1330UT seemed to be the peak here as well, Gary, but not much in the
way of Chinese....there might be something identifiable on the
recordings, but 1593 didn't show until 1400UT, and even then was quite weak.
On the other hand, there has been a fair bit of post-sunrise
evidence. 747 just had the sign off chimes at fair strength at
1504UT, well over an hour after local sunrise, and several other
channels were still showing intermittent audio as well. Maybe 1593
was in there somewhere also.
best wishes,
Nick
At 14:46 2018-03-29, Gary DeBock wrote:
What seemed like a pretty routine session developed some drama
around 1330 as the fairly rare 657-China (Henan?) managed to take
over the frequency, silencing Pyongyang BS and its "TOH" 3+1 pips.
On the high band 1593-CNR1 also had an above average session,
although there didn't seem to be any unusual Chinese propagation
wave on the other high or low band frequencies.
At my 1300 start time the usual big guns on 594, 693, 747, 972 and
1566 were at good levels in and out, with some occasional fair
signals from 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 1593-CNR1. Around 1320 the
usual Pyongyang tirade woman on 657 started having some co-channel
competition from an easy listening music station, which made a
strange combination with her angry shouting. By 1330 the co-channel
had pushed Pyongyang way down, so that the 3=1 pips were barely
heard in the soft music. Pleasant Chinese female speech was all
alone on the frequency at 1333, and Pyongyang had bailed for the
session. The other usual second-tier Asians on 603 and 738 didn't
seem quite as strong as yesterday, and there weren't any Chinese
signals on 603, 756 or 936. 639-CNR1 managed a strong carrier and
seemed to show up with some audio, but KFI splatter was too
obnoxious to make sure. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 both got a boost from
the daybreak enhancement, though, reaching good peaks in and out around 134
0. 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA both managed extended S9 runs during
daybreak enhancement, which seemed to peak around 1335 here. They
were the strongest big guns in a moderately interesting session.
657 China (Henan?) Chinese female speech and music at fair
level all alone at 1333, after Pyongyang BS had been thoroughly
silenced https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/hgbhmenflvnxpaaxgx5r0v3los4jnsgl
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
15" FSL antenna
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