Hello All,

 

     Asian propagation this morning rebounded very nicely from yesterday's mediocre results, providing TP signals that were pretty vibrant-- especially in consideration of the elevated solar indexes. As such, results here were much closer to Steve's positive version.  

     Both "big gun" and second-tier Asians sounded very healthy around 1400, and it was a scramble to check them all during sunrise enhancement. Both 828-JOBB and 972-HLCA had their best signals of the season, as did 738-HLKG. 585-JOPG was unusually strong, along with 675-VOV and 756-CNR1. The Chinese lineup on 918, 927, 936 and 945 all were in audio at some time this morning, along with the Asian regulars on 603, 648, 657 and 666. A mystery co-channel on 639 was briefly dominant over CNR1 around 1455 (not // 594 or 1134), but co-channels on 972 and 1377 seemed to get lost in the "big gun" audio. Overall conditions were very favorable, but other than the 639 UnID no new or rare Asian stations were heard. Sick-sounding transmitters were back with a vengeance, though-- 738-BEL2's throbbing hum seemed to consume most of its modulation at times, and 657-Pyongyang's high-frequency audio seems to be missing. In relation to this, about the only surprising reception this morning was apparently hearing the infamous Pyongyang tirade-yelling OM and YL team on a vibrant 648-VOR at 1505 during the Korean program, with their distinctive rapid-fire shouted Korean. Hopefully this was just an aberration, and not an indication that this very noxious programming is really part of a new 648-VOR schedule.

 

     The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver:

 

558  HLQH  Daegu, S. Korea  Fair-good music at 1423, // 603

585  JOPG  Kushiro, Japan  Good Japanese talk at 1412, // 594

594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Excellent with Japanese interview 1502

603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea  Good Korean music at 1424

639  UnID-TP   Deep-voiced male speech followed by music at the

         beginning of this 1455 recording, prior to CNR1's male-voiced

         speech (headphones recommended)  http://www.mediafire.com/?9o3n0w5hp8jk7yr 

639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair-good male-female Chinese speech

         and interval music around 1456  http://www.mediafire.com/?78b1tju161bs0wp 

648  VOR  Razdolnoye, Russia  Pyongyang's distinctive Tirade Twins

         apparently now showing up during VOR's Korean program

         at 1505 (frequency was double checked)   http://www.mediafire.com/?lrtcqcg3tvj1iof  

657  Pyongyang BS, N. Korea  Very strong at 1510, but awful-

         sounding audio with high audio frequencies missing  http://www.mediafire.com/?7qxjo6xks2bklnc

666  JOBK  Osaka, Japan  Good Japanese talk program at 1430

675  VOV  Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good with male-female VV at 1448

729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese in CHMJ splatter 1422

738  HLKG  Daegu, S. Korea  Very good Korean audio at 1508, but

         along with throbbing hum from BEL2  http://www.mediafire.com/?pny4vg22uwnkwp3

738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Good strength at 1509, but throbbing

         transmitter hum becoming critical http://www.mediafire.com/?dz0c81fs9c2u22s

747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Strong English lessons at 1433, // 828

756  CNR1  China Synchros  Good with male-female Chinese 1404

774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Good strength over KTTH splatter 1408

828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Best signal of season with English 

         lessons at 1418   http://www.mediafire.com/?y8142b92c1k9xqb

891  JOHK  Sendai, Japan  Fair Japanese talk // 594 at 1339

918  China (presumed Shandong)  Fair Chinese speech around 1411

927  China (presumed)  Threshold audio, apparently Chinese, at 1412

936  Anhui, China  Fair-good "foreign" music at 1427

945  China (presumed)  Fair Chinese speech in KJR splatter 1409

972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Best audio of season with Korean

         pop music at 1512 http://www.mediafire.com/?jk9gq6q3k3uaqg9

1035  CNR1  Chinese Synchros  Fair-good male-female speech 1402

1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Good Japanese external program 1405

1053  Korean Jammer  Fair-good over UnID Chinese 1440

1134  KBS3  Hwaseong, S. Korea  Good Korean speech at 1515

1377  CNR1  China  All alone with good male-female Chinese 1514

1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Good religious program at 1417

1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Fair-good Asiatic language 1419

 

73 and Good DX,

Gary Debock