Re: [IRCA] Talk about TPs; this was a TA!

["Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

You betcha over the pole receptions do happen. Urumqi was heard by you and a
handful of DXers from the northern and eastern parts of the USA. Shanghai
was heard from Boston. North Korea also made it to Boston. I'm sure there
are more that I've forgotten.

But.... the point I was trying to make below wasn't that TP's are impossible
from the right half of the country but rather that from Eastern and Central
time zones, you're going to find more reports of island and DU stations than
you will of Japan and China and Korea.

I can't remember the last time Japan was logged on the east coast. That's
the opposite of what happens here in Washington state where Japanese
stations are the powerhouse regular.

Because of the above, I don't think it's good to try and make one
observation that fits everybody re TP's, DU's and island stations. What you
hear all depends on where you are.

You're welcome to log a dozen Chinese this season and make me
re-evaluate.....


Chuck

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [IRCA] Talk about TPs; this was a TA!

Chuck,

Once, back in about 1977,  was looking to measure the frequency of the Costa

Rican on 1525. It was there, and about
500 Hz high. But I started hearing some carriers on 1521 (this wasn't long 
after LSS EDT) and, to my great astonishment
I heard weakly but clearly the bars of "East is Red!" I believe I measured 
it as 1,520,981 Hz; the same as I'd measured back in the Philippines in 
1973. And the other carriers were the usual USSR jammers, same as I'd hear 
nightly in the Philippines.

If ONLY I'd been taping IDs then. I knew for sure it was Xin Jiang, but 
nothing to show for it.

Many years later, 2001-2003, at VOA Delano, one of my colleague techs had 
worked for Continental Electronics until he got his 5 years for US 
citizenship (He'd been a transmitter tech at VOA Tinang, Philippines) before

coming aboard VOA Greenville and then transferring to VOA Delano. While at 
Continental, he'd been sent to Xin Jiang to direct overhaul of some 
Continental HFBC transmitters (which, he was certain, were used at times to 
jam VOA). He described the four-in-line tower array for the 1521 operation, 
though I don't remember who built the transmitter.

What a strange world. Pretty close to over the North Pole, I'd think

Chuck


Charles A Taylor, WD9INP/4
   Greenville, North Carolina
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America'" 
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Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP's this morning


>A case could be made that the island stations do pretty well when you are
> far inland. From the east coast, Tarawa 844 and KORL 650 were the most
> frequent if those words can be used for unusual receptions. For me, the
> strongest station of the DU-TP-island crowd was 774 Australia. Nary a true
> TP (Japan, China, Koreas) was ever heard by me from the east coast.
>
> Those polar routes are real TP killers and really come into play for those
> in central and eastern time zones.
>
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Patrick Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP's this morning
>
> Dennis,
>
> The TPs always seem to go inland better than a lot of the Island
> stations and DUs. But you should hear Tonga if you hear Tahiti though.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
>
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