Nigel Pimblett wrote: > Last night I was hearing a WA State HAR station on 1610. I think the call > was WPQV569, and the woman mentioned reporting weather information for I-82 > between Yakima and Bellevue, and I heard a mention of conditions at the > summit of Snoqualmie Pass. > > Obviously a single TIS cannot cover the area between Yakima and Bellevue, so > does anyone know if they run multiple transmitters with the same callsign, > or perhaps with different callsigns?
Nigel, I don't know anything about I-82 but heading west on I-90 toward Snoqualmie Pass, I have heard a couple with the same message on 1610. WSDOT is known to do that, especially if there are delays. I-90 blockage is a big deal. Also, they have portable transmitters which sometimes usurp existing calls. The good news is that they have resumed giving local IDs. For a spell a couple of years ago, WSDOT discontinued this practice. Also, seemingly by popular demand or default, they brought back the same guy to do the IDs on virtually all of them. For a year a few years back, they had a lady doing them. She just didn't pierce her way through the airways as well. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-380 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
