Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-18: A Victoria observation

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary, your observations far exceeded mine.  I've been away for a few days in
the interior of B.C., but I was back at the dials this morning between 13:45
and 14:15.  Overall, a real stinker!  I was virtually totally skunked until
around 14:00, when a few signals began to fade up.  Before then, I only had
weak audio on 189 and 529 (SQM).  Here are my results, with "6" unless
otherwise noted.  SF was 87, A5, and K2:

189
529:  6.5
567
594:  DU at 14:10 at 7 level
603, 639, 747
774:  Snippets of DU audio at 14:09, and then JJ at 7 level at 14:17.
1548

Really, that was it!!!  I keep thinking that there must be something wrong
with my antenna system.  I have the W/NW directed corner fed loop, and a
super ALA loop aimed 20/200 degrees.  I also had the last several days
recording at 14:00 for 5 minutes with the Perseus, and, again, I was not too
impressed with what I heard.  Hoping for better luck tomorrow!  ........Walt


On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:57 PM, <D1028Gary@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>     For some strange reason, the Asian TP propagation  here this morning
> seemed quite a bit better than what Nick (and  Richard and Bill) reported.
> Although it definitely wasn't one of the season's  best sessions, it did
> provide some interesting signals on certain  frequencies.
>
>     The 639-CNR1 mystery co-channel chose this morning  to rise up and be
> heard, and it became dominant over a weakened CNR1 for about 3  minutes,
> around 1412. Because of its unusual strength it became clear that  the
> mystery
> station's language was not Korean after all, and a check of the 1134  KBS3
> parallel confirmed that it was not the 50 kw KBS3 station on the
>  frequency.
> A check of 594-NHK1 likewise confirmed that it was not an NHK1  station.
> The
> language sounds similar to one of the Southeast Asian dialects  broadcast
> on 1575-VOA, but if anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate any  leads:
>
>  _http://www.mediafire.com/?ox9apgavxo7ewxv_
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?ox9apgavxo7ewxv)
>
>     Besides the 639 mystery the low-band Asiatic TP's  were fairly strong
> this morning, with the usual regulars (639-CNR1, 648-VOR,  657- Pyongyang)
> putting in decent signals. Mid-band regulars like 1044-CRI,  1053-Jammer
> and
> 1134-KBS were vibrant at times, and there were traces of audio  on Chinese
> frequencies like 756 and 936. The Japanese didn't sound so strong,
>  however.
> In summary, it was a fairly average morning here for mid-October, but  with
> some extra excitement because of the 639 mystery station's strong  fade-in.
>
>     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 36
> degree back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an  SSB
> spotting receiver:
>
> 558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  Threshold music around 1355, //  603
> 594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Good Japanese interview program  1341
> 603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Fair music over CC,  //558
> 639  UnID-TP  Unknown Asiatic language co-channel with CNR1
>        fading in with strongest signal  of the season at 1412; not // with
>        1134 or 594 (short version of  above MP3)
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?i55sovg8kbo5pba_ (
> http://www.mediafire.com/?i55sovg8kbo5pba)
> 639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair-good signal during most of  morning,
>        usually over UnID above _http://www.mediafire.com/?623suhsz295kmcj_
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?623suhsz295kmcj)
> 648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Good Chinese external  pgm 1346
> 657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Good signal obsolete music  with
>        YL announcer  _http://www.mediafire.com/?49sawqsgvrxwlm3_
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?49sawqsgvrxwlm3)
> 666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Fair with Japanese talk around  1342
> 738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Fair-good Chinese speech  1420
> 747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Almost buried in KXL splatter  1358
> 756  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese male-female talk  1405
> 828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese over weak CC,  1419
> 936  Anhui, China (presumed)  Threshold music around 1410
> 972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Vibrant Korean speech  1425
> 1035  CNR1  China Synchros  Weak Chinese male-female talk  1448
> 1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Fair-good Japanese program at  1343
> 1053  Korean Jammer  Fairly vibrant over UnID co-channel 1355
>          _http://www.mediafire.com/?aon8342rn7wod8t_
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?aon8342rn7wod8t)
> 1134  KBS  Strong at 1413 for parallel check with the 639 UnID,  but
>          the KBS3 programming  did not match (Korean male-female talk)
> 1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea Fair-good Japanese religious program  1335
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock
>
>
> 8
>
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