Listened for about an hour from 1420 today, and although there was a sunrise enhancement as John observed, in my case it was compared with a pronounced dip around 1445, and seemed due quite a lot to the fading of domestic splatter rather than a significant increase in signal strength.
As Nigel noted, it was more a Japanese morning. Generally, I'd also say it was a poorer morning than the last few; the more consistent stations outside of the big guns tended to be at mumble level. So, DXing was of the hard grind school, listening mostly to splatter, but it did yield one new one, JOGK-756 //594. And, 648 is on past 1500UT, but was at the mumble level with a RR sound to it? pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 774 JOUB, something underneath 828 JOBB reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 279 R. Rossii 738 woman in CC at 1503, no luck w/possible 1143 parallel; then a second station took over as things faded down 972 HLCA 1161 CC talk 1456, only brief, and in the murk by the hour; Taiwan? 1242 JOLF at 1455 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 567 JOIK //594 603 soft mx, couldn't get 558 // 693 JOAB //828; CBU-690 playing quiet mx at the time to minimize splatter 711 seemed KK; HLKA 873 JOGB //828 936 Anhui w/CC talk, later, big carrier 1134 KBS //972 1503 JOUK //594 at 1452 1575 VoA Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 153 and 189 seemed //279, R. Rosii 558 not up to much today 585 JOPG //594 612 possibly 4QR, as mx not heard on N. Flag, just west one 621 big hum, little audio; after 1500UT 639 seemed //5030, so CNR-1 648 RR sounding talk after 1500 666 JOBK //594 not until later 675 later; unreadable talk 756 JOGK //594 briefly on top of murk 801 CC sounding talk by woman at 1500 846 NHK1 synchros //594 963 RR inflected talk likely CRI 1206 rough audio likely Yanbian 1566 huge carrier, tiny audio 1593 seemed //5030 so CNR-1 Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 864....wonder who this powerhouse is? It's pretty regular, but any audio is way down. best wishes, Nick ***************************** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _______________________________________________ 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]
