Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-22

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

<<<  My recordings today were similar to Nick's.  The peak reception for me 
was at 1320-1330 today, with unimpressive audio on 774 972 and 1566.  
Otherwise, not much of anything except for weak carriers on 594 747 and 
a handful of other frequencies.  The locals were at normal strength.  
Maybe my noise floor is higher than I thought.   >>>


Well, Bruce, I didn't listen at all from 1320-1330 this morning, so sunrise enhancement was the only reference that I had. Overall Asian propagation at that time wasn't quite up to yesterday's standard, but it wasn't bad, either. There were some pretty good signals around, like those from 594-JOAK and 1593-CNR1. I have no idea why these didn't show up in Vancouver or Seattle, but completely different receivers, antennas and locations probably had something to do with it. Even Guy and I (4 miles apart) have radically different TP-DXing results when we listen at the same time-- he usually excels on the high band with his Perseus-SDR and Wellbrook loops, while I excel on the low band with my hot-rodded PL-380 and FSL antennas. Even in Puyallup, "apples and oranges" produce very different results.


73, Gary 
   

    


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 2:32 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-22


My recordings today were similar to Nick's.  The peak reception for me 
was at 1320-1330 today, with unimpressive audio on 774 972 and 1566.  
Otherwise, not much of anything except for weak carriers on 594 747 and 
a handful of other frequencies.  The locals were at normal strength.  
Maybe my noise floor is higher than I thought.

Bruce

On 12/22/2013 09:18, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
> <<<   Now it's light, I'm going to need to go out and check my antennas
> Gary.    In Victoria, this morning was a complete hound, so far as I
> can tell, particularly near sunrise.  The signal strength recorder
> says that I may have had audio traces on 774 828 and 1566 at various
> times, and I did hear some weak music on 1287 around 1550UT, but
> otherwise....even the carriers were weak.   >>>
>
> Hmm-- that's weird, Nick. Some pretty strong recordings on 594 and 1593 were 
made here this morning, and 603 had its fair moments also.
>
> It might be the common winter situation where the more southerly the location, 
the better the DX (with the "border" somewhere between us-- maybe around Blaine? 
:-)  Often this has happens to me, with Dennis in Kalama reporting a great 
variety of DX, leaving me wondering how I somehow missed the boat.
>
> The strangest example of this was probably on August 19th this summer, my last 
day at Cape Perpetua, Oregon (about halfway down the Oregon coast). I remember 
that you reported one of the worst days of the summer, while Dennis reported 
some interesting signals. Farther down south, I had S9+ signals from both Asians 
and DU's. Weird!
>
> 73, Gary
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 8:30 am
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-22
>
>
> Now it's light, I'm going to need to go out and check my antennas
> Gary.    In Victoria, this morning was a complete hound, so far as I
> can tell, particularly near sunrise.  The signal strength recorder
> says that I may have had audio traces on 774 828 and 1566 at various
> times, and I did hear some weak music on 1287 around 1550UT, but
> otherwise....even the carriers were weak.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> At 16:07 22-12-13, you wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>
>> Another very generous sunrise enhancement again brought in some
>> energetic Asian signals this morning, but with variations from
>> yesterday. During the listening session from 1510-1550 there were
>> vibrant TP's on both the low and high bands, with 594-JOAK, 648-VOR
>> and 1593-CNR1 the stars of the morning. Whereas 603-China was
>> dominating the frequency over HLSA yesterday the situation was
>> reversed today, and 648-VOR managed one of its best signals of the
>> season around 1545 (just before collapsing with the rest of the
>> Asians, as sunrise enhancement fizzled out). 1593-CNR1 had trouble
>> getting through the Seattle splatter yesterday, but it was king of
>> the high band this morning-- producing a monster signal at 1525 that
>> was far and away the strongest that it's ever been received here in
>> 7 years. A full report (with MP3's) will follow later.
>>
>>
>> 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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