[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-10
Although this morning's sunrise session was another total clunker there were some healthy Asian signals to be found overnight-- if someone was willing to try for them from 0900-1015 UTC. At 0910 the first of the energetic Japanese big guns appeared as 747-JOIB reached a good level in the Portland splatter. About 30 minutes later both 594-JOAK and 774-JOUB did the same, and the other NHK big guns on 693 and 828 were in and out of the noise with weak audio. Korea seemed to have been overlooked in the Asian sunset propagation, though, as neither 972 nor 1566 had come up with audio by 1015. By 1410 all of these had fizzled down to weak carrier level, of course, and even the ghostly carriers didn't care much for the negative sunrise enhancement. Although big gun Japanese audio isn't exactly thrilling the chance to hear healthy Asian signals in this lackluster month made the bizarre early morning session somewhat interesting. 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 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-10
Asian propagation was similar to yesterday's, with a few TP regulars managing weak audio at peak sunrise enhancement. Mostly it was a Korean show, with 972-HLCA the strongest of the bunch reaching brief good peaks from 1320-1330. 603-HLSA was at a steady poor to fair level from 1330-1350, while 657-Pyongyang was barely audible around 1345. 738 also had weak audio from the Asian direction but couldn't stick around for more than a few seconds at a time. In a somewhat bizarre pattern 747-JOIB managed brief fair audio in Portland splatter from 1340-1355 while none of the other Japanese even registered a carrier. Unlike Steve I had no audio from 1566-HLAZ but did get a weak carrier off and on throughout the session. Overall it was another lackluster morning, typical of Asian propagation during the last two weeks. 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 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-10
Hello All, It's nice to be in complete agreement with Richard and Bill that this morning's Asian propagation was improved over yesterday, with a healthy sunrise enhancement here producing many vibrant TP signals. The Asian "big guns" were generally restored to their normal strong levels, although some mystery co-channels pestered them on certain frequencies (a typical quirk of late-season TP propagation). The Korean "big gun" 972-HLCA has been fighting a battle with an UnID station (apparently Chinese, because of rare Chinese speech) with an English study format from 1430-1530 the past week, although there don't seem to be any reports of such a station format in the PAL, or other recent loggings. A slow English speech format was heard on the station six days ago during one of its rare dominant periods, and it has been pestering HLCA heavily on mornings with good propagation. Another interesting signal was 657-Pyongyang's huge carrier with apparent puny modulation, having the high audio frequencies seemingly reduced by a transmitter issue. 738-BEL2 (Taiwan Fisheries) had another excellent signal this morning with its typical Chinese pop music, and most of the Asian powerhouses were still going strong at 1520, when DXing was cut short here. Hopefully this vibrant transoceanic propagation will continue at least until tonight, allowing a few TA's to make return appearances to western Washington and BC. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick), inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver: 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair-good music at 1421, // 603 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair Japanese talk program 1454 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good Japanese weather report 1459 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair Korean music 1423, // 558 639 CNR1 China Synchros Good male-female speech 1433 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Strong Russian disco music during Chinese external program at 1418 657 Pyongyang BS Strong carrier but apparent low modulation, (with high audio frequency cutoff) at 1442 _http://www.mediafire.com/?3xgsc7kw8l96xgp_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?3xgsc7kw8l96xgp) 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good Japanese talk program 1436 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair Vietnamese male-female talk 1450 729 China (presumed Jiangxi) Fair Chinese in CHMJ slop at 1515 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good Radio English lessons at 1411 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Fair language lessons in KTTH splatter 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair-good w/ UnID Chinese QRM 1503 936 Anhui, China Fair with Chinese intro to foreign music at 1423 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fighting it out at 1508 with strong UnID English co-channel (apparently from China, with occasional Chinese speech) _http://www.mediafire.com/?1flodlb8wl2cjhg_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?1flodlb8wl2cjhg) 1035 CNR1 China Synchros Fair-good CNR1 interval music 1430 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good Japanese external program 1409 1134 KBS3 Hwaseong, S. Korea Good Korean conversation 1420 1377 CNR1 China Fair-good Chinese with occasional co-channel in KRKO slop, but only 5 + 1 pips (Chinese) at 1500 1476 UnID The UnID Chinese noted by Nick had a strong carrier here this morning, but the KSUH noise was stronger 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good religious program at 1518 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic language at 1519 For those interested in the mystery 972 kHz HLCA co-channel, it was also heard here with English language lessons on November 4th (during a rare fade out of the Korean) at 1434, having slow English speech similar to the language lessons on the NHK2 "big guns" _http://www.mediafire.com/?eio1t49oxi4oal8_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?eio1t49oxi4oal8) . 