The Pacific island DU's ran up the white flag tonight, pretty much getting buried by a third straight night of overwhelming signals from Japan, Korea and China from 0830-1000. The usual exotics on 540, 558, 621 and 1440 were wimpy indeed before the east Asian sunset, and missing in action thereafter.
North Korea started the show around 0830 with another blowtorch signal on 819, followed by a slew of potent NK stations on 621 (confusing because it was the Japanese service, playing typical NK music), 657, 801 and 855. Obscure Japanese stations on 603 and 675 sounded like NHK1 big guns, while the real NHK1 big guns on 666 and 729 sounded like blowtorches. Chinese stations once again hit their stride by 0930, seeming to show up all over the band on obscure frequencies. The real Chinese powerhouses on 981 and 1593 were almost at science fiction level, such as this 981-CNR1 signal at 0955 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/q6cnm0x8ojocsecu3rfnt5r9lvwn4n00 On 1053 an S9 signal from JOAR became an S9 signal from China, all within about 2 minutes https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yn8t79rvdm1rqdfwy42t6euz88poj0e8 The only way to keep track of these Asian TP onslaughts in to record like mad, and try to sort out the details later. It's kind of like having exceptional west coast TP propagation every day, which continues until you are hopelessly swamped with strange recordings. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Kona, Hawaii) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave + 5 inch 127mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
