What sounded like a promising band in the predawn darkness tapered off somewhat with increasing daylight, as many second-tier TP's failed to get any sunrise enhancement boost. A few stations like 657-Pyongyang and a presumed 738-BEL2 ended up slightly stronger than yesterday, but mostly it was a Japanese and Korean big gun show.
In the predawn darkness at 1250 there was a good variety of promising carriers on 603, 657, 738, 936, 1035 and 1044, but only 657 and 738 seemed to get any sunrise enhancement boost. The Japanese and Korean big guns on 594, 693, 747, 828, 972, 1053 and 1566 were at moderate strength in and out throughout the session, with the bizarre singing practice on 972-HLCA back for another TP season. 657-Pyongyang's Korean male shouter reached a fair level at 1315, followed by the Korean female shouter at 1320. The 1053-Jammer (on an equal intellectual level) managed its best signal of the new season at 1325 (very good), while a presumed 738-BEL2 finished up the session with fair-level instrumental music at 1330 Overall the session was somewhat of a letdown after yesterday, but not too bad in consideration of the modest solar predictions for this season. 657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea Korean male shouter at 1315; somewhat stronger than yesterday (unfortunately) https://app.box.com/s/dvjwww49xx36frnqm201xdp0si7lmkkj 738 BEL2 (presumed) Penghu, Taiwan Instrumental music at fair level at 1326 (matching BEL2's format); best signal of the new season https://app.box.com/s/u5xu12ndwl9j42z163lrnie8inydblte 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
