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

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

     Once again the Asian sunset period (0930-1030 UTC) had vastly superior TP signals to the West Coast sunrise period (1400-1500 UTC), and unlike yesterday morning, I was ready with the 8" FSL and MP3 recorder to DX in the back yard despite the early morning hour. The Japanese big guns were especially vibrant during this period, with 747-JOIB producing its best signal of the entire season (and the best Japanese signal of the entire season) during its Radio English Conversation program at 0950. 774-JOUB also produced its best signal of the season around 1014, although the splatter from semi-local 770-KTTH didn't make it easy. 594-JOAK equaled its best audio of the season, while 972-HLCA had its typical booming signal with YL talk and Korean pop music around 1007. All of these signals were very potent-- and a stark contrast to the anemic TP's that showed up around sunrise. Despite the strong big guns during the Asian sunset the weaker TP's on 558, 603 and 738 didn't quite ma!
 nage the same audio that they did yesterday, and the presumed Chinese carriers on 639, 936, 1035 and 1044 never came up to audio.
     By contrast the West Coast sunrise TP-DXing session this morning was pretty dreary, with only 972-HLCA coming up to good audio around 1457, and 657-Pyongyang coming up to fair audio with its ancient music at 1455. The Japanese were completely silent during the entire sunrise session here-- an astonishing contrast to their booming signals during the Asian sunset only a few hours earlier. After listening to several of these NHK big guns from 0930-1030 UTC this morning, it's easy to understand why Nick could hear them all the way over in Prince Edward Island during the DXpedition this month.
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  (presumed)  Poor Korean-
             sounding OM speech rising above splatter at 0944
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Very good Japanese OM speech
             at 0957; equaled its best signal of the season
             http://www.mediafire.com/?f7wzlftvbhkiq0e  
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea (presumed)  Fair pop music
            in and out of noise around 0937
657  Pyongyang, N. Korea  Ancient music rising above noise
            during sunrise session at 1455
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Poor-level Chinese YL speech
            in and out of KCBS splatter at 0933
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Huge signal during Radio English
            program at 0945; best Japanese signal of the entire 
            season  http://www.mediafire.com/?i4cr919bwkwivd2 
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Another booming NHK signal during
           Radio English at 1015, but troubled by 770-Seattle
           http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mgude3hng1t16
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Good Radio English program 1010
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Another monster signal with
          Korean YL speech at 1007 during Asian sunset period
          http://www.mediafire.com/?ovsr2crzdargbfl
1053  Korean Jammer  Excellent buzz throughout Asian
         sunset period, occasionally with UnID TP underneath
1134  KBS  Hwaseong, S. Korea  In and out of Vancouver
         splatter with Korean music during Asian sunset period
1287  JOHR  Sapporo, Japan  Strong signal with Japanese YL
        speech and music through heavy local splatter at 0946
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Korean Christian program in and
        out of noise during Asian sunset around 0925

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

 
               
 
 
 
 
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