Listened from 1245 to 1410 UTC - conditions were perkier to my ear with a couple of surprises
531 Khz 1254Z JAPAN NHK1 JOQG Morioka (t) really, really struggling with quiet chatter - getting clobbered by some local buzz. 558 Khz 1256Z KBS2 Korea - (T)noted // to the much, MUCH better performer on 603 Khz 567 Khz 1300Z JAPAN NHK1 JOIK Hokkaido Fair to good on peaks - no better or worse than yesterday 594 Khz 1302Z JAPAN NHK1 JOAK Tokyo - solid // to 567 with network programming - Fair- good 603 Khz 1303Z KBS2 Seoul - Happy FM (t) much better shape today with poppy Korean vocals and some sense of 2nd (maybe Chinese) talking station underneath- 612 khz 1347Z AUSTRALIA 4QR Brisbane - way over the top today - 100% near armchair at times // 702 666 Khz 1304Z JAPAN NHK1 JOBK Osaka // 567 and 594 fair during multiple passes 675 khz 1252Z JAPAN NHK1 (2 locations) - easy parallel to 594 Khz - caught on Pt. 1 video reel 702 Khz 1348Z ABC Australia 2BL (T) - easy // to 612 Khz - with English talk 747 Khz 1315Z JAPAN NHK2 - JOIB - Sapporo, Hokkaido - passed a few times - fair to poor in the splash 774 Khz 13XXZ JAPAN NHK2 - JOUB - Akita - At astounding levels and with Chinese talker underneath - on YouTube reel 828 Khz 13XXZ JAPAN NHK2 - JOBB - Osaka - Always there during session 864 Khz 1303Z UNID - and at 1352 even better with "Chinese" sounding talk and opera music. Likely Korea. 873 Khz 1334Z JAPAN NHK2 - JOAB - Kumamoto - // to 774 JOUB Akita - pushing through local buzz 891 Khz 1319Z UNID - Almost always something there - but did not hang around 918 Khz 1336Z UNID Chinese talking (almost 100% sure) - today was a mixed bag mid-band 945 Khz 1336Z UNID Chinese talking - with at least one solid echo - suggesting multi sites. Fr. Gd. 954 Khz 1337Z JAPAN TBS JOKR Tokyo (t) at times fair today - this is an "all the time" station over the last 6 mornings 963 Khz 1337Z CRI China (600kw) - Way more muddy today. 972 Khz 1349Z S. KOREA KBS HLCA - utterly silly levels on the part #1 You Tube reel - could have picked this up on a single transistor regenerative radio it was so strong. In all morning - #1 signal. RECEIVER - DRAKE R8 /// ANTENNA W/NW Flag // Wellbrook FLG100 Head // Newell-VACTROL Remote control terminator // DX Spotter - Nick Hall Patch Fish-Barrel System YouTube - Part One - Highlights <https://youtu.be/M5KLb_WvsbA> -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - 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]
