[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-28

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Overall the Asian TP propagation this morning  continued to be fairly 
modest, although certain unusually  strong Korean stations didn't follow the 
pattern. 657-Pyongyang and the  1053-Korean Jammer were really booming in, 
and the 702 kHz rough-sounding  carrier that had showed up on previous days 
was finally strong enough  to produced some audio through the 700 and 710 
splatter (obsolete music, a  dead giveaway for North Korea). The other Asians 
were not especially vibrant,  and second-tier Chinese audio was nowhere to 
be found. Even 738-BEL2 was anemic  all morning, a clear sign that low-band 
propagation wasn't exactly superb.  On the other hand, the middle high-band 
Koreans were pretty vibrant,  with the 1053-Jammer, 1134-KBS and 1566-HLAZ 
all doing very well.
     Chuck's tip of the off-frequency North Korean on  702.027 made the 
difference this morning, as the rough-sounding carrier was  noticeably higher 
than 702. Audio was just strong enough to pull out some  martial music from 
around 1948 (about the time when the NK regime was installed  by the 
Russians). I've heard the 702 Japanese NHK2 stations at Grayland, but  their 
carriers are completely clean, unlike the 702+ buzz saw this  morning.
 
     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider  model (7.5" 
loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive  loop (in the back 
yard):
 
558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Above noise level with weak  Japanese speech, 1322
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese conversational  program, 1325
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  KBS Korean pop music at fair  level, 1329
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Weak Chinese music around 1345,  in and out
648  VOR   Razdolnoye, Russia  Chinese external program  fair to good, 1357
657  Pyongyang BS  Strong (and emotional) male  speech at 1351; signals 
           near  seasonal best _http://www.mediafire.com/?g31nqkat34ut124_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?g31nqkat34ut124) 
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Fair-good Japanese  conversation around 1326
675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Occasional fair signals (in  splatter) around 1359
702  Korean Central BS  Weak martial music from ragged,  off-frequency 
(high)
           carrier  through splatter at 1347 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?dn5r3a7lrces6af_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?dn5r3a7lrces6af) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Chinese pop music program  weak-fair at best
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Radio English program // 828,  good in KXL slop
756  CNR1  China Synchros  (presumed) Threshold audio at  best today
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Good Radio English program but  heavy KTTH slop
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Fair-good at 1323 with Radio  English program on
           clear  frequency _http://www.mediafire.com/?hlkhqse0fsxmu42_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?hlkhqse0fsxmu42) 
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  KBS music program good at  1340
1035  China (presumed)  Threshold music and speech in and out at  1330
1053  Korean Jammer  Booming in with signals near seasonal best  at 1353;
           no co-channels  today 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?haaj16mxi1p1aol_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?haaj16mxi1p1aol)  
1134  KBS  Hwaseong, S. Korea  On top of the jumble with  strong signals
           all morning,  following the Korean-slanted propagation trend
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea Good strength Japanese religious  program, 1314
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Weak with Asiatic language  talk, 1315
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
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Chuck's original suggestion on the 702 kHz North Korean (thanks):
   

One great clue for telling if you have North Korea on 702 is the  
frequency. They are audibly off frequency, usually around 702.027 kHz. Or you  can 
listen to the thrilling martial music, the ballads from 50 years ago, or  
today's speech on increasing potato production. Bruce and I have been known to  
get up and march around the DX table at Grayland when the music becomes too  
powerful.

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