[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-23

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
This morning's TP propagation followed a strange pattern here, with Bruce's 
 description being fairly accurate. Rather than the general downturn that 
Dennis  and Richard (on Ultralightdx) reported, there was a drop off in 
Japanese audio,  seemingly replaced by stronger audio from Russia. Several 
Chinese stations on  both the lower and middle band were also at decent levels, 
although other common  Chinese never made it past the carrier level.
 
The best example of this Russian-slanted propagation was on 666 kHz, where  
a vibrant Radio Mayak was holding down the frequency at 1335 all alone, 
with no  trace of JOBK . Radio Mayak was an occasional visitor under JOBK here  
last season, but never alone, and never at this good signal  level. 648-VOR 
also got a boost from this Russian  propagation, and even the Radio Mayak 
synchros on 576 kHz were making  a valiant effort to get through heavy 
splatter from a semi-local on  570. 657-Pyongyang again had competition from the 
relatively  sane Chinese station (presumed Henan), which unfortunately did 
not push NK  off the frequency like last week. The Japanese were relatively 
anemic, with only  594 and 828 producing much audio here this morning. Chinese 
middle-band stations  on 1035, 1044, 1053 and 1116 had decent signal 
levels, with 1044's  CRI all alone during its Japanese program this morning, 
having no  trace of the strong Korean co-channel noted yesterday. It was another  
interesting September morning, from a new TP season that seems better than 
most  of us expected.
 
The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick)  
inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the rainy back  
yard):
 
576  R. Mayak  (Presumed, many stations in Russia)   Occasional bits of 
          Russian-sounding audio breaking through heavy KVI  splatter
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair to good signals occasionally,  1315-1330
603  TP-Mix  Fair to good mix of HLSA pop music and Chinese  speech
639  CNR1  (Many stations in China)  Good strength Chinese  talk, 1338
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Vibrant Russian disco  music through
             some  splatter at 1344 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?mrlwicw520lwbf0_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?mrlwicw520lwbf0) 
657  TP-Mix  Pyongyang BS (and its obsolete  programming) unfortunately
              dominant over UnID Chinese speech and music (Henan?)
666  R. Mayak  Good signals; all alone on frequency at 1335  with Russian
              speech. No trace of JOBK  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?g5bw35gmdrlokak_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?g5bw35gmdrlokak) 
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news at 1346;  in and out
684  UnID  A threshold audio signal at 1345 was here (presumed  China)
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Chinese pop music  program down in strength
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Barely audible in heavy  KXL splatter, 1322
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Weakened signals no match for  KTTH splatter
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair signals on this clear  frequency, but with
              UnID Chinese underneath
936  China (presumed)  Weak threshold audio in and out all  morning
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Weak-poor Korean pop music at  1351
1035  CNR1 (China) Fair-good Chinese speech and music,  1340-1350
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Good strength Japanese language  program at 
              1344; no trace of yesterday's Korean co-channel 
1053  UnID Chinese  Fighting the Jammer with strong restaurant  music,
              and winning the frequency battle half of the time this morning
1053  Korean Jammer Seems to losing the formidable signals of  early Sept.
1116  China (presumed)  Fair Chinese audio at 1354 on  this unusual freq.
1134  TP-Mix  Much weaker than usual this morning with an anemic  JOQR
             usually  under a slightly less anemic KBS
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair signals with Japanese  program, 1313
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Barely there w/  Asiatic language, 1309
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
               
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