Hello Nick, As both you and Bill have noted, the TP conditions took a serious dive this morning. As opposed to great conditions on a near-barefoot Tecsun PL-380 early yesterday morning (with a simple Litz wire substitution), this morning around 0900 UTC the Asians certainly didn't sound very vibrant. Weak audio was observed intermittently on the modified PL-380 around 0915 on 594, 747, 828 and 972 kHz, but it was nothing to shout about. 738 kHz was close to audio (with an Asian bearing, presumably Taiwan Fisheries), and 1566 came pretty close also. This was in great contrast to early yesterday morning, with solid TP audio on about 7 TP's from 1030-1115 (including 1134-KBS), all on a Tecsun PL-380 with substituted 40/44 Litz wire. The Asian sunset propagation boost apparently went well beyond 1115, (although my sleepy motivation did not :-) It was really the best DXing session all month, and hopefully will be repeated very soon. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) ULR receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-380 (40/44 Litz wire wound on stock ferrite bar) In a message dated 1/24/2010 9:49:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
As Bill noted, conditions were down this morning. I didn't listen as much as yesterday, on and off between 1510 and 1545UT. One apparent DU noted on 612; I've never thought of the ABC stations as heavily modulated, but this one seems to deliver audio with a weaker carrier than is the case with most of the Asiatics. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK 774 JOUB 828 JOBB not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 747 JOIB 972 HLCA 1503 JOUK //594 at 1540UT 1593 CNR-1 later on //6125 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 279 R. Rossii 567 likely JOIK, but no parallel on 594 available at the times this was up 603 at 1538; Korea? 612 DU per the loop, so likely 4QR 639 seemed //6125 , so CNR-1 954 at 1534UT 1242 at 1539UT 1287 at 1539UT 1566 later on; usual big carrier Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1098 DU; 1575 best wishes, Nick ********** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _______________________________________________ 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] ***************************** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _______________________________________________ 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]
