Re: [IRCA] Fort Lewis-1500 (WA) Flips to NOAA Weather

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary, and Patrick:  When I was last passing down the I-5 in January, this
TIS was only relaying the NOAA both on the way down, and on the way back
up.  73,  Walt

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is a shame. I thought the TIS covering the base with info on Ft.
> Lewis was unique. Now just another NOAA station.  Thanks for passing this
> along. I remember the guy I talked to when I phoned them, did not know if
> they were allowed to QSL. But the superior said that was okay. I like those
> unique QSL'd. I got a lot of them.
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:53:17 +0000
> > From: d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [IRCA] Fort Lewis-1500 (WA) Flips to NOAA Weather
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > For those who may have interest in Washington state TIS stations, on the
> return trip from Grayland on November 8th I made the usual I-5 transit of
> the Fort Lewis (now JBLM, or "Joint Base Lewis McChord) army base and
> noticed that the low-powered 1500 kHz TIS station was no longer
> broadcasting any messages related to the army base itself. It was relaying
> NOAA weather reports for the western Washington state area, similar to what
> the 1610-Aberdeen TIS station relays (or did relay). I don't know if this
> change has been reported previously, but the station has been heard outside
> of Washington state, including by Patrick in Seaside, OR (who showed me a
> QSL letter that he received from the army base).
> >
> > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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