Hello All,
By coincidence I was checking the band at the same time that Nick was
receiving his TP's during the PEI DXpedition (0944-1006), and found that
conditions were very good during the Asian sunset period. The usual Japanese
big guns (594, 747 and 774) had good audio in and out, along with the stronger
Koreans (657-Pyongyang, 972-HLCA , the 1053-Jammer and 1566-HLAZ). Because of
the Asian sunset propagation 558-JOCR made its first weak appearance here this
season around 0950, without a trace of 558-HLQH (which usually dominates the
frequency here around sunrise).
By contrast the sunrise period here this morning was somewhat of a fizzle,
with only a few of the big gun TP's managing fair to good audio audio
(1566-HLAZ around 1350, 972-HLCA around 1445, and 594-JOAK around 1450). The
sunrise session didn't produce any decent audio from China, or from any
second-tier Japanese or Koreans. It was a pretty mediocre session in comparison
to the vibrant Asian signals from 0900-1015, and another indication that the
band is sliding into its typical November pattern (with the Asian sunset TP
propagation becoming more favorable than the west coast sunrise TP
propagation). For those who ever wondered how the Ultralight radio group got
started, it was because of unusually good Asian sunset propagation in November
of 2007-- which allowed reception of 3 TP's ( 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 972-HLCA)
on a barefoot Sony SRF-59 analog pocket radio.
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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