[IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset

[WALTER SALMANIW <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

Interesting times up here in Haida Gwaii, Gary.  A huge windstorm with well over 100 kph winds greeted us last night.  Vlad and I drove out to Rose Spit on the north east tip of Haida Gwaii, 24 km from the nearest power lines and DX'd from 03:15 UTC to about 15:30 UTC.  The truck continually shook as we monitored.  Rather eerie!  The purpose was to compare results with the cottage.  Results suggested poorer TA conditions at the Spit, but this may be due to inferior antennae there vs at home.  We put out 3 Beverages (BOGs) aimed to Europe, Asia, and New Zealand/Australia.  No terminations, so they suffered from a lot of domestic splatter compared to the ALA 100, QDFA and Wellbrook Array that I have at the cottage. The BOGs were about 275 meters in length.  Europe was the poorest of the 3 previous nights with a few stations appearing hear and there, briefly.  We then switched over to the Pacific, hearing a huge signal, but low modulation on Radio Marshalls on 1098.  Tonga was there a bit on 1017, while Tahiti on 738 was very anemic.  Kiribati was pretty good on 846.  What really shone was the large number of Australians present, which mostly were absent from the home QTH.  We'll have plenty of Perseus files to share (the DC only arrangement worked perfectly with a 12v battery in series with a 6 v to power the computer, and a 6v to 5v converter to power the Perseus itself.  Worked flawlessly.  The Asians were very strong as well right up to 15:30 when I took in the 3 BOGs, barely able to make headway into the wind and rain (fairly warm though at 10 deg C).  The take totalled 134 GB for the night....much to play with in the upcoming months.  Best to everyone!  .......Walt 

----- Original Message -----
From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 20:40
Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24
To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Hello All,
>  
>      It was an excellent low-band morning 
> here for  Asiatic TP's, with a 
> few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having 
> their  best signals of 
> the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to 
> a  tip from 
> Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good  signals 
> very close to 
> CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak  was back 
> holding down the 
> frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend  
> this morning here, with all 
> the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting  a 
> significant signal boost.
>      
>      738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very 
> serious  transmitter issues, 
> with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP  (including 
> the North Koreans). 
> What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds  like an 
> overmodulated 
> North Korean with a built-in Korean  Jammer , as in this 
> recording at 1338 this 
> morning:  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894)  .  The 
> thumping hum extends to 737 kHz when the 
> signal is strong, as in this 1339  recording: 
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb)  .  This 
> station was 
> having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago, 
> but  appeared to have 
> corrected them last October.
>      729-China was only heard once  
> here previously (last October) and this 
> morning it was all alone on the  frequency, with no sign of 
> JOCK or the NK 
> station. It was another indication  that the new season is 
> full of 
> surprises, and a good sign that October may  be equally 
> exciting. Congratulations 
> again to Stephen (in the  Ultralightdx group) for receiving 
> his first TP's 
> (774-JOUB and  657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near 
> San Diego. 
>  
>      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 back 
> yard):
>  
> 558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese 
> talk  around 1314
> 594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese 
> conversational  program at 1316
> 603  TP-Mix  Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID 
> CC at fair  level, 
> 1319
> 639  CNR1  (China Synchros)  Good Chinese talk 
> and music at  1335
> 648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  Strong signals with 
> Russian music  during the 
>           Mandarin 
> Chinese  external program, 1331
> 657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Strong 
> overmodulated  signals at 1323 with 
>           typical 
> YL  monolog  
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf) 
> 666  R. Mayak (presumed)  Fast-paced Russian program 
> again  dominant over
>           a very 
> weak JOBK,  1338
> 675  VOV Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news in 
> and out  around 1348
> 684  China (presumed)  Threshold audio again on this 
> frequency  around 1350
> 702  UnID  Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly 
> NK),  but KIRO too 
> strong
> 729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese YL 
> speech in  CHMJ slop; only
>           second 
> time ever  heard here 
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi) 
> 738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Strong humming signal 
> from  transmitter with 
>           severe 
> issues (see  description and MP3's in the narrative above)
> 747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair signals in 
> KXL  splatter for most of morning
> 774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair signals in KTTH 
> splatter for  most of morning
> 828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  NHK2 program fair-good 
> at 1307,  best of Japanese
> 900  KBBI  Homer, Alaska Booming in around 1345 with 
> talk program  (unusual)
> 972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean 
> music program  at 1340
> 1035  CNR1  (China)  Fair Chinese speech in and 
> out all  morning
> 1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Japanese program all 
> alone at  1352, good 
> strength
> 1053  Korean Jammer  Back at vibrant strength this 
> morning;  no co-channels
> 1134  TP-Mix  Anemic-sounding combination of JOQR and 
> KBS around  1355
> 1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair-poor Japanese 
> religious  program at 1310
> 1575  VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand  Poor threshold audio 
> around  1306
>  
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock
>  
>               
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