Re: [IRCA] TP DX in Grayland on October 10

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce, in Victoria, around 14:00, everything was solidly DU.   Not
terrific, but many of the lower band stations at audio or almost audio.
 612 was the winner for me.  I didn't see anything that would be Asian at
that time.  I suspected that the coast would yield interesting findings.
I'll look forward to your reports.  999 RRI has been heard a number of
times, including Masset in the past.  73,...Walt

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Day one at Grayland was quite interesting, wit a mix of Asians and DUs.
> I'll need lots of time to review the recordings, but here are he early
> impressions.  These logs were made using Chuck's DKAZ at 242 degrees.
>
> There were plenty of Aussie ABC stations, as well as some commercial
> stations like 4KZ-531, 2NM-981, and 4TAB-891.  There were also some Kiwis
> at times, but they seemed to mostly vanish as dawn approached.  The
> expanded band was also quite active with audio showing on most channels,
> including a mix of South Asian and Middle Eastern programs on 1701.
>
> Pacific Islands were noted early on, with Tahiti, Tonga, and several
> Hawaiians producing audio before 0600.   No sign of Fiji, although the SDR
> may have caught it while I slept.
>
> Japanese stations were also abundant, including several commercial
> stations (954 1008 1053 1134 1242 1260 1287 1332 1350 1422 1440) and some
> lower tiered NHK outlets (1386 1089 etc).  China was almost completely
> absent except possibly 1098.  A few possible Filipinos were heard on 1062
> 1512 and 1314.  There was also something that might've been RRI or a
> Filipino on 999, judging from the voice inflections.
>
> Some channels had 3 stations mixing.  1053 at one point had Japan, the
> Korean Jammer, and a DU.  There was a similar story on 1512 towards
> sunrise, with one of the stations having an interview in American English.
>
> Conditions were a bit unstable, with huge variations in signal strength.
>  Some frequencies shifted back and forth between Asia and DU signals.
>  830, for example, sometimes had JOBB dominant with a huge signal and other
> times had the Aussie on top.  Similarly, 1386 bounced back and forth
> between NHK2 and New Zealand.
>
> The abundance of Asians was a surprise, given recent geomagnetic activity.
>
> Bruce
>
>
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