Hello All, Thanks to Colin for the initial report on the outstanding performance of his new N/NW flag antenna (and I look forward to the full report). Asian signals were seriously improved this morning, with the Japanese big guns especially vibrant. 594-JOAK was the star performer here, although there was good variety from both Japan and Korea. My session started off at 1300 with signals very similar to yesterday, with weak audio in and out on 594, 603 (HLSA), 693, 738, 747, 828, 972, 1053, 1134 and 1566. The big difference this morning was that several of the Asians (594, 747, 972 and 1053) received serious boosts with the increasing daylight. 594-JOAK reached its best level of the new season (very good) at 1315, while the 1053-Jammer did the same at 1310. 657-Pyongyang and 738-BEL2 also began coming out of the noise around this time, but never could maintain a decent level. The NHK2 big guns on 693 and 747 both maintained good levels late around 1325, although 693 had its Vancouver issues, and 747-JOIB was troubled by the mystery electrical noise covering Puget Sound. Although the session featured good propagation it was primarily a big gun show here, with most of the second-tier Asians staying close to the noise level. In any case, who can complain in early September? 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese male speech at very good level at 1315; best Asian signal of the session https://app.box.com/s/wegu99a6gl61cs7v8s8yy7f2x1kjeto9 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Japanese female speech getting through mystery electrical noise at 1312 https://app.box.com/s/hm8naicp3bc9gyeo3titrufr9rfzptbl 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Good-level Korean female speech at 1311; signal in and out all session https://app.box.com/s/qw3tbfe9sjqbji86wbnyo1zfg1kfmyw7 1053 Korean Jammer Best jam of the new season (good) at 1310 https://app.box.com/s/6ey2bc5eq5xbacky66q5xodcas2ju6vk 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick C. Crane Skywave Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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