[IRCA] Day Three at Grayland: October 9th

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

Well, sure enough, the propagation changed, and it DID move more 
solidly to China and away from Japan. Frequencies like 837 and 1386 
that had offered Japanese stations for the past two mornings were 
solidly held by Chinese this morning.  Unfortunately, overall signals 
were down some, too, so the morning was not really as productive as 
I'd hoped.

I spent a lot of time on several channels that seemed to promise 
wonderful things, but eventually collapsed into mutters, gurgles and 
burps. For instance at 1345 and again at 1430 (just after max dawn) I 
had a CC station doing very well on 990. It was doing so well that I 
had it on all three radios (Winradio 313e, mod-E100 and T615).  I 
think that it was probably the Shanghai News Station that I'd love to 
log.... but it collapsed before any sort of ID happened. So, too, 
810. KGO seemed to be suppressed in the later part of the morning and 
the Wellbrook was slamming it into the noise. There were two stations 
fighting it out, neither were the KCBS flamethrower. One was Chinese 
and I think that it was probably Zhejiang News from coastal Hangzhou. 
I'm "almost certain" that the other was a Radio Rossii outlet // the 
long wave signals... I'd love to add either or both to the log.... 
but not this morning!

I'm rather pleased, though, with the few that I did manage to log. I 
added some nice ones to the Unlimited Class log, a few to the 
Barefoot log.... and I FINALLY nailed 549 NHK1, Naha, Okinawa.... a 
new station overall.

Unlimited Class Loggings (mod. E100 + Wellbrook Phased Array)
549 JOAP NHK1, Naha, Okinawa with typical discussion and interviews 
//594 at 1435

750 KFQD Anchorage, Alaska excellent with local ads and 
announcements, carrying college hockey, vs. South Carolina (!) Really 
hard to believe that this was wiping out nearby KXL, 50 kW in 
Portland, but it was at 0330, even on the T615

1188 HLKX FEBC Inchon, S. Korea at 1146 with EE Christian program


Barefoot Class Loggings (Sony SRF-T615)
693 JOAB NHK2, Tokyo //774 with EE lesspons very late at 1446

750 KFQD Anchorage, Alaska excellent with local ads and 
announcements, carrying college hockey, vs. South Carolina (!) Really 
hard to believe that this was wiping out nearby KXL, 50 kW in 
Portland, but it was at 0330, even on the T615.

890 CJDC Dawson Creek, BC with their typical country music show, 
topping probable KBBI, Homer, AK 0400

1206 Yanbian RGD  Yanji, Jilin Chinese KK Service at 1149 Excellent level

1377 CNR1 Synchros //945 at 1157 on through TOH

1700 XEPE, Tecate, BCN with typical syndicated EE talk programming... 
IDs as "San Diego's 1700."

I'm really happy with JOAP 594 Naha. I've wanted to get a really good 
log on them for years.  They are so much more difficult to hear than 
most JJs since Okinawa is so far to the south of the Japanese Home 
Islands. Its nice to get that burden behind me.... now for the QSL.

I also probably finally got the Tianjin station on 1386. A Chinese 
station was topping 1386 near band fade at 1500 that sure "sounded 
right." The co-channel NHK2 stations came up enough for me to hear 
their music box theme as they signed off, but I think that I got 
enough of the Chinese to compare to a recording that Chuck was nice 
to provide to me and maybe I can get some translation help, too. I've 
always wanted to hear a Tianjin station... that is the big port city 
on the Yellow Sea, 45 miles from Beijing.  I spent a month there as a 
Visiting Professor in the late 1970s.  That was right before I got 
back into radio.... and all that I had with me was an AM radio.  I 
listened to quite a few hours of late Maoist harangues and AWFUL 
classical Chinese opera. Now for a QSL :>)

 Well,  so much for the third morning....  I'll DX until band fade 
tomorrow and then quickly pack and head north for the ferry. I'll try 
to have the fourth report on Saturday.

After two very nice sunny days down here in the coast, today dawned 
with showers.  However, there is sun to the west!!!

John B.
   
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