Re: [IRCA] WA STATE TIS/HAR INFO

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Pete,

I have a hard time hearing IDs of radio professionals when trying to ID a station call letters.  It is really dificult to ID the HAR/TIS stations.  The quality of the recording equipment might be the problem?  Has anyone heard the TIS station in the Quinault Rain forest area of Washington? 

Dennis,
Vancouver, WA

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From: Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

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> This is an anecdotal item about the WSDOT (Washington State 
> Department of Transportation) which runs our HARs. For many years, 
> they had the same person voicing all the IDs. About a year and a half 
> ago, a lady's voice was substituted. I know I am losing highs but she 
> had a dreadful voice and in some cases, I simply could not pull out 
> all the call letters even if I was next to the transmitter. During 
> this period they also discontinued specifying transmitter locations. 
> About six months ago, the original "announcer" came back and with 
> him, the station locations. 
> 
> Meanwhile, there is a TIS/HAR on 1580 in Puyallup (Puyallup abuts 
> Tacoma. It is pronounced "pyou-AL-up). It is run by the city and has 
> good coverage. Its primary purpose is to be there in the case of a 
> lahar. (A lahar is what happens if a volcano erupts - all the flowing 
> lava, etc.) Recently the station started giving two sets of call 
> letters. I couldn't tell any difference driving around Tacoma. 
> However, I drove to an area east of Puyallup a couple of weeks ago 
> and could discern two signals in an area on the way back. They were 
> beautifully synced; there was no discernable beat. You could only 
> sense it when one would drop out due to terrain. A newspaper article 
> indicated that the new one was in a place called Orting. Additional 
> ones are planned, apparently. Other than LAX, does anyone else know 
> of other synced TIS/HARs? 
> 
> Pete Taylor 
> Tacoma, WA 
> 12225w 4719n 
> ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop 
> DX398; Palomar loop 
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