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Author Topic: WJR 760, 0630z, 8/18/2013  (Read 2484 times)

Offline BoomboxDX

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WJR 760, 0630z, 8/18/2013
« on: August 18, 2013, 1215 UTC »
Was tuning the TRF around and had a surprise reception of 760 WJR Detroit, which is fairly rare to hear in Washington state, at least on the west side of the mountains.  I got an ID at 0627z.  Pretty cool to hear -- was even audible barefoot.
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Re: WJR 760, 0630z, 8/18/2013
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2013, 1535 UTC »
Congrats!  That's a great catch from Washington!  Working the opposite way, Washington is equally tough to hear from Michigan.
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Re: WJR 760, 0630z, 8/18/2013
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2013, 1609 UTC »
Agreed, nice catch. I keep trying to catch KIRO 710 Seattle. You'd think at 50K it would be an easy catch on a good night. But for some reason I've only caught that station once.
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