[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-7

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Favorable Asian propagation continued for a second  day here, although 
a somewhat different set of TP stations provided the  excitement. 738-BEL2 
(Taiwan Fisheries) had its best signal of the Fall Season,  as did 1575-VOA 
Thailand. A generous sunrise enhancement boosted several  second-tier Asians 
up to vibrant levels, and most of the "big  gun" TP's were still going 
strong well past 1500. Koreans seemed to do  especially well today, as opposed 
to the Japanese (favored  yesterday) and Chinese (favored the day  before).  
     Unlike yesterday, the band seemed relatively  sedate around 1300, but 
livened up fairly quickly. 738 kHz had an unusually  clean-sounding Asian 
carrier fade in around 1412 ( as opposed to  BEL2's raspy, NK-like signal), 
which turned out to be a rare solo  appearance from a presumed HLKG. Shortly 
thereafter BEL2 replaced the Korean  with a huge Chinese pop music signal at  
1422-- easily Taiwan's strongest audio for over a year.  The unusually 
strong 738-Taiwan signal stuck around for about 10  minutes, providing a chance 
to record an ominous pulsating noise in  the transmitted signal (more 
later). As noted previously by both Nick and  Tom, 1575-VOA had a strong signal 
around the 1500 TOH, but here the  long-range TP managed its best audio of the 
season (although only the  "barefoot" 7.5" loopstick Ultralight was used 
for the reception). The  Thailand mega-station blasted in on the modified ULR 
alone shortly before  1500, complete with a "Voice of America" ID at the 
TOH. Even though it's far  from rare DX, it was one of the more exciting 
moments in a pretty  enjoyable session.
 
     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-good  Korean music 1416, // 603
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Fair w/ Japanese interview 1452,  // 594
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Strong w/ apparent sports  program 1442
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Fair music over weak CC  at 1417
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair w/ male-female  Chinese at 1444
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Good Chinese external  pgm 1413
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Strong ancient music at 1446
729  China  (presumed Jiangxi) Fair Chinese in CHMJ splatter  1408
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Very strong with Chinese pop  music 
         at 1422; best audio of  season  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?ygt4x8zdz64gqzw_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?ygt4x8zdz64gqzw) 
738  HLKG  Daegu, S. Korea  (presumed)  Rare fade-in of  apparent
         Korean after  Taiwan fade-out at 1412 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?gbjjch8qk3rt4tf_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?gbjjch8qk3rt4tf)   
747  JOIB   Sapporo, Japan  Good Japanese speech at  1401
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Losing the splatter battle with  KTTH 1403
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fighting it out with UnID  Chinese 1505
891  JOHK  Sendai, Japan  Fair with Japanese conversation  1439
936  Anhui, China (presumed)  Fair music program around  1445
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Good male-female  Korean talk 1435
1035  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese w/ interval music  1414
1044  CRI    Jiangsu, China  Good Japanese  external program 1405
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good Korean conversation  1348
1377  CNR1  China (presumed)  Threshold audio in KRKO  splatter
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good Japanese YL speech at  1340
         (received barefoot,  7.5" loopstick SWP) 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?66tacy748v1to9a_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?66tacy748v1to9a)  
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Best audio of season  with 
         bizarre, strong fade in on  barefoot 7.5" loopstick SWP (with 
         "Voice of America" ID  at 1500 TOH)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?yzjamzvvsbd9szk_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?yzjamzvvsbd9szk) 
 
     For those Ultralight radio DXers (and any others)  who need to hear 
their first Taiwan station, 738-BEL2's sick-sounding  transmitter gets out 
quite well. The carrier sounds like something out of North  Korea, and during 
strong Chinese speech reception there is a menacing buzzing  noise that is 
clearly audible, such as in this strong recording at 1433 this  morning:  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?p4og56gelxyku3k_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?p4og56gelxyku3k)  
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
  
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