Hello All,
Once again the Asian sunset period (0930-1030 UTC) had vastly superior TP
signals to the West Coast sunrise period (1400-1500 UTC), and unlike yesterday
morning, I was ready with the 8" FSL and MP3 recorder to DX in the back yard
despite the early morning hour. The Japanese big guns were especially vibrant
during this period, with 747-JOIB producing its best signal of the entire
season (and the best Japanese signal of the entire season) during its Radio
English Conversation program at 0950. 774-JOUB also produced its best signal of
the season around 1014, although the splatter from semi-local 770-KTTH didn't
make it easy. 594-JOAK equaled its best audio of the season, while 972-HLCA had
its typical booming signal with YL talk and Korean pop music around 1007. All
of these signals were very potent-- and a stark contrast to the anemic TP's
that showed up around sunrise. Despite the strong big guns during the Asian
sunset the weaker TP's on 558, 603 and 738 didn't quite ma!
nage the same audio that they did yesterday, and the presumed Chinese carriers
on 639, 936, 1035 and 1044 never came up to audio.
By contrast the West Coast sunrise TP-DXing session this morning was
pretty dreary, with only 972-HLCA coming up to good audio around 1457, and
657-Pyongyang coming up to fair audio with its ancient music at 1455. The
Japanese were completely silent during the entire sunrise session here-- an
astonishing contrast to their booming signals during the Asian sunset only a
few hours earlier. After listening to several of these NHK big guns from
0930-1030 UTC this morning, it's easy to understand why Nick could hear them
all the way over in Prince Edward Island during the DXpedition this month.
558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea (presumed) Poor Korean-
sounding OM speech rising above splatter at 0944
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Very good Japanese OM speech
at 0957; equaled its best signal of the season
http://www.mediafire.com/?f7wzlftvbhkiq0e
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea (presumed) Fair pop music
in and out of noise around 0937
657 Pyongyang, N. Korea Ancient music rising above noise
during sunrise session at 1455
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Poor-level Chinese YL speech
in and out of KCBS splatter at 0933
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Huge signal during Radio English
program at 0945; best Japanese signal of the entire
season http://www.mediafire.com/?i4cr919bwkwivd2
774 JOUB Akita, Japan Another booming NHK signal during
Radio English at 1015, but troubled by 770-Seattle
http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mgude3hng1t16
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Good Radio English program 1010
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Another monster signal with
Korean YL speech at 1007 during Asian sunset period
http://www.mediafire.com/?ovsr2crzdargbfl
1053 Korean Jammer Excellent buzz throughout Asian
sunset period, occasionally with UnID TP underneath
1134 KBS Hwaseong, S. Korea In and out of Vancouver
splatter with Korean music during Asian sunset period
1287 JOHR Sapporo, Japan Strong signal with Japanese YL
speech and music through heavy local splatter at 0946
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Korean Christian program in and
out of noise during Asian sunset around 0925
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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