[HCDX] DX Loggings - Ralph Perry - 29 Sep

[Ralph Perry <ralphperry@xxxxxxxxx>]

UNID ANDES (PERU?) -  4774.95, very interesting (ie, non-Tarma?) situation here.  Noted weakly at 1000+ past 1045, peaking to fair QSA at 1035 or so but then diving and nearly done at 1045, on 9/28 and 9/29, better on latter morning.  Only fair signal at peak with prototypical Andes morning folklorico pgm, featuring very rustic fare:  funky huaynos with guitars, bass, yipping vocalists, quenas and fiddles, etc.  Almost entirely segued programming, very few anmts.  This type of musica del campo sounds rather Southern Peruvian to me, but that's just a guess.  High-pitched OM live deejay anmt in SS at 1025 with t/ck and probable fqy/ID (could only make out "... de la manana y .... minutos" and "kiloHertz").  Quick canned ad also noted at 1043 with OM and YL interchange, couldn't get much more.  Bad atmospheric noise, thanks to Sol and his flare.   NOTE:  List-loggers would immediately point to Radio Tarma, but (a) this station certainly doesn't
 sound to me as slick an operation as R. Tarma, although RT would have an amanecer andino type pgm around this time; (b) the RT 'live' webstream was NOT relaying this 4774.95 signal -- and last time I heard Radio Tarma (with 100% ID) was in Feb 2011 . . . and at that time,  the onda corta signal was being relayed via the webstream (with the online pgmming delayed by a minute or two).  (c) There has been a report out of Europe of an LA on 4774.96 as Radio Tarma, but I perhaps was only a presumed ID, don't know.  While this may indeed turn out to be Tarma,  feels less than 50/50 to me, so a very interesting mystery . . . Best case is a new station here on this fqy.

PROPAGATION THOUGHTS:  Have recognized a propagation pattern in the 
past, of enhanced morning reception on the LA/USA circuit,  better 
signals out of the LA and esp. the Andes,  one or more days after a 
major solar flare, when the SF, A and K indexes are all moving downward 
and back toward 'normal' ranges.  Not so much the absolute value of the indices, it seems, but rather the direction (downward) and magnitude of index movements.  Presumably, in the aftermath of the 
flare, things are settling down 24-72 hours later and I suspect 
ionospheric conditions perhaps pass through an optimal range that 
enhances  USA/Andes during this period.  This is fo course not hard science, just 
a seat-of-the-pants type observation.  But based on that underlying view, I've been hitting the 
predawn 60 meter band this week, looking for a better morning opening to
 Peru, etc., in the aftermath of the dramatic solar events we've been 
seeing.  But so far haven't seen anything extraordinary as Solar Flux 
and the rest have been hanging around at elevated levels due to repeated
 events on the sun.  Have seen SF numbers for the past several days at 
168, 138, 133 and still-elevated A and K Index numbers, too.  But if my 
casual past observations hold true, I am still hopeful for a nice 
morning of Andes signals in the next few days, as SF finally rides on 
down to a more normal level, along with the A and K indices.  In the 
meantime, can report progress as we've gone from almost no signals other
 than the mega-xmtrs on the 60 mb. band (mornings ago) . . .  to 
stations showing up again tho not strong yesterday . . . to better sig 
levels today.  The progression is at least a positive one.  (Perry, 
Illinois)

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Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
Drake R8B;  Japan Radio NRD-545;  Eton E1;  Hallicrafters SX100;  Knightkit Star Roamer
Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408
Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop;  Single-Turn Coax Loop.
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