At some point, one has to throw in the towel, and let some of the DX get away, I'm afraid. What a snorter of a morning. I don't think anyone raised power, just the ionosphere letting its hair down, finally.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1305UT, and many other times 693 JOAB English lessons, the fine art of baseball 1328UT 747 JOIB English lessons 1320UT 774 JOUB baseball discussions during English lessons 1348UT 828 JOBB...nothing specific noted, just one more broadcaster available to educate the western masses in English 972 HLCA man in Korean talking to another on the phone 1256UT, thunderous, clear. Yow. 1134 KBS woman and man in Korean briefly made it to this level 1327UT, leveling the splash 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese, Gregorian chant, 1339UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK man in Japanese //594 1308UT 612 4QR man and woman talking //594 1329UT, English at this point, not Japanese. 873 JOGB English lessons 1311UT //828 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 3WV man talking //612, mixing with JOAK 1347UT 855 Pyongyang Bangsong; man in Korean 1301UT, snagged a N. Korean parallel later; this had 3 and one pips on the hour, sounding more sluggish than the usual NHK/KBS set. 1206 instrumental music 1302UT, likely Yanbian? 1287 JOHR likely with Japanese pop 1341UT 1323 CRI ....woman in Russian 1301UT 1575 VoA likely man in SE Asian language 1343UT 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) 558 HLQH 1301UT //603, laid back vocal music 576 2RN, as 7RN below 585 7RN man talking //576 1339UT 603 HLSA laid back vocal 1301UT //558 657 Pyongyang Bangsong choral music //819 (though not listed as Pyongyang Bangsong) and 855 1318-9UT 702 NHK2 woman talking 1315UT 711 woman talking, Korean? 1331UT 738 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking //1143 1317UT, both channels a mess however. 837 woman talking, DU English? 1311UT 837 JOQK female pop vocal //594 1320UT 864 man talking, Japanese intonation 1308UT 891 JOHK woman talking //594 1322UT 918 man talking, Chinese intonation 1322UT 945 CNR1 pips //981, 1300UT though splat drowned out the Beijing TC 954 woman talking Japanese intonation 963 CRI woman talking //1323 1337UT 981 CNR1 pips and time check //945 1300UT 1053 man talking, Chinese intonation 1327UT 1098 CNR1 instrumental music, woman talking, //945 1303UT 1116 4BC likely, with 6 pips at 1300UT, but mixing with Chinese pips as well 1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking, //738 1317UT; a mess on the channel 1242 man Japanese intonation 1346UT, likely JOLF? 1593 CNR1 group singing //945 1314UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 621 639 666 729 846 936 1035 1062 1089 1179 1188 1197 1215 1251 1314 1332 1422 1503 seemed to be Asian; 558 819 1098 1107 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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]
