Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-20

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Thanks Bruce,

Now I feel a little better about my assessment that this morning's TP-DX was about the same strength as yesterday's :-)

Sorry about the break in your beverage wire, but you guys probably recorded enough Chinese DX during yesterday's superb conditions to keep you busy for a while. We will be looking forward to your report.

Gary 
   


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Oct 20, 2013 5:26 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-20


Well, after I sent this message we figured out why conditions weren't 
all that great.  There was a break in the wire, which was probably 
caused by a deer or some other animal.  As a result, we had a 200 foot 
BOG, as opposed to yesterday's 1200 footer.  Oh well, at least we had 
one good morning's DX.

Bruce

On 10/20/2013 09:58, Bruce Portzer wrote:
> Sorry to say today wasn't nearly as good today as yesterday in 
> Grayland.  Conditions seemed promising at about 1200 but never 
> improved after that.
>
> Pyongyang 657 was much better today, but practically everything else 
> was weaker.  The stations were there on almost every channel with 
> somewhat OK signals, but most of them didn't have enough strength to 
> overpower the domestic splatter.  Like yesterday, most of them stayed 
> around until after 1600 UTC.  A few of the usual powerhouses like 774 
> and 1566 had downright impressive signals at times, but made up for it 
> at other times.
>
> Overall, today was below average by Grayland standards
>
> Bruce
>
>
> On 10/20/2013 09:19, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>   It was another interesting morning for signals from the Asian 
>> mainland, with overall results very similar to yesterday's. The big 
>> gun TP's were very vibrant again, with 594, 693, 747, 774, 828, 972, 
>> 1053, 1566 and 1575 all strong at times (774-JOUB and 972-HLCA 
>> especially so).  A generous sunrise enhancement lasted until about 
>> 1500 here, during which plenty of weak Chinese domestic and CRI 
>> stations came out of the woodwork (although none of them were 
>> especially energetic).
>>
>>   Early on (at 1320) 1323-CRI managed its best audio ever here, and 
>> 648-VOR and 657-Pyongyang were both acting like big guns throughout 
>> the session, hitting their peaks around 1350. VOR was breaking 
>> through CISL splatter with its Chinese service while Pyongyang 
>> pounded in with orchestral music during the extended sunrise 
>> enhancement, although nearby 639-CNR1 had the typical anemic Chinese 
>> signal this morning. 639, 918, 927, 936, 963, 981, 1017, 1035, 1044, 
>> 1323 and 1593 all had poor to fair Chinese audio at times during the 
>> extended sunrise enhancement, although none of them sounded very 
>> vibrant. 558-HLQH, 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 were also around at fair 
>> levels in and out all morning, but never very strong. Best signal of 
>> the morning was again from 972-HLCA, pounding in as usual with Korean 
>> YL conversation around 1410. Overall it was another interesting 
>> session for the Asian mainland, although probably far more 
>> interesting at Grayland.

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