Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-30

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, when I took to the dials, the DU were there with some force.  612
was perhaps, the best I've heard them recently.  I would caution against
making assumptions when dxing.  Some of my best catches were during very
disturbed conditions.   Otherwise, you'll only hear the "mundane" stations.
   73,...Walt

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:18 PM, R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> With threats of nation wide auroral borealis overnight on the horizon, I
> set my alarm clock to the "don't bother me" setting -
> and may have missed an interesting DU morning.
>
> A glance at the NHP Fish Barrel radar system online (at 1350 UTX) revealed
> lots of "DU" likely activity
> on 531, 576, 585, 612, 621, 675, 702, 756, 774, etc with a particularly
> large signal on 1098 - likely the Marshall's.
>
> Tomorrow is another day - and since I put up my N Flag, there has been a
> soggy pall hanging over the ionosphere with
> one disturbance after another. Sorry about that. My bad.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 7:05 AM, <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Asian signals made a halfhearted recovery here this morning, led by the
> > Japanese and Korean big guns. Signals were not very impressive in either
> > quality or quantity, though, with results almost the same as those
> reported
> > by Dennis earlier.
> >
> > In the predawn darkness at 1230 there were finally some Asian carriers
> > again (after two dead days) on 594, 693, 747, 774, 1053 and 1566. These
> big
> > gun frequencies all came up with modest audio during a lackluster sunrise
> > enhancement, with 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB, the 1053-Jammer and 1566-HLAZ
> > reaching fair peaks in and out. The second tier Asians all stayed down in
> > the noise, with very few Chinese stations even reaching a carrier level.
> > Overall the session was dreary, but certainly preferable to the total
> > shutout of the past two days.
> >
> > 73 and Good DX,
> > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> > 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> > 15" FSL antenna
> >
> >
>
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