Hello All,
It was another China morning here, with moderate signals showing up on
various new frequencies like 684 and 1044 kHz. There were no dramatic fade-ins
(like yesterday's 657-China) and signals in general were not at yesterday's
strong levels, but the morning was another indication of shifting
propagation bringing more Chinese areas into play. The Japanese and Korean
stations
seemed a little down in strength compared to previous days, though, and
"big gun" TP audio didn't sound very big this morning.
Rare decent audio on 684 kHz was observed here for the first time this
season around 1330 (apparent Chinese), and CRI on 1044 kHz had its best signal
of the season so far with its Japanese language program around 1335. The
CNR1 stations on 639 and 756 had their best audio so far, and 927 and 936
kHz took turns producing fair audio. In comparison to these, audio from the
other typically strong Asians on 603, 648, 657, 666, 675 and 738 was off in
strength a little, and the NHK stations weren't especially vibrant.
One interesting find around 1325 was a strong, ragged carrier on 702 kHz (a
frequency with severe 710-Seattle splatter here), which sounded like a
typical (rickety) North Korean transmitter. No TP has ever been logged on 702
(or 711) here because of the oppressive KIRO splatter, but the 702 kHz
signal disappeared right after the huge 9' loop was wrestled around in an
optimistic attempt to null KIRO (easier said than done :-) It's great to have
Walt's TP reports back from Masset-- a location in a completely different
Asiatic propagation league than Puyallup!
The following were received on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick)
inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop in the back yard:
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good with Japanese conversation around 1312
603 TP-Mix UnID Chinese station having the edge over HLSA Korean at 1308
639 CNR1 (Many stations in China) Fair-good Chinese speech and music,
1338
648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Chinese program at fair strength w/ fades,
1321
657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea All alone this morning but usually at fair
strength
666 JOBK Osaka, Japan In and out with Japanese speech at anemic strength
675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair Vietnamese signals in 680 splatter, 1318
684 UnID Fair Chinese speech fading in suddenly around 1337; first Asian
audio
heard on this frequency since last season, but no ID clues
702 UnID Strong ragged carrier presumed from NK, but too much KIRO
splatter
at 1325 to dig out the funky audio
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese speech over a presumed HKLG in
this typical September mix
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair-good signals no match for KXL splatter at
1323
756 CNR1 China Fair-good Chinese program at 1335, best sigs of season so
far
774 JOUB Akita, Japan NHK2 program barely audible in severe KTTH slop,
1311
783 UnID Threshold audio (apparently Chinese) showing up on this
frequency
891 TP-Mix An anonymous collection of weak TP stations drowning each
other out
927 China (presumed) Weak to fair Chinese program fading in and out
repeatedly
936 China (presumed) Slightly stronger than 927 with Chinese speech at
1318
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Weaker than usual with Korean program at 1337
1035 China (presumed) Fair-good Chinese speech and music for most of
morning
1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good signals (best of season) with Japanese
language
external program at 1335
1053 Korean Jammer Not as vibrant as usual this morning, but no TP
co-channels
1134 TP-Mix A typical snarl of JOQR and KBS at good strength around 1338
1377 China (presumed) In and out with poor to fair audio for most of
morning
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good strength with Japanese religious program
at 1306
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic language audio around 1302
1593 China (presumed) Threshold audio with deep fades for most of
morning
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
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