Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Nick,
 
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the unexpectedly vibrant start of the current AsiaticTP-DXing season.

I remember about 4 years ago when you, Walt and John B. would post your daily (and lengthy) TP-DXing reports during the Fall Season, and make interesting comments about the strange quirks in daily Asian propagation. At the time my hot-rodded 7.5" loopstick Ultralight was certainly not in the same league as the communication receivers used by the three "major players," but I still was lucky enough to snag a nice catch once in a while. I was in awe of your amazing loggings, especially the DU's from Australia that avoid this location like the plague.

Even though John B. is no longer with us the group of TP-DXing enthusiasts is larger than ever, and includes several DXers in the Midwest states. The quality of the Asiatic signals is better than expected, and the Perseus-SDR DXers are making some breakthrough progress in using the new FSL antennas in DXpedition environments. The AM-DXing hobby seems very much alive and well, at least in this corner of the world!

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)     
 
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19


I must admit I'm a bit surprised at how vibrant Asiatic conditions 
have been for so early in the season Gary.  As I recall, in the 
run-up into a new solar cycle, high latitude conditions drop away 
quite rapidly, but of course this doesn't look quite like a normal 
solar cycle, see http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/index.html and 
http://www.solen.info/solar/history/

Enjoy it while we can,  in the last cycle, the average Ap index 
peaked after the solar maximum.  The maximum is not supposed to be 
for a year or so yet, but it's the Ap index that is our best 
indicator of average high latitude conditions.

best wishes,

Nick


At 05:21 20-09-12, you wrote:

>Hi Walt,
>
>Thanks for your comments on 972-HLCA, 1593-CNR1, the 1053-Jammer and 603 kHz.
>
>Before this DX season started I wondered whether the declining solar 
>conditions would allow for much Asiatic TP-DXing excitement-- but it 
>seems like at least some of the Asiatics are pretty vibrant. The 
>memorable 603-Hulun Buir fade-in 3 days ago was something completely 
>unexpected in such an "off" season, as was 972-HLCA pegging the S/N 
>readout on the PL-380 this morning.
>
>When the vibrant South Pacific DX signals on the Oregon cliffs this 
>summer are added into the picture, it certainly seems to me that 
>Medium Wave transoceanic DX is alive and well this year :-)
>
>73, Gary
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>
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><irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 4:26 pm
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19
>
>
>Gary, I agree that HLCA 972 is doing particularly well this season.
>Last season's star had to be CNR-1 on 1593.  This year, barely
>anything there, although the upper band hasn't really been very good
>lately.  Personally, the jammer on 1053 is pretty close to what I
>heard last year.  Very consistent in it's strength.  I'm still
>struggling to get much out of 603.  Nick is doing much better in this
>regard, it seems.......73,   Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
>
>On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:00 PM,  <d1028gary@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > It was another strange TP-DX morning here as both the Japanese 
> and Chinese big
>guns were down somewhat in audio, but 972-HLCA in Korea pegged the 
>PL-380's S/N
>display at the 25 maximum around 1335 (for the first time ever). The newly
>dominant 603-Hulun Buir again managed only fair audio (along with 
>738-Taiwan and
>936-Anhui), but 1044-CRI's Japanese external service was at a steady 
>weak level
>for most of the morning. The 1053-Korean Jammer continues to be unusually
>vibrant almost every morning-- maybe after some kind of power boost, 
>or antenna
>change?
> >
>
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