[IRCA] Puyallup, WA (very) Early TP's for 12-29

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
Thanks to Nick for his sunrise TP report this morning.
 
Alerted by some decent East Coast receptions of TA's last night, a check of 
 the TP conditions was made at 0945 early this morning (0145 local time), 
and to  my surprise, the Japanese and Korean "big guns" had the best TP  
signals heard here for the last three weeks. 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and  972-HLCA 
all were pretty vibrant, including this recording made of  972-HLCA using the 
newly created 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 (assisted by  a 3' bedside PVC 
loop):    _http://www.mediafire.com/?v1kmv4whwzb_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?v1kmv4whwzb)  .  
 
Some testing was done by shifting the newly modified PL-380's tuned  
frequency up to 973 kHz during the reception of 972-HLCA, to remove the 2 kHz  
heterodyne, and get further away from the 970 domestic splatter. This was very  
effective, as shown in this short recording where the frequency was shifted 
 to 973 kHz at the three second point:     
_http://www.mediafire.com/?yqvv5memtz5_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?yqvv5memtz5)  
 
The same trick has been tried with the Tecsun PL-310 model, but  
unfortunately the "soft mute" issue greatly reduces the DX station's signal  strength 
when the frequency is shifted 1 kHz away, making the procedure  
counterproductive. For this reason, the new PL-380 really is a significant  improvement 
over the PL-310 for ULR transoceanic DXers.
 
73, Gary DeBock
 
Spotting receiver:  Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver:  Modified Tecsun PL-380 (7.5" fixed-coil  loopstick)
3" collapsible-frame PVC loop (bedside)
 
     
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