TP signals were basically nil on the southern Great Plains this morning. The ROK jammer on 1053 kHz was heard again briefly before fading away. The HLCA 972 carrier was weak after sunrise, but that was it. Neither was as good as the past two mornings. Hopefully reception will be better tomorrow morning.
Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. ------- Original Message ------- >From : [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] Sent : 1/23/2013 11:43:25 AM To : [email protected]; [email protected] Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] TP 23 Jan; Victoria version Hi Nick, The TP reception here this morning was similar to your description, although there was more of a sunrise lift here. As you noticed, the band was mediocre at 1410 with only a few of the big guns around. Around 1500 things were still pretty subdued overall, but 972-HLCA was coming in with a very potent signal by the TOH. By 1530 there were lots of TP's all over the band, including moderate audio on 558 (Korean), 603 (Chinese), 648 (VOR), 657 (Pyongyang), 936 (Chinese) and 1035 (Chinese), in addition to all the usual big guns. These weaker stations gradually faded out around 1550, leaving 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA as the sole survivors here at the 1600 TOH. Overall, it was a fairly decent morning. <<< Did NHK2 sign off early today? By 1530UT, there was still a good carrier on 828 and sometimes 747, but no audio heard. >>> The strong carriers on 747 and 828 around 1530 were noted here also, but with unusually good audio from the second-tier TP's coming in at that time, these Japanese big guns didn't receive much attention. Because of a strong carrier around 1533 I did check 747-JOIB's signal for audio, but only came away with 750- Portland splatter. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) C.Crane SWP 7.5" Slider loopstick Ultralight + 8" FSL antenna (DXing indoors) -----Original Message----- Ouch. I noticed that the DX Fishbarrel was showing a good bit of color at about 1315UT, but just crawling out of bed meant that I didn't quite leap off to the radio. Probably should have, as once again, conditions did a slide. Even by 1410UT, all that was left was a few of the big guns. However, there was a small sunrise lift around 1540UT, so there was something to show. Did NHK2 sign off early today? By 1530UT, there was still a good carrier on 828 and sometimes 747, but no audio heard. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ two men in CC 1546UT reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK light instrumental mx 1541UT; also earlier in JJ talk 1412UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB JJ talk //828 1413UT 972 HLCA woman in KK 1550UT 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) : 603 ? choral singing 1555UT 756 CNR1 man talking very poor, and was only able to tell it was //6125 as both channels changed to a woman talking at the same time 936 Anhui? light mx 1535UT 954 JOKR? man and woman talking 1552UT 1467 unID man talking at mumble level, then a few beats of mx and woman talking. (has anyone got a KBS webstream they can suggest?) 1593 CNR1 last pip at 1600, then musical interlude //6125 Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 945 1008 best wishes, Nick _______________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
