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Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-16
Hello All,
It was another exciting TP-DXing morning here, with several Asiatic mainland stations producing vibrant audio. I'm very happy that Nick was also able to receive a potent signal from the 603 kHz mystery Chinese station this morning-- here, it was dominating the frequency over a weak HLSA throughout sunrise enhancement. Maybe it has had a power increase, or antenna change? The 603 UnID Chinese station seems to have every intention of becoming another Chinese "big gun" TP, similar to the transformation of 936-Anhui a couple of years ago. Besides the 603 fireworks both 936-Anhui and 1575-VOA had their best audio of the new season so far, although the Japanese "big guns" didn't really boom in like yesterday. Thanks to Chuck for his positive Hulun Buir ID on Nick's recording of the 603 kHz Mystery Chinese! At least now we know who this new "big gun" Chinese station is.
558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Korean music fighting a losing battle with KPQ splatter at 1305
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Male-female Japanese conversation good at 1315
603 Hulun Buir, China Strong male-female Chinese speech and music at 1307, and throughout sunrise
enhancement over a weakened HLSA http://www.mediafire.com/?3mknhu5098a13vr
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Weak music and Korean speech mixing with the dominant Chinese
at times, but never putting up a serious fight
639 CNR1 Chinese Synchros Fair-good with male-female Chinese speech through KFI splatter at
1325. The key to getting this one alone is to wait until KFI fades around 1340.
657 Pyongyang N. Korea Bizarre Korean YL tirades as usual at 1320
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese speech and music at 1330
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Very good Japanese male speech at 1303; best Japanese signal
774 JOUB Akita, Japan Losing the battle with mortal enemy KTTH
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Weak underperformer with apparent Japanese conversation at 1306
936 Anhui, China Fair Chinese music and speech around 1319
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Strong Korean YL speech at 1335
1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Poor-fair music at 1336
1053 Korean Jammer Potent buzz throughout morning enhancement, but not quite as strong as
yesterday (not pegging out the S/N reading)
1134 KBS Hwaseong. S. Korea Presumed the one with fair music in splatter 1332
1566 HLAZ Jeju. S. Korea Very good Japanese Christian program at 1300
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Good Vietnamese YL speech around 1317; best signal of new
season so far http://www.mediafire.com/?9gdeic1dri3mnkj
73 and Good DX.
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA. USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 + 8" Medium Wave FSL
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Oklahoma DX 9/15 & 9/16/12
bbwrwy
TP signals were slightly improved the past two mornings.
On Saturday morning (9/15) I was able to hear 747 JOIB and 774 JOUB with parallel NHK programme. Also heard was the 1053 ROK jammer, as well as hets on 828 and 972 kHz. This morning (9/16), only 774 JOUB was heard with distorted unreadable audio fading in and out between 0949 and 1058 GMT. I fell asleep during the session and missed listening until LSR (1214 GMT). The 702 kHz heterodyne of the past fortnight (most likely 2BL) wasn't heard. It will probably remain silent until there is an increase in solar activity. Receiver: PL-310 with 7-inch FSL. Good DX all. Richard. Richard Allen near Perry OK USA.
