Hello All, Asian propagation was improved somewhat this morning, with greater variety and strength in both the Japanese and Korean signals. After a promising start the session finally turned into another big gun revue, however, with the usual diehards on 594, 693, 747, 972, 1053, 1287 and 1566 having the only vibrant audio. At my 1235 start time the Asians already showed some potential in the predawn darkness, with 594-JOAK, 972-HLCA, 1287-JOHR and 1566-HLAZ all managing good audio in and out. HLAZ's potent signal fizzled out pretty quickly after 1245, though, and never came back with much strength. 693-JOAB and 747-JOIB added to the Japanese trend with good signals around 1315, and it seemed that the stage was set for a nice sunrise enhancement boost to make the session really interesting. This never happened, though-- with the exception of weak Chinese audio on 738 around 1350 (presumed BEL2), ghostly audio on 1044 (presumed CRI) and a fair signal from 1503-JOUK (// 594) at 1355 nothing unusual showed up. The usual NHK and Korean diehards had the only vibrant audio, and their strength was about the same as in the predawn darkness. The only exception was 693-JOAB after 1400, which had an unusually potent run free of CBU splatter for about 7 minutes until the band folded. This was another one of those rare October mornings when neither 603-HLSA nor 657-Pyongyang managed any audio here. Best signal of the session was from the Korean big gun 972-HLCA with its pop music around 1357, although 747-JOIB would have had the best signal with its NHK2 English lessons around 1323 if not for the oppressive Portland splatter. Overall the session was fairly lackluster, but an improvement over yesterday. 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Fair to good level Japanese female-male storytelling late in sunrise enhancement around 1405 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/mfobz1vdkldlzxn/693-JOAB-1405z100714PL380.MP3 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good level English lessons in Portland splatter around 1323 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2b4825oon42damq/747-JOIB-1323z100714PL380.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Good strength Korean pop music at 1357; best Asian signal of the morning http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jma046w6j7mck0g/972-HLCA-1357z100714PL380.MP3 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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