Hello All, This morning's Asian propagation seemed down somewhat in comparison to previous days, and Dennis' high band boost was not noticed here. (There is some evidence that the 9' box loop here performs best on the low band frequencies, in comparison to single-loop directional antennas). There were good low-band signals from regulars like 648-VOR and 657-Pyongyang and some decent Chinese signals on 936 and 1035 kHz at times, but it wasn't exactly a thrilling session. Trying to identify a weak co-channel that showed up again under 639-CNR1 proved fruitless, with CNR1 itself in and out. 1053 and 1134 kHz seemed down in strength compared to their usual levels, and 1170 kHz didn't have the usual TP's (KBS or an UnID Chinese station) pestering KPUG. Perhaps the brightest sign was the very low band, where 558-HLQH made its first appearance (// 603-HLSA) with its standard KBS2 Korean pop music format. The Chinese CRI station on 1044 kHz was also vibrant with its Japanese-language program, but other than that and some momentary Chinese fade-ins on 918 and 927 kHz, it was a fairly modest TP-DXing morning here. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (with a 30" transplanted loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver: 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair with Korean music at 1351 // 603 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Weak Japanese interview at 1337 // 594 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good Japanese talk program around 1340 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair-good Korean pop music at 1351; trace of UnID Chinese co-channel underneath 639 CNR1 China Synchros Modest Chinese signal around 1406; an apparent weak co-channel in and out on the frequency but way too weak to check NHK1 // _http://www.mediafire.com/?g605jn07bnn0ty6_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?g605jn07bnn0ty6) 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Strong, stodgy Russian music during during Chinese program at 1335; standard interval music and Chinese ID at end of MP3 _http://www.mediafire.com/?ai8z9zfy9qvno5a_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?ai8z9zfy9qvno5a) 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Good strength obsolete music in between the shouted tirades at 1337 _http://www.mediafire.com/?llikcs2137h626q_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?llikcs2137h626q) 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair Japanese conversation around 1345 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Poor Vietnamese speech (OM/YL) at 1358 702+ KCBS, N. Korea Ragged carrier with threshold audio at 1339 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good strength Chinese speech at 1409 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair but no match for KXL splatter 1344 756 CNR1 China Synchros (presumed) Threshold audio in and out 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Strong carrier in stronger KTTH slop 1346 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair-good, best of the NHK signals at 1337 918 China (presumed) Weak Chinese speech in and out at 1408 927 China (presumed) Threshold audio around 1407; faded fast 936 China (presumed Anhui) Fair strength Pop music program 1408 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair Korean speech and music 1403 1035 CNR1 China Synchros Good Chinese talk at 1350; all alone 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good Japanese external program at 1410 1053 Korean Jammer Way down in strength but no competition 1333 1134 TP-Mix Weak combination (apparently of KBS and CNR1) 1334 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair-good Japanese religious pgm 1335 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Poor Asian language speech 1336 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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