A dreary band in the predawn darkness was rescued somewhat by a potent sunrise enhancement boost after 1400, bringing the usual Japanese and Korean big guns up to respectable levels, and several second-tier Asians out of the noise. Around 1305 the Asians were anemic indeed, with only 1566-HLAZ managing fair audio in and out. During the predawn darkness all the NHK big guns seemed to be struggling to get out of the noise, and the Koreans on 972 and 1053 were missing in action. Things began to improve dramatically around 1400 when the Japanese on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 came out of the noise to reach fair to good levels in and out, while the Koreans on 972 and 1053 got a serious boost. Around 1405 both 603-China (with weak male-female Chinese speech, all alone without HLSA) and 657-Pyongyang managed fair audio peaks, while a presumed 1134-KBS also came out of the noise with variety show programming sounding like 972. Although the Japanese big guns followed Nick's script by staying at relatively modest levels 972-HLCA became pretty strong, with Korean female speech temporarily hitting a very good level around 1410. Neither 603-China nor 657-Pyongyang could hold their fair strength for any length of time, though, and sunk into the noise around 1420. The Japanese big guns also bailed shortly thereafter, but 972-HLCA was still in audio as late as 1445 here-- pretty much unprecedented for this mediocre location so far this season. Overall the session was moderately interesting because of the dramatic sunrise enhancement boost-- which turned a clunker band into something pretty decent. 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean female speech at very good level at 1410 https://app.box.com/s/8t8k0ve0pa11fmfjnk4gsg76ohauzfpc 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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