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

["Kevin S" <satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!  They were both in this morning with weak/fair audio - good to
know who they are!

Kevin

>
> Absolutely positively and definitely. North Korea 855 has been high
> forever and stays around 855.045. China (Yanbian) is always off frequency
> and stays around 1205.979 but varies and has funny sidebands that some
> people thought are 50 Hz but I don't see that. In any case, in LSB it is
> audibly off frequency.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:33:28 -0700
>> From: satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19
>>
>> Chuck:
>>
>> 855 and 1206 were off-freq today - I think they usually are. Are those
>> associated with a particular station???
>>
>> Thanks - Kevin S
>> Bainbridge Island, WA
>>
>>
>> >
>> > 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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