[IRCA] TP 7 Oct Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

It looked like a relaxing session, at first, but more there than met the 
ear...there was still those Chinese pips, and more, perhaps much more.   576 
was not 2RN by any stretch of the imagination.   Take a listen here:

http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/4all/576_20181007_1357.wav

Some sort of sports broadcast, with pounding of drums?  It was music across the 
hour of course, but then, wishful thinking points out that Myanmar's time zone 
is offset by half an hour.  Nothing heard on my half hours plus and minus, and 
possible parallels on 594, 711 and 729 were checked over the hour without 
payback.

Interestingly, Myanama Radio does have a web site, with archives, though can't 
tell when those archives were recorded.   Anyone have a contact for QSLs, hi?

Now, onto more normal things:




pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least 
briefly):

558 HLQH woman talking, pip, ballad //603 1400UT

567 JOIK pop vocal 1350UT

594 JOAK men and women in Japanese; party atmosphere 1351UT

603 HLSA woman talking, pip, ballad //558 1400UT

747 JOIB English lessons 1348UT

774 JOUB English lessons 1345UT

972 HLCA two men in Korean 1354UT






Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):

621 Heilongjiang RGD Xinwen Guangbo pop ballad 1350UT, and into another with no 
announcements. Two sets of Chinese pips (and NHK style one too) on the hour.  A 
doorbell sound at 1401UT was also heard on 900kHz for a parallel,

828 JOBB English lessons 1347UT

873 JOGB English lessons 1346UT

963 CRI pop vocal 1348UT; heard intro music to chimes and fanfare just before 
hour at lower strength.

1017 CRI man in Korean 1405UT, //5965

1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1352UT









not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
be understood by a native speaker: 


576 unID, described in the header.  SE Asian? language by man, faded in 1353UT, 
and held on to after the hour, but no IDdream on...

585 JOPG man talking //594 1412UT

819 N. Korea with operatic chorus 1407UT, better on north Flag, //2850

891 JOHK man talking //594 1403UT

945 CNR1 vocals //981 1408UT

954 JOKR man in Japanese 1411UT

981 CNR1 vocals //945 1408UT










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)  

540  Chinese pips and NHK pips together 1400UT, sounded like Beijing time 
check.  Lots of CNR1 on this channel

594 pop vocal far under JOAK across 1400UT, no break, and no, not //576 no 
matter how hard I wish.

612 4QR fanfare at 1400UT, just after NHK pips; a mess

639 JOIP woman talking //594 1347UT
 
657 orchestral music, likely N. Korea 1346UT

702 NHK2 man talking //693 1410UT; someone else with music...

711 man talking, perhaps Korean? 1405UT

729 JOCK  briefly the 730 splat subsided, for man talking //594 1359UT

738 Taiwan Fisheries man talking //1143 at 1402UT

846 NHK1 partying //594 1351UT

900 Heilongjiang RGD Xinwen Guangbo  Chinese pips  on the hour.  A doorbell 
sound at 1401UT was also heard parallel to 621.  Not to much bother from the 
ESPN pair

918 man talking Chinese intonation 1352 UT

1143 Taiwan Fisheries man talking //738 at 1402UT

1206 man and woman talking, Korean intonantion?  Briefly, 1351UT







Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)

648 675 801hum  837 855 864 909 1053  1098 1134 1179 1242  1287 1323 1422 1503  
1593 seemed to be Asian; 
549 1098 1629 1701 seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








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Victoria, BC
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[IRCA] Australian Daytime DX Scan in Launceston, Tasmania

[Gary DeBock]

For those interested, Paul Blundell of the Ultralight list has posted the 
results of a daytime DX scan with his 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 in 
Launceston, Tasmania on October 8th. As recorded, the 2 kW classic rock station 
558-7BU in Burnie (one of the best catches during the 2017 summer DXpeditions 
in Rockwork and San Souci) is still operating on AM, despite plans for an FM 
shift. The number after the station is for relative signal strength on the 
hot-rodded Ultralight.


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


Date : 8/10/2018
Frequency : 531KHz - 3GG / 2
Frequency : 540KHz - 7SD / 5
Frequency : 549KHz - 2CR / 0
Frequency : 558KHz - 7BU / 5
Frequency : 585KHz - 7RN / 5
Frequency : 621KHz - 3RN / 4
Frequency : 693KHz - 3AW / 5
Frequency : 747KHz - 7PB / 4
Frequency : 774KHz - 3LO / 5
Frequency : 885KHz - 3CR / 3
Frequency : 900KHz - 7AD / 5
Frequency : 954KHz - 2UE / 1
Frequency : 1008KHz - HPON LTON / 5
Frequency : 1080KHz - HPON HBT / 4
Frequency : 1116KHz - 3AK / 1
Frequency : 1179KHz - 3RPH / 1
Frequency : 1224KHz - 3EA / 2
Frequency : 1260KHz - 3SR / 0
Frequency : 1341KHz - HPON GELG / 2
Frequency : 1377KHz - 3MP / 0
Frequency : 1395KHz - 5AA / 0
Frequency : 1440KHz - 1SBS / 0
Frequency : 1503KHz - 3KND / 0
Frequency : 1593KHz - HPON MELB / 0
Notes : [Location] Talbot Road Lookout, Launceston Tasmania - A mid day session 
at the Talbot road lookout. Signals were excellent in the lower area of the 
band but above 900KHz they dropped off quickly with only 1341KHz (HPON Geelong) 
showing any signs of a signal. 



