[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     This morning's Asian propagation  sounded quite positive well before 
sunrise (around 1300)--  probably the same propagation bringing the "big gun" 
TP  signals to Nigel. Most of Nigel's TP's also had some audio here around 
that  time, and both 738-BEL2 and 936-Anhui were in audio around 1305. At  
1308 there was a sudden swoon in Asian propagation,  however, as all TP's 
collapsed well down into the noise until just  before 1400.
     After 1400 the band became like Nick's  mediocre situation, with a few 
"big guns" managing weak audio through the noise  until the band collapsed 
(around 1450). Sunrise enhancement didn't restore the  "big gun" TP's to 
their earlier (1300 UTC) strength, although a  few different Asian stations 
joined the anemic group during this  period (558-HLQH, 648-VOR, 657-Pyongyang 
and 1575-VOA). Overall results were  nothing to shout about, with all the 
vibrant TP signals seeming to fizzle out  well before sunrise. In the same way, 
Asian propagation during this last  week of October seems to have dropped 
off seriously, after a promising start  earlier in the month.   
 
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:
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  (presumed) Poor-fair music at  1433,
          but no 603 //  available for ID confirmation
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese speech at  1303
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Poor threshold (JJ?) audio at  1437
657  Pyongyang BS,  N. Korea  Poor-fair obsolete music  through 
         domestic splatter at 1435 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Fair male Chinese  speech at 1304
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese  program at 1305
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair signals in and out of noise at  1302
936  Anhui, China  Poor-fair Chinese speech at 1306; signal
         collapsed at 1308, and  never came back
972    HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean  speech at 1300
1134  KBS3  Poor-fair music in domestic splatter 1428
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good Japanese religious program  1301
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Threshold speech audio  1444
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
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