It was a good weird Saturday morning here in Kalama, WA. Think I might have received Fiji on 558. I didn't realize I hadn't switched the antenna from the NW ewe while hearing a weak signal for 10 minutes with island music and women singing. By the time I realized what I was doing and switched to the SW ewe, the signal had faded. Checking the channel many times after the signal faded, JOCR was heard at 1429 & 1448. No signal from JOIK 567 the next channel up which has been heard 16 times this season with JOCR being heard 6 times this season up to 10/10/2012 for both stations. 3 Chinese stations also heard this morning. A nice reception boost on this rainy Saturday morning. Listened from 1300-1502. Does anyone know the sign-off time of the NHK2 stations? Would be great to record the music box chimes during sign-off.
153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1337 poor signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 10/27/2012 189 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1300 good signal with Radio Rossii ID by man. HPAW. 10/27/2012 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1308 weak signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 10/27/2012 394 ALASKA, Kodiak KAK 20 1311 weak signal with weather forecast. HPAW. 10/27/2012 558 FIJI? Radio Fiji 1? 1340-1350 guessing to be station with weak signal at best with moderate splatter. Women singing island music. Sounded like continuous music for 10 minutes straight. Splatter really hampered signal. I have never heard Fiji at any location. Faded out 1351. Antenna switch was on NW-ewe, since last station heard was Radio Rossii on 153. Surely would have better on W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 558 JAPAN, JOCR 1429 man in Japanese followed by music. Hoping for more island music, but JOCR on top of channel. 1448 Man singing accompanied by piano with weak signal. W-SW-ewe. 10/27/2012 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1403 fair signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1407-1410 weak signal with man and woman talking with piano music playing in background. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 639 CHINA, CNR1 1432 weak signal with man in Chinese and // 6030. Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 693 JAPAN, JOAB 1434 fair signal with woman in Japanese. Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 738 TAHITI?, Radio Polynesie? 1440 weak signal minutes before sunrise with fast talking woman in ? Heard on W-SW ewe, NW ewe & Sky wire loop along with moderate KCBS splatter. 10/27/2012 747 JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1418 fair signal with woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1314 fair signal with slow talking man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1336 weak signal with woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 873 JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1422 assuming the station with poor audio with female talking. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1315 in and out with fair signal with woman singing. Still with fair signal at 1422. Good signal at 1438. First time heard since 10/21. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 1206 CHINA, Korean Service 1323 briefly fair signal falling to weak with woman in Korean. Gone at 1324. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 1287 JAPAN, JOHR HBC 1326 fair with Japanese briefly before fading out. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 1323 CHINA, CRI 1331 assuming the Russian program to Siberia. Poor to very weak signal with music. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1334 good signal with organ music followed by woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1424 weak signal with man in Asian language. Good signal minutes past sunrise with man in Asian language. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B NW + W-SW ewes High Performance Active whip (long-wave) Solar Indices SF 131 A 4 K 1 1200 utc Local Sunrise 1446 utc Sunrise 0104 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]