Photos: 
https://theultralightradiodxer.blogspot.com/2018/10/long-term-ultralight-dxing-project_8.html



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Re: [IRCA] TP 6 Oct Victoria version.

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> Colin,
> 
> Thanks for the spectacular video and the kind words. If I heard two Koreans 
> from inside my hotels room, it stands to reason it must have been an 
> exceptional morning. Perhaps I should have just found a place to string a 
> wire in Victoria instead of heading up island! I am keeping my fingers 
> crossed here at the Tin Wis in Tofino. Beautiful place! Hopefully the natural 
> beauty will be embellished by copious amounts of TP DX rolling in:-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Craig Barnes
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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[IRCA] Fwd: Decent Headlamp

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Sorry. My photo was not allowed through, probably due to file size.

Craig Barnes

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[IRCA] AM Interference Protection Changes Proposed

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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171024/fcc-report-10-7-am-interference-protection-changes-proposed/

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[IRCA] Decent Headlamp

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I got this one from Amazon a while back. I don’t recall the model number. A 
keyword search for headlamps on Amazon should get you there. I took it with me 
to Rockworks on my the OR coast in August. It worked fine and came in very 
handy. I put full sized headphones over the straps with no problem. It’s also 
possible Home Depot may have them.

73,

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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA (Noise Free) Ultralight TP's for 10-7

[Gary DeBock]

As Nick has reported the Asian conditions this morning were a shadow of 
yesterday's, but with S7 electrical noise continuing from the neighbor's 
property a single 15" FSL was taken to a local park 5 blocks away, and some 
Asian test recordings were made with a CC Skywave Ultralight during sunrise 
enhancement. The experiment was a complete success, with strong, noise-free 
recordings made of both 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang BS just prior to 1400 (with 
China weakly showing up on both frequencies). 


603  HLSA   Namyang, S. Korea   Korean pop music and female speech very good at 
1352; trace of China underneath  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vb7r21kzav16jfgc2x4z51nc0i29pnco

603  China  Mixing up with HLSA's music at 1358; this signal would have been 
lost in the neighbor's noise at home  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8ivtfj2r3hrd90lef6f1nq1mzbh8c72p

657  Pyongyang BS   Pyongyang, N. Korea  Yikes!  S9+ female choral music at 
1347-- probably its strongest signal of the season here  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ackr115wt4joeslbjae9i3mjs8m3untv

Martial music at S9 level at 1356  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bzzw1fdal5qeiv5tg33tebu2r0dy654o


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

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15" FSL antenna at Sam Peach Park (Puyallup Valley)

 
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Chuck Hutton]

In my spectrogram, it's not a bunch of discreet tones but rather a "smeared" 
single tone as would be seen with a slightly unstable carrier. It looks like 
the carrier suffers from jitter.


I'd attach a picture of the spectrogram but then my post would get rejected..


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:18 PM
To: Gary DeBock; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

There are a mess of tones around 40 Hertz on your audio recording
Gary, plus another around 45Hz.   Interesting that they should
correspond to the offset of N. Korea on that channel.The Korean
carrier itself may not be very cleanbut for the listener, it's
not easy to determine what of a hum is due to offset  from the
Chinese (or ?) on the same channel and what is due to audio that the
station is broadcasting.

I figured however that when your Korean audio was strongest, the hum
was weakest, which would seem to indicate that the hum wasn't part of
the broadcast.

best wishes,

Nick





At 20:22 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:
>Hmm, interesting, Nick.
>
>It seems like our Japanese friends also made some remarks about the
>buzzing hum of 621-VOK, though-- or maybe it was Chris Kadlec?
>
>Gary
>>On October 7, 2018 at 10:46 AM Nick Hall-Patch
>><n...@ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Thanks Gary,
>>
>>I think the buzz might actually be the 40Hz "hum" from the offset in
>>both our cases, as your "buzz" only shows up as the audio
>>weakens. So, perhaps not part of the distinctive programming, hi.
>>
>>best wishes,
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>
>>
>>At 17:17 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:
>> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>> >
>> >Nick and Bruce,
>> >
>> ><<< >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
>>>If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal. >>>
>> >The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a
>> >notorious buzz on its signal. This was its degraded audio last
>> >December in Kona, Hawaii, most obvious around the 45 second
>> >point
>> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>> >
>> >
On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch
<n...@ieee.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
 >stuff. I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
 >starting to come in for the first time this season. So I had
 >limited time for listening to the SDR recording of what was
 >obviously an impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to
 >be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
 >
 >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
>>> >
If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
675 VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
receiver). After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for
Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
best wishes,
Nick
>>> >
Nick Hall-Patch
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Chuck Hutton]

Parallels are my main tool for TP / DU DX.

It doesn't seem so popular with others.

Chuck

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Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 1:54 PM
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Excellent call Chuck.   Thank you!

