[IRCA] DX This week

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't tried for TPs this week due to poor conditions.  I don't think 
I missed out on much, judging from what others have reported..
Last weekend (10/22-24) Chuck, Tom Roslisberger and I went to Grayland 
for a two night DXpedition.   Conditions weren't great but they weren't 
totally bad either.  Definitely below average for a Grayland visit.  
Then again, a bad TP morning at Grayland is usually better than a good 
one at home so it was worth the trip.
We mostly used a 1200 foot northwest Beverage the first night.  
Unfortunately, someone shortened it to about 200 feet on Saturday, which 
we didn't discover until Sunday morning when we reeled it it.  DX was 
definitely poorer the second night, but I think propagation was poorer 
to begin with (WWV said the K index was 4 on Saturday night)
Conditions favored Japan, Korea, and Taiwan quite a bit.  The Chinese 
arrived late and were generally much weaker than normal.   Alaskans 
weren't too bad the night of 10/22. A few southeast Asians managed to 
make it in too. Russians were pretty much missing in action on MW and 
LW.  There was no sign of them on longwave when I checked.
The biggest highlight was Taiwan 711 quite good at times mixing with or 
atop the KBS station.  Taiwan 1143 was also quite good at times, better 
than its // on 738.  Several of the second and third tier NHK & KBS 
stations were doing reasonably well, too.  For example, I had KBS and 
NHK mixing on 1224, KBS/NHK/CNR fighting it out on 1035, and the KBS 
station mixing with CRI on 1044.
A couple of Philippines stations were heard, most notably 1314 well 
after daylight arrived.
We also had a Chinese station on 657 overpowering North Korea for a few 
minutes, but we didn't hear an ID.  It was airing a rather dry sounding 
monologue.
JOAK-594 was much weaker than normal on the morning of 10/23, especially 
by Grayland standards.  I mention it because Gary  was reporting it  100 
miles inland with "legendary" signal strength at the time.  I'm not sure 
what to make of that difference.   Several other mainstays were much 
weaker than normal, including Russia-846, CNR-756, CNR-945, CNR-1035, 
Yanbian-1206, KBS-1170, and VOA-1575.  On the other hand, JOUB-774 and 
JOBB-828 were like locals at times.
I've almost got a report together, which I'll be sending to Patrick this 
weekend.
Bruce

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