[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-18

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
It was another excellent morning for Asiatic reception here, although  most 
of the propagation seemed concentrated on the lower band, and signals  did 
seem to drop down somewhat from 1230 to 1310 UTC (which was the beginning of 
 sunrise enhancement here). An all-new Chinese station on 657 kHz was the  
highlight, with strangely strong signals completely replacing Pyongyang for  
about 5 minutes from 1335-1340 (this should be Henan, according to Chuck's  
Grayland DXpedition experience). Another mystery station was on 891 kHz on 
top  of a weaker TP, and certainly didn't seem Japanese. The  lower-band 
Asiatic stations generally had decent audio, and the presumed Chinese  stations 
on 1035 and 1044 were producing fair audio at times. The high-band "big  
gun" stations on 1377, 1566 and 1575 kHz didn't seem particularly vibrant,  
though, and the 1134 khz TP mix was not at its usual strength. In  general it 
was an exciting morning, though, and a good indication of the new  season's 
potential.   
 
The following were received on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick)  
inductively coupled to a 9' PVC tuned passive loop in the back yard:
 
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Fair to good NHK1  audio at 1305, sigs like JOAK
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Not much stronger than its  585 // this morning
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Fair Korean speech over weak  Chinese, 1317
639  CNR1  Beijing, China  Fading in and out at a weak level  all morning
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Good signals with Chinese  program at 1325
657  Pyongyang BS,  N. Korea  Dominant for most of  morning with Korean 
          tirades at decent  strength; SSB carrier had typical rough edge
657  UnID-China (presumed Henan)  Strong fade-in replacing  Pyongyang at 
1335;
          continued at good  strength for 5 minutes with Chinese news and 
some 
          music; first time  heard here 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?176l0s1w9way10x_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?176l0s1w9way10x) 
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Fair-good Japanese conversation at  1322, // 594
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese signal  through 680 splatter 
          at 1319 _http://www.mediafire.com/?ouznlc5paiope37_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?ouznlc5paiope37) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Chinese pop music program weaker  than usual
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Good Japanese signals  through KXL splatter, 1306
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Way under KTTH splatter with NHK2  program at 1308
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair signal at 1309 over UnID  music station 
(Chinese?)
891  UnID  Mystery station at fair level on quiet frequency--  doesn't 
sound Japanese.
           Maybe  Thailand, or China?  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?qablsjvv6jfor59_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?qablsjvv6jfor59)  
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Good Korean conversation at  1304
1035  China (presumed)  Chinese speech and music in and out at  fair level, 
1303
1044  China (presumed)  Weak threshold audio with rare peaks at a  fair 
level, 1301
1053  Korean Jammer  Good signal for most of morning, but not  overpowering 
like
            during  some recent sessions. No co-channel TP's this morning.
1134  TP-Mix  Fair- good signal at 1346 with JOQR and KBS  apparently 
fighting it out
1377  China (presumed)  Anemic audio at best around 1348; weaker  than usual
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea Japanese religious program fair to  poor from 
1300-1330
1575  VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand  Threshold Asiatic language audio  at best, 
1300-1330
 
For those interested in a full recording of the 657-China  station's 
fade-in (including some nice music) this morning, a 2.03 MB  file is linked at  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?4y7ksan22mw8ztn_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?4y7ksan22mw8ztn)   .
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock
     
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