[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-23

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

This morning's TP session here was generally a watered-down repeat of yesterday, with some high-band enhancement noted around 1400, but nothing like yesterday's fireworks. Around 1340 the Asiatic TP's were all comatose, without even a carrier showing up. 738-Tahiti was managing fair French audio during this period, but no NZ or Australian stations were managing any trace of a carrier in this DU-dead zone. Around 1350 the high band Asiatic big guns on 1377, 1566 and 1575 suddenly came to life like yesterday, rising from weak carriers to fair audio within about 5 minutes. After Bruce's report yesterday I was motivated to check for 1593-CNR1, which is a very tough catch here because of the 1590-Seattle QRM. To my surprise the station was doing quite well at 1358, with fair Chinese YL speech making it through the Seattle splatter about half of the time. This was the first reception of 1593-CNR1 here for the past three years. Unfortunately the high band TP enhancement never reach!
 ed yesterday's superb levels, and when the session was cut short at 1410 only 1377-CNR1, 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA were still around-- all with only fair audio in and out of the noise. By contrast 738-Tahiti's French audio had continued at a steady fair level throughout sunrise enhancement, unlike the highly variable high band Asiatic TP's. Overall the session was interesting because of the 1593-CNR1 reception, but somewhat of a letdown after yesterday's high-band TP bonanza. As with most rare propagation opportunities, once you are fully alerted and have all your antennas ready for action, the best propagation is long gone.   

738  R. Polynesie  Mahina, Tahiti  Fair French YL audio at 1405, with
               steady signals throughout sunrise enhancement
               http://www.mediafire.com/?f9ihn5b37vol96d
1377  CNR1  China  Fair Chinese OM speech in and out at 1355
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Poor-fair Japanese YL speech during
              Christian program at 1357; unstable signal
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair Asiatic language OM speech
              in and out of the noise at 1408
1593  CNR1  China  Fair Chinese YL speech at 1358 in and out of
              1590-Seattle splatter; signal in and out for 5 minutes

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna     
 
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