Wow, It was a classic bad part of an auroral event. Usually our dawn East Asian signals just skim past the auroral oval, with the more westerly (inland China)ones coming closest to the oval and the more easterly ones from Japan further from hitting the oval. I'll bet that the auroral oval is substantially larger today.... China was G*O*N*E, Korea was Almost GONE and Japan was barely there. Like Walt, I only had 9 in audio only 747, 774, 828 and 873 being strong enough to be sure that the were NHK... and some of those by paralleling. Walt's more detailed report shows that he heard more hets, by far, than I did.... don't really understand that.... in theory, I have the better location and the bigger antennas (until Walt goes to his place in the Queen Charlotte Islands.... then....
ANYWAY, the conditions did let me concentrate on trying out my new Misek/Lankford/Ratzlaff phaser and it sure is nice. It does really help open up some of the "Zones of Death" near the awful Vancouver powerhouses (phasing 600 really helps with 594, hitting 650 actually helps eliminate QRM on 675 Viet Nam, etc.) The most fun so far was phasing down KCBS on 740... a coastal effect powerhouse here.... and hearing CBX, Edmonton very well. I paralleled CBX up with their internet somewhat delayed "live" internet feed. Oh, what high tech fun!!! Its easier to phase out things in the lower band than the upper, but I can do both and, as I remember, its almost alw3ays easier to phase at the bottom of the dial than at the top... VERY nice unit. Wil report a bit more on the phaser later today. JOhn B. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
