Todays showcase of all things Trans-Pacific radio signals felt that they took a 3 db drop over yesterday - that said, I was at the dial a whopping 20 minutes later than yesterday and that could have accounted for the fade interval.
That said, there were good signals on primaries and secondaries from 567 khz up through my mid-band check. As I passed 972 Khz, I noticed that Korea was swamping the domestics on 970 Khz -- and that is always a good sign. My mid-band from 909 through 1215 Khz seemed to be holding up the best as the local sunrise approached. For whatever reason, I get the best bang for the buck mid-band - which is to say, whatever Nick Hall-Patches reference antennas and receivers are getting, mid-band seems a bit perkier for me at my location. On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:28 AM Gary DeBock <[email protected]> wrote: > True to the reports from Victoria yesterday, the Asians put on quite > a powerful show again this morning. It wasn't quite up to Hawaiian > standards or even the wacky conditions of late October, but it was still > pretty entertaining. > > The big stars in the rainy Peach Park here in Puyallup were 756-CNR1 > (with huge S9 signals in and out from 1430-1515), 738-BEL2 with an English > program at 1534, and 864-HLKR with an S9+ signal at 1408. The regulars > 603-HLSA and 639-CNR1 also managed several S9+ peaks, and a presumed > 837-Harbin had music at good levels in and out. A presumed 657-Henan was > also (thankfully) giving Pyongyang BS some severe completion. The CRI > stations weren't quite up to their late October levels, though, and with > the exception of 603-China and a monster het from a presumed > 621-Heilongjiang, the other Chinese seemed slow to get untracked. 783 and > 936 were MIA, and the upper band didn't seem to share in the good > conditions. More details to follow... > > > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) > > > -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _______________________________________________ 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]
