[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-17

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's nice that Craig had multiple hets from second tier TP's in Colorado this morning, but not very many of those second tier Asian hets developed into decent audio here this morning. Conditions declined somewhat from yesterday, with only the usual Japanese big guns, 972-HLCA  and (surprise) 1593-CNR1 sounding very energetic. With the exception of 1593 there wasn't much of a daybreak boost, either, with the best big gun TP audio showing up in the predawn darkness.


A predawn band check at 1030 revealed decent audio from 594, 693 and 972, and moderate carriers on 603, 657 and 738. A digital recorder set up on 657 recorded some weak Korean shouting at 1218, but that was Pyongyang's only audio appearance. When live DXing resumed at 1300 nothing much seemed to have changed, with 594, 693 and 972 still having good peaks, and 747, 774 and 828 fair at times. Extended listening on 603 revealed some weak music from a presumed HLSA at 1335, but only for a few seconds at a time. The high band was checked at 1350, and surprisingly 1593-CNR1 was going against the sliding propagation trend with S7 peaks-- much stronger than yesterday. The Chinese big gun steadily kept up this strength (on peaks) for the 5+1 pips, Beijing time and CNR ID at the 1400 TOH, followed by Chinese news. 1593's signal was the strongest from Asia around 1410 as the lackluster low band propagation started sapping the strength of the NHK big guns, and 972-HLCA. Just before the propagation collapse around 1420 a presumed 738-BEL2 made a ghostly appearance, but it bailed promptly. Although 1566-HLAZ did manage fair audio around 1405 its signal was nowhere near that of 1593-CNR1-- the surprise star of the session here.


1593  CNR1   Changzhou, China   Male Chinese speech (CNR news) and interval music with S7 peaks at 1402  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/7gdi6ihmw2argmh4k6i0t2oavbx6e28v


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

15" FSL antenna


 
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