While I was still in Puyallup it was a great morning for the NHK big guns and 1566-HLAZ but certainly lacking the variety of Asians showing up yesterday. Except for the usual regular 603-HLSA my results were almost identical to those reported by Bruce. A very late rally by the CRI stations on 1044, 1206 and 1323 around 1345 provided a little variety but the band folded before they could come close to yesterday's levels. At my 1250 start time both 594 and 1566 had very good signals, and these were joined by 693, 747 and 774 during the predawn darkness. First daylight around 1320 didn't change propagation much, except for 603-HLSA and 972-HLCA coming out of the noise to reach fair levels in and out. By the 1330 start of the NHK2 Chinese lessons the signal from 747-JOIB was the strongest that it's ever been on these hot-rodded portables, and 594 and 693 weren't far behind. 603-HLSA reached a slightly stronger level than yesterday (fair) around 1340, and 1575-VOA was also slightly improved, keeping steady fair audio during sunrise enhancement. The late mid-band CRI rally might have gone somewhere except for the band's general collapse at 1350, another example of Puyallup's lackluster propagation in comparison to ocean beach areas. That won't be a problem for the next 4 days, as a collection of hot-rodded PL-380's, FSL antennas and digital recorders is eager to hit the salt water beach next to the Walsh Motel in Grayland ($180 for 4 days, as long as you don't set up large external antennas or put ground stakes through water lines). 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Very good level Chinese lesson start at 1330; strongest signal ever on these models https://app.box.com/s/0np2hpxk19uw2urh4u3yr5fo1se54wnz 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Grayland, WA) Stand-alone 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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