Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-18 (Preliminary)

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick,

<<< I suspect that some of the "second tier" Japanese advantage in
Victoria is on the second go round with the SDR files, Gary. A
better comparison would be with what Colin hears live with no
wideband recording to back him up. >>>

Yes, live DXing never seems to uncover the really weak ones, unless they are "targeted." During Colin's live band scans I'm sure that the stronger Asian stations make a good impression on him, and the same thing happens down here with the stronger Chinese and Korean stations. But even with live DXing you need to carefully "comb" the recordings later on, to find out if anything exotic escaped your initial notice.

With the routine sunrise TP band checks here in Puyallup it's usually not productive to carefully search the recordings for exotic weak TP stations, but during "forward Pacific" trips to the Cook Islands and Hawaii many recordings are always made on many different frequencies for detailed file review later on. These recordings almost always have a bonanza of weak, exotic Asian stations that never were noticed during the live DXing sessions. During the vacations it's probably not a good idea to spend hours on detailed file review, especially when your wife is eager to go snorkeling, or sample some Polynesian dinners. This fact can even make an Ultralight DXer start to think like a spectrum capture enthusiast.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

> On December 19, 2018 at 11:32 AM Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx mailto:nhp@xxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
> 
>     I suspect that some of the "second tier" Japanese advantage in
>     Victoria is on the second go round with the SDR files, Gary. A
>     better comparison would be with what Colin hears live with no
>     wideband recording to back him up.
> 
>     Even going through SDR files has rarely dug out Chinese as good as
>     heard in Puyallup or Seattle (after accounting for local splash in
>     those more southerly sites)
> 
>     This season has been pretty extraordinary here for most East
>     Asians. Even so, my 18th December report had nothing that was the
>     strength of your recordings of China, Korea, and Taiwan on those
>     particular stations. I don't think that I even reported a carrier on
>     756, though I might have been able to find one with dedicated combing
>     of the SDR files.
> 
>     Now, DUs....no argument Victoria is better, as the Olympic Peninsula
>     has nothing like the impact here that it does on paths to Puget Sound.
> 
>     best wishes,
> 
>     Nick
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     At 22:57 2018-12-18, Gary DeBock wrote:
> 
>     >I agree, Colin, but there is a mysterious propagation preference
>     >that some places seem to display, that can't really be explained by
>     >these factors. The Rockwork cliff in Oregon has always had an
>     >overwhelming preference for New Zealand signals, despite the fact
>     >that the Australian bearing isn't too far different. Victoria is far
>     >superior to Puyallup as a TP-DXing location, but Victoria seems to
>     >have a preference for second tier Japanese signals, whereas Puyallup
>     >tends to break toward the Chinese on similar days. Weird!
>     >
> 
>     Nick Hall-Patch
>     Victoria, BC
>     Canada
> 
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