Thanks again to Colin for his extremely detailed TP assessment this
morning. Here in Puyallup, China Vs. Korea was the main attraction around 1400,
with the fight card covering three main matches-- 603, 657 and 738. All three
of the frequencies ended up in wild snarls from 1400-1415, with 603-China,
657-China and 738-HLKG all significantly stronger than yesterday.
With such a wacky situation it was fascinating to park on one of the
"fight frequencies" for a few minutes, and see which contestant could gain the
upper hand. On 603 HLSA was clearly dominant until 1400, when China rose up to
make the frequency a real battleground. In a similar way 657-Pyongyang was
practically alone until 1400, when the talk-oriented 657-China (Henan?) gave
its bizarre music some serious competition. 738-BEL2 was loud and alone until
around 1400, when its KBS co-channel HLKG went on a serious romp, resulting in
the most potent TP snarl of the entire fight card around 1410. Other Chinese
stations dropped off somewhat in comparison to yesterday-- most notably
639-CNR1 (getting out of the LA splatter for only about a minute around 1415)
and the CRI stations on 963, 1017 and 1044. The Japanese big guns were around,
but as usual in this valley they weren't anything special. With the exception
of another 5" Frequent Flyer FSL deployed in the back yard to rec
eive 657 kHz from 1130 to 1430 (and once again coming away with some potent
and wacky S9 signals from Pyongyang) all the DXing during the "main attraction"
of this morning's fight card was done at the local Peach Park. Despite the
slight propagation drop off in comparison to yesterday, it was definitely worth
the price of admission (a few hours of lost sleep).
603 China-HLSA The soft-voiced Chinese lady manages to slowly gain the upper
hand over KBS2's Korean pop music at 1404. China (Hulun Buir?) came out of
nowhere around 1400
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yok042q4eu37a614tew8a17a5ouyldxy
738 BEL2-HLKG Taiwan's female Chinese speaker slowly has the frequency taken
over by the Korean music at 1408
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0m8cvsofsxpfx97drire4hhzuse69ivm
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna
(DXing at Sam Peach Park in the Puyallup Valley)
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