[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-26

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     With one notable exception, Asian signals  struggled to get out of the 
noise this morning, extending the recent mediocre  propagation results for 
yet another day. During an early band scan on the  modified ICF-2010, a 
strong carrier was noted at 1310 from 1566-HLAZ  during its Japanese religious 
program, completely out of character with the rest  of the anemic TP signals. 
Although none of the backyard loops had been set  up yet, this vibrant HLAZ 
signal was enough to produce decent audio on  the stand-alone SWP 7.5" 
Slider ultralight, right beside the breakfast table.  HLAZ's signal held up very 
well until the antenna pattern change at 1344,  when its Christian interval 
music prior to the switch  was recorded (boosted by the 7.5' loop):  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?qb0e2o8fxx9vdnp_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?qb0e2o8fxx9vdnp)   . 
 
     After sunrise enhancement kicked in around 1400,  the usual collection 
of die-hard "big gun" TP's (594-JOAK, 738-BEL2,  747-JOIB, 828-JOBB, 
972-HLCA and 1134-KBS3) managed some fair audio through  the domestic splatter, 
although none of them were very inspiring. One rare  bright spot just before 
the band collapsed (around 1450) was weak English speech  on 936-Anhui, 
China, during its English language study program. It was a  big surprise to have 
any audio at all from that second-tier TP station on  such a mediocre 
morning,  and considering its pattern of unusual  strength on many days this 
month, 936-Anhui may have benefited from a  transmitter or antenna change. 
Overall DXing results were less impressive  than yesterday, though, with fewer 
TP's making it through the noise. If  yesterday was "low average," then today 
was below average.
 
     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). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB  spotting 
receiver.
 
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair Japanese interview  program
         at 1412   _http://www.mediafire.com/?ztvdpk5ab4jp6xy_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?ztvdpk5ab4jp6xy)  
675  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Wispy Korean tirades  barely 
         above the noise level at  1435
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Poor-fair Chinese speech at  1423
747  JOIB   Sapporo, Japan  Fair music at  1409 in KXL splatter
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Poor-fair language lessons at  1347
936  Anhui, China  Rising above noise briefly around  1447 with 
         English speech  lessons
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair Korean speech  in splatter 
         at 1433
1134 KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Poor-fair Korean speech, 
         losing a battle with  domestic splatter at 1422
1566 HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Surprisingly strong at 1315  with
        Japanese religious program; this  signal was recorded on
        the "barefoot" SWP 7.5" Slider  model   
_http://www.mediafire.com/?r92f08iyq1pwb5a_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?r92f08iyq1pwb5a)     
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock     
 
    
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