Thanks to Dennis for his detailed TP report (and to Colin and Walt for their sleep reports). Some promising Asian signals in the predawn darkness were left floundering without much of a sunrise enhancement boost this morning. Despite this, what seemed destined to be another fizzler session was rescued somewhat by a late surge from the middle band Koreans on 972, 1053 and 1134-- all of which reached fair to good levels briefly. In total darkness around 1250 it seemed like a good session was in the works, with the NHK big guns on 594, 693, 747 and 828 already hitting fair to good levels, and 1566-HLAZ at very good strength in and out. Unfortunately nothing much happened with these signals for the rest of the session, as increasing daylight seemed to sap the strength of all except for 594-JOAK. From 1315-1330 mediocrity reigned, until around 1330 the previously silent Koreans on 972 and 1053 began to come out of the noise. 972-HLCA reached a brief good level in the "Freedom 970" splatter around 1335 while the 1053-Jammer did the same a few minutes later. 1134-KBS was riding the same modest propagation boost, and managed to clear the Vancouver splatter for a few minutes around 1340 with Korean pop music (apparently // 972). 594-JOAK was in and out of the noise all session long, but never came up to its predawn level. A collection of high band big guns on 1503, 1575 and 1593 also managed threshold audio for brief moments late on around 1335 but never amounted to much. So, Colin and Walt, you probably made the correct decision this morning. 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean female and male speech at fair to good level at 1335 https://app.box.com/s/zme2opi9penflu7nqc97ebahloe9g6kw 1053 Korean Jammer Good jam session temporarily at 1338 https://app.box.com/s/x7bmuuhdv5si0os7u6out60l872r519x 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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