[IRCA] TP 1 Feb Victoria version.
Some actual real audio this morning, all from Down Under, and down lower on the band; upper band Asian carriers only. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 612 4QR woman on phone to man 1530UT; had noted ABC fanfare and news on 1500UT, but weaker. 702 2BL man in DU English 1509UT had been parallel with 612 earlier, not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through 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) 576 woman talking, DU English intonation 1507UT 594 3WV man talking //612 1443UT 738 2NR teletalk //612 1522UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1287 1458 1503 1566 1575 seemed to be Asian; 891 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Feb Victoria version
Somewhat less audio and fewer carriers than yesterday. Although NHK2 signed off at 1500UT, their remaining carriers peaked well after that time. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not this morning Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK "Anshin Rajio" slogan by man, pips followed by "NHK nyusu" 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1523UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1442UT 828 JOBB man in Portuguese 1447UT 1593 CNR1 man in Chinese 1524-5UT; IDd a few minutes later by //6125 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) 693 JOAB female choral music //828 1458UT 747 JOIB 1500UT pips, anthem, music box 954 pop vocal briefly peaked 1512UT 972 man talking, possibly Korean? 1528UT; possibly someone else there also, as second man seemed to be talking on top of the first 1242 man and woman mumbling 1601UT; first and last audio on this channel today 1503 JOUK traces of quiet music //594 1532UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 918 936 945 1098 1134 1143 1206 1314 1323 1332 1359 1386 1458 1494 seemed to be Asian; 612 738 846 891 1017 1098 1116 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Feb Victoria version
The band seems open again over the last few days,after weeks of doldrums, and apparently a little K=5 isn't going to hold it back. Understandably, much of the action was DU, but the big Asian guns weren't exactly hiding in the undergrowth just before sunrise. Not much noise and splatter this morning meant that some weak ones crept through too. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman in Japanese 1526UT 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1516UT 774 JOUB man in Japanese //747 1516UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR man and woman in DU English, call in quiz of some sort? 1527UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1517UT, seemed to be a peak for NHK2 just then 891 5AN two men doing teletalk 1421UT, DU English, faded somewhat by 1430UT, but definite fanfare then 1116 4BC "on Brisbane's news talk 4BC" by man 1528UT, not really strong, but clear not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 unID man holding forth in DU English 1331UT, then a more relaxed sounding man, no parallels found 972 HLCA two women, one on phone, in Korean 1350UT, only for a couple of minutes 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) 576 two men talking, DU English inflection 1351UT 702 2BL woman talking //612 1529UT 756 RNZ National two men talking //837 1414UT 738 2NR woman talking //612 1407UT 747 4QS man talking //612 1535UT 774 3LO woman talking //612 1547UT 837 756 RNZ National two men talking //756 1414UT 855 4QO/4QB woman on phone //612 1534UT, very faint but this portion of the band was quiet 891 man talking DU English inflection, 1530UT, had a sort of ABC sound, but no fanfare on the half hour 891 JOHK woman talking //594 1517UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1242 1566 seemed to be Asian; 531 792 909 936 seemed DU best wishes, Nick ___ ___ 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Feb Victoria version
Sunrise enhancement came early, about 1520UT, as well as some earlier activity, but that mostly took a vacation from 1415 to just after 1500UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ started to peak during the Japanese program 1326UT with animated discussion between a couple of men. A good run from 1337 to s/off at 1345UT, first with man in Japanese, then woman giving the usual announcement including a nice "H-L-A-zeto desu" ID. Chinese program followed, and for another 10 minutes also had quite a solid signal, though not quite as strong as the Japanese program had been. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 738 Tahiti, homme et dame en francais, rap musique 1001-2 UT 1593 CNR1 man in Chinese 1343-5UT peak, but hung around for the next half hour, in and out, though pips at 1400UT were quite weak not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK woman in Japanese 1522UT 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) 567 JOIK woman talking //594 1519UT 774 sounded like English lessons 1422UT 1314 bit of instrumental music, then man declaiming, didn't sound Japanese, Tagalog maybe? 1557 Taiwan? traces of jazzy female singing 1528UT; pretty much the end of the line for sunrise Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 549 747 1044 1053 1098 1116 1125 1386 1422 1503 best wishes, Nick ___ ___ 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Feb Victoria version
I may not have been on another planet this morning, but visiting an asteroid, perhaps. Conditions here were better than yesterday (which was not difficult), yet no one else experienced anything other than a further deterioration in conditions. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ, yes really. Big fade up at 1511UT during female ballad followed by man in CC briefly peaking at this level 1516UT, subduing the splash. Erratic fading and up and down to quite good levels until after 1525UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 JOBB man and woman EE lessons in Japan in February , recognized the woman's, ah, distinctive voice. (same pair turned up with weaker strength on 774 at 1443UT) 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) 774 JOUB? man talking JJ inflection, 1330UT, and almost sure it was EE lessons 1443UT 1242 JOLF? man talking, too much splash to guess at language 1516UT 1422 JORF? woman's voice, JJ inflection, sneaking through whenever the splash throttled back a bit 1514UT 1575 VoA? bits of vocal mx 1522UT, man talking a minute later; very erratic fading Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 603 702 738 1377 1503 best wishes, Nick ___ 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Feb, Victoria version
Definitely downhill from yesterday. Very poor conditions from 1300 to 1520UT, barring an occasional blip on 774, and not much of an enhancement. However, HLAZ hung in there (barely) to 1600UT, so the weak enhancement took awhile to die. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no hope Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): still wishful thinking not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB man in JJ 1442UT 972 HLCA man in KK 1521UT, only overseas audio at the time 1566 HLAZ woman talking CC 1547UT 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) : 1287 JOHR? man talking, could have been JJ 1536UT 1575 VoA assumed, faint male talk 1548UT, best on N. Flag Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 747 828 1548 late, and seemed DU best wishes, Nick ___ 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
