Hello All, Nigel is certainly correct that this was a very unusual morning. At 1320 a quick check of the band (on a modified ICF-2010 spotting receiver) revealed the Asians to be in full clunker mode, with only a few wispy carriers from big gun TP's like 774-JOUB and 972-HLCA. Figuring that there was no reason to sacrifice sleep by chasing anemic audio from such stations, I made a final check at 1340-- only to discover that clunker propagation was still in full force. Most likely a few big gun Asians made it out of the noise during full sunrise enhancement from 1400-1420, but such a prospect wasn't sufficient at motivation at 1340 UTC to get up, go out into the cold back yard with the 22-pound 12" FSL, 30" loopstick ICF-2010, 7.5" loopstick PL-380 and Sony ICD-SX57 audio recorder... so the wise decision was made to stay in bed, leave the big gun TP chasing to others, and read the full description of their kind efforts later (after sufficient sleep), at a much more convenient hour.
73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) _______________________________________________ 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
