Hi Nick, Well, the Chinese TP's aren't exactly booming in here, either-- their strength sounds pretty anemic, compared to this time last year. And the threshold audio on 756, 936 and 1377 kHz is ghostlike at best. I did make a recording of Chinese audio on 738-BEL2 this morning, which was the first Chinese to come in at a fair level. Last year we had solid Chinese audio on 639, 738, 936, 1377 and others around this time. Before really considering one of these large PVC loops you may wish to give fair warning to your wife and neighbors, since the fixture is certain to become a permanent part of your back yard. Perhaps the reason why my sole neighbor let his house go into foreclosure was because he wasn't thrilled with the "scenery" across the fence :-) 73, Gary In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:47:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Going to have to build me one of those big loops in my copious spare time, Gary (though you're probably right about your location being the secret)....the Chinese are just not making an appearance here, bar the single morning showing on 1206. This morning, same as before, not quite as good strengths: 1566 the best, then 774, 594, 747, 972 and 1287...all the usuals. Although the Flag antennas seems to be working the same as always, they just don't seem to be hearing the Asians very well so far this season. best wishes, Nick At 23:41 9/7/2010, you wrote: >Hello All, > >Yesterday's improved TP propagation didn't extend until today, but there >were a few isolated signals that were better than ever. 738-BEL2 in Penghu, >Taiwan had its first fair audio of the season, with Chinese pop music and >speech in and out around 1310. 756 and 936 kHz had weak threshold audio >(apparently Chinese) and 1377 kHz was also flirting with audio. The other TP's >like 972-HLCA, 1134-JOQR and 1575-VOA were not as strong as yesterday, and >propagation to all areas seemed to take a dive after 1320, a little early >for this location's limited sunrise enhancement to collapse. Best audio was >again from TP regular 1566-HLAZ, as usual this entire week. > >The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick) >inductively coupled to a 7.5' sided PVC tuned passive loop in the wet back >yard: > >594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair Japanese speech shortly after 1300 TOH >657 Pyongyang N. Korea Poor signal with obsolete music and Korean >shouting >666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair signal off and on until 1310, then collapsed >738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese music and speech around 1310, the >best audio > audio of the young season so far >747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good signal through KXL splatter around 1308 >756 CNR1 (presumed) Threshold Chinese audio and music at 1306 >828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair-poor with Japanese NHK2 program at 1319; a >regular > recently (but with anemic audio) >936 China (presumed) Another frequency with threshold Chinese audio >around 1313 >945 China (presumed) Weak audio heard here at 1311, but way too much >KJR splatter >1053 Korean Jammer Buzzing audio sounded pretty feeble this morning >1134 JOQR Tokyo, Japan Fair Japanese music and speech in and out this >morning >1377 CNR1 (presumed) Threshold Chinese audio around 1308, faded fast >1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good signal in and out with Japanese religious >program, 1310 >1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair-poor with Asiatic language program, >1305 > >The MediaFire site is apparently down, so can't upload any MP3's. A fair >Chinese recording from 738-BEL2 was made this morning. > >73 and Good DX, >Gary DeBock > > >_______________________________________________ >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]
