[IRCA] TP 22 Jan Victoria version.
A morning much like yesterday, right down to NHK2 signing off at 1440UT, but even there, JOUB was barely audible for part of the music box, and signals overall were a bit weaker also. 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): indeed not not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: not even this 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) 594 man talking, Japanese intonation 1522UT,pretty much only appearance 1017 island vocal 1517UT, Tonga likely 1242 man in possible Japanese 1601UT 1422 man talking, Japanese intonation 1544-6UT 1566 woman talking Chinese intonation, interspersed with music 1614UT, and a few other times in the next 15 minutes 1593 man talking, Chinese intonation? 1601UT, only single pip on hour in murk, but sounded the right pitch for CNR1 Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 774 828 972 1269 1287 1458 1557 1575 seemed to be Asian; 612 657 738 774 891 1098 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 22 Jan Victoria version
Quite a mess this morning,...apparently New Zealand through to China.The NHK2 stations signing off at 1500UT, but not turning off their carriers confused things further. Finally, everything pretty much quit by sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman in Japanese //567 1521UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK woman talking //594 1521UT 693 JOAB s/off music box 1504UT 774 JOUB pop vocal and woman in Japanese 1456UT 828 JOBB s/off music box 1503UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1543UT 1593 CNR1 woman in Chinese 1536UT, ID'd a couple of minutes later //639 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB music box s/off 1502UT 891 JOHK NHK1 interlude music briefly at this level 1510UT 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) 531 JOQG NHK1 interlude music 1510UT 576 woman talking, sounded like DU English 1523UT; 2RN? 585 JOPG man talking //594, then NHK1 interlude music 1510UT 603 Radio Waatea; see 765...was quite difficult to get these two up at the same time. 639 CNR1 woman talking //6125 1540UT 765 Radio Kahungunu apparently...man talking, quite murky, then country sounding music; seemed //603 but leading by half a second or so...bit of a surprise 873 JOGB s/off music box 1503UT 972 vocal music 1541UT, assumed HLCA, but never amounted to much Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1053 1143 1242 1287 1359 1386 1404 1422 1494 1503 1512 1539 1557 seemed to be Asian; 612 621 846 855 1017 1098 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 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 22 Jan Victoria version
One addendumHLAZ was showing audio traces (man talking) as late at 1720UT today. LSR 1550UT. 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 22 Jan Victoria version
Considerably livelier today, mostly from Asia. Low band was fairly active 1300-1330UT, then a bit of a rest until after 1500UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB English lessons 1437UT; this one seemed less affected by the dry period from 14-15UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese after vocal music 1543UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB English lessons 1503UT and for several minutes following not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1314UT 828 JOBB woman talking //774 1302UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1547UT 1593 CNR1 man in Chinese //6125 1542UT 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) 612 man talking, DU English inflection, 1432UT, likely 4QR 693 JOAB English lessons //774 1439UT 711 unID. Strong carrier 1300UT, then a 5 second break in KIRO splat yielded a man talking, no hope for language, pips etc. HLKA has been heard before, so assumed under these conditions Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 891 918 1089 1323 1503 seemed to be Asian; 702 738 more likely 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 22 Jan Victoria version
Nothing on the upper band, and although there was a minor "sunrise" enhancement, stronger and more numerous signals were generally heard around 1330UT. Mostly Asian again, but some possible DU. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB briefly managed to put the splatter at bay 1523UT with woman in Japanese. Hung in fairly well to s/off, though not at this peak level, brief "NHK...hoso" mention by woman at 1540UT, anthem and music box fading out after 1543UT. Also heard quite well around 1330UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1340UT, woman in Chinese; someone else was fading up a little earlier as well, but too garbled to guess. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK woman in Japanese //594 1329UT, but a man in DU English was also there and often dominant (New Zealand??) 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1319UT 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) 828 JOBB woman in Japanese //747 1522UT; also heard briefly around 1336UT 891 JOHK man talking //594 1334UT 1017 jazzy instrumental mx 1000UT, then a female vocal, if Tonga, didn't sound like a s/off 1116 sounded like a sports broadcast by man across 1000UT, DU English? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 612 1242 1287 1566 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 22 Jan Victoria version: reprise
