Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-16

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick (and Bruce),

You must have had some serious fun on Gabriola Island this week, Nick!

In contrast to Gabriola Island (and most other west coast sites) Puyallup has never had very good reception of second and third tier Japanese stations. 756-CNR1 and 918-Shandong are the only TP's that have been heard here on those frequencies. But the weird ionosphere apparently gives Puyallup some minor compensation with more favorable Korean and Chinese reception, at least on the low band. This was the Chinese mix on 738 at 1343 UTC this morning, with the UnID Mainland female announcer (with the high pitched voice) dominating over BEL2's music at the beginning, only to be replaced by BEL2's female announcer at the end https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/097ene92h7l44ch15h3azazo25366e2v

Gary


> On March 16, 2018 at 1:13 PM Nicholas Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     On Gabriola Island, there was also some recovery, but mostly to second and third tier Japanese, in contrast to the number of Chinese a couple of mornings ago.
> 
>     For example, 918 had Japan rather than Shandong, which has been heard recently at home several times, and  756 showed NHK1 as opposed to the recently more common CNR1.
> 
>     best wishes,
> 
>     Nick
> 
> 
>     On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
>         > > Asian propagation improved pretty dramatically over yesterday's, with several second tier TP's managing healthy audio just before daybreak at 1400. There was even an exceptional S7 signal from 738-BEL2 through the 1400 TOH (its best signal here for 5 years), along with an UnID Mainland Chinese 738 co-channel giving it some competition around 1348.
> > 
> > 
> >         A band check at 1030 revealed strong Japanese big gun propagation, including S8 signals from 594 and 693. Live DXing resumed at 1320, and as expected the NHK big guns on 594, 693 and 747 were pounding in, along with 972-HLCA. Usually when the Japanese are booming it's worth checking 738-BEL2, which generally follows the same propagation trends here. Sure enough the Taiwan station was at a pretty strong level at 1340, but not quite as strong as its Mainland Chinese co-channel. 603-HLSA's female announcer also was at an S5 level with Korean speech and music, while 657-Pyongyang had fair martial music in and out. The main attraction this morning was 738-BEL2 going on a huge run across the 1400 TOH, putting away its Mainland Chinese co-channel and building up to an S7 level. Other Mainland Chinese stations didn't do very well here, though, with only traces of 603 and 639. Of course the Japanese big guns and 972 were pounding in during the entire session, and were the last to bail
> >           around 1420. The exceptional signal from 738-BEL2 around 1401 made the morning pretty special here.
> > 
> > 
> >         738  BEL2 (Taiwan Fisheries)   Penghu, Taiwan  The usual Chinese female announcer (plus another) at a very strong level at 1401-- its best signal here in 5 years  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/axdh6350qhsr8rd78et4k9mzjhfirlyr https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/axdh6350qhsr8rd78et4k9mzjhfirlyr
> > 
> > 
> >         73 and Good DX,
> > 
> >         Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> > 
> >         7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
> > 
> >         15" FSL antenna (in the 0 degree C back yard)
> > 
> > 
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