[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-24... Uninspiring

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
I'm happy that Walt and John found sound interesting TP's this morning, but 
 my own impressions were closer to Nigel's. In comparison to the great 
conditions  we have experienced recently in October, this morning seemed like a 
fizzler. 
 
Frequencies of interest (549, 612, 684, 729 and 801) seemed pretty  
hopeless, and the TP's that usually boom in here (594, 603, 657, 738 and  747) were 
down in strength-- at least during the 1400-1435 period I was  listening 
(before the late peak that Walt noted).
 
After the report from Bruce about VOR possibly being absent from 648 kHz, I 
 spent about 10 minutes on the frequency this morning trying to dig out the 
 threshold audio, which was certainly was there, but not clear enough for  
language recognition. Checking the 639-CNR1 and 657-Pyongyang audio next to 
648,  both stations were weaker than they would be on a good morning-- so 
it's not  surprising that 648 wasn't going to boom in. My guess is that there 
was  something like Chinese conversation on the frequency. Like everybody 
else, I had  noticed that 648 wasn't performing like last season, but until 
Bruce's report I  had assumed that it was simply a weaker VOR, and passed the 
frequency by.
 
Around 1435 the band seemed hopeless, so I didn't stick around for the late 
 peak that Walt noticed. Even so, without the salt water and DU propagation 
that  Walt has, the late peak may never have made it here. Considering the  
great propagation on previous October days (and the surprise logging of 
HLQH-558  yesterday), though, I'll be thankful for what I have :-)
 
73, Gary DeBock
 
Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5" Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5  
filter)
9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in the back yard)
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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