Re: [IRCA] Oct 24 WC TP's - cats in a rocking chair factory

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<<< Then this would have been one of those mornings - not stellar, mind you,
not overwhelming -- but slow and steady and
moving forward like a tidal surge from the leftovers of a category 5
hurricane. >>>

Thanks for sharing your impressions on the Asian propagation this morning, Colin.

<<< *Looking forward to everyone else's take on what was a "good morning!"*

I think you may have somewhat underestimated this morning's exceptional conditions, Colin. Ten different Korean, Japanese and Chinese stations were hitting S9+ levels on a five inch FSL antenna in this mediocre valley,. This has never happened since the experiments of Guglielmo Marconi.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

> On October 24, 2018 at 9:58 AM "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx mailto:coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
> 
>     If there ever was a solid argument for recording the entire spectrum of the
>     medium wave dial...
>     and then reviewing it over a good pipe and a dram of Scotch... over the
>     duration of your first month of retirement...
>     Then this would have been one of those mornings - not stellar, mind you,
>     not overwhelming -- but slow and steady and
>     moving forward like a tidal surge from the leftovers of a category 5
>     hurricane.
> 
>     From my first peak at the Hall-Patch fish-barrel at around 1200 UTC, I knew
>     something was afoot - but not alarmingly so.
>     The prospect of *good to great reception* stood there, like the *shortest
>     bully* in the school yard. So I pulled the covers over
>     my head and decided to spend at least another 1/2 hour building my courage.
> 
>     By 1344 UTC, now all showered and polished for a days work, I switched on
>     my auxiliary Drake R8 and associated Wellbrook
>     head amps and remote VACTROL units. It was clear by the Japanese babble on
>     531 that things were "OK"... sliding further up,
>     540 khz sounded a little like a train station waiting room - while normally
>     I hear CBK Regina quite late, there was a certain urgency about
>     the clutter of voices - nothing really saying... "Hey, that's Chinese! Or
>     Japanese! or... it sounded decidedly "Network Asian..."
>     upwards - 558 Khz buoyant *Korean* pops // to 603 khz. 567Khz in Japanese,
>     576 khz sounds like mumbly, dulcet and mail... moving on...
>     585 Khz... *Japanese*... parallel to 594... and 666 khz... and briefly 675
>     khz... 621 hammering away North Korean style... 639 Khz solidly Chinese,
>     657 Pyongyang yo-yoing up and down occasionally replaced with something
>     more progressive and Chinese sounding... 666 Khz, of course, steady
>     Japanese...
>     Leaping ahead a bit 675 Khz was offering up a grab bag of variations but
>     was largely Vietnamese lady talking between plucks of a ÄÃn ÄÃy
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%A0n_%C4%91%C3%A1y> - a *long-necked
>     three-stringed instrument native to Vietnam...*
>     at 1417 UTC 675 sounded deliciously parallel to 1089 (which was
>     soaring...)... anyway... less prose, more notes.
> 
>     1352 UTC - 711 - Sounded Korean but was not standing out that much
>     738 - Solid Chinese talk in the ravaging splash from 730
>     Vancouver
>     756 - All Chinese (747 Khz was Japanese most of the time
>     but not really a great signal...)
>     765 - Seemed Chinese but had competition - more Korean
>     sounding
>     783, 792, 801 - a mess - signals but nothing discernible
>     810 Someone running 200-300 hz low under KGO - no hope
>     of hearing anything - but other stuff underneath too
>     819 Solidly Korean with chorale music and a strident
>     female Korean speaker
>     837, 846, 855, 864, 873, 891 were all a right mess of
>     signals struggling for supremacy but no one winning - at best 855 and 864
>     were 60% Korean and 40% Chinese
>     depending on the time you idled by.
>     1402 UTC 900, 919, 928, A royal mess
>     936 Chinese
>     945 A mess of "Chinese sounding programming..."
>     974 Japanese
>     963 Solid Russian (CRI China)
>     972 Korea - plenty loud and easily audible on a nearby
>     Eton E100!
>     1404 UTC 1008, 1017, 1044, 1053, Each had their own thing going on
>     Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Korean/Japanese in that order
>     1089 (later in the session had some solidly unique
>     regional Vietnamese music with a lilting YL talker -- "seemingly" parallel
>     to 675 Khz -- but likely a stretch...)
>     1116 Sounded Chinese on several passes
>     1125, 1134, more mess 1143 Solid Chinese - less formal
>     Taiwan Fisheries feel to the material
>     1407 UTC 1161 - was seriously loud but caught it in mid-Western music
>     theme... i moved on.
> 
>     From this point on I started ignoring what I thought were "The Regulars..."
>     Like China on 1206, Japan on 1224, and 1287 etc... although 1215 was
>     fascinating from time to time
>     *1305 Khz caught my ear with easy listening Frank Mills
>     type Piano -- particularly at the top of the hour (1400) and then at 1423U
>     with a DU sounding YL... hmmmm..*
>         * 1575 Upbeat newstalk by an EE speaking YL (AFN
> 
>     maybe?"*
> 
>     *There was a whole lot more to this morning folks - but with the
>     combination of numbers and levels PLUS the *
>     *hangover from chasing TA's last night until late....*
> 
>     *Looking forward to everyone else's take on what was a "good morning!"*
> 
> 
>     --
>     Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
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