Hi Bruce, Thanks for your TP report collected at 0330 local time, which gives me reassurance that I'm not so bizarre by DXing at 0100 local time :-) The Asian TP's do seem to fade into the noise after their local sunset, so that DXing after about 1000 UTC has been counterproductive here recently (on the few days I've been foolish enough to stay up that late). During good propagation the NHK and Korean big guns seem to stay in weak audio throughout the night here, but audio from the weaker TP's seem to disappear after their sunset propagation boost fizzles out. JOAB-693 usually isn't one of the top performers here, and early this morning (around 0930 UTC) it was just a strong carrier, with no audio during the few times I checked it. It was kind of strange, with even stations like 945 and 954 having audio right next to KJR. 73, Gary In a message dated 1/11/2010 5:53:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I managed to do a quick bandscan on the R8A/K9AY today at 1130 UT (3:30 am local), just before driving my daughter to the airport for an early morning flight. Oddly enough, JOAB-693 was the strongest TP at the time, even though Nick and Gary didn't report it. JOAB was coming in quite well, and JOAK-594 was only slightly weaker. JOIB-747 and JOUB-774 were readable but much weaker. There were also bits of audio or hets on other freqs, including 567 621 639 738 909 972 and 981. There may have been others, but time was short. It sounds like Gary had much better reception 2.5 hours earlier, as did Nick a 3.5 hours later. Bruce Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > At 17:35 1/11/2010, Gary wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Occasionally in January some excellent TP propagation occurs in the early >> morning on the west coast, and today was apparently one of those days. >> Despite the inconvenient local hour (0100), Asian signals were very strong >> around 0900 UTC on the 7.5" loo >> > > > Yes, I need to restructure my listening obviously, hi....maybe next weekend. > > Actually this morning wasn't bad here, though more in the sense that some big guns were flexing their audio muscles a bit for a change, but everything else still involved the erratic fade ups giving the occasional reward to the intrepid DXer rootling in the undergrowth. But this intrepid DXer didn't have much time, and only listened for a few minutes after 1500UT. (NHK-2 s/off was later than 1500 today, but don't know when exactly) > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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]
