Hello All,
What sounded like a very promising band around 1310 hit the skids here around
1330, with Asian propagation seeming to take a swoon just before the usual peak
sunrise enhancement time. Early on (around 1315) there were many potent signals
from the big guns on 594, 747, 774, 828, 972, 1053 and 1566, along with some
interesting mid-band Chinese signals on 918, 927, 936, 1017, 1035 and 1044 kHz.
558-HLQH, 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 were in and out with fair signals, and
657-Pyongyang was managing a fairly vibrant tirade. This all started to change
pretty dramatically around 1330, when both the big gun and second-tier Asians
started to slide downhill-- leaving everything sounding pretty mediocre by
1400. The big guns on 594, 747, 828 and 972 were still around at anemic levels,
but the second-tier Asians had dived into the noise for good. This was the
first session this season that had such a dramatic collapse, without any
sunrise enhancement at all.
Before the band hit the skids in mid-session 1044-CRI managed its best audio of
the season here at 1320, with its Japanese service at a fairly vibrant level.
The best Asian signals were from 747-JOIB, 774-JOUB and 972-HLCA, which all had
excellent audio early on (around 1315) before propagation went into the tank.
Some fair mid-band Chinese signals on 918, 927 and 936 were also showing
promise around 1320, but I figured that they would all rise up dramatically
around 1400 during peak sunrise enhancement-- so they were pretty much ignored
until the propagation swoon took them out prematurely. Overall it was a pretty
frustrating session, but at least 1044-CRI's seasonal best audio at 1323 was
recorded before the band went into the clunker mode.
1044 CRI Changzhou, China Fair-good Japanese YL speech
during foreign service at 1323; best signal of the season
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3fsfc1ch1xh71gb/1044-CRI-1323z101413PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
12" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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