Re: [IRCA] An unusually good TP morning?

[Brian Rachford <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

In a weird way I guess this was good timing for me because I didn't realize
how achievable trans-oceanic reception was when I came back to DXing
(growing up in the middle of the continent and not really knowing what I
was doing didn't help).  Thus, any TP has been a nice novelty and whets my
appetite for a good season now that I'm figuring out how to do this right.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Bill Block <billblock@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Brian, this has been the worst year for TP DX since I moved to Arizona 10
> years ago.
>
> Bill Block
> Prescott Valley, AZ
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:37 PM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Again Brian,
> >
> > Thanks for posting this morning's TP-DXing MP3's from Arizona. Arizona's
> > propagation from Asia is usually trickier than what we enjoy here in
> > Washington state and BC, so the sunrise enhancements that show up
> > here don't often make it so far south.
> >
> > <<<   Unattended recordings with my software defined radio (SDR) had
> > yielded progressively stronger signals for presumed HLAZ 1566 kHz out of
> > Korea over the previous three mornings, at best being marginal audio.
> > Propagation went up a significant notch today and the star of the morning
> > was HLAZ. As usual, this is more about getting the audio signal at all as
> > opposed to getting âarmchairâ quality.   >>>
> >
> > Your first and second MP3's (at 1052 and 1131 UT)  are from 1566-HLAZ's
> > Chinese service, with Chinese female speech at a fair level on the second
> > MP3. As usual, the Perseus-SDR recordings sound almost high fidelity,
> > compared to Ultralight radio reception in the 1 kHz DSP mode.
> >
> > <<<   The second best station was presumed JOUB on 774 kHz out of Japan..
> > The audio was pretty weak, but I did hear a voice at 3:46am (1046UT),
> > before I started recording. The following recording isnât much, but if
> you
> > listen carefully you can hear the time pips leading to the top of the
> hour
> > at 5am MST/12UT, under splatter from adjacent domestic stations:   >>>
> >
> > The 3 + 1 time pips on your 774 MP3 are typical of the Japanese NHK
> > stations (like JOUB) at the top of the hour. There are other networks
> that
> > use the 3 + 1 pips (like the Koreans on 558, 603 and 972) but Chinese
> > stations (and the New Zealand RNZ network) use 5 + 1 time pips.
> >
> > 1566-HLAZ also is capable of huge signals here in Puget Sound, well
> before
> > sunrise. This MP3 of HLAZ's Japanese service (at a near meltdown level)
> was
> > made last Saturday at 1344 UT on my modified Ultralight radio and 15" FSL
> > antenna
> >
> http://www.mediafire.com/view/5yfi9h97l87s987/1566-HLAZ-1344z022815CCSW.MP3
> >
> >
> > 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
> > 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave + 15" FSL antenna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Brian Rachford" <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
> > irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:56:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] An unusually good TP morning?
> >
> > Ok, I had a chance to put a few audio snippets up on my blog:
> >
> >
> https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/log-am-bcb-march-4th-trans-pacific-reception/
> >
> > Nothing spectacular, but much better than usual here, especially for
> > 1566-HLAZ.  I'm still looking for an intelligible TOH identification
> from a
> > TP station, but I did get time pips from presumed 774-JOUB.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Brian Rachford <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I guess the joke was on me, because the peak seemed to be around 4:30am
> > > MST (1130UT) and then only brief marginal audio on 1566 and occasional
> > > strong-ish carrier on 774.  No sunrise enhancement.  Also had weak
> > carriers
> > > on at least 747 and 1593 early.  I'll post some 1566 audio later.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:52 AM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Brian,
> > >>
> > >> There was a short but sharp sunrise enhancement boost here around 1420
> > >> UTC which brought 594-JOAK up to a brief S9 level and 603-HLSA up to
> > about
> > >> S7, but the high band TP's seemed to be missing action. Overall the
> > session
> > >> didn't seem unusually good, although it did have its brief moments of
> > glory.
> > >>
> > >> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
> > >> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave + 15" FSL antenna
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>
> > >> From: "Brian Rachford" <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
> > >> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:25:09 AM
> > >> Subject: [IRCA] An unusually good TP morning?
> > >>
> > >> Here in Arizona, 774 and 1566 have already delivered audio, the latter
> > >> halfway decent at times, although quality has been highly variable.
> > It's
> > >> only 4:25am MST (1120UT), still 2.5 hours before sunrise.
> > >>
> > >> Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
> > >> azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
> > >> http://azswdxing.wordpress.com
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
> > azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
> > http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
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