Re: [IRCA] [coastalroundtable] TP for 2Oct08: Who turned off the lights?

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Walter,

Our local downturn (even worse here, with no DU action) is totally 
your fault.... you went and labeled yesterday's cx as "Ho Hum."  I've 
found that every time that I admit publicly that I find the 
conditions boring, the next morning is MUCH WORSE! I think that this 
effect is closely related to the phenomenon of a DX signal going in 
the toilet at exactly xx:59:45 or dropping precipitously as soon as 
you turn on the recorder.... Quit messing with the DX Gods, you 
screwing up my mornings, too.  Obviously the effect spans at least 
the 20 miles between us.

My morning was way off here, too, as is evident from the above.

The JJs were doing much better than the mainland stations, but then 
only in short bursts.  I noted 873 NHK1 Kumamoto at a very solid 9, 
about the best that I ever heard them.  My "new" CNR1 on 540 
continues to show every morning and today, I had a probable CNR2 on 
990. Otherwise, it was JJs, with the low band NHK1s doing well and 
1098//1287 noted very briefly (first time here.) Each time that I 
turned past the  Three Musketeers (or is that "the Three Samurai"?) 
of 747, 774 aqnd 828, two of them were poor and one was just BLASTING in.

I guess that I'd characterize the conditions here as "Limited and Disturbed."

Walter, have you noticed that we seem to be more affected by auroral 
perturbations than do Ratzlaff and Martin, 200 miles to our 
South?  It seems so to me. Speaking of auroral, what are the dates of 
your Thanksgiving visit to the Queen Charlottes???

Here's hoping that this morning was just a momentary downturn!

John B.
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array SE/NW
Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest



At 07:21 AM 10/2/2008 -0700, Walter Salmaniw wrote:

> OK, things were pretty bad this morning. Started at 13:00 and it's 
> 14:12 as I type this. What a stinker basically with very poor 
> conditions initially. Even 1566 was just a faint het. All that was 
> propagating initially were the NHK2 powerhouses which, for some r 
> eason, were mostly at 9 levels. Go figure. Around 14:00, the DU 
> really started to appear with a rather strong showing with Brisbane 
> on 612 at 9 at 14:06 with a nice ID, whereas at 13:30 it had been 
> JOLK, but at 6+ level only. Here's the meager catch:
>
> 279: 6.5
> 531: prob DU at 14:05 but at only 6 level.
> 558: JOCR or HLQH at 7
> 594: JOAK at 13:19 at 8 level, but also someone else, sometimes 
> fairly strong. NOt sure who.
> 612: JOLK initially, then ABC Brisbane all the way
> 639: Fiji weakly heard at 13:33
> 657: N. Korea at 13:34
> 666: JOBK at 6 level only
> 702
> 738: Aussie at 8.5 level at 14:02
> 747: JOIB at 9+
> 774: JOUB at 9 with EE lesson: "Buy now, pay later"
> 828: JOBB at 8.5 "Gas and oil prices keep rising"
> 873: JOBG at 7.5
> 963 6 level only
> 972: HLCA at 8
> 1017: cochannel NHK2 and possibly CRI KK at 6 level.
> 1053, 1269
> 1539: This was in interesting station with someone there at 13:50 
> under IBOC hash. I'm suspecting 5TAB.
> 1566: HLAZ only showed later. NOthing earlier. 7 to 8 level at best 
> with cochannel at 13:53
> 1575: 7 level for VOA
> X-banders: no audio, but 1611, 1638, 1647, 1656, 1683 and 1701 all 
> had rather strong carriers.
>
> That's it for a poor morning. Still, there's always something worth 
> looking for! Good DX until tomorrow.........Walt.


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