[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for Halloween

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    The Chinese wave took a frightful plunge around 1430 here this morning, leaving the band to the Korean and Japanese stations. What seemed like decent Chinese propagation in the predawn darkness around 1330 expired rapidly with increasing daylight, with the Chinese regulars (for this week, that is) on 639, 756, 783, 837, 936, 963, 1017, 1035 and 1044 running away like vampires afraid of the light.

     657-Pyongyang started off the session with a frightful combination of awful music and power at 1320, with more than enough strength to wake up the dead. Until around 1415 the consensus was that the Chinese were just playing hard to get at good strength, but the increasing daylight sent them into a terminal plunge, leaving only 603-China in a graveyard mix with HLSA around 1440. Ghostly Chinese signals on other frequencies were still around at 1435 but their dying gasps didn't register on the digital recorder. By 1445 it was clear that the watered-down Puyallup version of sunrise enhancement (or in this case, sunrise degradation?) had given up the ghost, with no hope of the high band resurrection enjoyed in salt-water-enhanced Victoria. Such was the story of a pretty morbid session, although the bizarre graveyard mix of 603-HLSA and 603-China around 1440 provided some temporary entertainment, as the two low band regulars briefly tried to shout each other down at monstrous strength.


603  HLSA-China   Sounding like an American graveyard frequency around 1440, complete with Halloween-type audio similar to a thriller movie  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3mhmclmpas6voezjrpdhodj2hekzz13r

657  Pyongyang BS   The scariest signal of the entire morning at 1321-- a terrifying combination of awful music and shocking power  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/g5y2wt1jtku4boi6s7525p93ln93jezs

936  Anhui   Chinese music temporarily at good strength at 1425 (before its terminal plunge around 1435)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/m6b5eou7y20q8rz93pchogeet1zo3k2x

73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna

DXing at Sam Peach Park in the Puyallup Valley (new photo of the wild and wacky park DXing setup is posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vvne5qvgtyq7wyodzt12m70si7rbgyhw


     
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