[IRCA] Grayland, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-9

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All, 
 
Murphy's Law made a serious ocean beach comeback this morning as heavy rain and wind combined with an Asian propagation drop off. The big gun TP'sÂwere still at huge levels, but the nasty weatherÂseemed to scare away anything remotely exotic. 
 
Although the Asian big guns sounded vibrant during their sunset period around 0900Âpropagation seemed to hit the skids shortly thereafter, withÂsignalsÂgreatly reducedÂby 1200. The weather had also turned nasty during the same period, and my ocean beach setup at 1300Ârequired plastic tie wraps for the FSL antenna base and rain covers for the radios, antenna and MP3 recorder. Despite this serious hassle the second and third tier Asians seemed toÂhave little interest in showing up, and I ended up recording S9+ signals from the likes of 828-JOBB and 1566-HLAZ (which I had ignored yesterday, in the DXing bonanza). After a serious search I came acrossÂweakÂNHK2 English lessons on 1593--Âpretty routine DX, but just about the best that I could do in theÂwind, rain and noise.ÂWith conditions so awful at 1400ÂI decided to pack up everything and head back to Room 11 of the Grayland Motel, which at least was warm and dry.ÂSetting up theÂ17" FSL on its PVC base next to the Room 11 window was a desperate measure, which resulted in a serious reduction of Asian signal strength compared to the beach (and a serious increase in RF noise pollution). Despite this I was able to track down a fair to good signal from 1593-CNR1 (mixing with theÂNHK2 Chinese lessons at the time), a fairly good 1134 mix of KBS and JOQR (but nothing like yesterday), and the NHK2 sign off chimes on 774-JOUB at 1424. From what I could tell during the nasty weather the middle and high band had most of the limited action this morning, with low band stations like 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang very anemic at best. The Japanese and Korean big guns did survive the propagation slowdown quite well, of course, with the usual ocean coast blowtorch signals on 594, 693, 747, 774, 828, 972, 1053, 1566 and 1575. They weren't exactly what I wasÂlooking for, though, after dealing with serious rain, wind andÂthe Grayland Motel's little quirks (like noÂpaved driveways, phones or cleaning service).. 
 
1134Â JOQRÂÂ Tokyo, JapanÂÂÂ Recorded inside Room 11 at 1408, the giggly Japanese station is at a fair to good level mixing with KBS and the Grayland Motel's RF pollution. Quite a bit more anemic than yesterday 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6aefepy3gk8a3gn/1134-JOQR-KBSmix-1408z110914PL380.MP3 Â 
 
**1566Â HLAZÂÂ Jeju, S. KoreaÂÂ For those who wonder what the big gunÂAsians sound like on the ocean coast, here is a typical sample. The Korean Christian broadcaster is still testing the crunch resistance of my PL-380 Ultralight with its Japanese service at an S9+++ level at 1325-- despite the propagation drop off 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/q08guomqhl54ovq/1566-HLAZ-1325z110914PL380.MP3 ÂÂ 
 
1593Â NHK2 Synchros (JOTB/ JOQB)ÂÂ Fair level English lessons // 774 at 1326; mixing with CNR1 later on in the session 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dfr6fi72jf5wqpu/1593-NHK2-1326z110914PL380.MP3 Â 
 
1593Â CNR1ÂÂ Changzhou, ChinaÂÂ(another Room 11 recording) ÂBrief good-level signal at 1349; mixing with the NHK2 synchros (and the Grayland Motel RF hash) later on 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0gd88h0uz2pzl20/1593-CNR1-1349z110914PL380.MP3 
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at Grayland, WA) 
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 
17" DXpedition FSL antenna 
 
 
 
 
 
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