[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-10... Big Improvement

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
The morning TP propagation was restored to excellent levels here, providing 
 one of the best DXing sessions so far in November.
 
The first sign of good conditions was three stations mixing on 738 kHz at  
1435 (Taiwan Fisheries, HLKG and an UnID Chinese), when I was attempting to  
make an MP3 of the new PL-380's DSP selectivity. The frequency was a real 
TP  graveyard channel until Taiwan took over at 1440, for the MP3.
 
VOR-648 (with its Chinese language program) also had a booming signal at  
1448, and is no doubt the Chinese station that John heard this morning. Its  
signal was also strong enough to record an alternate PL-380 DSP filter MP3, 
with  the new Tecsun model eliminating the final splatter from 650 kHz by 
tuning down  to 647 (which is something new in the Ultralight DSP world, now 
that the  "soft mute" function has been dropped).
 
As John had already noted, the 594 kHz KBS1 Korean was mixing heavily with  
a weakened JOAK from 1450-1500, and the typical KBS music  was occasionally 
dominating the frequency (for the first time this  month). This continued 
until the TOH signals, with JOAK finally prevailing.  The UnID Chinese was 
nowhere to be found, however.
 
585 kHz again had an UnID Chinese mixing with NHK1 JOPG, this time  with 
Mandarin Chinese speech instead of music. Chuck Hutton sent me a recording  of 
an UnID Chinese on 585 kHz made during a DXpedition, and it seems like I 
have  come across the same mystery station.
 
A high band search for 1503-JOUK again proved fruitless, with the high band 
 in general not sharing in the propagation bonanza. Otherwise it was a 
pretty  exciting morning.
 
73, Gary DeBock
 
Spotting receiver:  Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver (this morning):   Tecsun PL-380 DSP  Ultralight
9' and 6' (side) PVC tuned passive loops (in the back yard)
 
 
 
 
   
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