Gee,
It was a very interesting morning! The reception pattern continues
to be somewhat unusual, with a very abrupt, pronounced peak for ten
minutes right at dawn, rather than ramping up and then dropping
rapidly. This morning, for only the second time this season, there
was an extended post-dawn Asian morning, with the Big Gun Japanese
improving to solid 9s well after dawn.
In the pre-dawn enhancement, a full 30 minutes before dawn, things
were fairly average or just above, but there were still several
interesting things...
540: Beside an echo-ridden CNR1, there was another Asian signal here.
Wonder what it was?
756: More CNR1s with Echo effects
810: Intermixed with KGO and the semi-local religious station, I'd
almost swear that I was hearing Japanese, but the only one listed is
the big AFN US military station, so I guess that it was Pyongyang.
None of the Russian or CC stations indicate breoadcasts in JJ.
846 & 864: Both of these frequencies continue to show what appear to
be open carriers, sometimes at quite strong levels. Occasionally, I
hear programming that may either be a second station or the primary
being WAY under-modulated. WHO?
891: The star of the morning was 891, with occasional pop music
numbers and a man talking. I first noted it at 1330, 25 minutes
pre-dawn, with an "in-your-face" level 9 signal. I am not sure of the
language.... unless it is Korean that I recognize with only limited
confidence (I'm pretty sure that it was NOT KK) I know that it was
not standard CC, RR, JJ, VV or any Pacific Island language. More by
elimination than knowledge, I think it was Thailand. They have a
megawatt US transmitter on 891 that Patrick has reported in past
seasons with some regularity and that several of us have caught a few
times at Grayland. The PAL listed // was in-active and Asia Waves
frequency for Radio Thailand in Thai was not //, if the 7 MHz.
frequency was even them. The signal faded down into the murk after 5
minutes or so, but was present again at 1355 recheck. I followed it
to 1402, but it was too low to catch an ID at 1400, of course. It
did have a 2+1 TC at 1400, however. This evening, I'll try to post a
recording and hope for some assistance.
1053: I continue to hear some programming most mornings here. Only
once out of about 20 mornings has it - maybe - been // to North Korea
2850. Unfortunately, it has never gotten to the level of sure
language recognition. I'm fairly sure that at least part of the time
it is Nagoya, but there may be two or three stations that show here
from time to time.
The upper band continued to be less than past years, but better than
the past weeks. The usual suspects.
I'm going down to Grayland for Tuesday through Thursday dawns next
week. Maybe I can sort a few of these things out.
John B.
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