Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19

["Kevin S" <satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck:

855 and 1206 were off-freq today - I think they usually are.  Are those
associated with a particular station???

Thanks - Kevin S
Bainbridge Island, WA


>
> Gary:
>
> One great clue for telling if you have North Korea on 702 is the
> frequency. They are audibly off frequency, usually around 702.027 kHz. Or
> you can listen to the thrilling martial music, the ballads from 50 years
> ago, or today's speech on increasing potato production. Bruce and I have
> been known to get up and march around the DX table at Grayland when the
> music becomes too powerful.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>> From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
>> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:14:42 -0400
>> To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-19
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> It was another China morning here, with moderate signals showing up on
>> various new frequencies like 684 and 1044 kHz. There were no dramatic
>> fade-ins
>> (like yesterday's 657-China) and signals in general were not at
>> yesterday's
>> strong levels, but the morning was another indication of shifting
>> propagation bringing more Chinese areas into play. The Japanese and
>> Korean stations
>> seemed a little down in strength compared to previous days, though, and
>> "big gun" TP audio didn't sound very big this morning.
>>
>> Rare decent audio on 684 kHz was observed here for the first time this
>> season around 1330 (apparent Chinese), and CRI on 1044 kHz had its best
>> signal
>> of the season so far with its Japanese language program around 1335. The
>> CNR1 stations on 639 and 756 had their best audio so far, and 927 and
>> 936
>> kHz took turns producing fair audio. In comparison to these, audio from
>> the
>> other typically strong Asians on 603, 648, 657, 666, 675 and 738 was off
>> in
>> strength a little, and the NHK stations weren't especially vibrant.
>>
>> One interesting find around 1325 was a strong, ragged carrier on 702 kHz
>> (a
>> frequency with severe 710-Seattle splatter here), which sounded like a
>> typical (rickety) North Korean transmitter. No TP has ever been logged
>> on 702
>> (or 711) here because of the oppressive KIRO splatter, but the 702 kHz
>> signal disappeared right after the huge 9' loop was wrestled around in
>> an
>> optimistic attempt to null KIRO (easier said than done :-) It's great to
>> have
>> Walt's TP reports back from Masset-- a location in a completely
>> different
>> Asiatic propagation league than Puyallup!
>>
>> The following were received on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5"
>> loopstick)
>> inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop in the back
>> yard:
>>
>> 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good with Japanese conversation around 1312
>> 603 TP-Mix UnID Chinese station having the edge over HLSA Korean at 1308
>> 639 CNR1 (Many stations in China) Fair-good Chinese speech and music,
>> 1338
>> 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Chinese program at fair strength w/ fades,
>> 1321
>> 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea All alone this morning but usually at fair
>> strength
>> 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan In and out with Japanese speech at anemic strength
>> 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair Vietnamese signals in 680 splatter, 1318
>> 684 UnID Fair Chinese speech fading in suddenly around 1337; first Asian
>> audio
>> heard on this frequency since last season, but no ID clues
>> 702 UnID Strong ragged carrier presumed from NK, but too much KIRO
>> splatter
>> at 1325 to dig out the funky audio
>> 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese speech over a presumed HKLG in
>> this typical September mix
>> 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair-good signals no match for KXL splatter at
>> 1323
>> 756 CNR1 China Fair-good Chinese program at 1335, best sigs of season so
>> far
>> 774 JOUB Akita, Japan NHK2 program barely audible in severe KTTH slop,
>> 1311
>> 783 UnID Threshold audio (apparently Chinese) showing up on this
>> frequency
>> 891 TP-Mix An anonymous collection of weak TP stations drowning each
>> other out
>> 927 China (presumed) Weak to fair Chinese program fading in and out
>> repeatedly
>> 936 China (presumed) Slightly stronger than 927 with Chinese speech at
>> 1318
>> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Weaker than usual with Korean program at 1337
>> 1035 China (presumed) Fair-good Chinese speech and music for most of
>> morning
>> 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good signals (best of season) with Japanese
>> language
>> external program at 1335
>> 1053 Korean Jammer Not as vibrant as usual this morning, but no TP
>> co-channels
>> 1134 TP-Mix A typical snarl of JOQR and KBS at good strength around 1338
>> 1377 China (presumed) In and out with poor to fair audio for most of
>> morning
>> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good strength with Japanese religious program
>> at 1306
>> 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic language audio around 1302
>> 1593 China (presumed) Threshold audio with deep fades for most of
>> morning
>>
>> 73 and Good DX,
>> Gary DeBock
>>
>>
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