Hello All,
Although there was somewhat of a TP propagation decline here also this
morning, it didn't seem as drastic as Dennis' description (maybe closer to
Nick's). With the exception of the high band big guns on 1134, 1287, 1566 and
1575 kHz it was essentially the same Asiatic stations showing up, although at
reduced levels from yesterday. The Chinese stations on 603, 638, 738, 936 and
1044 kHz all managed fair audio at some point, but it didn't stick around for
long, and was tough to record. 738-Taiwan was at its strongest just after 1400,
and if I had checked 1143 kHz at that time it might have been possible to
confirm the parallel (like Nick). Unlike yesterday, 648-VOR even made a fair
appearance-- so the morning wasn't a total wash out. Best overall signals were
from 972-HLCA (very good) and 657-Pyongyang (good signal, not programming). The
1053-Jammer seemed to be a little anemic compared to usual, maybe because of
the high band drop off. For the 5 TP-DXers at ocean beaches!
this morning, the Asiatic results were probably much better than at this
mediocre inland location-- but likely not up to yesterday's excellent levels.
Thanks to Walt for his glowing evaluation of the new Broadband 7" FSL
antenna from Oregon's "Rockwork" cliff yesterday-- and I'm very happy that he
was able to record excellent TP signals after 1400. I've never tried DXing the
Asiatics from "Rockwork," (nor has anybody else, to my knowledge) so you are a
true pioneer. As for this morning's Asiatic conditions, if you have limited
time to review the .wav files from this trip, yesterday's recordings should be
the ones to check first :-)
558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair music and Korean speech
in and out of KPQ splatter throughout session
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good Japanese conversation at
1408; best Japanese signal of the morning
603 Hulun Buir, China Poor-fair Chinese YL speech and music
in and out at 1342; wispy strength through session
639 CNR1 China Synchros Fair Chinese YL and OM speech
in KFI heterodyne at 1355
648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Poor-fair Russian music in CISL
splatter at 1354
657 Pyongyang, N. Korea YL tirades in Korean unfortunately
one of the stronger TP signals this modest morning
http://www.mediafire.com/?c01yy672y9cglmy
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese OM speech during
variety program at 1404
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair Japanese OM speech in
Portland splatter at 1402
774 JOUB Akita, Japan Weaker than usual, and fighting a
losing battle with KTTH splatter around 1347
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Poor-fair Japanese speech 1403
936 Anhui, China Poor-fair music and Chinese OM speech
around 1350; in and out throughout session
972 HLCA Dangin, S. Korea Very good Korean YL-OM
conversation at 1412; best TP signal of the session
1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Poor Japanese OM speech during
external program at 1335
1053 Korean Jammer Somewhat muffled in power this session;
fighting a rare battle with domestic splatter at 1327
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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