Hello All,
Yesterday's comatose TP propagation gave way to some of the strangest
Asian conditions ever observed here. Whereas Nick had all-DU propagation
this morning, here it was strangely slanted toward the Japanese, with a
minor Korean presence. The Chinese were shut out completely, which led to
some
bizarre receptions on certain frequencies. It certainly seemed like
another
example of "chordal mode" propagation, explained by Mark Connelly and
Gary
Deacon on the Ulralightdx list two days ago.
The biggest surprise was tuning in to 738 kHz around 1355 and finding
a station in (apparent) Japanese all alone, without a trace of BEL2 or
HKLG-- the usual occupants of the frequency. This mystery station had the
frequency all to itself for about 3 minutes, prior to the 1400 TOH. On
594 kHz
a moderate-strength JOAK was joined by a co-channel at 1358, as the
fairly
rare 10 kw KBS1 station apparently made its first appearance of the new
season. The 1400 TOH recording of 594-JOAK produced a weaker set of time
pips
before the 3 + 1 NHK pips, along with Korean-sounding speech from the
same
female voice observed last November, both before and after the 1400 TOH.
1134 kHz had a vibrant JOQR all alone on the frequency, fighting the 1130
domestic splatter without any Asiatic competition. It usually is a poor
third
to KBS and CNR1 this time of year here, and was first heard alone like
this
during the weird "chordal mode" propagation two days ago, as explained by
Mark. Another strange signal was weak, lengthy instrumental music
dominant
on 639 kHz around 1350, without any sign of CNR1's usual male-female
Chinese, and not // 594 kHz. Although there were no ID clues or parallels
to
check, this may have been the 50 kw KBS3 station (possibly heard here
last
week, under CNR1), showing up with the same instrumental music format. By
1407
there was a mix on 738 kHz, as apparent Korean from HKLG joined the UnID
Japanese-- still with no sign of Taiwan's Chinese speech or pop music.
The
mystery stations on 738, 594 and 639 kHz this morning were not strong,
but
were easily audible with headphones (which are recommended for MP3
listening). Even though most of this morning's TP-DXing action was at
modest signal
levels, compared to yesterday's near-comatose band, it was a pretty
thrilling session.
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). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting
receiver.
585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Threshold Japanese speech at 1348
594 JOAK-KBS1 mix Pesky female-voiced co-channel under JOAK
from 1358-1400, in apparent Korean. Voice matched KBS1
announcer heard last year, and 1400 TOH produced a
separate set of time pips before the 3 +1 NHK pips
(headphones recommended)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?gli7pfng4c9j1d8_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?gli7pfng4c9j1d8)
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS2 music around 1350, no CC
639 UnID- TP Lengthy-set instrumental music all alone on frequency
at 1352; not // 594 and no sign of CNR1 Chinese-- maybe KBS3?
657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Unusually weak but still shouting, 1411
666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Good Japanese talk at 1408, // 594
738 UnID-TP Apparent Japanese all alone on frequency around 1355
with talk-oriented format-- no sign of normally dominant BEL2
(headphones recommended)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?v1sjuc2w1la2vj4_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?v1sjuc2w1la2vj4)
738 TP-Mix Apparent mix of the UnID Japanese and Korean (from
HKLG) at 1409-- still no sign of BEL2's Chinese speech or pop
music
(headphones recommended)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?ta7xovk8bud4bq0_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?ta7xovk8bud4bq0)
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Vibrant Japanese in KXL splatter 1345
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Another strong NHK2 signal in weird conditions
1053 UnID Presumed JOAR in and out with threshold audio around 1340
1134 JOQR Tokyo, Japan Unusually strong Japanese all alone on the
frequency at 1405 (usually is weaker than KBS and CNR1 here)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?5lsbw0xwzekperi_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?5lsbw0xwzekperi)
1386 NHK2 Synchros Japan Rare appearance in KRKO splatter with
fair signals at 1414
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
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