[IRCA] Ocean Shores, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-9

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All, 
 
The second (and last) DXing session on the beach at Ocean Shores was quite a bit more interesting than yesterday's, with fairly good propagation on both the middle and high band. The low band continued to underperform, but there were multiple TP's on 1044 at 1311, a huge signal from 1206-Yanbian at 1303, and even aÂpesky co-channel with 1566-HLAZÂ(apparently Chinese) right before the Japanese program ended at 1342. 
 
It was another clear and cold morning at the beach, with my portable TP-DXing station (Ultralight radio + 15" FSL antenna) set up about 50 feet from the salt water.ÂWithout much confidence in the flat beach's potential of providing seriousÂDU actionÂfrom 0800-1000 my start time was around 1140, by which time 1566-HLAZ's Chinese service was already building up to its usualÂthunderous level. No other TP was nearly as strong in the total darkness, but some interesting signals starting showing up from the CRI stations on 1017, 1044, 1206 and 1323 just after 1200.ÂAll of these except 1044 had good audio in and out,Âwith the 10 kW 1044-KBS stationÂseeming to dominate over CRI.ÂThe usual big guns on 1053, 1134 (JOQR), 1287, 1575 and 1593 (CNR1) were all in and out with good audio, but around 1311 an apparent Chinese station started to fight it out on 1566 with the Korean big gun HLAZ. During fades in the Japanese Christian program the UnID Chinese even managed equal strength-- although no real identity clues were gained. After HLAZ switched to itsÂChinese programÂ(with a different antenna) around 1344Âthe mystery station tapered off down into the noise,Âalong with most of the other Asians. By 1400 only the big guns 774-JOUB, 972-HLCA and 1566-HLAZ were still around on the wet sand, and after spending two and a half hours on the cold beachÂit certainly seemed like they would last a lot longer than I would.ÂMy portable DXing station was dismantled at 1410, well before 1566-HLAZ's Chinese service dropped into the noise. Overall the two day visit was interesting, with somewhat better Asian results than expected. The low band never really got untracked, however, with even 594-JOAK sounding anemic. 
 
1017Â CRIÂÂ Changchun, ChinaÂÂ Korean service with Chinese lessons at a good level at 1254 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/rvp2obqjdz9t77t/1017-CRI-1254z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1044Â CRI- KBS MixÂÂÂ The Korean female voice having the apparent edge over its co-channel at 1311 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/44uwi13fi8acavo/1044-KBS-CRI-mix-1311z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1053Â Korean JammerÂÂÂ Pretty good jam session at 1232 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/25c6y94upcdkgpn/1053-Jammer-1232z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1206Â CRIÂÂYanbian, ChinaÂÂ Female Korean speech and music at an awesome level at 1303 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hpcgjm486du0uod/1206-CRI-1303z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1287Â JOHRÂÂ Sapporo, JapanÂÂ Japanese male and female speech at good level at 1208 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ieftk857k9he7j7/1287-JOHR-1208z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1566Â HLAZÂÂ Jeju, S. KoreaÂÂ The usual nuclear-powered signal during Chinese service at 1214 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9x1p97dvdhchg67/1566-HLAZ-1214z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1566Â UnIDÂÂ Apparent Chinese female speech mixing with HLAZ's Japanese male speech at 1314 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8bdpotl5ib1b3px/1566-HLAZ-UnID-mix-1314z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
Same station-- this time with apparent Chinese male speech mixing with HLAZ's Japanese female speech 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/a6f4hkdmmmxka0p/1566-HLAZ-UnID-mix-1342z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
1575Â VOAÂÂ Ban Rassom, ThailandÂÂ Male Asiatic language speech at a very good level at 1307 
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hic9wl9scwomyi2/1575-VOA-1307z040915CCSW.MP3 Â 
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at Ocean Shores, WA) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight 
http://www.mediafire.com/view/c3s3dx4t0z0z8ph/CCraneSkywaveDisassembly-08%20(Large).jpg 
+15" DXpedition FSL antenna 
http://www.mediafire.com/view/7bkbc9rzg2koq2k/15inchDXFSL-014.jpg  
 
 
 
 
 
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