Hi Bruce (and Chuck and Tom), Thanks for the detailed report from Grayland this morning, and I'm happy that you guys enjoyed the greatly improved TP conditions for your first day.
The Chinese were also coming out of the woodwork here from 1415-1450, although at a much weaker level. It was surprising how many of them were showing up, both on the CRI and Chinese domestic frequencies. Unfortunately the signal levels generally weren't energetic enough to get past the domestic splatter in this inland location. 73, Gary -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Portzer <[email protected]> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 12:57 pm Subject: [IRCA] October 19 TP Report - Grayland version Chuck, Tom, and I are having our annual Beverage expedition to Grayland this weekend. The good conditions reported by Nick, Gary and Dennis were similar to ours, though on a vastly different scale. Most 9 kHz channels were occupied by good signals here, and many had 2-3 TPs on them. For example, I had AFN and at least one other station behind VOA-1575, and a mix of Japan/China/Korea on 891. Chinese stations were everywhere, and at times overpowered the Korean and Japanese regulars on freqs like 1179 1422 1305 and 1503. Powerhouses like 774 and 972 were also getting buzzed by Chinese stations. I had two Chinese stations on 945 at times: CNR1 and an echoey second one, possibly the Heilongjiang Farm Network. There were unusually strong Chinese signals on 765 782 and 882 as well. One of the highlights was hearing CNR11-1098 in quite well with Tibetan //7350SW, sounding every bit like its listed 1.2MW. The DX stayed late here too. At 1620, there was still something on every 9kHz split except for 531 549 576 585 and 693. A couple of stations, such as China 1377 and HLAM-1386, had their best signals during this period. The party finally ended rather quickly around 1625 when many signals took their respective nosedives, but a few like 1566 and 1575 held on until 1700 or so. The final holdout, as near as I can tell, was the Korean on 972 which was still producing weak audio at 1730. Just for grins, we checked the dial for TPs at noon but couldn't find any. All in all, this was a better than average morning at Grayland. It'll take quite some time for us to wade through our SDR files. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's logs. Bruce _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
