738-Taiwan Fisheries sailed back into the scene this morning but it was an all-Mandarin show from 1300-1340, as far as I could determine. There were more strong signals from the Koreans on 657, 972 and 1566 along with another group of weak Chinese stations around 1330, but the Japanese big guns seemed to be somewhat down in strength here.
At my 1300 start time 657-Pyongyang and 972-HLCA were setting the pace with S9 peaks in and out, along with 594, 693, 747 and 1566 at good levels. 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 were just coming out of the noise in the predawn darkness, but around 1310 Taiwan Fisheries was strong enough to confirm Mandarin Chinese with the usual female announcer. 657's degraded audio still had a lot of buzzing hum along with the bizarre programming, and this morning it also seemed to have some weak competition from China (Henan?). 738-BEL2 was heard once again with apparent Mandarin conversation at 1325, and was in and out of the KCBS splatter until bailing at 1345. The weak Chinese on 639, 756, 936 and 981 once again made an anemic appearance around 1330 only to bail after a few minutes, while 657-Pyongyang and its Chinese co-channel sank into the noise along with them around 1345. Overall the session was fairly routine, with only the strong early peaks of 657-Pyongyang somewhat unusual. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB 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]
