Hello All, Nigel was hoping that the west coast DXers might hear some DX this morning, but at least for this west coast DXer, his hopes were in vain. It was probably the worst day for TP propagation this month, and I'm sure that a lot of DXers were scrambling to check their receivers, and antenna connections. There was moderate audio from JOAK-594, HLSA-603, BEL2-738 and JOIB-747, but that was about it on the low band. JOAK-594 had no Korean competition this morning (unlike the last 3 days), and HLSA had no Chinese competition (which is rare this season). My original plan to check for weak co-channels on the NHK frequencies this morning was ludicrous, with the NHK stations themselves pretty weak. Despite the warm (58 degree) rainy weather, the band was in a deep freeze. With John B. and Kevin S. at Grayland, it seems like a pretty scary day for the propagation to tank. Sure hope they had better results than Nigel and me, but I'm not too optimistic. 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5" Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' and 6' (side) PVC tuned passive loops (in the back yard) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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