[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-12

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     This morning's Asian propagation here was a mixed  bag, with TP signal 
levels generally nothing to shout about (in agreement with  Richard, Bill 
and Walt). Despite this, 594-JOAK again had a freakishly  strong signal (as 
it has managed twice before, during generally poor  propagation here), and 
936-Anhui had a momentary fade-in which was near its  seasonal best strength.
     The Japanese NHK2 "big guns" on 747, 774 and 828  were pretty vibrant 
with their Friday night music program from 1400-1500,  and 648-VOR managed a 
few seconds of strong audio (during an  overall losing battle with 650-CISL 
splatter) in its Korean program  around 1503. The other Asian "powerhouses" 
were anemic this morning,  with 639, 657, 738, 972 and 1134 struggling to 
stay in audio. Like yesterday,  the upper band was almost comatose, with 
1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA essentially  missing in action.
 
     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 frozen 
back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an  SSB spotting 
receiver:
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea (presumed)  Fair music at 1438,  but
          no 603-HLSA //  available for identity check
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Fair Japanese talk pgm //  594 at 1445
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Another monster signal with  Japanese
          YL talk at  1507; strong all morning ("poor propagation?")
          _http://www.mediafire.com/?q7prtpgtgtteaq5_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?q7prtpgtgtteaq5)  
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Poor-fair Chinese speech at  1510
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Fairly strong during  Korean 
          program at 1504, but  usually losing the battle with CISL
          _http://www.mediafire.com/?6c0hoeupft7bzc7_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?6c0hoeupft7bzc7) 
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Anemic KK tirades in noise  1426
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Barely audible with talk at  1448, // 594
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Much weaker than usual, in  apparent
         mix with Korean from HLKG  at 1435
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Good with Japanese music pgm  1430
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair to good music in KTTH splatter  1434
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Good strength, alone w/ music  at 1448
936  Anhui, China  Good fade-in with instrumental music at 1451, 
         near seasonal best  _http://www.mediafire.com/?escz3ezcf9c27su_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?escz3ezcf9c27su) 
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Unusually weak this morning;  poor to
         fair with Korean  conversation at 1438
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Another "big gun" with poor 
        signals all morning; anemic  Korean male-female talk at 1358
 
     For those Ultralight radio DXers (or any others)  hoping for their 
first TP reception, the Japanese "big gun" NHK stations are  probably the best 
bet. The Japanese 3 + 1 time pips at the top of the hour are a  great way to 
check the identity of these stations, and some interval music  is usually 
played just before the TOH on the NHK1 network (594, 666,  1503, etc.) This 
recording of both was taken from the very strong  signal of 594-JOAK this 
morning at 1500: _http://www.mediafire.com/?hsbhzotv2s8t64k_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?hsbhzotv2s8t64k)    
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
 
 
 
 
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