The Japanese big guns once again dominated the show this morning with huge signals from 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB late in the session. Other Asians were modest at best, however, with 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 738-BEL2 sticking around the noise level, and the Korean big guns on 972 and 1053 somewhat under strength. At my 1300 start time it was pretty obvious that the session would turn into another Japanese show, with the NHK signals from 594, 693, 747 and 828 already at good strength in and out (along with the usual regular 1566-HLAZ, with its Japanese service). Increasing daylight around 1315 brought 1134-JOQR above the Vancouver splatter to a fair level in and out, and both 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 came out of the noise to weak levels. Unfortunately they stayed there throughout the session, while the usual Korean regular 972-HLCA was missing in action all morning. The 1053-Jammer sounded anemic, and seemed to have some JOAR competition at times during peak sunrise enhancement around 1330. Nothing much changed for the rest of the session, with the Japanese big guns continuing to pound in while all other TP signals were paltry. Late on at 1340 both 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB went on big S9 runs, which is fairly common for 594 but which was the best signal yet this season for 693 (which is typically troubled by Vancouver splatter). Everything except these two die-hards had faded by 1400, but they stuck around for a few minutes later before following the trend. Overall it was a good session for the Japanese big guns, but mediocre for everything else. 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Male-female Japanese speech at very good level at 1340 https://app.box.com/s/fnlg1sqg8al5dlbt79urrdgk66yi8gva 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Chinese lessons at very good strength at 1342; its best signal yet this season https://app.box.com/s/olvxkapcf45kaum4av9vutroug2jbxaq 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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