[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-5

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Asian "big gun" propagation this  morning was pretty solid, although 
there certainly were no  late-session Chinese fireworks like yesterday. A far 
more moderate sunrise  enhancement seemed to boost the Japanese signals 
instead (with 594-JOAK  very strong right up to the 1500 TOH), while 
yesterday's vibrant  Chinese signals were long gone.   
     The band gradually improved after a dreary start  at 1300, with most 
powerhouse TP's managing occasional decent audio by  1330. The Korean 
religious broadcaster 1566-HLAZ rose up with strong Japanese  audio at 1337 for its 
best signal since September, while the Radio English  lessons on 747 and 
828 were vibrant at about the same time. There was no  typical mid-session 
propagation swoon, although second-tier TP's seemed to be  missing in action 
until 558-HLQH came in with decent Korean music at 1427,  fading in to its 
strongest level of the season. The 558 kHz action continued  well into sunrise 
enhancement, with JOQR apparently joining HLQH for a rare TP  mix on the 
frequency at 1443. The Japanese "big guns" got a modest boost  during this 
period, but in a reversal of yesterday's late-session results,  all the Chinese 
were way down in the noise by 1445. All Asians  except for an unusually 
strong 594-JOAK were gone by 1500, but that  weird station managed its best 
audio of the entire morning (and the  strongest Asian signal of the DXing 
session) right at 1459, during the  NHK1 weather report. In summary, the Asian 
propagation really wasn't bad this  morning, but after yesterday's late-session 
excitement, it  probably fell far short of what we would have preferred.
 
     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  Fair long-set Korean  music through 
          splatter at 1427 (//  603)   
_http://www.mediafire.com/?plawo4pq0anixiw_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?plawo4pq0anixiw) 
558  JOQR  Kobe,  Japan (presumed)  Weak  co-channel under HLQH's
          Korean YL  announcer at 1443 
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Good with music and NHK1  weather 
          report late at  1459  _http://www.mediafire.com/?6m4lspr0d6u9ydg_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?6m4lspr0d6u9ydg)  
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Fair-good with Korean music at  1427
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese male-female speech  1428
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Fair Russian music  in-out at 1412
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Fair-good obsolete music around  1430
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Fair Chinese talk program at  1352
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Good Radio English program at  1344
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Good signal but buried under KTTH  at 1350
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair-good Radio English program at  1346
936  Anhui, China (presumed)  Fair music at 1433
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Good male-female Korean speech  1438
1035  CNR1  China Synchros  Threshold Chinese speech  around 1417
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Fair Japanese during   external pgm 1354
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good Korean conversation  1410
1377  CNR1  China  Poor-fair Chinese audio in KTTH splatter  1414
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good Japanese speech during  religious
           program; best  audio since September   
_http://www.mediafire.com/?0aji0yogarkist1_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?0aji0yogarkist1) 
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair-good Asiatic language  1419
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
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