Hello All,
Richard and Nigel accurately described the general drop off in Asian signal quality this morning, even for this west coast location. The band started off in a fairly promising state around 1300 with good audio from both the Japanese and Korean big guns (on 594, 693, 747, 774, 828 and 972) and several second-tier stations (603-HLSA, 648-VOR, 738-BEL2, 1017-CRI and 1044-CRI), but it slid downhill from there. By 1400 it was pretty clear that none of the second-tier Asian mainland stations would match their vibrant signals of the past three days, and a lackluster sunrise enhancement failed to give them anything close to their recent late-session surges. Around 1435 there was poor Chinese audio from 603-Hulun Buir, 639-CNR1 and 738-BEL2, but that was a pretty severe drop off from their late-session levels recently. Potent audio this morning (generally during the 1300-1330 period) was limited to the NHK big guns on 594, 747 and 774, along with the usual Korean powerhouse 972-HLCA.! The upper band was again fairly anemic here, with the second-tier Chinese stations on 1377 and 1593 missing in action for over a week now. The 1053-Jammer and 1134-KBS were also seriously down in strength from their usual levels throughout the session. About the only interesting signal this morning was that from 648-VOR, which seemed to go against the lackluster trend with fair "DU English" signals from 1415-1430. British-accented male and female speakers made it through the noise on several peaks during this period, although the content of their speech (apparent news) was far from clear. The overall propagation state this morning was pretty lackluster in comparison to the past three days, but probably fairly average for the entire season. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 12" Medium Wave FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