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Re: Ultralight Longwave DX-- One New NDB (Montana)
On 2012-09-15, at 6:22 PM, d1028gary@... wrote:
Yup Gary...the Snowmobile Suit is Ready!! However...it's still very much like Summer around here right now. The Leaves are starting to Fall, and you can tell summer is pretty much Kaput.....but the Temps are still summer like....Maybe a Tad cooler. Heck, we may still get a bout of Indian Summer out of this!! However...the past few nights I "Almost" hauled the FSL out onto the Deck...just to see what's going on with the ndb's!!! I think I logged some new Ones last September....so maybe I should be checking out the Band right now!!!! Not sure how much I would enjoy the hospitable temperatures though...HAAHHAHAHHA....... Yeah.....I'm currently sitting at 271 ULR LW Stations....so cracking 300 should not be a problem this Season, unless things are really bad!! I have been checking out the AM BCB nightly though....and have a couple of new ones so far....hopefully things will be hopping very soon...... 73...ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA
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Ultralight Longwave DX-- One New NDB (Montana)
Hello All,
The first new NDB of the Fall Season showed up weakly at 1221 UTC during an unsuccessful search for the Alaskan 414-IME (heard on the Oregon cliff). The 50 watt West Yellowstone seasonal beacon 415-LO managed a ghostly signal all alone on the frequency after a boost from the 8" Longwave FSL-- apparently just before the Yellowstone authorities pull the plug on its seasonal operation. 415-LO West Yellowstone, Montana (50 watts; Ultralight NDB #251)
http://www.mediafire.com/?g55gakvlfgdqhh0 (weak; headphones recommended)
Only about 20 more beacons to go before I catch up with my fellow Ultralight NDB-DXing fanatic in London, Ontario! Rob, do you have your Snowmobile Suit ready?? :-)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" LW Loopstick PL-380 +
8" Longwave DXpedition FSL antenna
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Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-15
Hello All,
The Asiatic TP conditions here seemed a little more wild than those reported by Dennis, Nick and Bruce. Chinese and Korean stations were unusually strong, and the big news was an obscure Chinese station on 603 kHz completely taking over the frequency at a very strong level around 1310. This Chinese station had been heard during previous seasons mixing with HLSA at a weak level, but this morning it completely hijacked the frequency. For the first time this season an Asiatic TP maxed out the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the 1053-Korean Jammer at 1318), and 972-HLCA came close to doing the same around 1335. Unfortunately the great conditions to Korea also boosted up the bizarre tirades and obsolete music on 657 kHz-- but at least this year's solar conditions are providing a few exciting TP-DXing sessions. 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Presumed the one with good-strength music fighting 560-KPQ splatter at 1308
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese male conversation strong at 1322
603 UnID (Chinese) Strong Chinese female conversation from 1310-1315 pushed HLSA completely down into the noise.
This unknown mainland China station had been heard previously, but never at such a strong level
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea fair music mixing with UnID Chinese station's music at 1315
639 CNR1 Chinese Synchros Fair-good Chinese conversation at 1323
657 Pyongyang, N. Korea First good tirade of the season at 1304, followed by ancient WW2-era music
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Poor-fair Chinese speech at 1331
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Very strong Japanese male speech through 750-Portland splatter at 1344
774 JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength at 1330 but no match for 770-Seattle splatter
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Male speech occasionally rising up to good audio around 1338; no splatter
936 Anhui, China Poor-fair with Chinese speech at 1333
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Very strong Korean conversation at 1335 through "Freedom 970" splatter
1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Poor-fair Chinese music at 1348
1053 Korean Jammer Nuclear-level buzz pegging out the PL-380's S/N display at 1318
1134 KBS Hwaseong, S. Korea Good strength Korean music at 1320
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Very good Japanese Christian program at 1301
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Poor-fair Asiatic language program at 1304
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (at Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
8" Medium Wave DXpedition FSL
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Little Radio... BIG Antenna !!
GaryT <kd1te@...>
As a youngster fascinated by radio, my dream was to connect a huge antenna to my radios. I was sure that would pull in the distant stations at local volume levels. Of course, big antennas are not always best for DXing; indeed, this Ultralight group is at the forefront of advanced small antennas. But nearly 50 years later, a chance to satisfy my childhood dream presented itself, and I had to take it.
