[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-14

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Asian TP signals dropped off  significantly here this morning 
(compared to yesterday), in agreement with  the lackluster results reported by 
Richard and Nigel. Here on the west  coast a few "big gun" TP's managed fair to 
good audio, however, as it was  "survival of the fittest" in a typically 
mediocre late-season session.
     "Big gun" signals on 594, 648, 657, 747, 774, 828,  972 and 1134 were 
up and down in strength from 1400-1515, but "sunrise  enhancement" didn't 
really enhance anything. The second-tier TP's tended to stay  down in the 
noise, and Asian propagation wrapped up early around 1515 this  morning. 
657-Pyongyang's infamous transmitter continues to muffle the  high audio 
frequencies, thankfully silencing most of the loud Korean  tirades and 1948-vintage 
music. Unfortunately the same noxious NK  programming has now shown up on 
648-VOR's Korean program (after 1500) for  two days in a row, providing DXers 
the dubious chance to hear the rude  shouting and obsolete music in rare high 
fidelity.
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC-frame tuned passive  loop (in the 
rainy back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as  an SSB 
spotting receiver:
 
558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  (presumed)  Fair music  at 1422, 
           but no 603 //  available for identity check
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Good Japanese interview  program 
           at 1455  _http://www.mediafire.com/?1dxo2xzllewvii5_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?1dxo2xzllewvii5)   
648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  The OM and YL "tirade  twins"
           from 657-NK  back after 1500 for the Korean program
657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Good strength, but rickety
           transmitter  cutting off the high audio frequencies during 
           the obsolete  music at 1451  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?4vrla39xyac2t09_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?4vrla39xyac2t09) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Poor-fair Chinese talk at  1445
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Good Basic English lessons  1430
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair English lessons in KTTH  splatter
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Good Basic English lessons at 
          1443  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8c4i9xd8wgzki4l_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8c4i9xd8wgzki4l) 
936  Anhui, China (presumed)  Threshold music at 1338
972  HLCA  Very good (in splatter) with interval music and 
          YL Korean speech at  1505   
_http://www.mediafire.com/?36z15jvag6ncdb6_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?36z15jvag6ncdb6) 
1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good Korean speech in
           splatter  around 1428
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good Japanese religious  program
          at 1340 (before  antenna change)
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
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