[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     It was an excellent low-band morning here for  Asiatic TP's, with a 
few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having their  best signals of 
the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to a  tip from 
Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good  signals very close to 
CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak  was back holding down the 
frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend  this morning here, with all 
the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting  a significant signal boost.
     
     738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very serious  transmitter issues, 
with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP  (including the North Koreans). 
What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds  like an overmodulated 
North Korean with a built-in Korean  Jammer , as in this recording at 1338 this 
morning:  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894)  .  The thumping hum extends to 737 kHz when the 
signal is strong, as in this 1339  recording: 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb)  .  This station was 
having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago, but  appeared to have 
corrected them last October.
     729-China was only heard once  here previously (last October) and this 
morning it was all alone on the  frequency, with no sign of JOCK or the NK 
station. It was another indication  that the new season is full of 
surprises, and a good sign that October may  be equally exciting. Congratulations 
again to Stephen (in the  Ultralightdx group) for receiving his first TP's 
(774-JOUB and  657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near San Diego. 
 
     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 back 
yard):
 
558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese talk  around 1314
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese conversational  program at 1316
603  TP-Mix  Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID CC at fair  level, 
1319
639  CNR1  (China Synchros)  Good Chinese talk and music at  1335
648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  Strong signals with Russian music  during the 
          Mandarin Chinese  external program, 1331
657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Strong overmodulated  signals at 1323 with 
          typical YL  monolog  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf) 
666  R. Mayak (presumed)  Fast-paced Russian program again  dominant over
          a very weak JOBK,  1338
675  VOV Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news in and out  around 1348
684  China (presumed)  Threshold audio again on this frequency  around 1350
702  UnID  Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly NK),  but KIRO too 
strong
729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese YL speech in  CHMJ slop; only
          second time ever  heard here 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Strong humming signal from  transmitter with 
          severe issues (see  description and MP3's in the narrative above)
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair signals in KXL  splatter for most of morning
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair signals in KTTH splatter for  most of morning
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  NHK2 program fair-good at 1307,  best of Japanese
900  KBBI  Homer, Alaska Booming in around 1345 with talk program  (unusual)
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean music program  at 1340
1035  CNR1  (China)  Fair Chinese speech in and out all  morning
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Japanese program all alone at  1352, good 
strength
1053  Korean Jammer  Back at vibrant strength this morning;  no co-channels
1134  TP-Mix  Anemic-sounding combination of JOQR and KBS around  1355
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair-poor Japanese religious  program at 1310
1575  VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand  Poor threshold audio around  1306
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
              
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