Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Nick,

<<<   Thanks for inadvertently parallel DXing for us Gary, and I apologize 
for the late reply.  Emails get out of control when you're DXing 
nearly full time.

I was surprised at how relatively poor west coast Asiatic DX was the 
morning of our TP audio (I had another DX Fishbarrel running at home, 
so could watch conditions there from PEI).  Your observation that it 
was pretty close to  "sunset at the transmitter" for both of us at 
PEI sunrise time, was very apt.   >>>

Congratulations again on your long-range TP receptions during the Prince Edward Island DXpedition. The East Coast DXers probably appreciated having an Asiatic DX expert in the group-- knowing exactly what to listen for.

About 3 years ago Brent became the only East Coast DXer (that I'm aware of) to receive Asiatic TP's on an Ultralight radio, managing to hear a couple of Japanese NHK stations on his simple Sony SRF-59 and Radio Shack loop. So it seems that PEI has always had somewhat of an inside edge for TP reception :-)

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)    


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31



Thanks for inadvertently parallel DXing for us Gary, and I apologize 
for the late reply.  Emails get out of control when you're DXing 
nearly full time.

I was surprised at how relatively poor west coast Asiatic DX was the 
morning of our TP audio (I had another DX Fishbarrel running at home, 
so could watch conditions there from PEI).  Your observation that it 
was pretty close to  "sunset at the transmitter" for both of us at 
PEI sunrise time, was very apt.

The final morning at PEI (2 November), showed Asiatic carriers again 
at sunrise, but they didn't deliver any audio.  Guess that would have 
to wait for a few days until the effects of the minor geomagnetic 
upset settle out.

best wishes,

Nick




At 15:44 31-10-12, Gary wrote:




>Hello All,
>
>      By coincidence I was checking the band at the same time that 
> Nick was receiving his TP's during the PEI DXpedition (0944-1006), 
> and found that conditions were very good during the Asian sunset 
> period. The usual Japanese big guns (594, 747 and 774) had good 
> audio in and out, along with the stronger Koreans (657-Pyongyang, 
> 972-HLCA , the 1053-Jammer and 1566-HLAZ). Because of the Asian 
> sunset propagation 558-JOCR made its first weak appearance here 
> this season around 0950, without a trace of 558-HLQH (which usually 
> dominates the frequency here around sunrise).
>      By contrast the sunrise period here this morning was somewhat 
> of a fizzle, with only a few of the big gun TP's managing fair to 
> good audio audio (1566-HLAZ around 1350, 972-HLCA around 1445, and 
> 594-JOAK around 1450). The sunrise session didn't produce any 
> decent audio from China, or from any second-tier Japanese or 
> Koreans. It was a pretty mediocre session in comparison to the 
> vibrant Asian signals from 0900-1015, and another indication that 
> the band is sliding into its typical November pattern (with the 
> Asian sunset TP propagation becoming more favorable than the west 
> coast sunrise TP propagation). For those who ever wondered how the 
> Ultralight radio group got started, it was because of unusually 
> good Asian sunset propagation in November of 2007-- which allowed 
> reception of 3 TP's ( 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 972-HLCA) on a 
> barefoot Sony SRF-59 analog pocket radio.
>
>73 and Good DX,
>Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
>8" Medium Wave FSL antenna
>
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