Conditions continue to improve here in Kalama, WA. Thanks to the W-SW ewe, TP's signals received had better signals than the NW ewe this morning in most cases. New logging of a NHK1 station on 585. Assuming JOPG with 10 kw as other NHK1 station have under 1 kw. // to JOAK 594. Have completed the wire antennas transformer switch over to the suggested Steve Ratzlaff over lapping coil method and the FT 75 torrid. Improvement in signal strength over the FT 43 torrid. Listened from 1205-1432 utc.
153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1205 fair signal with man in Russian. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 180 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1224 good signal on second scan of LW. HPAW. 10/04/2012 189 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1206 poor signal with man in Russian. W-SW ewe. Good signal 1225. 10/04/2012 234 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1207 poor signal with man in Russian. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1158-1203 fair signal with man in Russia. Pips TOH. HPAW. Good at 1226. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 558 JAPAN, JOCR Radio Kansai 1321 weak signal with moderate splatter with music followed by Japanese talk. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 567 JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1324 weak Japanese talk briefly with moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 585 JAPAN, JOPG NHK1 1403 weak signal in and out with a lot of splatter. Fair at 1408 and // 594. Assuming JOPG with 10 kw as other //'s have under 1 kw. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1325 good signal with woman in Japanese. Slight splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1327 bits of audio getting through. Weak at 1227:30 with Korean by man. Moderate splatter from normally quiet channel. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 639 CHINA, CNR1 1413 weak fading signal with man/woman in Chinese. KFI gone so no splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 648 RUSSIA, VOR 1414-1415 fair signal with man in Chinese. Heard various strengths on all 4 antennas. Best on NW ewe. 10/04/2012 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1417-1418 very weak to weak signal with man in Korean. Heavy domestic splatter. // 3250. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 702 JAPAN, JOFB OR JOKD NHK2 // 774 with Chinese lessons? Fair signal at times with moderate splatter. NW ewe. 10/04/2012 738 TAHITI, Radio Polynesie 1350-1353 assuming the station with music and talk with weak signal. Heavy splatter. Not 2NR as they had talk on live stream. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 747 JAPAN, JOIK NHK2 1333 fair signal with heavy splatter from 750 Portland. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1214 fair signal with "Radio English Conversation" program. 1229 Good signal on HPAW. NW ewe. 10/04/2012 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1216 fair signal with "Radio English Conversation" program. NW ewe. 10/04/2012 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1217 fair signal with moderate KUFO splatter. Woman talking real fast. NW ewe. 10/04/2012 1053 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1235 jammer is good signal. NW ewe. 110/04/2012. 1134 JAPAN, JOQR 1140 HBC weak signal briefly in Japanese. Heavy splatter. Fair at 1244 with man in Japanese. Yesterday was HLKC on channel. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1134 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLKC 1355-1401 fair to good at times with fast talking man/woman duo. No pips TOH, music followed by two men talking. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1206 CHINA, Korean Service 1247 good signal with two woman in Korean. W-SW-ewe. 10/04/2012 1287 JAPAN, JOHR HBC 1220 fair signal with domestic splatter. Woman/man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1323 CHINA, CRI 1249-1252 weak to fair signal with man/woman in Russian. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1422 JAPAN, JORF Radio Nippon 1305-1309 fair signal briefly with moderate splatter. Man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ FEBC 1312-1316 fair signal with some splatter and man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/04/2012 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1317 weak signal with Vietnamese programming (PALs). NW ewe. 10/04/2012 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + DRAKE R8B + EAC R 390A NW & W-SW ewe + Sky wire loop 753' High Performance Active Whip Local Indices SF 113 A 5 K 1 Local Sunrise 1414 utc Sunset 0145 utc _______________________________________________ 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]