In Victoria, 873 was pretty much a conflict between N. Korea and
Japan, and 1341 shared the lack of excitement common throughout most
of the upper band, but

900...definite parallel with 621 from 1358 to 1404UT, with music and
talk, and the pips lining up nicely.  Actual ID, perhaps not so easy.

Amazing.   Both the strength on 621 and the fact that Heilongjiang
RGD Xinwen Guangbo was heard at all on 900 kHz.

Thanks again.

Thanks also to Bruce Portzer for pointing me to the weak Vietnam
chimes on 675, even though NHK1 was my dominant, and also to hunt
more carefully for the Chinese pips on 810, in this case, under KGO.

That was the morning that was, for sure.


Nick



At 19:14 2018-10-07, Chuck Hutton wrote:
>Anbody check for parallels on 873, 900, 1341 etc?
>
>
>Chuck
>
>
>
>From: IRCA  on behalf of Bruce
>Portzer 
>Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:48 AM
>To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle
>
>I listened to 621 again this morning.   There are two carriers, the
>dominant one is a couple Hz high, the weaker is on about 620.94.
>Listening again, the music sounds more like what you'd hear on a
>Chinese, and not DPRK.  So this one is probably China.
>
>Bruce
>
>On 10/7/2018 08:10, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
> >
> >
> > At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
> >> stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
> >> starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited
> >> time for listening to the SDR recording of what was obviously an
> >> impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I
> >> can find the time to dig through the files.
> >>
> >> 621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
> >
> >
> > If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> > offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> > the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> > seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> > signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
> >
> > The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
> > whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
> > ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
> > receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
> > any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
> >
> > I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for Vietnam,
> > but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] TP 6 Oct Victoria version.

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Colin,

Thanks for the spectacular video and the kind words. Perhaps I should have just 
found a place to string a wire in Victoria instead of heading up island! I am 
keeping my fingers crossed here at the Tin Wis in Tofino. I took a quick 
mid-afternoon walk around the complex with the supercharged PL-380 and heard a 
high pitched whine across the entire MW band. The whine was not present on the 
stock Skywave. We shall see. Beautiful place! Hopefully the natural beauty will 
be enhanced by TP DX rolling in!

73,

Craig Barnes

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> On Oct 7, 2018, at 1:39 PM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> Here are some video high lights of yesterday’s sesh - 
> 
> https://youtu.be/63YmHWfuboY
> 
> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
> 
>> On Oct 6, 2018, at 10:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>> 
>> If yesterday was far too much, this morning knocked it out of the solar 
>> system.  The peak strength is around 1400UT right now, so lots of pips, 
>> especially Chinese pips, were heard.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at 
>> least briefly):
>> 
>> 558 HLQH ballad //603 1403UT
>> 
>> 567 JOIK man in Japanese, upbeat music 1348UT
>> 
>> 594 JOAK  yes, at various time
>> 
>> 621 China?  immense with male vocal ballad, listenable in LSB with a het 
>> from 620.  Had faded up quickly at 1342UT, and was strongest 1345-49UT.  Two 
>> sets of Chinese pips on hour, and a Chinese speaking man after the hour.
>> 
>> 747 JOIB man in Japanese //702 1349UT
>> 
>> 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1356UT
>> 
>> 828 JOBB piano music 1350UT // 747 etc.
>> 
>> 963 CRI lead in music to CRI chimes  and fanfare 1358UT
>> 
>> 972 HLCA man in Korean 1414UT
>> 
>> 1287 JOHR man in Japanese, another on phone 1347UT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by 
>> a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
>> 
>> 
>> 603 HLSA ballad //558 1407UT
>> 
>> 639 CNR1 man in Chinese 1348UT //945 and 981 at various times
>> 
>> 666 JOBK man in Japanese 1350UT
>> 
>> 
>> 819 N. Korea woman in Korean 1400UT quite distorted, then stringed music
>> 
>> 837 man in Chinese 1352UT
>> 
>> 873 JOGB woman in Japanese 1413UT
>> 
>> 891 JOHK man in Japanese 1414UT
>> 
>> 945 CNR1 man in Chinese 1352UT //639; mostly not all that good today
>> 
>> 1053 JOAR likely male Japanese pop vocal 1349UT; someone else there too
>> 
>> 1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman in Chinese 1403UT //738
>> 
>> 1323 CRI man in Russian  //963 1410UT
>> 
>> 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1355UT
>> 
>> 1575 VoA? woman in SE Asian language 1408UT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise 
>> could be understood by a native speaker: 
>> 
>> 531  JOQG  NHK nyusu by man 1400UT
>> 
>> 603 man in Chinese 1402UT, over faded HLSA; CRI chimes and fanfare had been 
>> heard on the hour, but don't know if this was the same.
>> 
>> 657 N. Korea marching music 1347; ID'd //855 a few minutes later.
>> 
>> 675 ?  echoey mumbles devolved into Chinese 1351UT, two men, one on phone, 
>> but NHK style pips on the hour
>> 
>> 683 JOAB woman talking //747, 1406UT; not up to much today
>> 
>> 702 NHK2 man talking//747 1344UT
>> 
>> 711 HLKA  man talking //846 1406UT
>> 
>> 711 unID woman in Chinese 1400UT, but no ID possible in splatter
>> 
>> 738 Taiwan Fisheries piano music //1143 1419UT.  This channel was a mess
>> 
>> 756 CNR1 echoey music //639 1348UT
>> 
>> 891 woman  in Chinese o/JOHK 1403UT
>> 
>> 918 man in Chinese 1347UT
>> 
>> 945 unID piano/orchestr4al music over CNR1 1354-5UT, not NHK1
>> 
>> 954 JOKR man in Japanese 1403UT
>> 
>> 1242 JOLF likely, pop music 1408UT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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)  
>> 
>> 540  a mess, Chinese pips and NHK pips together, but only Chinese sounding 
>> talk after the hour
>> 
>> 549 2CR fanfare at 1400UT
>> 
>> 576 2NR pips and fanfare 1400UT
>> 
>> 585 JOPB man talking //594 1410UT
>> 
>> 612 4QR fanfare, ABC news
>> 
>> 630 not only Chinese pips under KCIS at 1400UT
>> 
>> but also  4QN ABC fanfare under KCIS
>> 
>> 657 man in Chinese?  as N. Korea faded down 1349UT
>> 
>> 675 NHK1 man talking //594 1400UT, but also Chinese pips about 10 seconds 
>> after the hour
>> 
>> 738 HLKG man talking //711 1351UT
>> 
>> 765 man talking Chinese intonation 1356UT
>> 
>> 783 woman in apparent Chinese, echoey? 1400UT, no pips
>> 
>> 792 messy, but man talking 1348UT, sounded Chinese
>> 
>> 792 4RN woman talking //576 1358UT
>> 
>> 837 JOQK NHK nyusu //594; also Chinese pips 10 seconds late
>> 
>> 846 man talking, Chinese intonation 1403UT; someone else, not NHK1
>> 
>> 855 N. Korea orchestral music //657, huge carriere 1350UT
>> 
>> 864 HLKR woman talking //774 1406UT;
>> 
>> 873 N. Korea woman talking, and music, //819 

