Had an antenna blow-down a couple of days ago, and finally got the west Flag back in service yesterday, so was able to listen a bit this morning at around 1300 and 1330 UTC.
Conditions seemed quite erratic, so a longer listening period would yield more stations, but for the most part, nothing was very strong. The 1476 mystery was pretty well gone this morning, and there was little evidence of Chinese stations overall (maybe CRI on 1044 for a moment). On the RealDX list, Chuck Hutton has suggested Zibo RGD from his experience, while Mauno Ritola suggested Heilongjiang, as both seem to use the truncated three and one time pips on the hour, rather than the standard five and one Chinese pips, in spite of being in different provinces and running different programs. Carefully examining one of the recordings made here suggest there are two sets of pips there, slightly offset in time; interestingly, a recording of Mauno's made in Finland shows both sets of pips there also. So maybe we've both heard both, though his is a far better recording, with a definite mention of Heilongjiang. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 828 JOBB reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): HLCA 972 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 594 JOAK 774 JOBB 873 JOGB //828 1287 JOHR likely at 1330UT w/JJ talk 1566 HLAZ during the Japanese program 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) : 567 JOIK presumed, never had this and 594 up at the same time 603 possibly HLSA w/mx 738 a mess, signals from both DU and Asia 747 JOIB 954 JOKR? 1044 woman talking, maybe //7325, at 1312UT; if so, CRI 1134 likely JOQR, as didn't seem //972 or 4460 1242 likely JOLF at 1336UT 1475 briefly living up to its portly carrier at 1331UT w/male singing Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1053, 1206 off channel so likely Yanbian? Happy Easter. 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]
