[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-18

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,


One of the longest Mid-October anomalies in recent memory dragged on for a fourth straight day here as Asian propagation once again seemed stuck between miserable and mediocre. Halfway vibrant audio was again limited to the big gun TP's on 594, 693, 747, 774, 972 and 1053, with 594-JOAK (at 1550) and 747-JOIB (at 1555) the best of an anemic bunch with brief peaks of good audio. The two second-tier overachievers 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 were back with some fair audio at times, as was 657-Pyongyang with a tirade in the noise at 1407. 891-JOHK had a ghostly signal at 1405 // to an equally ghostly 594, and 1134-KBS was barely there with Korean speech at 1358. The Chinese stations generally continued to be missing in action, although occasional wispy audio on 936 and 1044 rose above the noise during brief peaks. The high band seemed especially bad, as not only was yesterday's 1575-VOA missing, but 1566-HLAZ seemed lost in the noise. Compared to yesterday the big gun TP's had slightl!
 y better audio in general, but the second-tier Asians were still way down from their normal levels. Overall it was another lackluster session, and typical of a very mediocre week.


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


       
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