[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Wild & Wacky TP's for 10-25

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

     A tiny 5 inch antenna isn't really supposed to track down multiple second tier TP's at good levels in a mediocre inland valley-- but when propagation gets this enhanced, all odds are off!

     The exceptional Asian conditions reported by Colin, Nick and Walt were repeated down here, with the "Frequent Flyer" FSL flying high with the reception of audio on 783 (Chinese), 837 (Japanese and Chinese), 936 (Chinese) and multiple other frequencies at the noise-free local park. 963-CRI hit an awesome S9 level just prior to the 1400 TOH, and 864-HLKR did the same around 1420. 1143-BEL3 was potent with S7 Chinese around 1425, while 531-JOQG, managed its best signal ever here in Puyallup. As if that weren't enough, the S9+ performers on 603, 639, 657 and 738 repeated their thunderous romps again this morning, while a separate 5" FSL was set up in the back yard to record 657-Pyongyang from 1030-1500. There was so much S9 programming from the "Dear Leader" that the neighbor's electrical noise was totally swamped, as if it didn't exist (or maybe it couldn't tolerate the programming, and decided to throw in the towel?).

     The wacky session started off in the predawn darkness at 1030. After a lackluster TA report from Victoria expectations were not high, but there were 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang, already hitting S9 peaks in the noisy back yard. After setting up Craig Barnes' 5" FSL to record 657 I headed for the local park at 1320, to be greeted with an astonishing variety of unusual Chinese, Korean and Japanese signals on second-tier frequencies. Most of these stayed at modest levels until after 1400, but 963-CRI's traditional Chinese music right before 1400 was a legendary S9+. Shortly thereafter the Chinese signals on 756, 783, 837, 936, 1017, 1035 and 1044 started managing decent audio, and 864-HLKA went on an S9 romp around 1420. Late on in the session 1143-BEL3 reached its best audio level ever here (S7, in some splatter), and 531-JOQG did the same (it is on a frequency usually covered by a semi-local 530-TIS station here). The awesome performers from yesterday were back in force-- 639-CNR1 repeated its S9+ signal with Chinese news at 1430, while 603-HLSA did the same at various times over its Chinese co-channel. 738-BEL2's Chinese totally shut down the Frisco splatter for most of the session, while the 657-Pyongyang signal (mentioned by all the Victoria DXers) had a four hour run from 1030-1430 at overwhelming strength. If I was as dedicated as Nick, Colin, Walt or Nigel this report would be a lot more detailed, but for a live DXer "living the dream" with a 5 inch FSL tracking down an astonishing variety of TP-DX in a mediocre valley, it was definitely a session for the ages!

531  JOQG   Morioka, Japan   Best signal ever here with male speech //594 at 1425; usually this station is covered by a semi-local TIS transmitter  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/j595mcuuohym84ly64xmek4jg41pcxp2

639  CNR1   Chinese Synchros   Repeating its S9+ signal from yesterday with Chinese news at 1431  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/foijf4ehpltehuq2jzaw8icfjxne8r4r

657  Pyongyang BS   Pyongyang, N. Korea  Sweet-voiced lady with soothing speech at 1309... NOT!  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/utd5uw7z96agi6y4vf34w90v5z2iadq1

756  CNR1   Chinese Synchros   Male Chinese speech sounding like a hollow echo chamber at 1418  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pnlmh3mwpgb0l40tikenkq2bpz3zzrqf

783  China   Female Chinese speech not quite up to Hawaii strength at 1436, but strong enough for language recognition  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/07nm714p1qae6m60m0bg0kh8jpmlglau

837  NHK1-China   Female Japanese speech //594 mixed with dominant Chinese music at 1434  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/g2tru6awc0xupwcbd6mx3u9ca78a1w7f

864  HLKR  Gangneung, S. Korea   Male Korean speech reaching a surprising S9 level at 1427; best signal ever here  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kvjnje0517hpzshvn49oe1qyotgkrzof

936  China   (Anhui?)   Female vocal music at good level at 1440  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/it5zudvqpk2l170yc149acek6fmemvy1

Male Chinese speech at fair level at 1443  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/o1s0yve6468e1nronn0c8urrbina8q8j

963  CRI   Huaduan, China   Traditional Chinese music at S9+ level just prior to the 1400 TOH-- best signal ever here, and one of the most memorable signals of the entire session  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/sg0dca0q2okqblj7azzfcvxsbxlxx6oo

1143  BEL3   Penghu, Taiwan   Female Chinese speech //738 at S7 level in some splatter-- best signal ever here  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pie808oqo251u3ezxylcagg5gatcvn03

73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

5" Frequent Flyer FSL (apparently thinking it was on an ocean beach)

 
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