[IRCA] LIVE ON I-5

[Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Took a quick trip up and back to Richmond, BC on Friday/Saturday and  
noted the following:
540  WPVT605 Bellingham, WA WSDOT. Certainly not one of the most  
brilliantly-selected frequencies what with KARI-550 splatter  
mutilating them in most of their coverage area.
1520 UNK calls, Everett, WA with NOAA weather
1520 WPVZ859 Blaine WSDOT
1580 KPVD859 Burlington WA WSDOT. Somehow or other I think this is  
really WPVZ859 and that I simply mis-transcribed it. It would not be  
the first time WSDOT had the same calls running at the same time from  
two places; Federal Way and Auburn are both on 1520 with the same calls
1630 WQFL242 Mount Vernon, "The In-FARM-ation Traveler Information  
Station." Nice try at making it sound good with broadcast-quality  
audio (rather than telephones). However, half the messages have a  
very bad 60 hz hum on them.

Once you get across the border (actually you can hear it a mile or  
two on the US side) you can tune in to Surrey (BC) Information Radio  
on 88.3. This will tell you, among other things, the estimated wait  
in line as you go through customs. After you get through, just don't  
worry about the highway sign promoting this service as being on 88.9.  
The same sign was up more than a year ago. There is an  
internationally-programmed station on 88.9 (predominantly French but  
not // to CBC FM French service) which I have yet to identify.

1520 is becoming a popular TIS/HAR frequency out here; this is not  
too swift as the Oregon City station batters them in many areas, day  
and night.

I didn't do any AM DXing in Richmond from the Delta Hotel; there were  
images all over the dial when I got there and I was too tired to do  
any tuning at night.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop
DX398; Palomar loop
(Car radio on all the above)





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