[IRCA] More Saturday TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

I managed to dig out a few more logs from yesterday's SDR recordings:

585    UNID, 1353 very weak talk, sounded female, not //594

620    ALASKA, KGTL 1351 dominant w/standards, "Unforgettable Favorites, 
KGTL" ID


650    ALASKA, KENI 1400, "650 KENI Anchorage" ID during perfectly timed 
pause in CISL audio


657    UNID(S), 1350 Chinese talk mostly u/N Korea but audible for 
several minutes.  At 1400, i had 3+1 pips that sounded like they were 
from a NHK or KBS, rather than Pyongyang, so possibly HLKM.  Chinese 
talk resurfaced a short time later.  No sign of the N Korean at 1400, 
just the 1-2 unids!


670    ALASKA, KDLG, 1400 good w/ID by local resident, then NPR news, no 
sign of KBOI


684    CHINA, Hainan, 1400 weak CRI chime/trumpet fanfare partially 
buried in CBU splash


700    ALASKA, KBYR, 1400 loud, local ad, "AM 700 KBYR Anchorage" ID, 
into ABC news


792    UNIDs, 1359 sounded like two stations one with a woman and the 
other with a man, both weak. SDR display showed two carriers, one 
slightly high and the other slightly low.  Burst of KGMI splash wiped 
out  time pips (if any) at ToH.  Music noted after 1400


801    UNID, 1338 bits of audio in 800 splash, couldn't tell the 
content.  There was also a loud buzz.  SDR display showed a dominant 
on-channel carrier plus several weaker ones above and below 801.


972    UNID, 1401 woman talking, sounded like Chinese u/KBS, not strong 
enough to ID.  I also had weak audio u/the NHK stations on 594 693 747 
774 & 828 but all were too weak to ID language


1089    UNID, 1335 music in KFNQ-1090 splash, not //NHK2 so likely a 
Chinese station


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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Nick Hall-Patch]

There are a mess of tones around 40 Hertz on your audio recording 
Gary, plus another around 45Hz.   Interesting that they should 
correspond to the offset of N. Korea on that channel.The Korean 
carrier itself may not be very cleanbut for the listener, it's 
not easy to determine what of a hum is due to offset  from the 
Chinese (or ?) on the same channel and what is due to audio that the 
station is broadcasting.


I figured however that when your Korean audio was strongest, the hum 
was weakest, which would seem to indicate that the hum wasn't part of 
the broadcast.


best wishes,

Nick





At 20:22 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:

Hmm, interesting, Nick.

It seems like our Japanese friends also made some remarks about the 
buzzing hum of 621-VOK, though-- or maybe it was Chris Kadlec?


