Listened from 1225-1542 utc. Much better this morning than a year ago on this date. Last years receptions listed below. Chinese stations this morning along with Vietnam on 775. Russia on 648 hung around 1520 utc. Japanese stations did not hang around late was they did Sunday morning. A couple of unknowns on 1125 & 1179. A nice morning to start the week.
153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1225-1228 good signal with Russian rap music. HPAW. 10/29/2012 180 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1229 very weak signal with end of rap song and into Russian talk. HPAW. 10/29/2012 209 ALASKA, Yakataga CYT 1235 fair signal with weather forecast. HPAW. 10/29/2012. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1340 heard during second long wave scan of band with good signal. 10/29/2012 379 ALASKA, WSX 70 Kenai 1236-1238 very weak signal with weather forecast. HPAW. 10/29/2012 394 ALASKA, KAK 20 Kodiak 1239 fair signal with wind speeds for Kodiak area. HPAW. 10/29/2012 529 ALASKA, SQM Level Island 1244 fair signal with weather forecast. Splatter from near bye NOAA TIS station on 530. HPAW. 10/29/2012 567 JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1502 weak signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1501 fair signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1342 assuming the station with music and weak signal. W-|SW ewe. 10/29/2012 639 CHINA, CNR1 1448 fair signal with woman in Chinese. Kind of echo sound to the audio. W-SW ewe. 10//29/2012 648 RUSSIA, Radio Free Asia 1517-1520 Korean Service. Fair to good signal with woman in Korean with music also heard. Good signal heard on all four antennas. 10/29/2012 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1450 Good signal with woman singing and // 3250. W-SW ewe. 675 VIETNAM, VoV 1 1453-1458 weak to fair signal at times. Woman in Vietnamese with steady talk. Shortwave // not received. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 693 JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1249 fair signal with moderate splatter with Radio English Conversation program. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 747 JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1250 weak signal with Radio English Conversation program. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1251 good signal with Radio English Conversation program. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012. 774 AUSTRALIA, 3LO 1251 station underneath JOUB's good signal. Assuming 3LO. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1254 fair signal with Radio English Conversation program. "Lady Gaga raises $35,000 for charity relief fund for Japanese Earth Quake victims." W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 864 REPUBLIC OF KOREA HLKR KBS 1 assuming the station heard from 1348-1351. Weak at best with moderate KPAM splatter. W-Sw ewe. 10/29/2012 873 JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1353 weak to fair signal with woman/man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1300 fair to good signal with 2+1 pips. Man/woman in Korean. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1044 CHINA, CRI 1408-1410 good signal with woman in Japanese. // 7215, Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1098 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1425-1432 HLCJ assuming the station with Asian music and talk. Weak to fair signal at times. NW-ewe. 10/29/2012 1125 UNKNOWN, 1432 threshold signal. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1179 UNKNOWN, 1436 weak signal with woman singing Asian style music. Heavy 1180 splatter ruined channel. NW-ewe. 10/29/2012 1206 CHINA, CRI 1302 fair signal with woman/man in Korean. (PALs). Faded out at 1303. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1323 CHINA, 1308-1312 poor to very weak signal. Woman speaker. Russian in schedule at 1300 utc. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ FEBC Excellent signal with woman/man in Japanese. Received on all four antennas. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1328 good signal with Vietnamese. 1330 signal now weak "This program has coming to you from the Voice of America from Washington" Still around with very weak signal at 1524. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 1593 CHINA, CNR1 1337 fair signal with man in Chinese. // 5945. W-SW ewe. 10/29/2012 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 - DRAKE R8B NW-SW ewes - Sky wire loop 753' High Performance Active whip Solar Indices SF 117 A 3 K 1 Local Sunrise 1449 utc Sunset 0055 utc Last years TP receptions on this date. 153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1344-1348 weak signal with music and Russian talk. 1354 fair signal. 189 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1350 good signal with jazz music. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1351 excellent signal with jazz music. 558 JAPAN, JOCR 1357 weak with woman singing. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1352 fair with music. 639 CHINA, CRN1 1431 fair signal with Chinese and // 6000. 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1422 weak with Korean talk, no // channels received. 693 JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 fair with man in Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1353 good signal with man singing in Japanese. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1405-1412 no audio until 1410 with very weak Japaneses heard. A lot of splatter. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1412 poor signal with talk. Best on High Performance Active whip. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1413 weak with man in Asian language. _______________________________________________ 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]
