[IRCA] PL-606 & PL-398mp TPs (1575 & 1566 mostly) - 2012-09-15 (Sat AM) - near El Cajon, CA

[Stephen Airy <pianoplayer88key@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, TP DXers,

Yesterday morning (2012-09-15) I went out into my back yard a little before sunrise to attempt some TP DXing with my PL-606 and PL-398mp.
I was mostly using the PL-606 (ultralight), but the PL-398mp was necessary to "lead" the way due to the PL-606 having a broken display and no frequency readout.  (More info available in the description of a video linked farther down, which shows my reception of 1575 and 1566.)

Other than 1575 and 1566, I was unable to pick out any other signals.  JOUB-774 couldn't get past 760 KFMB, JOIB-747 couldn't be heard over the din of KFMB and 740 KBRT & KCBS and their IBOC, JOBB-828 was blocked by 830 KLAA, JOAB-693 was splashed by local XEWW-690, and JOAK-594 (which was heard once a couple years ago with the PL-380 and SAT) couldn't get past local 600-KOGO and its IBOC (which was active when I heard them in 2010).

I was able to hear stations on 1575 and 1566, though.  Video link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPODlMA1_Q4
Although the entire DX session isn't featured in the video (it was recorded though), there is quite a bit of extra stuff (including tuning the radios & adjusting antennas), so timestamps are included in the description so you can jump right to where I had the DX.  For 1575, reception on the PL-606 aided by the SAT starts at around 2:30 (PL-398mp which had "led" the frequency-readout-absent PL-606 to its target is still heard for another 12 seconds before I mute it), and barefoot starts at around 4:46.  For 1566, PL-606 + SAT starts at around 9:30, but improves around 10:35.  Barefoot reception was briefly attempted, but unsuccessful, unlike with 1575.

I'm suspecting 1575 is VOA from Thailand (~ 13,429.2 km / 8344.5 mi, heading ~ 217° from me) and 1566 could be HLAZ near Jeju, South Korea (10,122.2 km / 6,289.7 mi, heading ~ 229° from me).  I believe I've had my reception of 1566-HLAZ confirmed previously ( http://www.mail-archive.com/irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg49158.html - link in message to audio may no longer be active) and I thought I've heard 1575 previously but it may not have been good enough to confirm.  Hopefully 1575's signal is good enough to confirm my suspicions on what I heard?

73,
Stephen Airy (near El Cajon, CA)
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