Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
So perhaps all the way from Astoria, OR. Not bad, then! 73,...Walt On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:03 AM, Pete Taylor wrote: > Definitely not Kent, Snoqualmie or Vashon. I remember driving around in > Port Angeles a few years back and I recall that the marine weather on 1650 > was coming from an Or

Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-11 Thread Pete Taylor
Definitely not Kent, Snoqualmie or Vashon. I remember driving around in Port Angeles a few years back and I recall that the marine weather on 1650 was coming from an Oregon station. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 +

Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-10 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Thanks to Bruce and Nigel. I remember Astoria for sure, in the past. 73, Walt On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Nigel Pimblett wrote: > As Bruce noted, there are a number of possibilities, but I've logged the > one in Vashon Island here (and at Don's place in Lamont), so that one > certainly ge

Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-10 Thread Nigel Pimblett
As Bruce noted, there are a number of possibilities, but I've logged the one in Vashon Island here (and at Don's place in Lamont), so that one certainly gets out. Can't recall offhand if marine weather is part of their programming. Have also heard Astoria, which definitely did have marine weat

Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
Walt I checked the FCC database. There are about a dozen TIS transmitters on 1650 in northwestern WA, including Kent, Snoqualmie, Neah Bay, Vashon, Redmond, etc. There's also a blanket license for WSDOT to operate temporary sites in 7 counties (basically anywhere between Tacoma and the Can