[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-16

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     The TP propagation doldrums continued for a second  day here, and it 
was a scramble to find decent Asiatic audio. An indication  of the poor 
conditions was the failure of 1566-HLAZ to produce audio here, for  the first 
time in all of September. The morning wasn't a total waste,  though-- there 
were a couple of bizarre TP fade-ins  that were completely out of character 
with the poor propagation,   providing a reminder once again that strange 
things can happen at any time  in this hobby.
     594-JOAK was the first to produce audio at 1325,  but it was poor at 
best. 828-JOBB was the same way at 1327, refusing to stick  around. Then 
suddenly 648-VOR (of all stations) faded in at a fair level with  Russian music 
at 1329 during the Chinese program, stuck around for a minute,  then dropped 
out completely. Shortly after that the 1053-Korean Jammer  did the same 
thing at 1335, producing a fairly strong buzzing signal, as if to  make a 
point. Various other TP's on 657, 738, 747, 972 and 1134 produced  threshold 
audio, but nothing like these two overachievers.  All things  considered, 
despite the lackluster propagation, it was a strangely  interesting morning.
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop  (in the rainy 
back yard):
 
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Poor audio at 1325, but practically  ghostlike
648  VOR    Razdolnoye, Russia  Very strange  fade-in with music during
                 Chinese external program at 1329; unusual strength for the 
poor
                propagation  _http://www.mediafire.com/?4qrf4egkqx61qaw_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?4qrf4egkqx61qaw) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan Threshold audio in and out throughout  morning
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Another NHK "big gun" reduced to  weak audio
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Threshold audio around 1338
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Very weak Korean speech at  1341
1053  Korean Jammer  Once again producing fair buzzing during  fairly
                  poor propagation 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?45scruhjsms73h0_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?45scruhjsms73h0) 
1134 TP-Mix  Very weak mix above the noise level at 1343,  apparently 
JOQR-KBS
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
657  Pyongyang, N. Korea  Threshold audio from rough carrier at  1338
 
 
 
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