[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-2... Anemic at Best

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
Although TP signals in general have been rather poor around sunrise  
lately, at least there were a few pleasant surprises like Chinese and  Korean 
co-channel stations showing up on frequencies like 558, 585 and 594  kHz because 
of the weakened Japanese signals. Unfortunately, this morning there  was 
very little co-channel action-- just a trace of something else on 594 khz  
around 1445, as JOAK' s signal was down in the noise.
 
Efforts were made to check for Nick's Chinese co-channels on 774 and  828, 
but this morning a DXer here would have been lucky just  to find the NHK 
stations at good levels. Sunrise brought very little  improvement in TP 
signals, and in comparison to a 0900 band check (after  local midnight) during the 
Asian sunset, this morning's TP propagation was  paltry indeed. If one has 
the option, maybe it's time to shift the TP listening  time about 5 hours 
earlier. Despite the awkward early morning hour (which  shouldn't bother 
Perseus owners), many strong TP signals show up around  0900 here in November-- 
including the 594, 747 and 972 kHz powerhouses (which  were received after 
midnight on a stock Sony SRF-59 in November of 2007, to  start off the 
Ultralight craze).
 
73, Gary DeBock
 
Spotting receiver:  Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver:  Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5" Slider loopstick  + 
CFJ455K5 filter)
9' and 6' (side) PVC tuned passive loops (in back yard)
 
 
    
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