[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight-signal TP's for 9-30

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
With expectations high after yesterday, this morning's propagation was a  
major disappointment for someone with modest equipment in a very modest DXing 
 location.
 
Whereas John, Walt and Nick seemed to have some salt-water-enhanced TP-DX  
to record on this mediocre morning, here in Puyallup only the usual 
powerhouse  Japanese (594, 747 and 828) and the buzzing BEL2-738 had much  audio. 
There was trace audio on 603-HLSA and 639-CNR1 around 1355, but way  below 
normal standards. Even 657-Pyongyang's tirades were down in the noise  (maybe 
that's not such a bad thing?).
 
I'm happy that John was able to find a little DX at Grayland, and it's  
nice to read the TP reports from Walt and Nick-- but when conditions drop off  
elsewhere, they really freeze up here. At least my ICF-2010 antenna wasn't  
disconnected, as I originally suspected :-)
 
73, Gary
 
Spotting receiver:  Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver:  Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5" Slider  loopstick + 
CFJ455K5 filter)
36" collapsible-frame tuned passive loop (which should have been collapsed  
this morning)
 
   
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