[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-14

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Asiatic propagation in general took a dive this  morning compared with 
yesterday's diverse results, but freakishly  strong propagation was back 
again for a select few Japanese stations.  Whereas Chinese, Russian and Korean 
signals were down considerably from  yesterday, 594-JOAK got a legendary 
signal boost around 1400, producing the  strongest TP signal ever received 
here in Puyallup. 585-JOPG and 666-JOBK also  received a bizarre signal boost, 
but the other Japanese didn't seem to join  in the bonanza. 828-JOBB got no 
boost at all, and 1134-JOQR was down in the  noise.
 
     Hoping for a repeat of the exceptional  Japanese-slanted propagation 
observed two days ago, I checked 738 kHz for the  mysterious Japanese 
station, but found only a weakened BEL2 in Taiwan. 639-CNR1,  648-VOR and 
657-Pyongyang were also around, but pretty anemic. A presumed  936-Anhui was in and 
out of audio, compared to yesterday's vibrant signal. After  searching the 
entire band for a way to take advantage of the strange Japanese  propagation, 
it became clear that only 594-JOAK and a couple of other  stations were 
getting the bizarre signal boost. 594-NHK1 was truly  exceptional, though, 
sounding like a local Puget Sound pest at 1403:
_http://www.mediafire.com/?uh1vw69y841li63_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?uh1vw69y841li63)   
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive  loop:
 
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  NHK1 signals boosted up to very  good
         strength by freakish  propagation around 1405; best ever heard
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Huge signal during Japanese weather 
         report at 1358 during  bizarre propagation; this recording was
         made 5 minutes before the  1403 crime report (linked above)
         _http://www.mediafire.com/?hdq1w39s9981o2c_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?hdq1w39s9981o2c) 
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea (presumed)  Weak music  1351
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Mediocre Chinese speech  around 1355
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Fair strength Japanese speech  at 
         1408 during external  program; typical of non-Japanese strength 
         this morning  _http://www.mediafire.com/?wcx3r37mbscvb0j_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?wcx3r37mbscvb0j) 
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Psychotic shouts reduced to  faint
         whimpers by the  propagation filter
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  The third NHK1 signal boosted by  weird
         propagation; strong  Japanese talk around 1401
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  (presumed) Threshold audio at  1344
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  All alone on frequency  with modest
        level Chinese  speech late at 1421: no sign of Japanese or HLKG
        _http://www.mediafire.com/?m67dqtmgy44a0aj_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?m67dqtmgy44a0aj)  
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  No stronger than usual in KXL  slop 1405
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Barely audible under oppressive  KTTH slop
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Another NHK2 signal not favored by  the
        weird propagation; fair signals  only at 1406
936  Anhui, China (presumed) In and out of audio with music at  1409
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Poor-fair Korean speech  around 1353
1053  Korean Jammer  Barely audible at 1348, but nothing else  on
        the frequency either
1134  TP-Mix  At least two Asian stations in a mediocre mix  around 
       1357, managing only to drown each  other out (likely KBS-JOQR)
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Weaker than usual with threshold  audio 
       only around 1335
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock  
          
         
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