[IRCA] 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 TP-DX for 3-21

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

It was a great morning for Japanese big gun propagation but somewhat limitedÂfor anything else. 594, 693, 747 and 828 all managed potent signals on the stand-alone "Science Fiction PL-380" hand held model from 1305-1350 but except for occasional fair signals from 558-HLQH, 972-HLCA, the 1053 Jammer and 1566-HLAZ it was an all-Japanese show. 
My session started off at 1305 with 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB already at very good levels, with 747-JOIB and 828-JOBB not far behind. The high band was distinctly anemic, with only a lackluster signal from 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service in evidence. A search for anything else only resulted in a fair signal from the 1053-Jammer at 1309 and poor to fair voice peaks on 1134 (apparently hyped-up Japanese) at 1315. 738 had a good carrier but never could get past San Francisco splatter, whileÂ972-HLCA had some fair to good peaks late on around 1345 but was troubled by "Freedom 970" for most of the session. In contrast to yesterday 603-HLSA and 1575-VOA were missing in action, although 558-HLQH was weakly there, fighting its usual losing battle with KPQ splatter. On the other hand the signals from the NHK big guns were potent indeed, with 693, 747 and 828 all managing their best-ever signals on the 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model. Tracking down huge NHK signals on a hot-rodded portable is actually a lot of fun, and aÂlot more thrilling than 
can be easily described. It reminds you of your excitement when you first received these big gun TP'sÂas a teenager :-) 
 
594Â JOAKÂÂ Tokyo, JapanÂÂ Good Japanese maleÂspeech and interval music at 1309 
https://app.box.com/s/6e2vccumz5he54uuwngpimnw7xj19b4d  
 
693Â JOABÂÂ Tokyo, JapanÂÂ Very good level Japanese male speech at 1328; best signal ever on this model 
https://app.box.com/s/ba34ls5m77spaoizjj0olyuuxiagbz5z  
English lesson lady at same potent level at 1329 
https://app.box.com/s/t0w88unvbrc7758ujq6upw5o6q41bwt3 Â 
 
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair to good level Japanese female speech at 1338 https://app.box.com/s/5d3uw0aoysh48k1dgy8uht65627vgmlp  
 
1053Â Korean JammerÂÂ Modest jam session at 1309; one of the few non-Japanese signals in evidence this morning 
https://app.box.com/s/k1vxbqn02l2xgxd57ik7ye9rrqxfuvvd  
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight 
 
 
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