Hello All,
Yesterday morning's superb TP conditions continued right up through the Asian
sunset period this early morning (0930-1050), but they seemed to fall off of a
cliff sometime before this morning's west coast sunrise. During the Asian
sunset many huge signals were in and out from both the Japanese and Korean big
guns on 594, 747, 828, 972, 1053, 1134 and 1566 kHz, several of which
momentarily produced their best audio of the season (594, 828 and 1134 kHz). A
couple of other TP's were also unusually strong during this early morning
session, including 603-HLSA (which managed its best audio of the season around
1035, apparently before Hulun Buir had any boost from sunset skip) and
738-BEL2. Figuring that this morning's west coast sunrise session would have
even better TP propagation, I didn't bother to set up the 8" FSL in the back
yard and really go after the vibrant TP signals during this Asian sunset
period-- which was a big mistake. Only two recordings were made, and I didn't !
bother to check all the TP signals and list each one's strength. Sometime
between 1050 and 1400 UTC this morning the band seemed to go into a deep
freeze, with only the strongest Asiatic big guns (972 and 1575 kHz) managing a
few seconds of anemic audio around 1450. This sunrise session was actually one
of the worst in recent memory, and a stark contrast to the vibrant TP
propagation only three hours earlier. Overall this morning's Asian sunset
session was one of the best TP propagation events of the entire season-- just
like yesterday morning's superb sunrise opening to China.
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair Korean speech and music
during Asian sunset around 1035-- its best signal of the season
http://www.mediafire.com/?tbx847jolsd8g6l
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese YL speech during Asian
sunset around 1045; in and out during early morning session
http://www.mediafire.com/?8v8vudpejn8h3ww
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL (DXing indoors because of the bizarre hour)
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