Re: [IRCA] Victoria, BC TP's for 10/7/2010

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Walt,
 
Thanks for the detailed band scan from Victoria this morning using your new 
 antennas, and it's great to see your TP-DXing report again! The Asian 
conditions  this morning were best described as low average here, so you should 
have some  better Victoria TP-DX available when propagation picks up.
 
In comparison to last year the new TP season does seem to be a little less  
exciting, with the exceptional days pretty rare so far. There have been  
some new TP loggings here, but mostly ones that I should have had already  
(549-Mayak, 612- JOLK, 729-JOCK, etc.). Once in a while a new station like  
657-Henan will fade in with a huge signal, but that's kind of  rare. Compared 
to last October the TA signals have been almost nil so far,  in this modest 
western Washington inland location.
 
73, Gary  
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2010 9:59:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
canswl@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Finally  had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC.
Yesterday  afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here  in
Victoria.  I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of  antennae:
A 26' x 33' or so 285 degree corner fed loop (nothing like my old  place 
that
had 50' trees, but still, it's not too bad).  This azimuth  cuts more or 
less
just off shore of the east coast of Asia/Indonesia.   On top of that, I also
erected a fairly small diameter (perhaps 30'  circumference) ALA 100 loop
aimed about 20/200 towards Europe (and NZ to a  lesser extent).  There's
still space to erect a larger corner fed loop  18 degrees which would be 
very
nice towards Europe (and AK to a lesser  extent), but this would take a bit
more work.  The dimensions could be  around 26' x 40' or so.  Alternatively,
I could also simply use this  larger loop to feed the ALA for better gain.
Overall, I'm fairly pleased  with my new set-up, 1/2 block to the ocean
(Straits of Juan de Fuca) which  faces north west.
I have nothing to compare with, but  for a first start, I wasn't too
unhappy.  I suspect conditions were  about average for this time of the
year.  Noted that the SF was 74,  A6, and K2.  Here are my brief notes.  
I'll
continue to use my  (originally derived by John Bryant) 10 point scale, with
a "6" = just  audible (like Nick's burbles in the splatter), 7= just able to
id language,  8= fairly OK reception, 9= excellent reception, and 10=
armchair local  quality copy.

279:  8.5
558:  HLQH presumed at  7
567:  JJ, // to 594 at 7
576:  7 level, possibly  RR
594:  JOAK at 9 level
603:  7 level
639:  7 level,  pretty sure it was NHK1
666:  6 level
670:  KDLG Dillingham at  9 level
675:  6 level
747:  JOUB at 8.5 level
756:  6  level
774:  9 level JOIB, with cochannel Australian (latter heard on  the ALA)
828:  8.5 level JJ
846, 864, 918, 954:  all 6  level
963:  CRI RR at 7 level
972:  HLCA KK at 7  level
1008, 1017, 1026:  all 6 level
1098:  strong  OC
1116:  4BC at 7 level at 14:07
1143:  7  level
1278:  6 level
1287:  8 level JJ
1314, 1377, 1386,  1548, 1566:  all 6 level only
X-band:  pretty dead save for weak  carriers on 1701.

That's it from Victoria, BC.  Good DX to  all!   ...........Walt
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