 16:22 - 97.9 KUPD Tempe, AZ (1650 km / 1025 mi)
* 16:44 - 93.1 KLJZ Yuma, AZ (1655 km / 1028 mi)
* 16:55 - 89.5 KPBS San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi) *HD* -- Unexpected HD catch; relog
* 16:55 - 91.1 XETRA Tijuana, BCN (1634 km / 1015 mi)
* 16:56 - 94.1 KMYI San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi)
* 16:57 - 95.3 XHHIT Tecate, BCN (1660 km / 1031 mi)
* 17:10 - 88.9 KXLU Los Angeles, CA (1462 km / 908 mi)
* 17:13 - 103.7 KSON San Diego, CA (1596 km / 992 mi)

My full compilation video is uploaded here:

Location: Moses Lake, WA DN07
Note - I am no longer living in Ellensburg

 

[crainbebo]

Congrats on your Es from Moses Lake. Must have been interesting to get a 92.9 the Bull by Es that has the same format as nearby Yakima. Randy Zerr (on the skip log) had the Saskatoon SK 'Bull' on 92.9 at the same time in middle of nowhere Nevada.
Only two more 'Bull''s for you to snag on 92.9. Aforementioned CKBL Saskatoon, and KMXN Osage City (near Lawrence). And the KS station uses (or used, I haven't checked lately) the SAME announcer for ID sweeps as the Yakima station. Except he says '92 point 9' instead of '92-9'.

Your WY logs were even shorter than me, but I don't see any Riverton/Lander in the logbook. Of course, 93.9 is blocked by a local, but 93.1 would have been defeatable. And I didn't have the 97.5 in Lander, which I don't need (from 2015).