Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Chuck,
 
Yes, I know what you and Bruce mean about North Korea's obsolete music,  
angry tirades and ragged carriers. It was particularly satisfying to hear  
Pyongyang get completely pushed off of 657 kHz yesterday by the relatively  
sane-sounding Chinese station.
 
Thanks for the tips on the 702.027 North Korean  transmitter. Assuming that 
they become more desirable than the  KIRO spatter, I may give them a try :-)
 
73, Gary
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/19/2010 3:05:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
charlesh3@xxxxxxx writes:


Gary:

One great clue for telling if you have North Korea  on 702 is the 
frequency. They are audibly off frequency, usually around  702.027 kHz. Or you can 
listen to the thrilling martial music, the ballads  from 50 years ago, or 
today's speech on increasing potato production. Bruce  and I have been known to 
get up and march around the DX table at Grayland when  the music becomes too 
powerful.


Chuck

> From:  D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:14:42 -0400
> To:  ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [IRCA]  Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19
> 
> Hello All,
>  
> It was another China morning here, with moderate signals showing up  on 
> various new frequencies like 684 and 1044 kHz. There were no  dramatic 
fade-ins 
> (like yesterday's 657-China) and signals in general  were not at 
yesterday's 
> strong levels, but the morning was another  indication of shifting 
> propagation bringing more Chinese areas into  play. The Japanese and 
Korean stations 
> seemed a little down in  strength compared to previous days, though, and 
> "big gun" TP audio  didn't sound very big this morning.
> 
> Rare decent audio on 684  kHz was observed here for the first time this 
> season around 1330  (apparent Chinese), and CRI on 1044 kHz had its best 
signal 
> of the  season so far with its Japanese language program around 1335. The 
>  CNR1 stations on 639 and 756 had their best audio so far, and 927 and 
936  
> kHz took turns producing fair audio. In comparison to these, audio  from 
the 
> other typically strong Asians on 603, 648, 657, 666, 675 and  738 was off 
in 
> strength a little, and the NHK stations weren't  especially vibrant.
> 
> One interesting find around 1325 was a  strong, ragged carrier on 702 kHz 
(a 
> frequency with severe  710-Seattle splatter here), which sounded like a 
> typical (rickety)  North Korean transmitter. No TP has ever been logged 
on 702 
> (or 711)  here because of the oppressive KIRO splatter, but the 702 kHz 
> signal  disappeared right after the huge 9' loop was wrestled around in 
an 
>  optimistic attempt to null KIRO (easier said than done :-) It's great to 
have  
> Walt's TP reports back from Masset-- a location in a completely  
different 
> Asiatic propagation league than Puyallup! 
> 
>  The following were received on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" 
loopstick)  
> inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop in the back  
yard:
> 
> 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good with Japanese  conversation around 1312
> 603 TP-Mix UnID Chinese station having the  edge over HLSA Korean at 1308
> 639 CNR1 (Many stations in China)  Fair-good Chinese speech and music, 
> 1338
> 648 VOR Razdolnoye,  Russia Chinese program at fair strength w/ fades, 
> 1321
> 657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea All alone this morning but usually at fair 
>  strength
> 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan In and out with Japanese speech at  anemic strength
> 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair Vietnamese signals in 680  splatter, 1318
> 684 UnID Fair Chinese speech fading in suddenly around  1337; first Asian 
> audio 
> heard on this frequency since last  season, but no ID clues
> 702 UnID Strong ragged carrier presumed from  NK, but too much KIRO 
> splatter
> at 1325 to dig out the funky  audio
> 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese speech over a presumed HKLG  in
> this typical September mix 
> 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan  Fair-good signals no match for KXL splatter at 
> 1323
> 756 CNR1  China Fair-good Chinese program at 1335, best sigs of season so 
>  far
> 774 JOUB Akita, Japan NHK2 program barely audible in severe KTTH  slop, 
> 1311
> 783 UnID Threshold audio (apparently Chinese)  showing up on this 
> frequency
> 891 TP-Mix An anonymous  collection of weak TP stations drowning each 
> other out
> 927  China (presumed) Weak to fair Chinese program fading in and out 
>  repeatedly
> 936 China (presumed) Slightly stronger than 927 with  Chinese speech at 
> 1318
> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Weaker than  usual with Korean program at 1337
> 1035 China (presumed) Fair-good  Chinese speech and music for most of 
> morning
> 1044 CRI  Jiangsu, China Good signals (best of season) with Japanese 
>  language
> external program at 1335
> 1053 Korean Jammer Not as  vibrant as usual this morning, but no TP 
> co-channels
> 1134  TP-Mix A typical snarl of JOQR and KBS at good strength around 1338
>  1377 China (presumed) In and out with poor to fair audio for most of 
>  morning
> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good strength with Japanese religious  program 
> at 1306
> 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic  language audio around 1302
> 1593 China (presumed) Threshold audio with  deep fades for most of 
> morning 
> 
> 73 and Good  DX,
> Gary DeBock 
> 
> 
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