[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-12

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,
 
     Yesterday's comatose TP propagation gave way to  some of the strangest 
Asian conditions ever observed here. Whereas Nick had  all-DU propagation 
this morning, here it was strangely slanted toward the  Japanese, with a 
minor Korean presence. The Chinese were shut out  completely, which led to some 
bizarre receptions on certain frequencies.  It certainly seemed like another 
example of "chordal mode" propagation,  explained by Mark Connelly and Gary 
Deacon on the Ulralightdx list two days  ago. 
     The biggest surprise was tuning in to 738 kHz  around 1355 and finding 
a station in (apparent) Japanese all alone, without a  trace of BEL2 or 
HKLG-- the usual occupants of the frequency. This mystery  station had the 
frequency all to itself for about 3 minutes, prior to the 1400  TOH. On 594 kHz 
a moderate-strength JOAK was joined by a co-channel at  1358, as the fairly 
rare 10 kw KBS1 station apparently made  its first appearance of the new 
season. The 1400 TOH recording of 594-JOAK  produced a weaker set of time pips 
before the 3 + 1 NHK pips, along with  Korean-sounding speech from the same 
female voice observed last November, both  before and after the 1400 TOH. 
1134 kHz had a vibrant JOQR all alone on the  frequency, fighting the 1130 
domestic splatter without any Asiatic  competition. It usually is a poor third 
to KBS and CNR1 this time of year  here, and was first heard alone like this 
during the weird "chordal mode"  propagation two days ago, as explained by 
Mark. Another strange signal  was weak, lengthy instrumental music dominant 
on 639 kHz around 1350,  without any sign of CNR1's usual male-female 
Chinese, and not // 594 kHz.  Although there were no ID clues or parallels to 
check, this may have  been the 50 kw KBS3 station (possibly heard here last 
week, under CNR1),  showing up with the same instrumental music format. By 1407 
there was a mix on  738 kHz, as apparent Korean from HKLG joined the UnID 
Japanese-- still  with no sign of Taiwan's Chinese speech or pop music. The 
mystery stations  on 738, 594 and 639 kHz this morning were not strong, but 
were easily  audible with headphones (which are recommended for MP3 
listening). Even though  most of this morning's TP-DXing action was at modest signal 
levels, compared to  yesterday's near-comatose band, it was a pretty 
thrilling session.
 
     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). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB  spotting 
receiver.
 
585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Threshold Japanese speech at  1348
594  JOAK-KBS1 mix  Pesky female-voiced co-channel under  JOAK 
         from 1358-1400, in  apparent Korean. Voice matched KBS1
         announcer heard last  year, and 1400 TOH produced a 
         separate set of time pips  before the 3 +1 NHK pips
         (headphones recommended)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?gli7pfng4c9j1d8_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?gli7pfng4c9j1d8) 
603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Fair KBS2 music around 1350,  no CC
639  UnID- TP  Lengthy-set instrumental music all alone on  frequency 
         at 1352;  not // 594  and no sign of CNR1 Chinese-- maybe KBS3?
657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Unusually weak but still  shouting, 1411
666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Good Japanese talk at 1408, //  594
738  UnID-TP  Apparent Japanese all alone on frequency around  1355
         with talk-oriented  format-- no sign of normally dominant BEL2
         (headphones recommended)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?v1sjuc2w1la2vj4_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?v1sjuc2w1la2vj4) 
738  TP-Mix  Apparent mix of the UnID Japanese and Korean  (from
         HKLG) at 1409-- still no  sign of BEL2's Chinese speech or pop 
music
          (headphones  recommended)  
_http://www.mediafire.com/?ta7xovk8bud4bq0_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?ta7xovk8bud4bq0) 
747  JOIB   Sapporo, Japan  Vibrant Japanese in KXL  splatter 1345
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Another strong NHK2 signal in  weird conditions
1053  UnID  Presumed JOAR in and out with threshold  audio around 1340
1134  JOQR  Tokyo, Japan Unusually strong Japanese all alone  on the
           frequency at  1405 (usually is weaker than KBS and CNR1 here)
           _http://www.mediafire.com/?5lsbw0xwzekperi_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?5lsbw0xwzekperi) 
1386  NHK2 Synchros  Japan  Rare appearance in  KRKO splatter with
           fair signals  at 1414
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock   
 
          
      
 
      
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