Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset
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Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset



Now that's hardcore DX! Cant wait to hear some of those nuggets..

Thank you.....

Derek Vincent

Vmedia360.......everywhere

On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:36 PM, WALTER SALMANIW <salmaniw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Interesting times up here in Haida Gwaii, Gary. A huge windstorm with well over 100 kph winds greeted us last night. Vlad and I drove out to Rose Spit on the north east tip of Haida Gwaii, 24 km from the nearest power lines and DX'd from 03:15 UTC to about 15:30 UTC. The truck continually shook as we monitored. Rather eerie! The purpose was to compare results with the cottage. Results suggested poorer TA conditions at the Spit, but this may be due to inferior antennae there vs at home. We put out 3 Beverages (BOGs) aimed to Europe, Asia, and New Zealand/Australia. No terminations, so they suffered from a lot of domestic splatter compared to the ALA 100, QDFA and Wellbrook Array that I have at the cottage. The BOGs were about 275 meters in length. Europe was the poorest of the 3 previous nights with a few stations appearing hear and there, briefly. We then switched over to the Pacific, hearing a huge signal, but low modulation on Radio Marshalls on 1098. Tonga was there a bit on 1017, while Tahiti on 738 was very anemic. Kiribati was pretty good on 846. What really shone was the large number of Australians present, which mostly were absent from the home QTH. We'll have plenty of Perseus files to share (the DC only arrangement worked perfectly with a 12v battery in series with a 6 v to power the computer, and a 6v to 5v converter to power the Perseus itself. Worked flawlessly. The Asians were very strong as well right up to 15:30 when I took in the 3 BOGs, barely able to make headway into the wind and rain (fairly warm though at 10 deg C). The take totalled 134 GB for the night....much to play with in the upcoming months. Best to everyone! .......Walt

----- Original Message -----
From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 20:40
Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24
To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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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