Hello All, Although the Japanese big guns were almost as vibrant as yesterday Asian mainland propagation took a step backward this morning, with most of the Korean and Chinese stations sounding fairly anemic. With the exception of the Korean big guns on 972 and 1053 it was mostly a Japanese show this morning, although a late sunrise enhancement boost after 1400 did bring several second-tier Korean and Chinese stations out of the noise. My session started off at 1235 with the Japanese big guns on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 the only Asian stations with strong audio, although their signal levels were slightly off from yesterday's exceptional strength. In the predawn darkness none of the Koreans or Chinese were managing decent audio, a big change from yesterday's strong performance of 972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer prior to 1300. Like yesterday the NHK2 big guns on 693 and 747 were both pegging the PL-380 S/N at times after 1300 and 594-JOAK was coming close to doing so-- but also like yesterday the second-tier Japanese like 531-JOQG (fair) and 585-JOPG (poor) didn't seem to sharing much in the propagation bonanza. On the other hand 972-HLCA and the 1053 Jammer never reached yesterday's levels, while 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 only managed fair audio at best. A very late sunrise enhancement boost after 1400 brought 603-HLSA (with its Chinese co-channel), 657-Pyongyang, 738-BEL2 and a presumed 936-Anhui out of the noise with poor to fair signals, while the Chinese stations on 639 and 1044 were managing threshold audio at times. During the entire session the NHK big guns were far and away the strongest, with 594-JOAK and 747-JOIB sticking around right up until the band folded around 1440. Best signals of the morning were from 693-JOAB and 747-JOIB, both of which pegged the PL-380 S/N display at the 25 maximum around 1310. 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Japanese male conversation pegging the PL-380 S/N (through some Vancouver splatter) at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hm3gpl1o1rxzfzg/693-JOAB-1318z101914PL380.MP3 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Same NHK2 Japanese male speaking as in above recording, and also pegging the PL-380 S/N (through the mystery noise) at 1308 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/utn99upnce4b9i0/747-JOIB-1308z101914PL380.MP3 1053 Korean Jammer Potent jam at 1351, but slight off from yesterday's meltdown level; best Korean signal of the session http://www.mediafire.com/listen/pry6v8uczqyidif/1053-Jammer-1351z101914PL380.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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