Gary
On October 7, 2018 at 10:46 AM Nick Hall-Patch 
<n...@ieee.org> wrote:



Thanks Gary,

I think the buzz might actually be the 40Hz "hum" from the offset in
both our cases, as your "buzz" only shows up as the audio
weakens. So, perhaps not part of the distinctive programming, hi.

best wishes,

Nick



At 17:17 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>Nick and Bruce,
>
><<< >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK

If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency

offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal. >>>

>The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a
>notorious buzz on its signal. This was its degraded audio last
>December in Kona, Hawaii, most obvious around the 45 second
>point 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm

>
>Gary
>
>
>
On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch 
<n...@ieee.org> wrote:

>
>
>

At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:

>
>
>

Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
>stuff. I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
>starting to come in for the first time this season. So I had
>limited time for listening to the SDR recording of what was
>obviously an impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to
>be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
>
>621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK

>

If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.

>
>
>
>

675 VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
receiver). After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for
Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
best wishes,
Nick

>

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Excellent call Chuck.   Thank you!

In Victoria, 873 was pretty much a conflict between N. Korea and 
Japan, and 1341 shared the lack of excitement common throughout most 
of the upper band, but


900...definite parallel with 621 from 1358 to 1404UT, with music and 
talk, and the pips lining up nicely.  Actual ID, perhaps not so easy.


Amazing.   Both the strength on 621 and the fact that Heilongjiang 
RGD Xinwen Guangbo was heard at all on 900 kHz.


Thanks again.

Thanks also to Bruce Portzer for pointing me to the weak Vietnam 
chimes on 675, even though NHK1 was my dominant, and also to hunt 
more carefully for the Chinese pips on 810, in this case, under KGO.


That was the morning that was, for sure.


Nick



At 19:14 2018-10-07, Chuck Hutton wrote:

Anbody check for parallels on 873, 900, 1341 etc?


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Bruce 
Portzer 

Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:48 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

I listened to 621 again this morning.   There are two carriers, the
dominant one is a couple Hz high, the weaker is on about 620.94.
Listening again, the music sounds more like what you'd hear on a
Chinese, and not DPRK.  So this one is probably China.

Bruce

On 10/7/2018 08:10, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
>
>
> At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
>
>
>
>
>> Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
>> stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
>> starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited
>> time for listening to the SDR recording of what was obviously an
>> impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I
>> can find the time to dig through the files.
>>
>> 621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
>
>
> If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
>
> The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
> whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
>
>
>
>
>
> 675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
> ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
> receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
> any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
>
> I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for Vietnam,
> but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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Re: [IRCA] TP 6 Oct Victoria version.

[R. Colin Newell]

