Hello All, As Richard has reported from Oklahoma Asian propagation slid downhill somewhat this morning, with vibrant audio limited to the Japanese and Korean big guns. Second-tier Asians were primarily missing in action, although there were a few ghostly signals on 603, 657 and 1044. In the predawn darkness at my 1305 start time only 594-JOAK, 972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer were managing fair audio in and out, and all the second-tier TP's were comatose. Around 1330 the NHK2 stations on 693, 747 and 774 joined the Big Gun Revue with fair signals, and both 603-HLSA and 1044-CRI reached threshold levels. That was pretty much the story until around 1420, when the increasing daylight gave a moderate boost to (who else?) the big guns. 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA briefly reached very good levels with the selective sunrise enhancement, while 657-Pyongyang barely managed threshold audio at 1345, replacing 603-HLSA and 1044-CRI (who had long since bailed). 693-JOAB, 747-JOIB and 774-JOUB rose up to brief good levels with the sunrise boost, and 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA both sounded very healthy until around 1455, when even the big guns sank into the noise. Best signal of the lackluster morning (very good) was from 972-HLCA at 1426, although 594-JOAK at 1438 wasn't far behind. 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan NHK1 news by Japanese male at vibrant level around 1438; best Japanese signal of the morning http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5pz2ejeyetrbz4l/594-JOAK-1438z103014PL380.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Female Korean speech at very good level around 1426; best Asian signal of the morning http://www.mediafire.com/listen/h2bv6n2vn3q0d1e/972-HLCA-1426z103014PL380.MP3 Similar level Korean speech from a different lady at 1441 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/yknjl85x3db873v/972-HLCA-1441z103014PL380.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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