[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-11...Not Bad

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
The morning's TP propagation seemed spotty, but there were plenty of  
interesting signals to go around.
 
Around 1440 there was a huge carrier on 729 kHz, a frequency on which I'd  
never been able to log TP's because of domestic splatter.  Investigation 
revealed a strong Mandarin Chinese station on top of at least  one co-channel 
(apparently NHK1 JOCK, but too weak to check the 594 kHz  //). 729 khz had 
never been heard so strong in 3 years of TP-DXing here in  Puyallup.
 
The 585 kHz frequency was carefully checked for the Mandarin Chinese  
(possibly VOR) station, but this morning only the NHK1 station JOPG was on the  
frequency, all alone from 1450 until the band dived around 1510.
 
972-HLCA had a weak Chinese co-channel with male-voiced news after 1500,  
but this station had been heard (and recorded) before, with better signals 
than  this morning.
 
Finally, at 1457 the UnID Mandarin Chinese (music-oriented) station  was 
back on 828 khz doing a JOBB on the Osaka NHK2 outlet, but again  this has 
been a common occurrence recently:
 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?mvmvmn3yrhj_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?mvmvmn3yrhj) 
 
A high-band search for 1503-JOUK at 1447 found a carrier near audio, but  
the high band in general seemed anemic this morning, so it will need to wait 
for  another day. In general it was quite an interesting morning, primarily  
because of the 729 kHz mix. Hopefully others also found some nice signals  
this morning.
 
73, Gary
 
Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver:  C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.%" Slider loopstick +  CFJ455K5 
filter)
9' and 6' PVC tuned passive loops (in the back yard)
 
 
  
     
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