A large area of conservation wetlands land near my home west of Boston is dotted with a number of old utility poles, many still strung with telephone wires. There's a spot where these wires cross a trail and have been cut by maintenance crews, since the poles have toppled into water on one side. But to the other side, wires aloft extend northward through the woods for a quarter mile or more. What a perfect antenna, says my 11-year old mind! All I need to do is connect the northside wires to one side of a coupling loop, and use the swamp wire side as a ground counterpoise connected to the other side of the loop. This will couple wonderfully to a radio's ferrite antenna. Moreover, this is a location with zero QRM. So I biked to this special spot, and spent an hour after sunset earlier this week, crouched at the edge of a swamp with my Grundig G8, listening and recording MW and LW NDBs on my "found antenna". This setup delivered a lot of signal into the G8. While I identified nothing remarkable on MW, the antenna functioned much like a Beverage, strongly favoring signals from the north. CBT 540 (Newfoundland) and CKAT 600 (North Bay Ontario) were like locals. The G8 is not very good on LW, but with all this signal funneling into it, when I pored through the LW recordings at home, many Canadian NDBs emerged. A sampling of what I heard is below. Also, two photos of my simple setup (before heading to the swamp) are at: http://daslied.com/badx/g8 10 Sept 2012, 2330 UTC to 11 Sept, 0030 UTC. (7:30-8:30pm local Monday evening). 540 KHz CBT Newfoundland. 550 WDEV Waterbury VT 600 CKAT North Bay ON 690 CKGM Montreal QC 730 CKAC Montreal QC 860 CJBC Toronto ON 1420 WRSA St Albans VT 1610 CJWI Montreal QC Non-Directional Beacons... 209 MJ Manchester NH 209 MT Chibougamau QC 216 CLB Wilmington NC 220 IHM Mansfield MA 227 TAN Taunton MA 248 UL Montreal QC 332 BE Bedford MA 356 AR Providence RI 359 AS Nashua NH 365 FIT Fitchburg MA 366 YMW Maniwaki QC 375 BO Boston MA 382 LQ Lynnfield MA 387 6E Grand Manan NB 397 OW Norwood MA 402 LW Lawrence MA 407 ZHU Montreal QC
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Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-14
Hello All,
As reported by other west coast DXers, the band seemed to be in a transition from the dreary TP conditions of yesterday to something more promising. The Japanese "big guns" had some good audio at times, along with 972-HLCA and 1566-HLAZ. One bright spot was the first appearance of decent audio from the 639-CNR1 Chinese synchros, which usually are stong here in September (along with other Chinese stations like 936-Anhui, which has yet to manage good audio in this active solar year). 594-JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength with Japanese male-female interview at 1333 603-HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair music at 1307
639-CNR1 Chinese Synchros Fair-good with YL in Chinese at 1330
648-VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Poor-fair music through Vancouver splatter at 1327
657-Pyongyang N. Korea Obsolete music thankfully weak at 1335
747-JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good Japanese male speech at 1306
774-JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength but heavy 770-Seattle splatter at 1318
828-JOBB Osaka, Japan Poor-Fair with apparent weather report at 1305
936-Anhui, China Poor strength Chinese around 1315
972-HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Male-female Korean conversation strong at 1322
1053-Korean Jammer Vibrant audio throughout sunrise enhancement
1134-KBS Hwaseong, S. Korea (presumed) Poor-fair music through splatter at 1329
1566-HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Strong Japanese language Christian program at 1316
1575-VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Poor-fair Asiatic language speech at 1301
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Logs Sep 13 - 14
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
3 new stations added to the Ultralight log from last evening and early this morning as follows: 1620 - ARGENTINA - AM 16-20 Mar Del Plata 23:47 UTC 9/13/12 sound effects , ID in Spanish , music (mixing with Rebelde-Cuba ) Ultralight Station # 811 Latin # 108 760 - VENEZUELA - YVQQ Puerto La Cruz 00:18 UTC 9/14/12 with Doble Q ID in Spanish, mentions of Venezuela , talk in Spanish Ultralight Station # 812 Latin # 109 1420 - WRCG - Columbus, Georgia 9:23 UTC 9/14/12 "Marketwatch" program promo , news and talk, 106.9 FM feed mentioned . also several mentions of Georgia Ultralight Station # 813 Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W http://nldxers.000a.biz/
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Oklahoma DX 9/14/12
bbwrwy
It was a lackluster DX morning here. No signals from Asia were heard. Only the het on 702 kHz was detected on PL-310 and 7-inch FSL.
