Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-2

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

<<< At first hearing of this morning's DX, all I can say, Gary is, "what
are these 'fair to good peaks' of which you speak?" >>>

In general 972-HLCA had trouble gaining freedom from "Freedom 970" splatter this morning, but without anything else to do in the miserable conditions I was checking 972 frequently, since it had the only decent TP carrier after daybreak. Occasionally the Korean voices would break out of the Portland hash to reach respectable levels, only to collapse immediately.

Based on Alan's update concerning the Taiwan Fisheries' Tagalog program schedule I've been re-checking the 738 recording from yesterday, wondering if some of the language might have possibly been something other than Mandarin. A 1310 peak was definitely the usual lady announcer in Chinese, but there was another peak of conversation around 1335 that possibly could have been something else. The problem was that yesterday's 738-BEL2 signal was pretty marginal here, and definite language recognition requires a clean signal without KCBS accompaniment.

Gary

> On April 2, 2018 at 7:42 AM Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> At first hearing of this morning's DX, all I can say, Gary is, "what
> are these 'fair to good peaks' of which you speak?"
>
> Whatever was affecting Nigel's Alberta DX yesterday definitely moved
> west this morning.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> best At 13:46 2018-04-02, Gary DeBock wrote:
> >It was Clunker City here this morning as Asian signals took a
> >nosedive, with only the strongest big guns managing any audio. The
> >only healthy-sounding signal was 1566-HLAZ just prior to 1300 (good
> >level), although 972-HLCA managed some fair to good peaks around
> >1330. The NHK big guns seemed to have fallen off of a cliff (a term
> >which should probably not be used in July or August), with 594 and
> >693 barely managing anemic audio around 1315, and 747 at threshold
> >level in the Portland splatter. That was pretty much the story of a
> >miserable Asian session (and probably a stellar DU morning north of
> >the border).
> >
> >
> >73 and Good DX,
> >
> >Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> >
> >7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
> >
> >15" FSL antenna
> >
> >
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