[IRCA] TP DX for 25 March

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been having a spring break outing at a rental house northwest of 
Olympia, and managed to put out a 300 foot DOG (dipole on ground) 
running sort of east-west.  I might have been able to make it longer but 
didn't feel like crossing a deep ravine through the forest.  The noise 
level here  is much lower than at home.  The house  is  on the south 
side of a cove, with a land path towards Asia, and a saltwater path 
towards Seattle.  Needless to say, the locals are strong here with 
KGY-1240 leading the pack at -25 dBm (S9+50), and some Seattle stations 
as strong as they are at home.

I did manage a respectable TP session this morning at sunrise.  The best 
signal was from Thailand - the one on 891, not the one on 1575, although 
the latter was also in well.    Japanese signals were good at times, but 
most big guns like 747 and 774 were getting beaten up quite badly by 
domestic splatter and largely un-DXable.  I was also able to copy Navtex 
messages from 3 Japanese stations on 518, with Naha providing the 
cleanest reception.

Here's the summary of what I heard:

Really great audio - mostly listenable by  a native, if only for a brief 
period
594 - JOAK pIps 1400, NHK mention, then nx in JJ
890    KBBI ID and marine wx o/CJDC 1400
891    Thailand, male monologue amazingly good 1343, then gradually 
weakened.  Interesting horn/gong mx 1359
1053 SK jammer huge today, with the usual unh unh unh unh uhn unh unh 
unh unh unh unh unh uhn unh unh unh noises
1575    VOA SE Asian talk 1350 briefly good

Somewhat OK audio - a few words understandable by a native
639    Chinese talk 1331, oddly enough I had weak NHK type pips at 1400 
rather than the expected CNR pips
693    JOAB CC lessons 1357, pips 1400, then JJ talk
828    JOBB CC lessons 1350, pips 1400
972    Korea Fair-Good male KK 1328, weaker w/mx, fem talk, pips 1400
981    China fr CC tk 1341
1566    HLAZ, JJ pgm 1315

Bits and pieces of audio in the splatter
531  - NHK pips 1400 then weak nx //594
567    JJ YL 1333
603   Unid talk1325 vy weak, fair-poor pop mx 1348
648    fair carrier, very weak CC talk 1344 probably Russia
675    Vietnam talk 1335 poor
738    sounded CC 1402
747    JJ 1325, too much 750 splat
774   JOUB wx 1315, CC lessons //828 1352, good strength but merciless 
KTTH-770 splash
819    DPRK, choir singing 1332
1116    male talk 1358, 2 carriers
1215 poor talk, inflections sounded Chinese 1337-1444
1323    woman talking across ToH 1400, possibly CRI in Russian but I 
should have heard CRIs theme mx if that were the case.  Tough copy due 
to KUOW-1340 IBOC
1500    "KHKA Honolulu" ID, 1400 very poor mixing with KSJX
1503    JOUK NHK pips & poor talk 1400
1512    Unid, male talk 1410, too much domestic splash to guess the language
1593    China pips and talk 1400, another case of good signal and way 
too much domestic splash

Carriers (a few with traces of real or imaginary audio)
558 585 621(trace audio 1318) 657 756 783 837 864 873 918 927 936 954 
964 1008 1017 1044 1062 1134(bits of talk) 1179(ditto) 1206(ditto) 1224 
1269 1287 1377 1386 1422 1458 1467 1476(2 carriers) 1584(traces) 1602

Bruce Portzer
near Olympia WA
Winradio Excalibur, 300' dipole on ground


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