[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-23

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, Nigel's DU's ignored this pedestrian location on their.way to Alberta this morning (so what else is new?). What seemed like miserable Asian propagation around 1330 improved somewhat with a dramatic daybreak boost to the big guns on 594, 693 and 972 around 1345, resulting in overall results similar to yesterday's. 738-BEL2 and 1134-JOQR rode the same sharp boost up to fair peaks around 1348, but none of these signals maintained audio past the 1400 TOH here.


Predawn band checks at 1300 and 1330 previewed an apparent clunker session, with ghostly carriers only on 594 and 693. Those Japanese big guns stayed well down in the noise until daybreak around 1335, when both went on potent runs up to S7 levels. 747, 972 and 1134-JOQR suddenly appeared with fair audio peaks around 1345, and as KCBS faded around 1348, 738-BEL2's usual lady announcer was strong enough to confirm that her language was Chinese (not Indonesian, or something else). Just when it seemed like the session might turn out to be halfway interesting the propagation reaper took over, dropping the entire collection of Asians back down into the noise by 1400. The high band never seemed to get untracked here, and strong TP audio only lasted for about a minute at a time. Best signal was from 693-JOAB, which reached a very good level with Chinese lessons at 1348.


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

15" FSL antenna

 


    
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