Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1

[Nicholas Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Conditions were actually pretty reasonable from Taitosaki, northeast of
Tokyo, at least for a gaijin.  My Japanese hosts assured me that it was not
an outstanding evening, but not too bad either.

I think that I had KFAX-1100 well before the local sunset at 0820UT , but
need to check the files more carefully. This using a small DKaz and Elad
S-1 SDR.   ESPN-1700 was heard on ultralights and a "frequent flyer" FSL
without much difficulty.   And what was that American on 1350?   The bets
are on KSRO....but over the Japanese station for a short time.

I know this was from  a coastal location, with reduced interference before
sunset, but it still might be worth seeing what a timed recording in North
America delivers in the way of overseas DX around Japanese sunset at your
home location.

best wishes,

Nick

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Overall poor conditions today though marginally better than yesterday.
> Lots of weak hets plus heavy fading. 1566 HLAZ rose to good levels a couple
> of times for a few seconds then would fade down to nothing.
>
> 774 Japan very poor man/woman talk 1312 utc
>
> 873 Japan very poor man talk 1307 utc
>
> 972 S Korea very poor man talk 1258 utc
>
> 1143 Japan very poor TOH 1300 pips and chime; very poor/poor female talk
> 1315 utc
>
> 1566 S Korea HLAZ poor/weak (sync det lock) 1244 utc; poor (sync det lock)
> 1323 utc--hymn, man talk. Occasional very poor fadeups past 1330 utc
>
> Steve AA7U
>
> near Sahuarita AZ
>
> R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp
>
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