Here are some video high lights of yesterday’s sesh - 

https://youtu.be/63YmHWfuboY

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

> On Oct 6, 2018, at 10:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> If yesterday was far too much, this morning knocked it out of the solar 
> system.  The peak strength is around 1400UT right now, so lots of pips, 
> especially Chinese pips, were heard.
> 
> 
> 
> pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at 
> least briefly):
> 
> 558 HLQH ballad //603 1403UT
> 
> 567 JOIK man in Japanese, upbeat music 1348UT
> 
> 594 JOAK  yes, at various time
> 
> 621 China?  immense with male vocal ballad, listenable in LSB with a het from 
> 620.  Had faded up quickly at 1342UT, and was strongest 1345-49UT.  Two sets 
> of Chinese pips on hour, and a Chinese speaking man after the hour.
> 
> 747 JOIB man in Japanese //702 1349UT
> 
> 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1356UT
> 
> 828 JOBB piano music 1350UT // 747 etc.
> 
> 963 CRI lead in music to CRI chimes  and fanfare 1358UT
> 
> 972 HLCA man in Korean 1414UT
> 
> 1287 JOHR man in Japanese, another on phone 1347UT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
> native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
> 
> 
> 603 HLSA ballad //558 1407UT
> 
> 639 CNR1 man in Chinese 1348UT //945 and 981 at various times
> 
> 666 JOBK man in Japanese 1350UT
> 
> 
> 819 N. Korea woman in Korean 1400UT quite distorted, then stringed music
> 
> 837 man in Chinese 1352UT
> 
> 873 JOGB woman in Japanese 1413UT
> 
> 891 JOHK man in Japanese 1414UT
> 
> 945 CNR1 man in Chinese 1352UT //639; mostly not all that good today
> 
> 1053 JOAR likely male Japanese pop vocal 1349UT; someone else there too
> 
> 1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman in Chinese 1403UT //738
> 
> 1323 CRI man in Russian  //963 1410UT
> 
> 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1355UT
> 
> 1575 VoA? woman in SE Asian language 1408UT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
> be understood by a native speaker: 
> 
> 531  JOQG  NHK nyusu by man 1400UT
> 
> 603 man in Chinese 1402UT, over faded HLSA; CRI chimes and fanfare had been 
> heard on the hour, but don't know if this was the same.
> 
> 657 N. Korea marching music 1347; ID'd //855 a few minutes later.
> 
> 675 ?  echoey mumbles devolved into Chinese 1351UT, two men, one on phone, 
> but NHK style pips on the hour
> 
> 683 JOAB woman talking //747, 1406UT; not up to much today
> 
> 702 NHK2 man talking//747 1344UT
> 
> 711 HLKA  man talking //846 1406UT
> 
> 711 unID woman in Chinese 1400UT, but no ID possible in splatter
> 
> 738 Taiwan Fisheries piano music //1143 1419UT.  This channel was a mess
> 
> 756 CNR1 echoey music //639 1348UT
> 
> 891 woman  in Chinese o/JOHK 1403UT
> 
> 918 man in Chinese 1347UT
> 
> 945 unID piano/orchestr4al music over CNR1 1354-5UT, not NHK1
> 
> 954 JOKR man in Japanese 1403UT
> 
> 1242 JOLF likely, pop music 1408UT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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)  
> 
> 540  a mess, Chinese pips and NHK pips together, but only Chinese sounding 
> talk after the hour
> 
> 549 2CR fanfare at 1400UT
> 
> 576 2NR pips and fanfare 1400UT
> 
> 585 JOPB man talking //594 1410UT
> 
> 612 4QR fanfare, ABC news
> 
> 630 not only Chinese pips under KCIS at 1400UT
> 
> but also  4QN ABC fanfare under KCIS
> 
> 657 man in Chinese?  as N. Korea faded down 1349UT
> 
> 675 NHK1 man talking //594 1400UT, but also Chinese pips about 10 seconds 
> after the hour
> 
> 738 HLKG man talking //711 1351UT
> 
> 765 man talking Chinese intonation 1356UT
> 
> 783 woman in apparent Chinese, echoey? 1400UT, no pips
> 
> 792 messy, but man talking 1348UT, sounded Chinese
> 
> 792 4RN woman talking //576 1358UT
> 
> 837 JOQK NHK nyusu //594; also Chinese pips 10 seconds late
> 
> 846 man talking, Chinese intonation 1403UT; someone else, not NHK1
> 
> 855 N. Korea orchestral music //657, huge carriere 1350UT
> 
> 864 HLKR woman talking //774 1406UT;
> 
> 873 N. Korea woman talking, and music, //819 1400UT
> 
> 936 Chinese talk? by man 1347U
> 
> 900 Chinese pips, man talking 1400UT
> 
> 909 JOCB man talking //828 1348UT
> 
> 999 man talking, Chinese? 1349UT
> 
> 1008 man talking, Chinese intonation 1348UT
> 
> 1017 CRI man in possible Korean 1403UT
> 
> 1026 deep voiced man Chinese intonation
> 
> 1044 CRI? woman talking Japanese intonation 1358UT.  On the hour, nani mo.
> 
> 1053 woman talking Chinese intonation 1404UT
> 
> 1089 JOHB woman talking //774 1415UT
> 
> 1098 CNR1 man talking //639 1401UT
> 
> 1107 man talking, Chinese intonation 1401UT
> 
> 1116 Chinese pips 1400UT; also noted man talking Chinese intonation 1347UT
> 
> 1134 a mess, but at 1408UT, woman sounded Japanese?
> 
> 1170 NHK style pips under KPUG 1400UT, likely Korea?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Strongish het, 

Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Chris Kadlec]

Just wanted to chime in on this one. I never heard a buzz on the Chongjin 
transmitter. It's always been a clear signal, so it could be your tech stuff 
(of which you know everything about and I know nothing). It's been two years, 
but here's one of numerous recordings of 621 I have from 330 miles out. This 
one was taken atop a skyscraper in downtown Seoul; the signal is airing its 
nightly Pyongyang Broadcasting programming. Anything could have changed since, 
but generally, their signals have improved with time as they've dumped more 
resources into the broadcasting efforts or budgets. Unlike Pyongyang, which is 
100 miles to the north, and Haeju right across the water, 621 was pretty rare 
to hear by groundwave. The only stations of that distance that were typical 
were Fukuoka ones now and then. But VOK programming comes from the same 
transmitter.

http://www.beaglebass.com/temporary/621_Chongjin.MP3

-Chris Kadlec
 Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide



Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 10:17:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gary DeBock 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
, Nick Hall-Patch 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

Nick and Bruce,

<<<  >621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
 If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.   >>>

The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a notorious buzz 
on its signal. This was its degraded audio last December in Kona, Hawaii, most 
obvious around the 45 second point  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm

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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Gary DeBock]

Hmm, interesting, Nick.

It seems like our Japanese friends also made some remarks about the buzzing hum 
of 621-VOK, though-- or maybe it was Chris Kadlec?

