Hi Chuck, Thanks very much for listening to the two 657 kHz clips from this morning, and your suggestion of the Henan, China identity. I was sure that this station shows up at Grayland frequently, and it's very helpful to know what you guys received there. As you may know, it's kind of a challenge to get good recording audio on the modified Ultralight radios, which have no line-out recording jack. There is always the temptation for a DXer to overdrive the audio, when receiving weak TP-DX signals. I was planning to build something like a line-out recording jack into the Tecsun PL-380 model after the July DU-chasing trip to Oregon, but got sidetracked by other matters. After such a line-out recording jack is built into the ULR's like the PL-380 and C.Crane SWP, we should finally be able to record 657-Pyongyang's highly distorted audio with maximum high fidelity :-) 73, Gary In a message dated 9/18/2010 8:49:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Gary: I didn't hear any ID, but it should be Henan which is the Chinese I hear at Grayland. There may be a mention of Henan at :16 but I can not get the context. With a signal like you had, I'm sure you'll have Puyallup's first logging of it soon. A few parts of this clip and a lot of the Pyongyang clip are distorted from having too high an audio level when recorded. Chuck > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:42:14 -0400 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [IRCA] Strong Chinese on 657 kHz > > Hello All, > > This morning during excellent TP-DXing conditions there was one of the > more bizarre Asiatic fade-ins that was ever observed here, and I was curious > whether any of the other TP-DXers noticed it. > > Around 1333 UTC a weakened 657-Pyongyang BS Korean-speaking YL was alone > on the frequency, when suddenly a Mandarin Chinese station appeared under > Pyongyang and completely overcame the NK station within a minute, leaving no > trace of Pyongyang _http://www.mediafire.com/?i3yln7vt34sw6k3_ > (http://www.mediafire.com/?i3yln7vt34sw6k3) . > The Chinese station was alone on the frequency at a strong level for 5 > minutes, with apparent news and Chinese pop music > _http://www.mediafire.com/?176l0s1w9way10x_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?176l0s1w9way10x) . After > dominating the frequency for about 5 minutes, the UnID Chinese station finally > faded back into the noise, allowing Pyongyang to weakly return to the > frequency. > > Chinese has never been heard on 657 kHz here, so the station would be a new > TP if I can determine the identity. Any suggestions from the Grayland > experts would be appreciated. In addition to this reception, 891 kHz also had a > strong UnID mystery here this morning, and several other frequencies had > very interesting TP signals. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! > > 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) > Modified C.Crane SWP Ultralight + 9' PVC Loop > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
