The conditions to Asia were much improved
here this morning over yesterday's pedestrian showing, with the exception
of North Korea, for some reason. I was at the dial at 1120 UTC (LSR=about
1320). It was pretty much all about China and Japan until exactly LSR,
when the Asians faded some and the DUs came up. I pretty well skimmed the
cream off Japan yesterday morning, but conditions were so much better
this AM, that I received a number of second and even third level Japanese
(5 and 10 kW) as well as much of the cream of China. Olympic coverage was
widespread, being that our dawn coincides with prime time in East Asia
and DU... and the games being located in China. The Olympics coverage
made for some strange parallels, with 972 running some coverage // to
KBS1 and even more unusual, several of the commercial networks in Japan
were carrying the same Olympics JJ that NHK1 was carrying. Wow!
There were bunches of relogs from yesterday, though I tried to
concentrate on new` stuff, naturally. The log shows 18 new Ultralight
catches and one new country: Marshall Islands.
747 JOIB NHK2
Sapporo
Japan
8/20/2008
1154
Fem in JJ //828
918
CNR2
China
8/20/2008
1123
CC Talk, paralleled later
954
JOKR
Tokyo
Japan
8/20/2008
1240 Olympics in JJ +
Commercials
981
CNR1
Multiple Sites
China
8/20/2008
1125
M+W // 5030
1008
JONR
Osaka
Japan
8/20/2008
1242
Male in JJ
1044 CRI
JapanSvc Changzhou
China
8/20/2008
1127
M in JJ
1062
HLKQ
Cheongju
South Korea
8/20/2008
1245
Olympics in KK //972 (!)
1098
MIBC
Majuro
Marshall Isl's
8/20/2008
1129
Cont. Isl. Music Slight under mod
1107
2EA
Sydney
Australia
8/20/2008
1350
DU phone interview
1179
JOOR
Osaka
Japan
8/20/2008
1248
M+W in JJ. Hrd on 1178
1206
Yangbian RGD
Yanji
China
8/20/2008
1200 KK Svc. Caught TOH on
1205.96
1224 JOJK
NHK1 Kanazawa
Japan
8/20/2008
1309
Olympics in JJ //594
1269 HBC
Synch Obihiro ?
Japan
8/20/2008
1137
Olympics in JJ //1287
1377
CNR1
Shijiazhuang?
China
8/20/2008
1200
Olympics in CC //5030
1440
JOWF
Sapporo
Japan
8/20/2008
1321 Completely on top at dawn!
JJ talk
1503 JOUK
NHK1 Akita
Japan
8/20/2008
1140
Olympics in JJ //594//1287!!
1548
4QD
Emerald
Australia
8/20/2008
1325
Olympics in Aussie
1593
CNR1
Changzhou
China
8/20/2008
1150
M+W //5030
Most of the above are at least somewhat
regular here at Grayland during the heart of the Fall Season (October)
but I'm particularly pleased with the 1269-HBC Synchros, since there are
only two: 1 kW and Obihiro at 5 kW. I'm also pleased with 1440 JOWF which
was totally dominating 1440. Not unheard of here at Grayland, but
pleasant all the same. Also
I tried the T615 Barefoot several times on signals that were particularly
strong (972, 1566), even going outside once. No luck. Going
TP Barefoot is REALLY difficult.
I'm sort of overjoyed , too, with 1179 and 1269. That Murata 5 kHz. is a
wonder. I received those two by off-tuning one kHz.... e.g. when
tuned to 1269, the station on 1270 was obliterating a barely audible HBC,
but when tuned to 1268, HBC was in the clear. Very nice! A good
filter plus 1 kHz. tuning resolution makes a heck of an
ultralight.
I should note that I discovered a whole class of weak audio that the E100
can't touch. After dawn, in that happy half hour that only occurs at the
coast, signal levels of all sort (including noise) drop away with
daylight. At the coast, though, some DX hangs on or even returns for
about 30 minutes. This morning, the DUs made their only appearance at and
after dawn. There were about a dozen of them strong enough that I could
at least ID the language; about half, I could follow the programming...
all using the 313e. Only three of these very weak ones could be
heard at all on the E100 + Wellbrook.
The Ultralight loggings of the last two mornings have been an
embarrassment of riches.... about double the number that I'd hoped. I
think that an awful lot of the success is due to an almost perfect match
between the location (very low RF environment so overloading is not an
issue and COASTAL) coupled with an excellent little radio that is being
driven by a really serious major antenna. Another advantage that I'm
enjoying is DXing at a site and season that I have done for 18 seasons
and being particularly up to speed on the band due to the early
appearance of Asians this summer at my home location. Finally, it is a
distinct advantage to be able to DX several days in a row, unlike many of
my NW colleagues who are not yet in the "post-employment
years."
Speaking of days in a row ... I've two morning to add to my now 72
Ultralight TP loggings this season.
John Bryant
Grayland 2008.8
WinRadio 313e + Ultralights
Wellbrook Phased Array
