[IRCA] St. Helens Day Trip

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Curious about the northern limit of KOHI-1600's  daytime coverage, I was 
able to persuade the family to visit the part  of Oregon closest to here 
(which, naturally, includes St. Helens).  
     
     With a Sony ICF-S5W portable, KOHI's strength was  checked at various 
points going south along I-5 (here in Washington).   Inaudible in Olympia (only 
KVRI), KOHI made its first appearance in  Centralia, weakly mixing with KVRI 
and KOPT (all about the same weak  strength). At the I-5 rest area just north 
of Castle Rock, KOHI was the  dominant station on 1600, over KOPT and KVRI 
(which had almost faded  out).  Despite this, KOHI could not be received on the 
Toyota car radio  until we were south of Rainier, Oregon, about 15 miles from 
St.  Helens.
 
     The entire area around St. Helens is very  beautiful, with the Columbia 
River scenery and mountain views, and is well worth  a trip (even if one has 
no interest in KOHI).  The collection of HAS  stations along I-5 was also very 
interesting.
                                                                              
                      73, Gary  



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