[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-13

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Asian propagation this morning rebounded very  nicely from yesterday's 
mediocre results, providing TP signals that were pretty  vibrant-- 
especially in consideration of the elevated solar indexes. As  such, results here 
were much closer to Steve's positive version.  
     Both "big gun" and second-tier Asians  sounded very healthy around 
1400, and it was a scramble to check them all  during sunrise enhancement. Both 
828-JOBB and 972-HLCA had their best signals of  the season, as did 
738-HLKG. 585-JOPG was unusually strong, along with 675-VOV  and 756-CNR1. The 
Chinese lineup on 918, 927, 936 and 945 all were in audio at  some time this 
morning, along with the Asian regulars on  603, 648, 657 and 666. A mystery 
co-channel on 639 was briefly  dominant over CNR1 around 1455 (not // 594 or 
1134), but co-channels on 972  and 1377 seemed to get lost in the "big gun" 
audio. Overall conditions  were very favorable, but other than the 639 UnID no 
new or rare  Asian stations were heard. Sick-sounding transmitters were 
back with a  vengeance, though-- 738-BEL2's throbbing hum seemed to consume 
most of its  modulation at times, and 657-Pyongyang's high-frequency audio 
seems to  be missing. In relation to this, about the only surprising reception 
this  morning was apparently hearing the infamous Pyongyang tirade-yelling OM 
and YL  team on a vibrant 648-VOR at 1505 during the Korean program,  with 
their distinctive rapid-fire shouted Korean. Hopefully this was  just an 
aberration, and not an indication that this very noxious  programming is really 
part of a new 648-VOR schedule.
 
     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:
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  Fair-good music at 1423, //  603
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Good Japanese talk at 1412, //  594
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Excellent with Japanese  interview 1502
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Good Korean music at  1424
639  UnID-TP   Deep-voiced male speech followed by  music at the
         beginning of this 1455  recording, prior to CNR1's male-voiced
         speech (headphones  recommended)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?9o3n0w5hp8jk7yr_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?9o3n0w5hp8jk7yr)  
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair-good male-female Chinese  speech 
         and interval music around  1456  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?78b1tju161bs0wp_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?78b1tju161bs0wp)  
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Pyongyang's distinctive  Tirade Twins
         apparently now showing up  during VOR's Korean program 
         at 1505 (frequency was  double checked)   
_http://www.mediafire.com/?lrtcqcg3tvj1iof_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?lrtcqcg3tvj1iof)   
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Very strong at 1510, but  awful-
         sounding audio with high  audio frequencies missing  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?7qxjo6xks2bklnc_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?7qxjo6xks2bklnc) 
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Good Japanese talk program at 1430 
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good with male-female VV at  1448
729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese in CHMJ  splatter 1422
738  HLKG  Daegu, S. Korea  Very good Korean audio at 1508,  but 
         along with throbbing hum  from BEL2  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?pny4vg22uwnkwp3_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?pny4vg22uwnkwp3) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Good strength at 1509, but  throbbing 
         transmitter hum becoming  critical 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?dz0c81fs9c2u22s_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?dz0c81fs9c2u22s) 
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Strong English lessons at 1433,  // 828
756  CNR1  China Synchros  Good with male-female  Chinese 1404
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Good strength over KTTH splatter  1408
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Best signal of season  with English 
         lessons at 1418   _http://www.mediafire.com/?y8142b92c1k9xqb_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?y8142b92c1k9xqb) 
891  JOHK  Sendai, Japan  Fair Japanese talk // 594 at  1339
918  China (presumed Shandong)  Fair Chinese speech around  1411
927  China (presumed)  Threshold audio, apparently Chinese, at  1412
936  Anhui, China  Fair-good "foreign" music at 1427
945  China (presumed)  Fair Chinese speech in KJR splatter  1409
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Best audio of season with  Korean
         pop music at 1512 _http://www.mediafire.com/?jk9gq6q3k3uaqg9_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?jk9gq6q3k3uaqg9) 
1035  CNR1  Chinese Synchros  Fair-good male-female speech  1402
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Good Japanese external program  1405
1053  Korean Jammer  Fair-good over UnID Chinese 1440
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good Korean speech at  1515
1377  CNR1  China  All alone with good male-female  Chinese 1514
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good religious program at  1417
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair-good Asiatic  language 1419
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
 
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