Hi Nick,
Thanks very much for your daily TP reports during my Oregon Cliff
DXpedition (as well as those from Dennis, Steve, and Nigel). They
all provided a very interesting comparison.
The Japanese big guns (594, 666, 747 and 774) made their first weak
appearance at the "Rockwork 4" Cliff around 1230 UTC this morning,
but their signals' angle of arrival is directly in line with the
cliff face, and instead of boosting their signals the DU-favoring
cliff apparently cuts them way down. I was wondering why only the
DU's were coming in every morning despite the late summer date, and
this is probably the most logical answer. There are other sheer
cliffs at the site which would presumably favor the Asiatic TP's and
attenuate the DU's, if this theory proves to be correct.
73 and Thanks,
Gary DeBock (back in DX-deprived Puyallup, WA)
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From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 10:55 am
Subject: [IRCA] TP for 24 Aug 2012; preliminary Victoria version
Still have recordings to go through, but here's a preliminary version of what
was heard this AM, all Asiatic, at least so far. 1269 was a nice surprise,
though has been heard here a couple of times before. I don't know what it's
secret to success is, as Obihiro is inland. Ironically, I've driven through
the town several years ago, and obviously should have checked out the antenna
site, hi.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
briefly):
none
reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
1287 JOHR man and woman in JJ, fading up 1303UT //1269
1566 HLAZ 1300UT NHK style pips on hour, first time heard at 1300,
usually only
heard during earlier KK programs. As Dennis observed, this seemed
to have a lot
of dead air this morning, e.g. at various checks 1305-1310 with big
carrier and
no audio
not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or
noise could be
understood by a native speaker:
1269 JOHW woman and man in JJ //1287 at 1303UT; big surprise with
relatively low
number of audios this morning
Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
891 Asiatic talk?? 1305UT
954 maybe JOKR, too weak to tell 1258UT
Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):
774, 1053
--
Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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