Best wishes to everyone for a good DX weekend. Richard. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Re: Hidden coverage for 1715-2300khz in Tecsun DSP radios?
Marc Coevoet
Op 12-09-12 21:46, keith beesley schreef:
Marc, do you mean this one? http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6873 Trick: use the 100khz step to go down. set the radio on 1700 khz, in sw, then go down to 1600 !! that s it: now you go down in steps to 0 khz... And the antenna is the whip, not the ferrite. That means am is more sensitive (outside). Marc -- The "Penguin" has arrived - and he's not going away - ever. What's on Shortwave guide: choose an hour, go! http://shortwave dot tk 700+ Radio Stations on SW http://swstations dot tk 300+ languages on SW http://radiolanguages dot tk
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Re: Oklahoma DX 9/13/12
neilkaz <neilkaz@...>
Today wasn't so good for DU's here in IL. 702 and 738 were several dB lower than they were a week ago when they were audible. CA stns and west coast Mexicans were also much worse than a week ago, whereas Colorado stuff was very good. So perhaps the 2nd need to get the coast wasn't very good.
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Is your PL-310 stock, or have the filters been modified for better selectivity? 73 KAZ Barrington IL.. Perseus and Double KAZ Antenna 21 ft x 112 ft aimed west
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From: RichardA <richarda@...>
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Re: Oklahoma DX 9/13/12
maurits <mauritsvandriessche@...>
Richard , Korea was strong
here on 1566khz at 20.00utc and the day before France was
off so I Am lucky WYFR on 1557khz 9+10 de strong
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EwN4qcSC6g 73, to all Maurits Van Driessche Belgium
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Oklahoma DX 9/13/12
bbwrwy
I awoke before local sunrise hoping to hear something from across the Pacific. No Asian signals were detected. Hets were heard on 702 (70/250°) and 738 (50/230°). The 702 kHz het, most likely from 2BL, was the stronger of the two. Sadly no audio was heard. The receiver was a PL-310 with a 7.5-inch ferrite loop.
Good DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-13 (or lack thereof)
Hello All,
Asiatic signals suffered a major drop off here this morning as even the "big gun" TP regulars struggled to produce any audio. 594-JOAK was one of the few to be heard with poor Japanese talk at 1310, but even 747-JOIB and 774-JOUB stayed at carrier levels. 657-Pyongyang and the 1053-Korean Jammer (both with equally interesting programming) managed a few ghostly traces of audio at times, but 1566-HLAZ (which was so vibrant yesterday) also stayed at the carrier level. I suspect that some kind of solar flare put the skids on TP propagation, at least for the 1300-1340 UTC period. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 + 8" Medium Wave FSL
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ULR DX.....One new Station for the ULR Log at SUNSET Tonight..........
Hi Guys:
Decent conditions at Sunset tonight netted One NEW STATION for the ULR LOG and a RELOG (Call Letter Change) as well. Both of these Stations are 1 KW or Less. Each night I have checked so far this week at Sunset conditions have been improving, so hopefully the DX will be flowing shortly!! RADIO USED..................SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Barefoot ULR LOG Totals are now .................1,010 Stations Heard 73..........ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA *************************************************************************************** 1570 WQTW Latrobe, PENNSYLVANIA Sept/12/12 1947 EDT EE VG Oldies Music. "Maggie May" Rod Stewart. ID as "1570 WQTW Bringing Back the Sounds of Yesterday". Ads and More Oldies. RELOG to Overall Log but NEW ULR Station # 1,010 1 KW/224 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. *************************************************************************************** 1550 WUSP Utica, NEW YORK Sept/12/12 1937 EDT EE FAIR Mets vs Pirates Baseball. ID as "The WFAN Mets Radio Network" Ads and Back to Game. Promo for Mets Ticket Packages. In // to WFAN 660 New York. RELOG but Call Change EX-WUTQ 1 KW/3 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. ***************************************************************************************
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Re: Oklahoma DX 9/12/12
Richard,
Your current DXing setup seems to be close to providing you some audio from the South Pacific on your PL-310 Ultralight.
