[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 1-28

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
The winter doldrums continued in full force here this morning as another lackluster sunrise enhancement boost barely managed to raise up some high and low band Asians to anemic levels. I haven't seen any report from Dennis yet, but if he was taking a break this morning he certainly didn't miss very much.
 
Once again a comatose band at 1430 showed weak signs of life around 1500 as a presumed 738-BEL2 (weak Chinese) and 972-HLCA managed poor audio in and out. The usual high band regulars didn't come out of the noise until "sunrise enhancement" kicked in around 1515, when 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA both managed fair audio in and out of the domestic splatter. Of these two diehards 1575-VOA was the more energetic this morning, reaching very brief good level peaks around 1535. Around 1530 the low band once again managed a ghostly collection of anemic Asian mainland signals from 603-HLSA (with no Chinese co-channel), 648-VOR and 657-Pyongyang-- none of which stuck around for longer than a minute at a time. These wispy low band Asians bailed out early around 1540, when a fair-level 1575-VOA was the only Asian left with any audio on the band. The session seemed dreary indeed, but probably no worse than an average winter morning. The two exceptional January sessions of 1-18 and 1-24 are to!
 ugh to forget, and expectations are probably a little too high.
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
C.Crane SWP 7.5" Slider loopstick Ultralight +
12" Medium Wave FSL antenna



 
         


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