Re: [IRCA] TP for 6 Sep2011: DU all the way

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Your new location may be a haven for DU's, Walt.   I checked my own 
recording from that morning, and the best DU here was 1548...with a 
good carrier!   This on a westerly facing corner-fed loop.   So that 
body of salt water down the road from you may be helping.

On the other hand, although Asiatics were generally pretty poor here 
by then, there was a nice boost around 1320UT above 1250 kHz on some channels:

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
briefly):

1287 JOHR at 1323UT, perfectly readable JJ by a woman

reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):

1566 HLAZ at 1324 with organ mx and male vocal

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be
understood by a native speaker

1323 CRI ??  sounded like RR talk by woman briefly fading up at 
1320...Shuanghyashan presumably;  Hutubi  would be quite a catch 
especially at this time of year.  (it is grayline however; dream on!)

best wishes,

Nick



At 17:23 06-09-11, you wrote:
> Good morning.  Slept in a wee bit today, so didn't get to the dials until
> 13:19 UTC.  Yesterday I erected a very modest Pennant antenna aimed 305
> degrees, more or less across Japan.  The results were very encouraging.  It
> seemed to have outperformed the W large diameter loop, as well as the N/S
> oriented ALA 100 large diameter loop too.  Unfortunately, it's strictly a
> temporary affair as it can stay where it is for long.  Also built a couple
> of 16:1 matching transformers for them yesterday (the previous day I made a
> couple of 9:1 by accident, but will be fine for Beverages).  Conditions this
> morning were decidedly DU.  I listened between 13:19 and 13:33.  SF was 119,
> A 5, and K index was?  couldn't hear that on WWVH).  Moderate black outs
> were reported, so DU seems appropriate.  As always, "6" unless otherwise
> noted.  Interesting that only the lower half of the band had anything, save
> for 1566 which was just at threshold.
>
> 612:  8 level Brisbane
> 675:  DU at 7 level  ?RNZ National, Christchurch?
> 702:  2BL Sydney at 7.5 level, //612
> 738:  7.5 level for RFO Tahiti
> 756
> 774:  The only JJ station heard today at 8 level
> 792:  7 level 4RN Brisbane
> 819, 828
> 837:  7 level  DU...either Australia or NZ
> 855, 332, 927, 936, 1566
>
> 73s until tomorrow!  ........Walt
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