[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-10

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks to Dennis for his TP-DX report, and once again it seems like there was a big propagation difference between the two Washington state locations (which I won't complain about, this time). Although the Japanese and Korean big guns mentioned by Dennis also showed up here, the main attraction was a diverse variety of unusual Asians on frequencies like 657, 738, 1017, 1035 and 1044 kHz. 

The session started off at 1255 with the usual Japanese big guns somewhat weaker than usual, but with 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang already in weak audio. These two Koreans stayed at a modest level throughout the session, but both managed their best signals of the new season so far, with 657-Pyongyang's male shouter reaching a fair level with his bizarre martial music at 1305. Starting around 1310 the Chinese mid-band stations started to come into weak audio, with 1017-CRI's Korean service, 1035-CNR1's echoes and 1044-CRI's Japanese female announcer reaching fair levels Late on in the session around 1325 some female-voiced pop music on 738 (matching BEL2's format) also reached a fair level, while 972-HLCA was in and out of good audio in the "Freedom 970" splatter. Overall the session was pretty interesting because of the diverse variety of Chinese and Korean signals, with stations on 648 and 936 also reaching threshold audio at times. The best signal of the session was from 1566-HLAZ around 1300, though, temporarily reaching a very good level. 

657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea Korean male shouter reaching a fair level, introducing typical martial music 
https://app.box.com/s/wp1eabvqtayio52fbo4iu00p3unw6bv2 

738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan (presumed) Female vocal music at fair level (matching BEL2's format) at 1326 
https://app.box.com/s/hdmk5adwy8g4mal73d331hcv4r2pa3li 

1044 CRI Jiangsu, China CRI's Japanese service lady at a fair level at 1317; first appearance of the new season 
https://app.box.com/s/h76zero6gfowcx26kbg0acdw5we4k4ar 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
15" FSL antenna 


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