Hello All,
Although the recent TP-DX season has generally featured weaker signals (and
less exotic DX) than the exciting years of 2009 and 2010, there were some
interesting exceptions. Four Asiatic mainland TP's managed their best signals
ever here in Puyallup recently, including 1566-HLAZ only three days ago. Two
other Korean big guns (972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer) routinely pegged the S/N
display on the PL-380 Ultralight in early October; in fact, 972-HLCA's monster
signal on October 5th was the strongest TP signal ever received here in 6 years
of DXing. The other Asiatic TP reaching its best-ever signal level this season
was 603-China (presumed Hulun Buir), which has apparently has had some type of
antenna upgrade to enable it to dominate the frequency here recently. On the
other hand, the Japanese NHK stations were real underperformers here this past
season, with none of them even coming close to their optimal signal levels.
For those interested, MP3 recording links for these best-ever TP signals are
pasted below. They were all received with hot-rodded (7.5" loopstick)
Ultralight radios and an 8" FSL antenna. With the exception of 603-China, all
of them easily pegged the Ultralight radio signal strength displays.
603 China (Presumed Hulun Buir) Female conversation
and vocal music at 1313 UTC on September 15, 2012
http://www.mediafire.com/?9w7h4ycoodlv0ga
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Female speech during
news at 1403 UTC on October 5, 2012; this was the
strongest TP signal ever received here in Puyallup
http://www.mediafire.com/?kbdvs9pk14gv5jz
1053 Korean Jammer Best-ever signal with monster buzz
at 1317 UTC on September 15, 2012
http://www.mediafire.com/?o0j9x1hwt9tdayi
1566 Jeju, S. Korea Huge signal during Chinese Christian
program at 1558 UTC on January 24, 2013
http://www.mediafire.com/?uj23g7onrlc3yw0
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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