Although the big gun Asians were the only energetic TP's once again this morning the session did at least have more drama than yesterday, with the low band Asians receiving a sharp daybreak boost to rise from nothing up to pretty decent levels. The final result was more variety than yesterday, with even a few second-tier TP's managing ghostly audio around 1350 here.
Once again a predawn band check at 1030 revealed a dead band, with no Asian carriers at all. At my 1330 start time there were still only ghostly TP carriers on the low band, with weak audio in and out only on 1566, 1575 and 1593. Around 1340 the first sign of daylight brought 594, 693 and 972 out of the noise dramatically, with all three of the big guns reaching S7 peaks by 1350. The second tier TP's on 603 (HLSA), 657 and 738 also rose up from the dead around this time to reach ghostly levels by 1350, although they pretty much stayed in the twilight zone between weak audio and strong carriers. The high band Asians on 1566, 1575 and 1593 didn't get the same daybreak boost here, and by 1405 the lackluster conditions sent them down in the noise. Unlike yesterday 972-HLCA managed a strong appearance, reaching some S8 peaks around 1355 as the strongest Asian of the session. Of course no DU's showed up here during the solar-challenged conditions-- those signals routinely avoid th is pedestrian valley location on their way to Victoria. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 15" 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
