[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-21

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
Asian propagation was fairly typical this morning for late September, with  
the Japanese "big guns" producing vibrant audio, and many weaker Chinese  
stations modestly rising above the noise level. The other countries  were not 
stellar performers, and normally potent 648, 657, 675 and  738 kHz (Russia, 
N. Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan) did not reach their  typical strength this 
morning.
 
Weak to fair Chinese audio was still spreading out over the band  on 
various frequencies, although it was far from stable. The UnID  Chinese on 603 kHz 
had a slight edge over HLSA, and 756-CNR1 was at a decent  level. Probably 
the most interesting frequency of the morning was 1053 kHz, on  which three 
TP's fought it out in a lively competition. Whereas Dennis (in  Grayland 
with his E100 and Twin Ferrite antenna) had the Korean Jammer over  the Voice 
of National Salvation, neither one of those stations were major  players here 
in Puyallup this morning. The 1053 mix here featured Japanese (from  a 
presumed JOAR) fighting it out with the UnID Chinese music station around  1337, 
as the Jammer came in a weak third. Congratulations again to Richard Allen  
for his amazing PL-310 Ultralight receptions in Oklahoma, including his new 
 logging of 873-JOGB. That station usually is taken out here by huge IBOC 
slop  from a local on 850.
 
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:
 
558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Good signals with Japanese music at  1307
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Weak at best this morning  with NHK1 talk
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Strong with Japanese interview  program, 1312
603  TP-Mix  The UnID Chinese was stronger at 1327 than  the Korean music
          from  HLSA in this fair mix 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?53f6fmybzbm4sqo_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?53f6fmybzbm4sqo)  
639  CNR1  (Many stations in China) Fair to good with  Chinese music, 1342
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Weak during Chinese program  all morning
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Weak to fair with Korean tirades at  1322
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Good Japanese speech at 1332,  // 594
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Losing the propagation  battle from 1300-1345
702  UnID  Strong ragged carrier (NK?) no match for KIRO splatter  at 1333
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Anemic Chinese music signal  at 1340, all alone
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Best of the NHK signals this  morning at 1321
756  CNR1  (Many stations in China)  Good audio in and out  from 1315-1345
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair English conversation program  at 1331
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Good NHK2 signals on clear  frequency at 1345
891  JOHK  Sendai, Japan  Weak Japanese talk but all alone  at 1305, // 594
927  China  (presumed) Threshold audio at best this morning; poor  at 1316
936  China  (presumed) Poor Chinese audio with deep fades  around 1317
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean talk and  music, 1347
1035  China  (presumed)  Fair-poor Chinese music  program at 1318
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Japanese program in and out of  audio at 1319
1053  JOAR (presumed)  This frequency was a real carnival this  morning.
          Apparent  Japanese from a presumed JOAR was dominant over UnID 
          Chinese at 1335 in a  fair mix _http://www.mediafire
.com/?23xxa5vls816iw5_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?23xxa5vls816iw5) 
          but the Chinese soon  won out at 1337, with nice music at some 
strength 
          before the  Jammer returned 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?b2pbycecrmucygl_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?b2pbycecrmucygl) 
1134  TP-Mix  Another good-strength snarl of JOQR and  KBS around 1350
1377  CNR1  Chinese speech and music in and out;  occasionally at fair 
level 
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Japanese religious program  barely audible at 
1301
1575  VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand  Threshold audio Asiatic language  program
1593  China  (presumed)  Strong carrier with very weak  audio around 1352
 
The UnID Chinese on 1053 KHz regularly provides some fine music during TP  
season here, although never any ID clues :-)  This "restaurant music"  
recording from the station (at good strength) was made on October 4th last year  
on the 9' loop _http://www.mediafire.com/?notmfgbnjmu_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?notmfgbnjmu) 
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
   
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