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock language co-channel (apparently Chinese at 1508 ___ 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-10
Hello All, It's nice to be in complete agreement with Richard and Bill that this morning's Asian propagation was improved over yesterday, with a healthy sunrise enhancement here producing many vibrant TP signals. The Asian "big guns" were generally restored to their normal strong levels, although some mystery co-channels pestered them on certain frequencies (a typical quirk of late-season TP propagation). The Korean "big gun" 972-HLCA has been fighting a battle with an UnID station (apparently Chinese, because of rare Chinese speech) with an English study format from 1430-1530 the past week, although there don't seem to be any reports of such a station format in the PAL, or other recent loggings. A slow English speech format was heard on the station six days ago during one of its rare dominant periods, and it has been pestering HLCA heavily on mornings with good propagation. Another interesting signal was 657-Pyongyang's huge carrier with apparent puny modulation, having the high audio frequencies seemingly reduced by a transmitter issue. 738-BEL2 (Taiwan Fisheries) had another excellent signal this morning with its typical Chinese pop music, and most of the Asian powerhouses were still going strong at 1520, when DXing was cut short here. Hopefully this vibrant transoceanic propagation will continue at least until tonight, allowing a few TA's to make return appearances to western Washington and BC. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick), inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver: 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair-good music at 1421, // 603 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair Japanese talk program 1454 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good Japanese weather report 1459 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair Korean music 1423, // 558 639 CNR1 China Synchros Good male-female speech 1433 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Strong Russian disco music during Chinese external program at 1418 657 Pyongyang BS Strong carrier but apparent low modulation, (with high audio frequency cutoff) at 1442 _http://www.mediafire.com/?3xgsc7kw8l96xgp_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?3xgsc7kw8l96xgp) 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good Japanese talk program 1436 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair Vietnamese male-female talk 1450 729 China (presumed Jiangxi) Fair Chinese in CHMJ slop at 1515 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Strong Chinese pop music at 1415 _http://www.mediafire.com/?f7mhfivtq1l0pkw_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?f7mhfivtq1l0pkw) 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good Radio English lessons at 1411 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Fair language lessons in KTTH splatter 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair-good w/ UnID Chinese QRM 1503 936 Anhui, China Fair with Chinese intro to foreign music at 1423 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fighting it out at 1508 with strong UnID English co-channel (apparently from China, with occasional Chinese speech) _http://www.mediafire.com/?1flodlb8wl2cjhg_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?1flodlb8wl2cjhg) 1035 CNR1 China Synchros Fair-good CNR1 interval music 1430 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good Japanese external program 1409 1134 KBS3 Hwaseong, S. Korea Good Korean conversation 1420 1377 CNR1 China Fair-good Chinese with occasional co-channel in KRKO slop, but only 5 + 1 pips (Chinese) at 1500 1476 UnID The UnID Chinese noted by Nick had a strong carrier here this morning, but the KSUH noise was stronger 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good religious program at 1518 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic language at 1519 For those interested in the mystery 972 kHz HLCA co-channel, it was also heard here with English language lessons on November 4th (during a rare fade out of the Korean) at 1434, having slow English speech similar to the language lessons on the NHK2 "big guns" _http://www.mediafire.com/?eio1t49oxi4oal8_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?eio1t49oxi4oal8) . 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock ___ 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
