Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6

It was a nice morning in Grayland, too, where Chuck, Tom, and I are feasting on TPs. 

See below for some inline comparisons, going from my notes and memory.
It was a fairly typical Grayland morning for me, not specacular by Grayland standards but still worth the trip. Audio was heard on nearly all the 9kHz split channels. Highlights so far for me include CRI on 603 (tx on Hainan island), CNR2 on 630 & 900, KVOK-560, CHina?-1476 (still remain unid but I suspect Heilongjiang), both Japanese on 1071 (but no sign of India), Chinese stations buzzing the 774 747 828 873 NHK stations. Plus the usual cast of characters. 

On 10/6/2012 15:46, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hello All,

It was another nice TP-DXing morning here, with the Chinese stations especially doing better than they have all week. 603, 639, 738, 936 and 1044 kHz all came through with fair to good audio from 1330-1415, with 639-CNR1 the strongest of the group. 738-BEL2 in Taiwan matched its best signals of the season, and 936-Anhui did well with an apparent drama program after 1400. As usual this week the Korean big guns on 972 and 1053 were the strongest TP's of the morning, with 972-HLCA again pegging the Tecsun's S/N readout with an awesome signal around 1415. Maxing out the PL-380's S/N readout is actually very unusual for Asiatic TP's here, with only 972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer having managed such strength so far this season. By comparison, no fewer than 10 South Pacific (DU) stations did it on the Oregon cliffs this summer (567-NZ, 594-NZ, 603-NZ, 657-NZ, 684-NZ, 738-Tahiti, 765-NZ, 828-NZ, 891-5AN and 963-NZ). Of course, I'm happy to see other members of the TP-DXing gang givi!

ng!

   "Cliffhanger DX" a try this season (and wish that I could join them).
558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair Korean YL speech at 1332; 
Had something there, pretty sure it was HLQH

                   no 603 // available
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Very good Japanese male
                   conversation at 1335

Same here

603  Hulun Buir, China  Fair Chinese YL speech and music
                   at 1342; faint trace of a presumed HLSA at times
Nothing I can say was Hulun Buir. At 1400 there was a strong carrier with weak audio from KBS, CRI, and 2 unid Chinese stations with late pips at 20 and 35 seconds after the TOH 
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Good Chinese YL and OM news
                   at 1356 in KFI heterodyne; best Chinese signal
                   http://www.mediafire.com/?loml4x2do5on57f

Also good here

657  Pyongyang, N. Korea  Ancient music undermodulated in
                   huge carrier 1354
I had a Chinese station dominating 657 just before 1400, but Pyongyang was huge with great audio after 1400, equal in strength to the 650/660 domestics, maybe a bit stronger at times 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Fair-good Chinese OM speech
                  and pop music prior to 1400 TOH
                  http://www.mediafire.com/?3f55flq8p3saqo3
OK but unexciting signal at 1400, // 1143. I had French talk a couple hours earlier (Tahiti no doubt), plus Korea at times 
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Very good Japanese male speech
                  at 1402; best NHK signal of the morning

Not quite as good as 594 or 774 but respectable

774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair Japanese speech at 1404
                  through KTTH splatter
Just after 1400, JOUB was getting beaten up pretty badly by an unid Chinese station 
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair Japanese conversation 1408

Good here, with Chinese in the background

936  Anhui, China  Fair-good Chinese YL speech during
                  apparent drama program at 1405
                  http://www.mediafire.com/?28n8bd7nb0yj2mg

Something noted in passing at times, I assumed Anhui and kept going

972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Another monster signal at 1415
                  with 3-way Korean conversation; best TP of session
                  http://www.mediafire.com/?yi6fh1jn4233tmt

Same thing here

1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Fair Japanese OM speech during
                  external program at 1349

Good signal here

1053  Korean Jammer  Almost nuclear-level power this morning
Good signal from the jammer, though I don't remember it being quite as good as you describe. The jammer mysteriously disappeared at 1402, for some reason. Maybe someone tripped over the power cord. 
1134  KBS  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Very good Korean speech and
                 music in and out of Vancouver around 1337
I noted something here a few times but kept going. I think it was mostly Japan. Korea might've been there at times 
1287  JOHR  Sapporo, Japan  (HBC)  Fair rapid-fire Japanese YL
                 speech through splatter at 1409

Same here

1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Very good Japanese YL speech
                 during Christian program at 1319

Huge level here too, especially just before the antenna switch at 1345

1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair-good Asiatic YL and OM
                 speech up and down from 1320-1400

Sub-par signal here
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
8" Medium Wave "DXpedition" FSL antenna




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