Hello All, A dramatic propagation improvement boosted most of the low band Japanese signals up to very potent levels this morning, with 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 all reaching very good peaks between 1315 and 1400. The star performer of the morning waited until a sharp sunrise enhancement boost around 1400 to show up, though-- 738-BEL2, with its best signal of the entire season. At my 1315 start time the NHK big guns were already on the warpath, with 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB hitting very good levels in and out. The Chinese lessons on the other NHK2 stations (747, 774 and 828) were also at equal strength, but suffering from the usual domestic splatter issues. 1566-HLAZ was managing fair signals in and out, but other than this during the predawn darkness it seemed like the morning would be strictly a Japanese show. Around 1350 there was somewhat of a boost for the rest of Asia, though, with 972-HLCA coming out of the noise to reach a good level, and 603, 657, 738, 1044 and 1593 all starting to manage threshold audio. Most of these signals soon fizzled with the increasing daylight, but around 1403 the relatively obscure Taiwan station 738-BEL2 definitely got a boost, reaching very good peaks with its usual hyped-up Chinese speech-- its best signal since the season started in September. BEL2 had a weak mainland Chinese co-channel as well during its peak moments, but the UnID Chinese station soon faded. On the other hand BEL2 stuck around until 1425, in and out of the noise with its Chinese female-announced news. Along with the unusually strong NHK big guns on 594 and 693 it was one of the biggest surprises of a productive morning-- almost seeming like something straight out of October. 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese female and male-announced news at very good level at 1358 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ah2lnfkgqjzc3g3/594-JOAK-1358z031015CCSW.MP3 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Chinese female and male speech (at usual hyper speed) with disco music at 1404; mainland Chinese co-channel with female speech at weak level underneath (during peaks) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/dkqf2j008s8m0fx/738-BEL2-UnIDmix-1404z031015CCSW.MP3 Chinese female-announced news at good level around 1417 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vgsal9njb1zlnjb/738-BEL2-1417z031015CCSW.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean female speech at a good level at 1353 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ch68pu85pt202td/972-HLCA-1353z031015CCSW.MP3 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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