The good news is that unlike signals from the Asiatic TP's, signals from the South Pacific should not drop off in strength as the current solar cycle goes into its lean years (according to local expert Chuck Hutton). The summer DU-DX on the Oregon cliffs was the best that I ever experienced, and the recent reception of 738-Tahiti audio in Michigan and Illinois follows the same trend. I'm sure that you will have your own chance eventually.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message----- From: RichardA To: ultralightdx Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 8:51 am Subject: [ultralightdx] Oklahoma DX 9/12/12 There was no trace of signals from Asia this morning (9/12/12). However, there was a noticeable het on 702 (possibly from 2BL) with a weaker one detected on 891 kHz. Heard on PL-310 and 7-inch FSL.
Good DX all. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Re: Hidden coverage for 1715-2300khz in Tecsun DSP radios?
keith beesley
Marc, do you mean this one? Did you have to do a modification, or does it just work that way all the time? 73, Keith Beesley Seattle WA| USA From: Marc Coevoet To: ultralightdx@... Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] Re: Hidden coverage for 1715-2300khz in Tecsun DSP radios? Hello, I found a bug on the kchio ks 500, it runs from 0-29999Khz. While there is NO LW, I get reception OF THE WHIP, for the whole AM band, and it is much more sensitive than from the ferrite... Marc -- The "Penguin" has arrived - and he's not going away - ever. What's on Shortwave guide: choose an hour, go! http://shortwave dot tk 700+ Radio Stations on SW http://swstations dot tk 300+ languages on SW http://radiolanguages dot tk
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Oklahoma DX 9/12/12
bbwrwy
There was no trace of signals from Asia this morning (9/12/12). However, there was a noticeable het on 702 (possibly from 2BL) with a weaker one detected on 891 kHz. Heard on PL-310 and 7-inch FSL.
Good DX all. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-12
Hello All,
As reported by Dennis, there was a general improvement in TP propagation this morning, with a couple of "big gun" Korean stations having very good audio at times. 738-BEL2 in Taiwan managed its first Chinese audio of the new season, and 639-CNR1 and 648-VOR both made their first appearances. It must have been an exciting last day for Guy on the Oregon cliff, enjoying Cape Perpetua's enhanced TP propagation. 594-JOAK Tokyo, Japan Very good with male-female Japanese conversation at 1335 603-HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair-good with music at 1311
639-CNR1 China Synchros Fair Chinese speech at 1315
648-VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Poor-fair with music at 1319
738-BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese male speech at 1305; first audio of new season
747-JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good Japanese male speech at 1308
774-JOUB Akita, Japan Losing the battle with 770 splatter this morning
828-JOBB Osaka, Japan Poor strength Japanese speech at 1313
972-HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Strong Korean pop music at 1327
1044-CRI Jiangsu, S. Korea Fair Chinese music at 1322
1053-Korean Jammer Strong throbbing buzz at 1330
1134-KBS Hwaseong, S. Korea Fair Korean conversation in splatter 1333
1566-HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Strong Japanese language Christian program at 1312
1575-VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Poor Asiatic language speech at 1318
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL
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Re: Hidden coverage for 1715-2300khz in Tecsun DSP radios?
Marc Coevoet
Hello,
I found a bug on the kchio ks 500, it runs from 0-29999Khz. While there is NO LW, I get reception OF THE WHIP, for the whole AM band, and it is much more sensitive than from the ferrite... Marc -- The "Penguin" has arrived - and he's not going away - ever. What's on Shortwave guide: choose an hour, go! http://shortwave dot tk 700+ Radio Stations on SW http://swstations dot tk 300+ languages on SW http://radiolanguages dot tk
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