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[IRCA] Eclipse Report - the rest of the story

As promised, here is a listing of what my SDR captured here in Seattle during this morning's eclipse. I mostly heard Oregon and northern California stations, plus KSL and a few from Idaho. There was a very pronounced enhancement between about 10:10 and 10:30 PDT, after which things tapered off. The best reception was on the upper part of the band. Relatively few skywave signals were heard below 900, and most of those weren't very exciting. Best catches of the morning were stations in Eureka, Redding, Sacramento and Merced CA, as well as the Idaho stations on 1350 and 1290.
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2, Antenna: Wellbrook K9AY using a southern lobe to reduce interference from the north. All times are PDT. 

610   KONA? Tri-Cities, WA Talk show 10:19

620    KPOJ, Portland 10:29 Fox sports fair-good

670    KBOI Boise 10:30 talk show, call ID, news & traffic report

680    Unid 10:18-10:25 unid weak talk u/KLDY, probably KNBR
720 KFIR, Sweet Home, 10:30, several ads & PSAs, news, "Treasure Valley's 720 AM KFIR", promo for want ads program fair in KIRO splat 

750    KXTG Portland, 10:23 local sports talk good program good

810    Unid 10:20-10:30 weak talk, KGO or KTBI
840 KKNX, Eugene, 10:27, weak w/oldies, "Solid Gold KKNX " jingle, no sign of KSWB 

860    KPAM, Portland, 10:29 ads, "Newstalk 860 KPAM", ID, news fair

870    unid 10:34, talk in heavy KIXI splatter, probably KORD

960    unid 10:22 sportstalk weak, KLAD or KALE?

970    unid 10:27 talk show, weak, probably KUFO
980 KWSW Eureka CA, 10;21, string of ads fair-weak, woman with "EZ radio" slogan then 60s R&B song "Ooh Baby Baby", slogan matches what's posted on their website, soon faded 

980    unid 10:25 country music weak KVLV?

990    unid 10:22 Spanish fair in heavy KOMO splat, KATD?
1010 KOOR, Milwaukie OR?, 10:27 weak emphatic non-EE talk (possibly RR) in KOMO splat, switched to EE 10:28 w/several religious sounding anmts
1080 KFXX Portland 10:29, presumed w/talk, good signal but hammered by brutal analog and IBOC splat from my 1090 local 

1110    KBND, Bend 10:17 call ID, promo for Rush Limbaugh good

1120    KPNW Eugene 10:17 Rush Limbaugh promo good
1120 Unid, 10:29 light vocal music faded atop KPNW, possibly KANN Ogden UT 

1130    KXET Mt Angel 10:21 loud w/Russian song totally obliterating CKWX

1140    Unid 10:21 briefly w/weak talk, didn't sound religious KHTK?
1160 KSL Salt Lake City, 10:28 good w/local ads, phone call from Eclipse watcher in Idaho
1190 KEX, Portland, 10:18 good "Newsradio 1190 KEX" ID, Rush Limbaugh stuff 

1220    KPJC Salem OR, 10:30 good w/Alex Jones, ID, weather, local ads

1230    Unid 10:34 Spanish dominant

1270    KAJO Grants Pass OR 10:30 local ads & SRN news good

1280    KIT Yakima WA 10:31 local ads dominant o/2 other stations
1290 KOUU, Pocatello ID, 10:20 ads & country music good, ID "Country Classics AM 1290 FM 102.9, KOUU, Pocatello , American Falls Blackfoot, Idaho Falls", unid talk in background probably KUMA
1300 kAPL Phoenix OR 10:18-10:35 nonstop Christian sounding music almost as strong as local KKOL
1310 KNPT Newport OR, 10:24 local ads, including one for a Chubby Checker show at a nearby Casino, good
1320 KIFM, Sacramento, 10:25 several ads, one mentioned the station's website ESPN1320.net dominant but soon faded under KXRO
1330 KPRZ Portland 10:31 presumed w/Christian type announcements, mixing with KGRG 

1340    KIHR Hood River OR, 10:30 country music & ID
1340 KLOO Corvallis OR 10:31 Bloomberg news & ad for Wilson Motors Ford, mixing w/KIHR. No ID but content fits
1350 KTIK Nampa ID 10:36 local sports, local ad, AM/FM ID & "The Ticket" slogan good 

1360    Unid KUIK or KOHU u/local KKMO 10:39
1370 KAST, Astoria OR 10:23, ad for Astoria Ford, then call ID good o/unid
1380 KKOO Ontario OR, 10:30 oldies, women mentioned "soul of rock & roll 101.5" which fits, fair u/local KRKO
1390 KZGD Salem, OR 10:34 strong w/Nortena & other Mexican music , 'La Grande" IDs 

1410    KBNP Portland 10:30 business talk program & SRN news

1430    KCKN Keyser OR 10:31 local ads good atop KBRC
1440 KMED Medford and KODL The Dalles OR 10:31 mixing, both with news and call IDs
1450 KBPS Portland 10:23 promo with call IDs, 70's rock, dominant mixing with 1-2 others
1460 KUTI Yakima WA and KCKX Stayton OR 10:26 battling it out, KUTI w/sportstalk KCKX in Spanish
1470 KELA Centralia-Chehalis WA, 10:30 news & ID "Lewis County's News Leader KELA" much stronger than normal, unid EE in background
1480 KBMS Vancouver WA, 10:20 "1480 KBMS on your dial" ID & talk fair u/KGOE 

1480    KGOE, Eureka 10:21 local PSA & national ads, good o/KBMS

1500    Unid 10:25 weak talk

1510    Unid, 10:30 weak talk pummeled by IBOC & Analog splat from 1520
1520 KQRR Oregon City OR, 10:30 Russian songs and talk overpowering local KKXA
1530 KFBK Sacramento, 10:20 eclipse coverage mentioned video on kfbk.com, then "Newsradio KFBK" ID, good signal but much 1520/1540 splat
1550 KKOV Vancouver WA, one of the first stations to appear w/ID & news 09:00 & one of the last to fade out, still there after 11:00, very strong in between with standards & "Sunny 1550" slogan
1550 Unid 10:21, man in South Asian language or accented English briefly u/KKOV, so either KZDG or KRPI 

1570    KCVR Lodi CA 10:24 Spanish talk fair

1580    KGAL Lebanon 10:29 eclipse coverage & ID strong

1590    KTIL Tillamook OR, 10:27 oldies & "AM 1590 KTIL" ID u/local KLFE
1600 KOPB Eugene OR 10:30 dominant w/NPR program and OPB mention, KOHI St Helens in background w/local ads & talk
1640 KDZR Lake OSwego, already good 09:00, "Portland's Talk News & Business station, Talk 16-40", good until about 11:00 

1640    Unid 10:18 talk u/KDZR, either KBJA or KDIA, weak
1660 KBRE Merced CA, 10:29 "The Bear 105 7" slogan, then rock mx weak-fair 

1670    KQMS Redding CA 10:18 Rush Limbaugh promo weak

1690    KFSG Redding CA 10:20 Vietnamese program fair








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