[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-17

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     It seems like a West Coast location paid off this  morning, 
considering the TP-DXing reports from Richard, Nigel and Bill.  Asian signals were 
quite healthy here this morning, with the  general conditions fairly close to 
what Bruce reported (considering the  typical propagation twists between us).
 
     The mysterious 639-CNR1 co-channel was back this  morning, playing 
long-set instrumental music broken up by a monotone-voice  speaker in apparent 
Korean (not // 594). The speaker's voice is distinctive  because of an 
unpleasant nasal tone, and stands out from CNR1's  pleasant-voiced YL very 
clearly. My guess is that this is the 50 kw KBS3 station  from Korea, but there is 
no parallel to check for confirmation. Besides  this the regular low-band 
Asians were vibrant, with 558-HLQH (// 603)  having its best morning so far 
this season. 729 had a decent carrier again  around 1345, but there was too 
much CHMJ to determine the identity (Jiangxi,  China or JOCK). 936-Anhui had 
a very good signal with music around 1411, and  there were interesting 
UnID's on 1017 (again) and 1107. Considering the  mediocre results of the past 
few days, this morning's session was  a major improvement.
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick), inductively coupled to 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop  (in the frozen 
back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an  SSB spotting 
receiver.
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  Fair-good with Korean  vocal music 
         and brief Korean speech at  1357 (// 603) 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?yvdc3l8me4ytu92_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?yvdc3l8me4ytu92) 
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Fair Japanese talk at 1338; in  and out
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Strong Japanese conversation at  1339
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Good w/ KBS2 music // 558,  1358
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair-good at 1416 with  male-female 
         Chinese speech; trace  of co-channel 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?cbgdc732bbz0bl9_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?cbgdc732bbz0bl9) 
639  UnID    Nasal-sounding speech (apparent Korean) at  poor-fair
         level at 1418 (the  beginning of the MP3), giving way to CNR1's 
         YL in Chinese at end  (headphones recommended)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?edno6fj5rumjjsj_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?edno6fj5rumjjsj) 
648  VOR    Razdolnoye, Russia  Good Chinese  speech at 1340
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Normally strident female  unusually
         well-mannered at 1342  _http://www.mediafire.com/?md9hge6hr1eiwad_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?md9hge6hr1eiwad) 
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Good Japanese interview program  1353
675  VOV    Hanoi, Vietnam  Poor VV speech at  1348, but first time 
         heard in about a  week
729  UnID    Fair audio at 1345, but too much CHMJ  to decipher
738  BEL2   Penghu, Taiwan  Good Chinese speech around  1420
747  JOIB    Sapporo, Japan  Good Japanese talk at  1403 w/slop
774  JOUB   Akita, Japan  Decent signal but buried  in KTTH splatter
828  JOBB   Osaka, Japan  Good strength with faint CC  QRM, 1350
936  Anhui,  China (presumed) Strong music momentarily  around 
         1411, but didn't stick  around for long
972  HLCA   Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean speech  around 
         1409, but never reaching  Bruce's huge signal here
1017 UnID    Another mix of two TP's this morning, one  in KK 1405
1035 CNR1  Fair-good Chinese speech in and out around 1337
1044 CRI     Jiangsu, China  Good Japanese  external program 1354
1053 Korean Jammer  Vibrant this morning over UnID CC, 1334
1107 UnID   Chinese-sounding speech in 1110 splatter late at  1422
1134 TP-Mix Snarl of JOQR and KBS, both at vibrant  strength 1415
1377 CNR1  China Fair-good Chinese speech at 1336
1566 HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good Japanese religious program  1332
1575 VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand Threshold audio around 1333
 
     For those Ultralight DXers (or any others) trying  to receive their 
first Chinese TP, this CNR1 "interval music" (from 639 kHz this  morning at 
1353) provides a good ID clue. It is played frequently on all China  National 
Radio 1 "big gun" frequencies (639, 756, 1035, 1377, etc.) 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?g26y86b08gizfig_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?g26y86b08gizfig)  .
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
  
  
         
 
      
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