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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Wild and Wacky TP's for 10-24
Let's just say I was hearing bits of CNR1-639, as it was fading down,
on a barefoot CC Skywave.
972 was likely the "best", somewhat readable, but 594 and 774 not far
behind. Even the Korean on 657 was making an impression.
This was all around 1415UT, and I was doing it all wrong, hearing a
big signal on the SDR and rushing off away from all the noisemakers
in the shack to see what was on the Skywave, which was of course, by
then, fading down.
best wishes,
Nick
At 10:19 2018-10-25, Gary DeBock wrote:
Wow, where to start? Even though I was only doing live DXing
with a tiny 5" FSL antenna the conditions were so astonishing that
there's no real way to write a report that would do justice to the
exceptional Asian propagation. Thanks to Colin and Nick for their
earlier detailed reports-- but I'm beginning to understand Nick's
predicament as he attempts to write an accurate TP-DXing report in
the face of an onslaught of unusual TP-DX on certain days.
Anyway, a tiny 5" antenna (designed to provide some DXing fun
during air travel) ended up tracking down 10 Asian TP's at S9+
levels at this mediocre inland location-- including two stations
(639-CNR1 and 738-BEL2) which had never been received at such
strong levels previously (on any antenna). The ionospheric
floodgates kicked into high gear just after 1400, as a Chinese
propagation wave pounded into the low and middle band with serious
force, turning several of the frequencies into China Vs. Korea
snarls. The Japanese big guns did manage potent signals at times,
but didn't seem to share in the exceptional Asian mainland propagation.
Predawn Asian propagation was very good, no doubt related to
the unusually good TA-DX results reported by the Victoria DXers a
few hours earlier. At 1030 both 603 and 657 were already hitting S7
peaks, enough to barely break through the neighbor's RFI noise. A
decision was made to deploy to the local park for noise-free DXing
at 1330-- but this time only taking along the 5" Frequent Flyer FSL
antenna for an "acid test." The variable cap in this tiny model had
recently been upgraded-- and it was time for it to demonstrate its
TP-DXing effectiveness at this tough location before an overseas
trip next week.
At the local Sam Peach park (5 blocks away) the Asian signals
seemed fairly routine right up until 1400, except that 738-BEL2 was
already shutting down the Frisco splatter as early as 1345. 603 and
657 had their usual mixes of Korean and Chinese signals around
1405, but the CRI stations on 963, 1017 and 1044 were quite a bit
stronger than usual. The first really exceptional signal to show up
was 639-CNR1, which came out of nowhere to blast in at S9+ over the
KFI splatter around 1414. 603-HLSA then really started kicking its
Chinese co-channel down into the noise around 1418 with another S9+
signal, followed by an awesome S9+ signal from 738-BEL2 around
1423. During this time other Chinese signals started showing up all
over the low and middle band, with 756-CNR1, 936-Anhui, 963-CRI,
1017-CRI, 1035-CNR1 and 1044-CRI all managing fair to good audio on
the ridiculously small antenna. It was a wild scramble to record
decent audio from these up and down Chinese signals, which
seem to have a talent for timing their dives just when the record
button was pushed. Despite this quite a few good recordings were
made because of the exceptional propagation-- which resulted in the
wackiest and wildest session here in many years.
603 HLSA Hwaseong, S. Korea Korean pop music at S9 level at
1418 with the soft-voiced female host. Chinese co-channel gets in a
weak signal during quiet
time https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/iu1w0v8vt9ml7xl0rk6qwer6tmzz7idc
639 CNR1 Chinese Synchros Male Chinese speech blasting in at
S9+ at 1414; best signal ever here (on any
antenna) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dmfrbme9gg4scr14e9k6jvitbvu49boi
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Female Chinese speech pounding in at
S9+ at 1423; best signal ever here (on any
antenna) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xiztany04c4qnquo452pq5ch2oskrl6q
738 BEL2 + HLKG Female Chinese and female Korean speech in a
classic S9+ snarl at 1410-- a pretty representative signal for a
totally wacky session
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8gmcx8wg3g8dv9rdw31sbt22zbtkoaso
756 CNR1 Chinese Synchros Hollow-sounding male Chinese speech
and interval music with echo effect at
1418 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pnlmh3mwpgb0l40tikenkq2bpz3zzrqf
963 CRI Huaduan, China CRI Russian service with female
announcer at good level around
1426 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ip8ijs72d17vkbp2f7e41za2h6sluui6
1017 CRI Changchun, China CRI Korean service at good level at
1412 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bxdsl1h1zf9aji15psj2cr0tckwvns8g
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL (the India, Bangladesh, Mongolia and
Cambodia model)
DXing at Sam Peach Park in the Puyallup Valley
.
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