Exceptionally good morning for Chinese stations! Everywhere, I was hearing CNR1 programming. Channel after channel, especially on the upper half of the band. I monitored between 12:08 and 14:30. Things began pretty slow without a lot of useable audio. The LW Russians were there on 153, 180, 189, 234, 243, and 279.
IBOC is a real problem early on, making, perhaps, getting up too early a waste of time. Especially strong IBOC is noted on 900 and around 660. This is not heard later (around 14:00). Japan also came in very well later on, and especially the upper half….lots of 2nd and 3rd tier NHK2 stations, for example. These included 1602, 1593, and even 1539 (100 watts), 1467, 1386, etc. The best DU late presentation. The X-band was well heard with audio on 1611 (C&W music. No ID at 14:00. Must be 4DB. Another cochannel with DU talk). 1620 had DU accented talk. 1629 and 1638 with DU talk, the latter with some cochannel interference. 1665 had Greek at 14:04, and Radio Brisvaani on 1701. Not had! Also noted Brisbane on 612 at 13:51 and 1548 at 13:50 (with a het on around 1547.9). Also 774 cochannel NHK2 at 14:07. I did hear a lot of hets above or below the nominal frequencies….I’m thinking most of these are Filipino. Still had Olympic programming on most of the Chinese stations. I wonder whether CNR1 and CNR2 were in // this morning as I heard the same programming on many of the CNR2 channels. \ North Koreans were there with decent signals. 1053, 656.94, No sign of MW Russians today. A few Filipinos noted today (684 at 14:15). 1530. 666 also with multiple cochannels. VOA Thailand on 1575 strong today 1566 HLAZ the usual exceptional signals, and the oriental cochannel still there at 13:21. By the way, I’ve filled a 250 GB ext HD already! A very satisfying morning! ……Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
