Hello All, This morning certainly wasn't one of the better ones for October, and after 3 days of lackluster conditions, it seems the TP's may be starting their November swoon a little early. The high band carriers seemed weaker than normal, and only 972-HLCA had much strength on the mid-band. The low band TP's like 594-JOAK, 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 747-JOIK were of fairly average strength during the 1410-1435 period I was listening, but the second-tier stations were generally way down in strength. The only exception to the pattern was 585-JOPG, which for some bizarre reason had its strongest signal all season around 1424-- even stronger than the // 594-JOAK. There was again a weak co-channel under 585-JOPG playing some vocal music, but not Chinese opera this time. The chances of IDing this weak station before the seasonal TP swoon do not seem very promising. Because of the near freezing weather, the 9' box loop was again resonant down to 585 kHz-- otherwise this enigmatic station probably would have been lost in the noise. That's about it, for a very forgettable morning. 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5" Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 IF filter) 9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in the frozen back yard) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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