Hello All, Inspired by the great TA reports last night from the Midwest (and yesterday's hot TP conditions here), I was hoping for another great DXing session this morning-- but it was quite a decline from yesterday. Once again DXing with the modified ICF-2010 and the 36" tuned passive loop, I listened from 1300-1330, and found only the powerhouse frequencies (594, 747, 972, 1566 and 1575) with much audio. The "second tier" Asian frequencies which had audio yesterday had only moderate carriers today, and DU's (always pretty tough here) were limited to strong carriers on 639 and 783 (presumably the Kiwi, but never heard with audio). About the only station that was as strong as yesterday was the 738 "ragged carrier" Asiatic TP, which came up in weak audio around 1315 that sounded like Chinese to me (the 1143 Taiwan Fisheries parallel had only a weak carrier at the time). There was audio from 738-Tahiti in the null of the nasty-carrier TP, but only for a short time around 1320. I guess one of the rare advantages of using loops instead of fixed external antennas is that you can easily get a fairly precise bearing on a mystery station, like the 738 problem child. 73, Gary Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) + 36" Collapsible-frame PVC loop _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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