Hi, Gary! Up here in Masset, reception was unusual here. The worst reception since last Saturday morning. The BOGs died early today, being replaced by the ALA 100 for best TP reception....this in itself was very unusual. The big news was last night: Best TA reception since Friday night. Many, many TAs with the best for me being 1476 Cotonou (Benin, Africa) in French at almost excellent levels, but as usual for TAs this would fade rapidly up and down. Not sure which direction conditions are heading. We'll be active until Monday morning in any case. NHK2 signed off the past 2 mornings at 14:40. About 50% of the stations give an ID locally then, with the rest just a network NHK ID. Good fun! The hot TA performer is the Wellbrook array. Andy Ilkin will be pleased to hear this, although it continues to underperform in a major way in the mornings. More in the coming days! ..........Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC
----- Original Message ----- From: d1028g...@aol.com Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 21:02 Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com > Hello All, > > It was a morning of fairly average September TP > propagation here, > generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians > at decent strength, > but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As > usual, however, > there were major exceptions to the script, including a > strong TP mix on 1044 > kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), > and a bizarre S9 > fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP > propagation had > apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver > had been shut off). The > "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648- > VOR, 657-North > Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular > decent strength after > some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to > its normal strength > (along with a rough-sounding carrier). > > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I > heard (and > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at > Grayland. Around > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently > with both Korean > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's > foreign broadcast > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I > searched for a KBS > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time > (972 and 1134 kHz > were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music > mixing with > China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence > that this was > probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian > pop music is a standard > KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw > 1044 kHz KBS > station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if > confirmed by either of > us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very > useful Grayland > reports! > > The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in > of 648-VOR > right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back > yard in full > sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been > taken inside, > and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard > booming music signals on > the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 > kHz. I rushed > over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian > music, right after > every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This > was bizarre enough > to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. > > The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" > loopstick) > inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the > back yard): > > 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with > Japanese music around 1307 > 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep > fades around 1309, // 594 > 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength Japanese > conversation at 1308 > 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS music > program w/CC QRM, 1311 > 639 CNR1 (China) Fair to good music and > Chinese speech at 1319 > 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese > program signals, then weird > S9 > fade-in after band was "dead" > _http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d_ > (http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d) > 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Angry shouts from YL (?) > back at full strength > 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good for most of > morning with NHK1 talk > 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Good strength In and > out with Vietnamese talk > 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good Chinese pop > music signals o/KK at 1332 > 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese talk > over KXL splatter, 1318 > 756 CNR1 (China) Fair strength at 1333 with > Chinese music program > 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength but no match for > KTTH splatter > 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Radio English > Conversation program at fair-good > strength around 1326 > _http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08_ > (http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08) > 891 JOHK Sendai, Japan Poor-fair Japanese talk > program at 1335, // 594 > 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair Korean music > program around 1320 > 1035 CNR1 (China) Good strength speech and music but > deep fades, 1345 > 1044 TP-Mix A strong mix of Japanese (from CRI) > and apparent Korean at > 1348; KBS // not available to check at the time, but apparent > music > at other times _http://www.mediafire.com/?eu4tqayzt6164or_ > (http://www.mediafire.com/?eu4tqayzt6164or) > 1053 Korean Jammer Weaker than usual this morning, > with CC competition > 1053 UnID Chinese Back with the "restaurant music," > in and out at fair > level > (thanks to Dennis for his Grayland report on this ID-adverse > station) > 1134 TP-Mix Standard September shootout of JOQR and > KBS at good level > 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair-good with > Japanese religious program, 1301 > 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Asiatic language > program at poor level, > 1300 > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
