Conditions in Seattle were similar to what Gary reported, with 747 774
828 and 972 varying from nothing to mediocre signal levels.
However.......from 1320 to 1340 UTC, the band was quite interesting
above 1300 kHz with a brief but intense sunrise enhancement. I had
respectable audio on some unexpected channels, like 1332 and 1404, and
carriers on several others. I'll have a full report later.
Bruce
On 4/4/2018 07:18, Gary DeBock wrote:
Asian propagation lurched backward this morning, resulting in a clunker session
with audio from only a few big guns, And of those, only the Korea stations on
972 and 1566 managed any respectable peaks, with the Japanese big guns stuck in
anemia.
1566-HLAZ (at a fair level) was the only Asian with audio at my 1305 start
time, but careful listening on 594, 693 and 747 revealed ghostly audio from the
NHK big guns if a DXer was willing to wait around for it (which I wasn't),
972-HLCA was only a modest carrier up until around 1320, but in a pretty wacky
moment (as if to show that the ionosphere still had a sense of humor) the
Korean signal went from S1 up to S9 at 1321, only to collapse back down to
practically nothing. Meanwhile the Japanese service on 1566-HLAZ was the only
decent Japanese audio all morning as 594, 693 and 747 were stuck around
threshold levels, even around the usual peak propagation time of 1330. The
second tier Asians on 603, 657 and 738 were not impressed with the clunker
propagation and stayed at modest carrier levels, while the Chinese stations all
took the morning off (which it seemed like a sensible DXer also should have
done, after the first band check).
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
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