Had the great pleasure of hosting a visit from Colin Newell to the "urban antenna farm", with Colin arriving about 14:00 UTC. Conditions were still quite good, but definitely down from yesterday's fantastic conditions. I listened from 13:49 to 14:40 or so. The big difference from yesterday was that the upper half was wide open with many stations in audio, but usually at only 6 to 7. Again, exclusively an Asian morning with the JJ, KK and CC all coming in well. Great enhancement after 14:00. Before that, things simply weren't all that great. Here's what was heard, with "6" unless otherwise noted:
LW Russians (7 to 8): 180, 189, 234, 279 531: NHK1 at 7 level at 13:53 558: 8 level at 14:37, much better than earlier 567: NHK1 8 level early, 9 at 14:38 576 594: 8 level NHK1 621: 7 level N. Korea 639: CNR1 at 14:41 at 8 level. New SW // 7295. Note: 5030 is still not to be heard....used to be the armchair SW //. 648: Russia at 7 657: N. Korea at 9 level at 13:59 666 675: Vietnam, always fades in later. 8 level at 14:43 693: late fade-in of NHK2 at 7 level 14:43 702 711: KBS1 at 14:00 8 level 720: North Korea at 14:21 7 level 738: 7 Taiwan Fisheries 747: NHK2 at 14:44 at 8, but not heard early 756: 7 765 774: NHK2 and DU coch at 14:39 792 801: N. Korea at 14:14 8 level 819: ditto 828: NHK2 plus coch at 8 837, 846 855: N. Korea at 8 873: NHK2 at 7 level 14:16 882 963: CRI RR at 14:17 8 level 972: KK at 8 1008 1017: CRI KK at 9 level at 14:22 1026: CC at 7 level 1035: CNR1 at 7 1044 1053: JOAR and weak cochannel at 14:25 at 8 level 1098: Weak audio at 14:46 1107 1134: Korea, // to 972 at 14:31 at 7.5 1152 1188: ? CRI relay of SAsian language at 14:30 at 8 level. 1197: 7 1224 1242: 7 1278: CC and echo at 14:29 at 7 level 1287: 7 1305, 1323 1332: 7 1377: CC at 14:30 at 7 level. Not CNR1 1404, 1467, 1494 1566: 9 level at 14:35 HLAZ (much to Colin's delight!) 1575: VOA at 13:49 at 8 level, weak cochannel AFN at 14:35 1584 Overall, not a bad morning at all, ....about on par with an average September morning, but well down (except for the upper band) from yesterday morning's. Great DX to all, and thank you to Colin for joining me for a bit of DX excitement! ......Walt. _______________________________________________ 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]