Gary

> On October 7, 2018 at 10:46 AM Nick Hall-Patch  mailto:n...@ieee.org > wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks Gary,
> 
> I think the buzz might actually be the 40Hz "hum" from the offset in
> both our cases, as your "buzz" only shows up as the audio
> weakens. So, perhaps not part of the distinctive programming, hi.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> At 17:17 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> >Nick and Bruce,
> >
> ><<< >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
> 
> > > If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the 
> frequency
> > 
> > > > > offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much 
> > spot on
> > > the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, 
> > > which
> > > seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to 
> > > demodulate a
> > > signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better 
> > > signal. >>>
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > >The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a
> >notorious buzz on its signal. This was its degraded audio last
> >December in Kona, Hawaii, most obvious around the 45 second
> >point https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >
> >
> 
> > > 
> > > > > On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch 
> > mailto:n...@ieee.org > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > > > > At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on 
> > > > the really good
> > > >stuff. I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's 
> > > were
> > > >starting to come in for the first time this season. So I had
> > > >limited time for listening to the SDR recording of what was
> > > >obviously an impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably 
> > > more to
> > > >be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
> > > >
> > > >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, 
> > > possibly DPRK
> > > 
> > > > > >
> > 
> > > > > If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check 
> > the frequency
> > > offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much 
> > > spot on
> > > the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, 
> > > which
> > > seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to 
> > > demodulate a
> > > signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better 
> > > signal.
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The ballads were back this morning also (a much more 
> > sedate morning,
> > > whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
> > > 
> > > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > > > > 675 VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and 
> > pips at
> > > ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam 
> > > Kiwisdr
> > > receiver). After the pips there was rousing march music. The 
> > > ID, if
> > > any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches 
> > > perfectly
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping 
> > for
> > > Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > best wishes,
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Nick
> > > 
> > > > > >
> > 
> > > > > Nick Hall-Patch
> > > Victoria, BC
> > > Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Chuck Hutton]

Anbody check for parallels on 873, 900, 1341 etc?


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Bruce Portzer 

Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:48 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

I listened to 621 again this morning.   There are two carriers, the
dominant one is a couple Hz high, the weaker is on about 620.94.
Listening again, the music sounds more like what you'd hear on a
Chinese, and not DPRK.  So this one is probably China.

Bruce

On 10/7/2018 08:10, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
>
>
> At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
>
>
>
>
>> Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
>> stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
>> starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited
>> time for listening to the SDR recording of what was obviously an
>> impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I
>> can find the time to dig through the files.
>>
>> 621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
>
>
> If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
>
> The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
> whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
>
>
>
>
>
> 675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
> ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
> receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
> any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
>
> I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for Vietnam,
> but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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[IRCA] September, 2018 Michigan BCB Logs

[Tim Tromp]

Not very many new logs for September, but a few good ones here.

Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus SDR

Antennas: 117 FT DKAZ remotely terminated and reversible aimed North/South,
phased BOG array roughly NE/SE.

Location: Western Michigan

Domestics:

=
870  KFLD Pasco, WA. Sep.28th,2018 0200 UTC

Weak copy of callsign during legal ID at TOH and then
into FOX News, during very good conditions towards the
NW. WWL & Cuba knocked down to nothing on the North DKAZ.
Thanks to Neil Kazaross for the tip.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 1,620 miles 10kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=
890 CJDC Dawson Creek, BC. Sep.29th,2018 0401 UTC

Weak under attenuated WLS with country songs matching
online receiver during good conditions towards the NW
and now my northwestern most MW log.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 1,733 miles 10kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=
1210 CFYM Kindersley, SK. Sep.9th,2018 1057 UTC

Parallel to 1330 CJYM but exactly 3 mins behind CJYM with
song by Air Supply and into local weather and CJYM calls
then into Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, very poor under
KGYM & WJNL.  Only 1kw!

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 1,211 miles 1kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=
1230 KWNO Winona, MN. Sep.9th,2018 1059 UTC

TOH ID with clear calls and city popping up over the
graveyard mix and soon lost again.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 278 miles 990w

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=
1240 KDLR Devils Lake, ND. Sep.9th,2018 1100 UTC

With legal ID bubbling up from the GY mix right at TOH
during very good conditions towards the Northwest.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 699 miles 1kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=
1410 KLEM Le Mars, IA. Sep.9th,2018 1101 UTC

Poor with TOH ID at 11:01 with calls and FM 96.9 mentions
and into CBS News.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 505 miles 1kw/50w

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=


Trans-Pacific:

=
576 2RN Sydney, NSW, Australia Sep.9th,2018 1119 UTC

Carrier noted rising to very faint audio, music heard
matching remote Brisbane SDR, soon lost to domestic slop.

ANTENNA: SW phased BOGs 9,345 miles 50kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
=


Trans-Atlantic:

=
837 COPE Spain (synchros) Sep.23th,2018 0339 UTC

With Spanish talk matching online receiver, solid signal
with decent audio for several minutes, during enhanced
conditions towards Spain.  840 WHAS reduced to near
nothing on the North DKAZ.

ANTENNA: North DKAZ 4,073 miles 50kw

NEW LOG TROMP-MI
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73,
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Thanks Gary,

I think the buzz might actually be the 40Hz "hum" from the offset in 
both our cases, as your "buzz" only shows up as the audio 
weakens.   So, perhaps not part of the distinctive programming, hi.


best wishes,

Nick



At 17:17 2018-10-07, Gary DeBock wrote:

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Nick and Bruce,

<<<  >621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
 If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.   >>>

The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a 
notorious buzz on its signal. This was its degraded audio last 
December in Kona, Hawaii, most obvious around the 45 second 
point  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm


Gary



> On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>
>
>
>
> At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
>
>
>
>
> >Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
> >stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
> >starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had
> >limited time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was
> >obviously an impressive morning.  Anyway, there's probably more to
> >be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
> >
> >621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
>
>
> If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
>
> The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
> whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
>
>
>
>
>
> 675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
> ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
> receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
> any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
>
> I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for
> Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Gary DeBock]

