[IRCA] September 11 2016 PART TWO (of 3) - West Coast TP's

["R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

This mornings hour long "average" session gave me the luxury of spending a
bit more
time on each channel - finessing out a little more; drawing out the energy
and developing the channels potential much like
a black & white photo in the finishing tray... anyway.

Part Two -

747 JOIB Hokkaido Japan - it owns this channel and although often harassed
by 750 Portland, this is likely the #3 most
heard Japanese medium wave signal next to 774 and 828Khz - always in JJ
often with English or Chinese lessons. Reliable as gravity
and audible all morning.

756 AUS or NZ - well heard at 13:17 UTC with stodgy low modulated English

765 Japan (t) - could have been JJ but also could have been something else.
Quite good at 1314 UTC and
always a good carrier w/ near audio. A channel to watch as the season
progresses.

*774 JOUB Akita* - (*Top Performer*) at 500kw from Akita, this monster is
never inaudible on the flimsiest of mornings - often S9 armchair
pushing what ever is on 770 casually aside - the top Japanese station and
easiest to hear inland. All morning.

793 AUS 4RN (t) - most of the session this signal is struggling to get its
head above the water -- and when 612 and 1116
start to shine, so does it. One of the more common Aussies - and pr. fr.
audio most of the session.

819 DPRK - little audio but worrying 820 constantly with a solid growl.
Gets louder as the season progresses.

828 JOBB Osaka NHK - at 300kw this is also one of the "always there" on an
average morning - no exception today. One of the 1st TP's I heard
on the DX150B in 1975 and still a winner on this channel. This is the 2nd
most likely Japanese station to be heard well inland.

846 One of the "jumble channels" just burbles, gurgles and growls this AM -
This is something of an NHK and Chinese graveyard channels
with dozens of possibilities... but just growls today.

855 DPRK - usually home to a growling and often distorted government
station - but today just growls and burbles.

864 NHK/KBS On good mornings this is a great place to park for lower
powered NHK stations or KBS - this morning was
more on he NHK side of the house with a JJ YL chatting at 13:26 UTC --
pretty much the peak moment for LSR enhancement.

873 NHK JOGB Kumamoto - most notable by its absence - keep in mind I DX
wholly in real time - No SDR in use and no playback
and apart from having the NHP Radar running at all times, this is live and
seat of your pants. Good carriers when passing by no audio to
speak of.

891 Thailand (t) Likely the SEA Lang at 1309 - in Hawaii this is, by and
far beyond, one of the loudest signals on the dial - not so much
here slightly inland.

END OF Part Two.

I am offering a bit more fleshing out of the details as much to impart some
of the excitement and to encourage others to give
Trans Pacific DXing a bit of a whirl. TP DX as any Western resident will
attest, is more onerous than TA DXing, in my honest opinion
more challenging. The distances are greater and the DX window is
significantly more narrow than the TA window. And you need to get out of
bed unnaturally early!

Just saying.

Receivers - DRAKE R8 + AOR 7030+
Antennas W/NW Flag with DXer.CA produced VACTROL + WELLBROOK ALA100 (N/S)

-- 
Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
<http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -
VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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