Hello All,
As Walt has already noted, it was a very good morning for Asian signals, with
several second-tier TP stations managing good audio on the low band. 603-HLSA,
639-CNR1, 648-VOR and 738-BEL2 all had their moments of decent audio here, and
a generous sunrise enhancement extended the session past 1500 here (quite
unusual, for this landlocked location).
The band started off with excellent big gun TP signals on 594, 747, 774, 972,
1053 and 1566 from 1300-1330, and unlike yesterday, the signals did not slide
downward as sunrise approached. Also unlike yesterday, low band TP's like
558-HLQH, its parallel 603-HLSA and 639-CNR1 came out of the noise with vibrant
signals around 1410, as the Korean KBS2 stations played their typical long
music sets and CNR1 had male-female Chinese news. 738-BEL2 came up to decent
signals with its standard call-in talk program at 1350, and 1017-CRI managed
good signals with its Korean service at 1355. 648-VOR came up in strength to a
good level at 1408 with its Chinese service, and stayed that way (along with
639-CNR1) for a very long period until around 1425. Unfortunately 648-VOR
continued to be troubled by an odd noise on the frequency, causing some
problems on one of its best signals of the season. 657-Pyongyang was also very
vibrant during this 1415-1445 period with its ancient music, and 936-!
Anhui (presumed) had its moments of fair audio around 1430 with Chinese
male-female speech. Asian signals continued to come in past 1500 here for the
first time this season, with 972-HLCA strong with 3 + 1 pips at the TOH., and
continuing to come in until about 1510. It isn't very impressive compared to
the big gun TP receptions reported by Nick and Dennis well after 1600, but I'll
take it anyway :-) Overall it was an excellent session, and hopefully an
indication of better things to come.
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Good level music at
1408 // 558, sounding like a Korean version of
the old Eagles' hit "Desperado"
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9lcr631tz0uiirh/603-HLSA-1405z102413PL380.MP3
639 CNR1 China Synchros Good male-female Chinese
news at 1410, continuing with decent signals until
around 1445
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0gxm0k6ci0w1zrn/639-CRN1-1410z102413PL380.MP3
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Male Chinese talk show host
playing the theme music for his call-in talk show at
1355; best signals for about a week here
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5298csp2xny68mb/738-BEL2-1355z102413PL380.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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