Hello All,
Asian conditions this morning were similar to yesterday's, except
for 603-China temporarily pounding in at an S9 level around 1411 (its strongest
signal ever here, in 7 years of TP-DXing). The only problem was that 603-HLSA
was also at an S9 level at the same time-- resulting in a very angry snarl.
The session started out in a routine manner at 1300 with the
usual Japanese and Korean big guns on 594, 693, 747, 774, 972, 1053 and 1566
managing good audio in and out, along with fair audio occasionally from
558-HLQH, 603-China, 657-Pyongyang and 738-BEL2. 603-China was alone on the
frequency at a weak level until around 1330, when it was drowned out by a
good-level pop music fade in by HLSA. 603-China came back to dominate again,
however, and these two fought it out at a fair level until around 1411, when the
gloves really came off late in sunrise enhancement. 603-China went on a sudden
S9 romp, temporarily drowning out HLSA's deep voiced male with Chinese pop
music-- at least until HLSA reached an S9+ level with its own Korean pop music,
turning the frequency into a wild circus. This was the wildest 603 mix ever
observed here. 657-Pyongyang also got a boost late in sunrise enhancement to
reach a fair tirade level with its undermodulated transmitter, although the
Chinese co-channel (Henan?) was almost at an equal fair level at times.
738-BEL2's highly hyped-up male Chinese speech was in the clear at a fair level
around 1417 after the KCBS fade, and 639-CNR1 managed about the same signal
level after the KFI fade. The high band also showed some signs of life this
morning, with 1566-HLAZ at a very good level around 1302, and 1593-CNR1 in and
out at a fair level (through Seattle splatter) for much of the session. Overall
the propagation wasn't bad, although there wasn't much variety in the
second-tier TP's that showed up. The best signal of a pretty bizarre morning was
a tie-- the 603-China and HLSA co-channels both managed S9 levels around 1414--
unfortunately at the same time.
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Deep-voiced male and Korean pop
music all alone at a good level around 1337-- Chinese co-channel temporarily
down in the noise
603 China (Hulun Buir?) The wild mix begins. S9 romp over
HLSA's deep voiced male with Chinese pop music at 1411-- its strongest signal
ever observed here in 7 years of DXing
603 Wild Fight S9-level mix of the above two co-channels at
1412, turning the frequency into a real circus. HLSA eventually prevailed, but
only after a classic showdown.
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
15" FSL antenna
