Hello All, Congratulations to Richard for his TP receptions on Ultralight radios in Oklahoma this morning. Those DXers hoping for a repeat of Tuesday's great propagation certainly got their wish this morning, with the low band Japanese big guns once again on the warpath at my 1320 start time. Besides very NHK good signals on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 the Korean big gun 972-HLCA was also joining the enhanced propagation party at an S9 level in the predawn darkness. The vibrant propagation at 1315 featured weak audio from a variety of second-tier TP's on 603, 657, 738 and 1044, while the NHK big guns pounded in and out right through the 1400 TOH. Unfortunately (like two days ago) the high band Asians didn't seem to share in the propagation bonanza, with only 1566-HLAZ hitting fair peaks at times. With increasing daylight around 1350 the low band Asian mainland stations on 603, 657 and 738 all got a decent boost, and for a while it seemed like 738-BEL2 might repeat its stellar performance of two days ago as it came up to fair peaks around 1358. Its hyper-speed Chinese audio soon faded, however, leaving 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang to receive the main benefits of the sunrise enhancement kick. 603-HLSA came up to an S9 level around 1410 with a monologue by KBS2's deep-voiced male, followed by the Carpenters' classic pop music, also with strong peaks in and out. 657-Pyongyang's dreary orchestra was also in and out at a fair level around 1402, possibly hosted by the Korean tirade lady. Overall the band was far above average for March, with many potent signals from both Japan and Korea. 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea KBS2's deep voiced male at an S9 level around 1411, introducing the Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" classic pop music, which also built up to very potent strength http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7vcws0ll8vj8te9/603-HLSA-1412z031215CCSW.MP3 657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea Dreary orchestra finishing up at 1402 with the tirade woman speaking in Korean at a fair level http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ldxeqsduy7031zj/657-Pyongyang-1402z031215CCSW.MP3 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Animated Japanese male conversation at 1320 with very good strength (typical of the low band NHK big gun stations this morning) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3sc8cbf7xejq0ra/693-JOAB-1320z031215CCSW.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean male speech, interval music and female speech at an S9 level around 1340-- its best signal of 2015 so far http://www.mediafire.com/listen/25rjnr3n989f5af/972-HLCA-1340z031215CCSW.MP3 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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