[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 1-24

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

It was a pretty strange TP-DXing morning here, with the band showing that it still has some surprises for those die-hards who stick around until all the Asian signals collapse. At 1410 the band showed promise, with decent signals from the big guns on 594, 828, 972 and 1566, as well as some fair audio from secondary stations on 558 (Korean), 603 (Chinese), 936 (Chinese) and 1035 (Chinese). The band seemed to slide downward around 1500, though, with only several big guns having decent audio. During sunrise enhancement around 1530 the Chinese station on 603 (presumed Hulun Buir) rose back up with its best audio of the new year, while practically all of the other TP's were stuck in mediocrity. 603 finally started to dive into the noise at 1540, and it seemed like the session would end with mediocre signals from only the big guns on 972, 1566 and 1575. Suddenly around 1550 the Korean big gun 1566-HLAZ rose up with a monster signal that pegged the C.Crane SWP bar meter, reaching i!
 ts strongest audio ever observed here in 6 years of DXing. 1575-VOA in Thailand also received a decent boost at this time, keeping a steady signal until the VOA English ID at 1600 UTC. Because this pedestrian DXing location of Puyallup usually gets a very watered-down version of sunrise enhancement, the MP3 of this 1600 VOA identification was the latest recording ever made here during all the years of TP-DXing. Receiver was a C.Crane SWP 7.5" Slider loopstick Ultralight and early-model 8" FSL antenna.
 
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Monster signal during Chinese
              Christian program at 1555, best signal ever here
              http://www.mediafire.com/?uyji5n0bn9xdp75  
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Good signal late in
             sunrise enhancement; TOH English ID at 1600
             http://www.mediafire.com/?cpl5tft48rcpgwo

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
C.Crane SWP 7.5" Slider loopstick Ultralight +
8" FSL antenna (DXing indoors)



            

 
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