Hello All,
As others have reported, it was an exceptional morning for Asian DX, with many
second-tier stations coming out of the woodwork. As usual the propagation here
favored the Asian mainland, and several low-band Chinese stations seemed to get
a particular boost. The listening session started off with a bang around 1305
as 603-HLSA was in a snarl with a Chinese station (Hulun Buir?), and 738-BEL2
was also in a snarl with an UnID Mainland Chinese station (which has shown up
occasionally at other times this season). These two frequencies were
battlegrounds throughout most of the session, and to make things more
interesting, a presumed 738-HLKG (with Korean speech, but no KBS1 // available)
also faded in around 1352 to dominate the frequency for half a minute-- its
first appearance of the entire season. 639-CNR1, 648-VOR and 657-Pyongyang were
all unusually strong from 1330-1420, with 639-CNR1 fading in with a huge signal
at 1410--the strongest that it's ever been received here. Midd!
le-band Chinese domestic stations on 918, 927, 936, 981 and 1035 were all
managing fair audio at times from 1330-1415, and the CRI stations on 1017 and
1044 had peaks of good audio during the same period.
With all the unusual second-tier Asian signals there wasn't much of a chance to
investigate the big gun audio this morning during the live DXing session,
although 1575-VOA definitely was above average throughout the entire period,
continuing to hit very good peaks until around 1450, when most of the
second-tier Asians had faded out. 1575-VOA was the sole survivor here around
1500, as the sunrise enhancement propagation fizzled out prematurely at this
landlocked location. After this morning's exceptional propagation, though, it's
probably best to be thankful.
639 CNR1 China Synchros Excellent strength
Chinese female-male talk (apparent news)
at 1410; recorded on 638 because of strong
640-KFI signal (best signals ever here)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/4e665v6odb6qt18/639-CNR1-1410z102513PL380.MP3
738 HLKG Daegu, S. Korea (presumed) Temporarily
atop 738 jumble at 1352 with Korean speech,
but no KBS1 // available; first appearance of
the season here
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7lmu9nibuc30bmd/738-HLKG-1352z102513PL380.MP3
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Talk-show theme music
and male Chinese host taking call from female
caller at 1354 over jumble of weak co-channels
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/a1g6p1h4cn07751/738-BEL2-1354z102513PL380.MP3
738 UnID Chinese Wild 3-way mix of UnID Chinese
female announcer mixing with BEL2's Chinese
male talk show host and HLKG at 1343
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/nneb4e54553ggbh/738-ChinaMix-1343z102513PL380.MP3
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Very good level
female Asiatic language speech in and out with
distinctive short fades at 1449
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3f81fg7puck3mde/1575-VOA-1449z102513PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
12" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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