Mark and Richard, We typically have two different Asian propagation peaks here on the west coast during good conditions -- one during the Asian sunset and another around our local sunrise. The local dawn enhancement peak is usually more favorable during the early season months (September-October), but the Asian sunset peak becomes pretty competitive around November and December.
Unfortunately the Asian sunset propagation peak occurs at pretty inconvenient DXing times for someone with work or family obligations (from midnight to 3AM local time). It can be surprisingly good in the late season, though. The original TP-DX receptions that kicked off the Ultralight radio boom 10 years ago (594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 972-HLCA on a $15 stock Sony SRF-59) happened during Asian sunset propagation in late November. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard N Allen" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 9:51:16 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Japan listening (was: Re: S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1) Mark: Some of the best reception I've had from Japan has occurred at sunset there. I’ve frequently heard JOIB and JOUB on a barefoot ultralight receiver then. In the 1980's I often logged Japanese stations (JOAB, JOAK, JOIB and JOUB) at sunset at the transmitter site. Richard Allen, near Billings OK Sent from my iPad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca 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] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca 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]
