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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6
- From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 22:21:30 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Bruce,
<<< It was a nice morning in Grayland, too, where Chuck, Tom, and I are
feasting on TPs. >>>
It's great that you, Chuck and Tom are having fun at Grayland-- and it seems like you guys picked the perfect time for ocean beach DXing (considering the current solar cycle realities). Even this mediocre Puget Sound location had some interesting signals this morning-- although nothing like what you guys enjoyed.
Both Walt and Colin were also planning to try their luck at ocean beach DXing this morning, so your full TP-DXing report will surely be of great interest to them as well. Have fun!
73, Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 4:31 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6
It was a nice morning in Grayland, too, where Chuck, Tom, and I are
feasting on TPs.
See below for some inline comparisons, going from my notes and memory.
It was a fairly typical Grayland morning for me, not specacular by
Grayland standards but still worth the trip. Audio was heard on nearly
all the 9kHz split channels. Highlights so far for me include CRI on
603 (tx on Hainan island), CNR2 on 630 & 900, KVOK-560, CHina?-1476
(still remain unid but I suspect Heilongjiang), both Japanese on 1071
(but no sign of India), Chinese stations buzzing the 774 747 828 873 NHK
stations. Plus the usual cast of characters.
On 10/6/2012 15:46, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> It was another nice TP-DXing morning here, with the Chinese stations
especially doing better than they have all week. 603, 639, 738, 936 and 1044 kHz
all came through with fair to good audio from 1330-1415, with 639-CNR1 the
strongest of the group. 738-BEL2 in Taiwan matched its best signals of the
season, and 936-Anhui did well with an apparent drama program after 1400. As
usual this week the Korean big guns on 972 and 1053 were the strongest TP's of
the morning, with 972-HLCA again pegging the Tecsun's S/N readout with an
awesome signal around 1415. Maxing out the PL-380's S/N readout is actually very
unusual for Asiatic TP's here, with only 972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer having
managed such strength so far this season. By comparison, no fewer than 10 South
Pacific (DU) stations did it on the Oregon cliffs this summer (567-NZ, 594-NZ,
603-NZ, 657-NZ, 684-NZ, 738-Tahiti, 765-NZ, 828-NZ, 891-5AN and 963-NZ). Of
course, I'm happy to see other members of the TP-DXing gang givi!
ng!
> "Cliffhanger DX" a try this season (and wish that I could join them).
>
> 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Fair Korean YL speech at 1332;
Had something there, pretty sure it was HLQH
> no 603 // available
> 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Very good Japanese male
> conversation at 1335
Same here
> 603 Hulun Buir, China Fair Chinese YL speech and music
> at 1342; faint trace of a presumed HLSA at times
Nothing I can say was Hulun Buir. At 1400 there was a strong carrier
with weak audio from KBS, CRI, and 2 unid Chinese stations with late
pips at 20 and 35 seconds after the TOH
> 639 CNR1 China Synchros Good Chinese YL and OM news
> at 1356 in KFI heterodyne; best Chinese signal
> http://www.mediafire.com/?loml4x2do5on57f
Also good here
> 657 Pyongyang, N. Korea Ancient music undermodulated in
> huge carrier 1354
I had a Chinese station dominating 657 just before 1400, but Pyongyang
was huge with great audio after 1400, equal in strength to the 650/660
domestics, maybe a bit stronger at times
> 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair-good Chinese OM speech
> and pop music prior to 1400 TOH
> http://www.mediafire.com/?3f55flq8p3saqo3
OK but unexciting signal at 1400, // 1143. I had French talk a couple
hours earlier (Tahiti no doubt), plus Korea at times
> 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Very good Japanese male speech
> at 1402; best NHK signal of the morning
Not quite as good as 594 or 774 but respectable
> 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Fair Japanese speech at 1404
> through KTTH splatter
Just after 1400, JOUB was getting beaten up pretty badly by an unid
Chinese station
> 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair Japanese conversation 1408
Good here, with Chinese in the background
> 936 Anhui, China Fair-good Chinese YL speech during
> apparent drama program at 1405
> http://www.mediafire.com/?28n8bd7nb0yj2mg
Something noted in passing at times, I assumed Anhui and kept going
> 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Another monster signal at 1415
> with 3-way Korean conversation; best TP of session
> http://www.mediafire.com/?yi6fh1jn4233tmt
Same thing here
> 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Fair Japanese OM speech during
> external program at 1349
Good signal here
> 1053 Korean Jammer Almost nuclear-level power this morning
Good signal from the jammer, though I don't remember it being quite as
good as you describe. The jammer mysteriously disappeared at 1402, for
some reason. Maybe someone tripped over the power cord.
> 1134 KBS Hwaseong, S. Korea Very good Korean speech and
> music in and out of Vancouver around 1337
I noted something here a few times but kept going. I think it was
mostly Japan. Korea might've been there at times
> 1287 JOHR Sapporo, Japan (HBC) Fair rapid-fire Japanese YL
> speech through splatter at 1409
Same here
> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Very good Japanese YL speech
> during Christian program at 1319
Huge level here too, especially just before the antenna switch at 1345
> 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair-good Asiatic YL and OM
> speech up and down from 1320-1400
Sub-par signal here
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
> 8" Medium Wave "DXpedition" FSL antenna
>
>
>
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