Nick and Bruce,

<<<  >621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
 If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.   >>>

The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a notorious buzz 
on its signal. This was its degraded audio last December in Kona, Hawaii, most 
obvious around the 45 second point  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm

Gary

   
   
> On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
> >stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
> >starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had 
> >limited time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was 
> >obviously an impressive morning.  Anyway, there's probably more to 
> >be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
> >
> >621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
> 
> 
> If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
> offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
> seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
> 
> The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning, 
> whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at 
> ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr 
> receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if 
> any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
> 
> I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for 
> Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> Nick Hall-Patch
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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

I listened to 621 again this morning.   There are two carriers, the 
dominant one is a couple Hz high, the weaker is on about 620.94.   
Listening again, the music sounds more like what you'd hear on a 
Chinese, and not DPRK.  So this one is probably China.


Bruce

On 10/7/2018 08:10, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:



At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:




Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited 
time for listening to the SDR recording of what was obviously an 
impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I 
can find the time to dig through the files.


621    UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK



If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.


The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning, 
whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.






675    VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at 
ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr 
receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if 
any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly


I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for Vietnam, 
but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.


best wishes,

Nick


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[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 10/7/18

[Richard N. Allen via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
It was an abbreviated session here this morning.
747 JOIB barely audible // JOUB at 0841-0845; poor with static and CKJH 750 QRM 
at 1133-1143.
774 JOUB barely audible to poor fading in and out between 0831 and 0840; poor 
with moderate lightning static at 1129 and 1143.
No signals on 567, 594, 612, 693, 702, 873, 972 or 1548 when checked, but the 
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Receivers: PL-310 and PL-310ET with 8-inch FSL.

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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Nick Hall-Patch]

At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:




Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had 
limited time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was 
obviously an impressive morning.  Anyway, there's probably more to 
be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.


621UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK



If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.


The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning, 
whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.






675VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at 
ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr 
receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if 
any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly


I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for 
Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.


best wishes,

Nick


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Re: [IRCA] 1215 and 1089

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My pleasure, although they eluded me! As Nick mentioned, location, location, 
location! Only lots of hets in Campbell River this morning. No sign of TAs 
here, last night either. On to Tofino!!

73 and Best of DX,

Craig Barnes

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> On Oct 6, 2018, at 8:37 PM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:
> 
> Add 1413 to the list, probably Moldova.  No audio yet but a decent carrier on 
> peaks
> 
> Bruce
> 
>> On 10/6/2018 20:23, Bruce Portzer wrote:
>> There are signs of TAs in Seattle too.  Possible audio at times on 909 and 
>> 1215.  Also weak carriers on 1107 and 1458.
>> 
>> Bruce
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/6/2018 20:14, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
>>> location location location.
>>> 
>>> Carrier levels are good here, but only a little audio so far. 1215 with 
>>> usual rock and sounding like an Absolute Radio ID at 0302UT by woman; 
>>> undermodulated? carrier is very good.
>>> 
>>> Also, man in what sounded like Russian on 1386 at 0227UT, but soon gone.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> At 03:02 2018-10-07, R. Colin Newell wrote:
 Best levels of the season - on the W Flag no less... crazy.
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[IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited 
time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was obviously an 
impressive morning.  Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I 
can find the time to dig through the files.


621    UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK

639    CHINA, CNR1, 1400:30 a few bars of the theme music played during 
IDs //981 etc.  Very poor in horrific KCMS-630 splatter. Much better 
1403 w/fair male in Chinese //1098


675    VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at ToH 
(both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr receiver).  
After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if any, was 
tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly


720    CHINA, 1400 5+1 pips weak mixing w/faint domestic (probably 
KFIR).  Possible march music just before ToH


756    CHINA, CNR1, 1354, quite good today, male talk //1098 etc

810    CHINA, bits of Chinese talk surfacing 1357 amid a weak jumble of 
stuff, 1359:45 distinctive chime melody then 5+1 pips at toh.  Then 
various anmts that sounded like ads, mostly weak over faint remnants of 
KGO & KTBI, also a prominent buzz from something off-frequency


837    CHINA, 1359 pop vocal continued across ToH, 1400:15 5+1time pips, 
then ID with lush orchestral backing, too weak to understand.  Possibly 
Harbin, based on past experience


855    DPRK?, 1400 woman just before ToH,3+1 pips, then more talk, 
announcing style typical of DPRK but couldn't get 657 or 819 clear 
enough to // it


891    CHINA?, 1401 rapid Chinese talk dominant

900    CHINA, 1400 weak 5+1 pips u/KKRT

918    CHINA, Shandong RGD, 1345 male talk in Chinese good at times, 
1359 ad or promo by man & woman, Shandong mentioned just before 5+1 pips 
1400, then clear "Shandong Renmim Guangbo DIentai" ID


1017    CHINA, CRI, 1400 usual top of hour stuff, chimes & trumpets, IDs 
in Chinese and Korean fair-poor, I think this was the first audio of the 
season for this one


1062    S KOREA, 1401 man with news, sounded Korean so apparently HLKQ

1170    S KOREA, 1400 3+1 pips u/KPUG, not much else if anything

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