Thanks for the two wacky echo recordings, and yes, the echo effect on poorly synched Chinese stations sounds a lot worse in Seoul than it usually does here (although both 756 and 1035 can sound pretty wacky on the ocean coast of Washington state during good conditions). The Chinese synchro TOH recordings (with time pips all over the place) are especially bizarre.
The west coast DXers would certainly agree with you that the Japanese are the masters in synchronizing their multiple transmitters, and I've never heard any echo on their many frequencies with multiple stations. If not for the fact that relations between China and Japan are currently in the tank, they could probably teach the Chinese exactly how to solve the problem. Thanks again for your postings on the Korean jammers, both North and South. They seem to be getting very creative in how they try to irritate each other. Maybe Nick and the others in the recent PEI DXpedition group should be thankful for this dispute, which provided them with their only Asian reception (on 1053). 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Kadlec" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 12:39:38 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-3 Gary, you may have better audio on that 1035 frequency than can be heard in Korea if you can get one station in well with just echoes in the background. This is how 1035 sounds locally from Seoul, and by locally, I mean it's a skywave local, the only station(s) on the frequency. The main station is from Dalian (50kw), 303 miles across the water. The rest are just lower-power CNR-1 repeaters. But as you can hear from the clip, it's basically unlistenable as a local aside from being right in Dalian itself or near one of the repeaters. CNR-1 does a crappy job with synching as compared to Korean and Japanese stations (Japanese ones are especially superb with that). Plus, CNR goes off the air at 1405 UTC mid-sentence every night. They could improve. But I could say the same about some of the other networks in Shandong, Liaoning, and Jilin. Some are downright creepy sounding. http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/CNR_1_1035_Dalian.MP3 And a good example of a listenable echo signal in a hilarious sort of way (one station is a few *seconds* behind). This is the Sound of the Great Northern Wilderness network on 1476 (Heilongjiang / Harbin-based //873, a station that broadcasts Chinese half the time and Korean - only half-understandable by South Koreans as it's a North Korean dialect used up there - the remainder of the time). This clip is a radio story in Korean. Echo-y to say the least. http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Sound_of_the_Great_Northern_Wilderness_1.MP3 -Chris Kadlec Seoul AM Listening Guide > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 00:01:50 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-3 > levels. About the only Chinese stations that went against the trend were the 1035-CNR1 synchros, with their distinctive echoes slightly stronger this morning. The Japanese big guns > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) > 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + > 15" FSL antenna _______________________________________________ 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]
