[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-2

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

As Nigel has reported Asian conditions continued to improve this morning, with several second-tier TP's managing decent signals in addition to the usual big guns. The Chinese mid-band stations were the main attraction here, peaking at around 1500 with pretty decent audio. 

At my 1430 start time there were already some very good signals from 594-JOAK and 1566-HLAZ, along with good signals in and out on 693, 747, 774, 828, 973 and 1053. In a somewhat unusual pattern the Chinese mid-band stations on 936, 1017, 1035, 1044 and 1206 were also in weak audio, along with 657-Pyongyang, 738-BEL2, 1134-JOQR, 1503-JOUK and 1575-VOA. Around 1500 both the Korean service on 1017-CRI and the Japanese service on 1044-CRI had some fair to good peaks, along with the usual echoes from 1035-CNR1. The low band featured some fair audio from 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 738-BEL2 around this time, but none of these came up to the level of the mid-band CRI stations. Enhanced propagation continued until around 1530, when the watered-down Puyallup version of dawn enhancement began to collapse. Best signals overall (very good) were from 594-JOAK and 1566-HLAZ, with both peaking around 1500 here. 

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


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