Here in Masset, things were hopping with wall to wall Asians. My
favourites were the Filipinos. I'm sure I'll find 6 or 7. By comparison,
today was a bummer. One bit of news: HLAZ has no off periods as we noted
in January. Also NHK2 signed off before 15:00 for the last couple of days
at least, leaving big OC, sometimes with 1 kHz tones. Nil on the TA front
except 189 Iceland. 73, Walt
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Busy sked here today, but hope to post results later. For now I can say
> that in Alberta things also showed a dramatic improvement from yesterday.
> Mind you, the bar was pretty low, as only HLAZ had audio yesterday.
>
> 73,
>
> NIgel Pimblett
> Dunmore, Alberta
>
>
> On 10/03/2015 4:07 PM, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Walt,
>> If signal levels were compared, I'm sure that a great day in Puyallup
>> would be considered a mediocre day in Masset-- or maybe even in Victoria.
>> But there was no doubt that propagation improved dramatically here this
>> morning, in comparison to yesterday. It will be interesting to hear what
>> the other fanatics experienced.
>> Gary
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Walter Salmaniw" <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
>> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:00:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-10
>>
>> And yet here in Masset conditions were very mediocre nothing at all
>> compared to the good propagation of yesterday morning. 73 Walt
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> A dramatic propagation improvement boosted most of the low band Japanese
>>> signals up to very potent levels this morning, with 594, 693, 747, 774
>>> and
>>> 828 all reaching very good peaks between 1315 and 1400. The star
>>> performer
>>> of the morning waited until a sharp sunrise enhancement boost around 1400
>>> to show up, though-- 738-BEL2, with its best signal of the entire season.
>>>
>>> At my 1315 start time the NHK big guns were already on the warpath, with
>>> 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB hitting very good levels in and out. The Chinese
>>> lessons on the other NHK2 stations (747, 774 and 828) were also at equal
>>> strength, but suffering from the usual domestic splatter issues.
>>> 1566-HLAZ
>>> was managing fair signals in and out, but other than this during the
>>> predawn darkness it seemed like the morning would be strictly a Japanese
>>> show. Around 1350 there was somewhat of a boost for the rest of Asia,
>>> though, with 972-HLCA coming out of the noise to reach a good level, and
>>> 603, 657, 738, 1044 and 1593 all starting to manage threshold audio. Most
>>> of these signals soon fizzled with the increasing daylight, but around
>>> 1403
>>> the relatively obscure Taiwan station 738-BEL2 definitely got a boost,
>>> reaching very good peaks with its usual hyped-up Chinese speech-- its
>>> best
>>> signal since the season started in September. BEL2 had a weak mainland
>>> Chinese co-channel as well during its peak moments, but the UnID Chinese
>>> station soon faded. On the other hand BEL2 stuck around until 1425, in
>>> and
>>> out of the noise with its Chinese female-announced news. Along with the
>>> unusually strong NHK big guns on 594 and 693 it was one of the biggest
>>> surprises of a productive morning-- almost seeming like something
>>> straight
>>> out of October.
>>>
>>> 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese female and male-announced news at
>>> very
>>> good level at 1358
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ah2lnfkgqjzc3g3/594-
>>> JOAK-1358z031015CCSW.MP3
>>>
>>>
>>> 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Chinese female and male speech (at usual
>>> hyper speed) with disco music at 1404;
>>> mainland Chinese co-channel with female speech at weak level
>>> underneath (during peaks)
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dkqf2j008s8m0fx/738-
>>> BEL2-UnIDmix-1404z031015CCSW.MP3
>>>
>>> Chinese female-announced news at good level around 1417
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vgsal9njb1zlnjb/738-
>>> BEL2-1417z031015CCSW.MP3
>>>
>>>
>>> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean female speech at a good level at
>>> 1353
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ch68pu85pt202td/972-
>>> HLCA-1353z031015CCSW.MP3
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 and Good DX,
>>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>>> 7.5" C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
>>> 15" FSL antenna
>>>
>>>
>>>
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