[IRCA] Worst Since Early August

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow,

It was a classic bad part of an auroral event.  Usually our dawn East 
Asian signals just skim past the auroral oval, with the more westerly 
(inland China)ones coming closest to the oval and the more easterly 
ones from Japan further from hitting the oval.  I'll bet that the 
auroral oval is substantially larger today.... China was G*O*N*E, 
Korea was Almost GONE and Japan was barely there.  Like Walt, I only 
had 9 in audio only 747, 774, 828 and 873 being strong enough to be 
sure that the were NHK... and some of those by paralleling. Walt's 
more detailed report shows that he heard more hets, by far, than I 
did.... don't really understand that.... in theory, I have the better 
location and the bigger antennas (until Walt goes to his place in the 
Queen Charlotte Islands.... then....

ANYWAY, the conditions did let me concentrate on trying out my new 
Misek/Lankford/Ratzlaff phaser and it sure is nice.  It does really 
help open up some of the "Zones of Death" near the awful Vancouver 
powerhouses  (phasing 600 really helps with 594, hitting 650 actually 
helps eliminate QRM on 675 Viet Nam, etc.) The most fun so far was 
phasing down KCBS on 740... a coastal effect powerhouse here.... and 
hearing CBX, Edmonton very well.  I paralleled CBX up with their 
internet somewhat delayed "live" internet feed.  Oh, what high tech 
fun!!! Its easier to phase out things in the lower band than the 
upper, but I can do both and, as I remember, its almost alw3ays 
easier to phase at the bottom of the dial than at the top...  VERY 
nice unit.  Wil report a bit more on the phaser later today.

JOhn B. 

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