Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-22

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Walt,
 
Sorry for the issue in the 16:1 matching transformer for your West Corner fed loop. But to be honest, you probably didn't miss very much in the way of TP-DXing yesterday morning. As Nick has also reported, it was mainly the regular big gun Asian signals, with a few other odd stations thrown in. An average morning overall, but an improvement over the day before.

73, Gary
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 8:48 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-22


Nothing to report from my location in Victoria, BC this morning.  Found a
fault in my West Corner fed loop in the 16:1 matching transformer.  The
outer (coax braid) had come off, and the result was a dead TP band, though
Nick's DX Fishbarrel had decent conditions.  All back to normal now.
 73,....Walt


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:25 AM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Hello All,
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> There was somewhat of an improvement in Asian signal strength here this
> morning, although it seemed to benefit the Asian mainland stations at the
> expense of the Japanese big guns. Despite the improvement the Korean and
> Chinese signals still didn't quite reach the levels of Saturday and Sunday,
> although the generous sunrise enhancement continued right up until 1500
> here. The session started off in a promising way with fair audio from
> 558-HLQH, 603-HLSA, 738-BEL2 and 1044-CRI from 1315-1330, along with very
> good audio from the Korean big guns on 972, 1053, 1134 and 1566. 648-VOR
> was also back in a big way this morning, reaching good audio (through a
> mystery buzzing noise) with its Chinese service from 1330-1355. The
> Japanese big guns were not especially strong during the same period, with
> 594, 747, 774 and 828 taking turns reaching good audio during brief
> moments. Unlike yesterday some second-tier Chinese stations on 603, 639,
> 936, 1017 and 1044 did have fair audio in and out !
>  from 1400-1455, with 936-Anhui (presumed) playing long music sets around
> 1410, and 639-CNR1 managing some fair audio (in KFI splatter) with Chinese
> news by a male announcer at the very late hour of 1450.
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> Unfortunately some other Chinese signals on 918, 927, 1323 and 1377 never
> rose above threshold level, but even that was an improvement over
> yesterday. 1575-VOA once again had a late rally from 1430-1445, reaching
> good audio for a few seconds in short cycles before it would dive into the
> noise. Overall the session was a definite improvement over yesterday's
> lackluster propagation, even though nothing new or exotic was in the mix.
> If tomorrow continues to show more improvement in Asian mainland
> propagation, the more obscure Chinese stations on frequencies like 918 and
> 927 should be able to break into the clear.
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> 603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korean  Good strength
>            easy listening music sets around 1355 // 558,
>          ; weak Chinese co-channel underneath at times
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> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/e8dmqzs6ht70u3x/603-HLSA-1355z102213PL380.MP3
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> 639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese male
>           speech (news) // 6030  in KFI splatter very late
>           at 1450
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> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/iwnw5yfyk47cu9j/639-CNR1-1448z102213PL380.MP3
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> 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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