As Dennis has already reported, Asian signals improved dramatically this morning. Sunrise really brought out the Land of the Rising Sun, and anything Japanese seemed to get a special boost (even 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service). The NHK big guns on 594, 693, 774 and 828 all had their best signals of the new season, and 1134-JOQR made another rare appearance here late in the session. 972-HLCA even managed its best signal this month, temporarily reaching an S9 level around 1330. At my 1250 start time the Japanese were already at good levels on 594, 693, 747 and 828, while 1566-HLAZ followed the same predawn trend with its Japanese service. As daylight broke around 1310 the NHK big guns all received a potent boost, and 594-JOAK sustained a very good level around 1335. The NHK2 Korean language lessons on 693 and 747 also pounded in with serious strength from 1305-1320, while 972-HLCA went on a huge run just after this, hitting S9 peaks around 1330. The second tier Asians didn't seem to share much in the propagation bonanza, though, with 603-HLSA only reaching a fair level around 1338 and 738-BEL2 only managing poor signals in the San Francisco splatter. Late on in the session 1134-JOQR once again rode the Japanese trend to made a rare appearance above the Vancouver splatter with its typical "male talking with giggly female" conversation. Asian signals held up until around 1350 here, with the NHK big guns on 594 and 747 the last to fade. Overall it was a very decent session for mid-September in a lean solar year. 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese female speech (NHK news) at very good strength at 1335; best signal of the season so far https://app.box.com/s/q5ztc06zewbybrgm055su0vri4mdvyl4 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair level Korean male speech at 1338; in and out all session https://app.box.com/s/dqd88d6ogwu7j0jzyf6qz4afjitvfp3c 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean female pop music hitting S9 peaks at 1331; best Asian signal of the session https://app.box.com/s/blydx2rmfx0a8msr1ns8rb1fnwu1nm31 1134 JOQR Tokyo, Japan Fair level male-female conversation through Vancouver splatter at 1343 https://app.box.com/s/2gflfu42fhpnl4dif9ywj1jrnghjqexe 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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