Re: [IRCA] New Station KARI 550 Blaine, WA

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Dennis.  KBRW is a regular from my DX cottage on Haida Gwaii.  Still,
it can be a tough catch even with KNBR up there.  The best time to catch an
ID is often a few minutes before the TOH during NPR breaks.  They'll often
ID, and as Patrick said, give the local weather.  When conditions are
right, they can be a real powerhouse too, but that's rare.  I still recall
fondly New Year's eve programming announcing that the planned fireworks
were off, since the pyrotechnics guy was unavailable.  By the way, Unakleet
930 is even a bigger catch for me, with Ketchikan being only 75 or so km
from me directly to the north.  They often have long periods of dead air
overnight, and this is when I've been able to hear the 2nd Alaskan.
 73,....Walt

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> At Grayland one evening I was able to phase down KNBR 680 and was
> receiving NPR programming.
> Listen about 20 minutes and no KBRW ID and it was getting late (11:00 PM)
> as I was
> getting up at 4:00 AM to DX TP's.  Left the recorder running with the NPR
> program over
> KNBR's sports talk.  Checked the recording the next day in hopes of a KBRW
> ID and found
> KNBR with a rerun of SF Giants baseball on top of the channel.  The
> signals changed and the
> phasing left KNBR on top of the channel.  I found a live stream of KBRW,
> but could not get
> it to work this evening.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dennis,
> Kalama, WA
>
>
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> It took years to finally ID KBRW fo me living on the Northern Oregon
> Coast. KNBR SF is a powerhouse here running 50 KW ND 24/7. It is easier
> to log stations to the East on 680, that North. Plus CHFA is in the way.
> I knew I had logged KBRW in the past, but I could never get an ID from
> them. The format matched, but at ID time, too much KNBR, until a few
> years ago during a very good Northern opening that gave KBRW a slight
> edge in signal. I caught their weather forecast, IDs, and even IDs for
> their translators. But it wasn't easy phasing down KNBR enough. KBRW is
> a good verifier too. I have their bumper sticker on the back of my van.
>   Living in AK for 12-1/2 years (55-67), AK has always been an interest
> to me. I only need a few stations to have them all, so I keep trying
> from Fall to Spring KTKN-930, KBBI-890, KENI-650 and KFQD-750 are the
> easiest here.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
>
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