I DXed from 90 minutes before dawn and essentially heard what Walt Salmaniw just reported.... BUT, I see it as quite different from the AMs experienced during September and October. First, there was little to no increase in strength (taken as a whole) in the 45 minutes or so of supposed dawn enhancement over that of 60 to 90 minutes earlier. Secondly, what did show in audio was almost exclusively the "first tier" of JJ, KK and CC Big Guns.... and not all of them, either. A awful lot of "third tier stuff" that I was hearing in decent audio in September and October from those same countries was missing entirely, even as weak hets. Thirdly, except for a less than a handful of the real regulars, TPs were largely absent above 1098. So, to me, there continues to be a change from September/October..... not saying that it won't change back, but still, a qualitative change.
That being said, the JJ Big Guns were doing better this AM than in the past week or so. At some point 747 ( early), 774 (mid) and 828 (late) were more-or-less local in quality. On 873, Kumamoto was very weak and the new North Korean is having trouble, again.... growling away. I had local-like audio from Russia on 153, 189 and 279, the best in several weeks and 612 seemed like a DU for me, too... in threshold audio. Well, I've got 5 more dawns to celebrate before we head back to Oklahoma for the winter.... darn it! JOhn B. At 08:41 AM 11/7/2006 -0800, you wrote: >At 07:32 AM 11/7/2006, you wrote: > > >nothing very exciting, usual audios, but 1566 and 1575 were better > >than they have been the last few days. Also, 612 seemed to be DU, > >not quite good enough for readable audio, but the loop said it was DU. > > > >Nick > >I, on the other hand, found conditions quite good, although I only >listened between 14:48 and 15:25. Right now at 16:33, I'm still >hearing weak audio on 747 and 972 and a few more weaker >carriers. The JJ big guns were the strongest I've >heard them for some time, with JOUB 774 a virtual 10, but only very >briefly right at 15:00. I'm sure I would have heard it on a crystal >rig. Funny thing was that within a minute or so, it really went >down hill to a 6, before recovering to a more >sedate 7 to 8. Mostly heard JJ, with some KK and CC stations >too. No audio today on 1475, but both 1566 and 1575 were >strong. 279 was pretty good as well at a 7. A total of 16 audios >plus 279 with a number of not so common channels >yielding audio as follows: 585 (JOPG), 594 (JOAK), 612 (briefly at >14:50, 4QR I think), 621 (?N. Korea), 702, 738, 747 (JOIB very >strong), 774 (a virtual 10 for a minute at 15:00), 828 (JOBB very >strong, but also very variable), 936 (?Anhui), >1044, 1242 (JOLF plus one other at 15:13 with an 8), 1287, 1305, >1422 (prob JORF), 1566, 1575 (stronger than HLAZ at 15:22 with an >8), 1593 (NHK2 station, I think). Not bad at all with good indices >of A3 and K0......Walt. > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.32/523 - Release Date: 11/7/2006 > > >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://arizona.hard-core-dx.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: irca@hard-core-dx.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
