As others have noticed, it was a pleasantly lively morning at the dials with a combination of stellar Japanese, Korean and Chinese reception - Using a old school notebook approach to things today (by request) - my YouTube video channel needs to some fine tuning; better audio and continuity for starters.
************* PART ONE **************** FREQUENCY UTC STATION Observations --------------------------------------------------------------------- 531 Khz 1325 JOQG NHK1 Morioka At its level best from 1325 through around 1340 with Japanese talk 540 Khz 1432 NHK Various Very, very tentative with musical fanfare // to 594 - was watching this and other even channels for activity and there was lots to pick from - but nothing super definitive - nor did I hear any pips on the hour. 558 Khz 1408 HLQH Korea - assuming the pop music station that was not // to a more sombre CC or KK talker on 603 567 khz 1330 on JOIK Sapporo - in all morning with NHK1 programming 585 Khz 1423 EE Aussie style news - 7RN maybe? 594 Khz 1330 on - JOAK Tokyo NHK1 programming solidly in all morning 603 Khz 1330 on - more or less monopolized by a non-Korean station - China? 612 Khz 1330 on - EE talk most of the time that I checked - 4QR Brisbane 621 Khz 1330 on - a miss mash of stuff that at any given moment of perseverance would have yielded some audio or talk but I did not hang around. 639 Khz 1330 on - CNR1 bashing the stuffing out of 640 (KFI) most of the morning 657 khz 1330 on - KCBS Pyongyang - occasionally at good levels with sombre and brain rinsing organ music 666 khz 1330 on - JOBK Osaka NHK1 - pretty much one of the regulars with syndicated network stuff 675 Khz 1411 could have been something sounding somewhat Vietnamese - but also could have been a Chinese dialect 693 Khz 1340 on - JOAB Tokyo NHK2 stuff getting clobbered by CBC 690 - but at good levels none the less 702 Khz 1340 on - NHK2 various - Japanese talk on numerous passes 738 Khz 1345 on - Chinese talk in 730 Vancouver and KCBS San Francisco splatter assault - Taiwan I imagine 747 Khz 1330 on - JOIB Hokkaido NHK2 - full on all morning with various syndicated programs 756 Khz 1330 on - CNR Various - Chinese and variants on what sounded like Chinese on around a dozen tune pasts... *765 Khz 1424 - UNKNOWN - not sure who the DU sounding EE Talk was here - quite distinctly - assumed it was ABC* * but I did not see any active listings for ABC Australia on this channel - any ideas?* 774 Khz 1330 on - JOUB Akita - ruling the channel most of the morning -- apart from the times that clear English speaking would emerge underneath - assuming 3LO Melbourne Australia with network programming 792 Khz 1426 Assuming 4RN Brisbane with ABC programming here 801 khz 1330 on - a solid signal here all morning with occasional snippets of choral signing - assuming the North Korean 819 khz 1330 on - more or less like 801 - just better and louder 828 khz 1330 on - JOBB Osaka - NHK2 holding the fort - but occasionally other sort-of-sounding English murmurs deep in the background 837 khz 1330 on - a mix of different things with occasional snippets of what sounded like Japanese 846 Khz 1330 on - a real nest of stuff, 2 to 4 signals duking it out with occasional Chinese and/or Korean talkers surfacing 855 khz 1330 on - Like 846 khz but worse - lots of combined signals but no actual winner 864 khz 1330 on - less of a wrestling match than the 2 previous channels but still pretty thick with Korean surfacing occasionally 873 khz 1330 on JOGB NHK2 - solidly holding the channel on multiple passes 891 khz 1330 on - likely 2 or more players here with not one defining the channel - best guess JOHK Sendai being the trophy bearer with JJ talks 900 khz 1330 on - an enticing channel with a blend of odd, non-North American sounding stuff but no dominant station 909 khz 1330 on - a rats nest of stuff - but I did not spend much time here - have heard Japanese in the past. -- 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 IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
