[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-10

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Before 1400 it appeared that this morning's Asian  propagation would 
be very disappointing, with both the low and high band  equally mediocre. 
Like Bruce, though, I noticed a weird propagation boost  around 1410, which 
boosted up the Japanese low-band "big guns" to a freakishly  strong level. 
Around 1411 the signal of 594-JOAK became almost legendary, the  strongest it 
had ever been received this season. 666-JOBK also received a  turbo boost, but 
the other low-band "big guns" from Korea and China didn't  get anywhere 
near the same benefit. 639-CNR1 and 657-Pyongyang did have their  signals 
boosted up to a fair level around 1415, in comparison to their  weak carriers 
prior to that. Around the same time 738-Taiwan also came  out of the noise, as 
did 936-Anhui.
     Whereas Bruce concentrated on the high band I was  fascinated by the 
low band signal boost, which was one of the strangest TP  propagation changes 
so far this season. I did check several high-band "big  guns" after 1417 
and noticed the same signal boost that Bruce and  Walt enjoyed, but since the 
mediocre Puyallup version of sunrise  enhancement only lasted until about 
1423 this morning, the DXing fun was over  about the same time that the TP's 
finally came alive. Overall, it certainly  wasn't one of the season's better 
TP sessions, but probably one of the most  bizarre. Judging from the time 
that the TP propagation got its sudden boost  here, Nick probably chose the 
ideal time (1410) to start listening 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 rainy 
back yard). A modified Sony ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used  as an SSB 
spotting receiver.
 
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Signals boosted to fair  audio around 1410
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Strongest signal of the season at  1411, in
         comparison  to comatose signal prior to weird propagation boost
         _http://www.mediafire.com/?qcs7pzaim0jylw9_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?qcs7pzaim0jylw9) 
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea (presumed) Threshold music at  1414
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese male-female speech  1416
648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia (presumed) Threshold audio at  1417
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Huge propagation boost  made strange
         emotional shouting audible  again at 1415 (unfortunately)
         _http://www.mediafire.com/?8ss3hkgo5e3qr6h_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8ss3hkgo5e3qr6h) 
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Another NHK1 station receiving a  huge
         signal boost around 1410;  typical Japanese speech // 594
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Fair Chinese speech at  1419; poor 1400
747  JOIB   Sapporo, Japan  Good NHK2 audio after  1410  
756  CNR1  China Synchros  Poor Chinese male-female  talk 1418
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Poor audio in KTTH splatter  1408
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Language study program fair at  1350 
936  Anhui, China  (presumed)  Weak music in and out at  1420
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair Korean speech at  1421
1035  CNR1  China Synchros  (presumed) Threshold audio at  1422
1134  TP-Mix  Weak combination, apparently of JOQR and KBS  1409
1377  CNR1  (presumed)  Poor Chinese speech  in and out  at 1423
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair Japanese religious program  at 1337
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  (presumed) Moderate  carrier 1338
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
      
   
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