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Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset
- From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:54:23 EDT
Hello Walt,
Your Rose Spit DXing adventure with Vlad sounds very inspiring, and I hope
that your future Perseus DU downloads will bring some you serious
compensation for the pounding wind and shaking truck! Once you and your DXpedition
team get set up and reporting, we will all be eager to read of the exotic TA
and TP loggings from both Masset and Rose Spit. Guy mentioned that he was
flying out on Friday, so he should be up in the area by now-- I'm glad that
least one Puyallup DXer can have the chance to chase TA's and TP's from a
prime location :-)
During the summer DU-chasing trips to Oregon I had great signals from
1017-Tonga and 738-Tahiti, but despite dreams of Kiribati, only 2RN showed up
on 846. I thought that it was just another Aussie "big gun," but Nick and
Guy told me otherwise. 1098 was always an open carrier during my sunrise
beach sessions, so I never heard the modulation. I'm happy that you had such
great results from Australia-- with some DU mysteries left over from the
summer, I'll be eager to read your results. Have fun!
73, Gary
In a message dated 9/24/2010 2:38:07 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
salmaniw@xxxxxxx writes:
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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