An interesting contrast to this morning's post sunrise all HLAZ all the time show, was the recording from a couple of mornings ago that also had post sunrise DX, though in that case apparently, it was 594, 972, 1242 and 1287 that delivered audio, with 972 and 1287 being quite readable at various times up to around 1700UT. 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 22 Jan Victoria version
What a difference 24 hours makes. There's probably still things on the recordings that I've missed, but almost all Japanese this morning; 1566 was there, but tended to get lost in the crush. Signals peaked before 1500UT, but still plenty left afterwards, last ones heard around 1700UT I think, but I haven't got that far in the recordings yet (just looking at the signal strength monitor). pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747, 774, 828, 972all sorts of times 1287 JOHR JJ pop mx, woman in JJ 1456UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1503 JOUK violin mx 1453UT //594 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 558 JOCR ballad 1421UT, but announcers were JJ; 567 JOIK man talking //weaker 594 1359UT 612 JOLK man in JJ //594 1446UT 864 unID man in JJ 1451UT, not //1287 693 JOAB man in JJ //774 1439UT 837 JOQK man in JJ //594 1449UT 873 JOGB EE lessons //774 1426UT 738 Tahiti man and woman in FF 1420-2UT 1008 unID pop mx briefly at this level 1449UT 1134 JOQR man in rapid JJ 1441UT 1242 JOLF man in JJ 1511UT (cuckoo pips at 1500UT were weak though) 1593 NHK2 mx box s/off 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) 585 JOPG man in JJ //594 1513UT 702 NHK2 man in JJ //774 1433UT 729 JOCK pop piano mx //594 1435UT; this is rare at home 846 NHK1 synchros man in JJ //594 1513UT 891 JOHK man in JJ //594 1440UT 909 JOCB man talking //774 1446UT; also heard last few bars of mx box 1544UT 945 NHK1 bits of mx //594 1437UT, man talking as well, maybe //1593, similarly weak 954 likely JJ talk 1443UT 1179 likely JJ talk 1430UT 1386 NHK2 mx box s/off 1543UT Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 639 918 1098 1143 1197 1224 1269 1314 1323 1422 1458 1575 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
Re: [IRCA] TP 22 Jan, Victoria version
Hi Nick, 603 HLSA? and China? brief burst of Beatles mx trading places with weaker CC sounding talk by woman, 1540UT. Almost like some sort of VHF skip, not there, then it was there, then gone again; I checked a couple of minutes earlier, and there was a deep voiced man at poorer level, so this wasn't as out of the blue as I thought at first. The deep-voiced male Korean is a regular fixture during the late-evening KBS2 long set music programs (from 1400-1600 UTC) on 558-HLQH and 603-HLSA. Both of those stations are fairly regular TP's here in October and November. A recording of that deep-voiced male in one of his more vibrant moments (on November 2, 2013) is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/9vprz88eo6xxljy/603-HLSA-1434z110213PL380.MP3 73, Gary -Original Message- From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 9:15 pm Subject: [IRCA] TP 22 Jan, Victoria version Big let down this morning. Poor from 1300UT onwards so far as I could tellwith a brief sunrise boost, including a couple of odd ones. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ may have come close... Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ man in CC 1525UT and several other instances around this time. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 HLSA? and China? brief burst of Beatles mx trading places with weaker CC sounding talk by woman, 1540UT. Almost like some sort of VHF skip, not there, then it was there, then gone again; I checked a couple of minutes earlier, and there was a deep voiced man at poorer level, so this wasn't as out of the blue as I thought at first. 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) : 1314 DWXI choral mx followed by man preachingcoincided nicely with the web stream 1539-1541UT. Not much DX this morning, just good DX 1575 unID woman talking 1538UT, couldn't really guess at language 1593 CNR1 woman in CC //6175 at 1529UT 1602 NHK2 opening bars of national anthem 1540UT. Extreme minimalist DX at its finest. Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 774 972 1323 1467 1494 1503 1548 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 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 22 Jan, Victoria version
Big let down this morning. Poor from 1300UT onwards so far as I could tellwith a brief sunrise boost, including a couple of odd ones. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ may have come close... Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ man in CC 1525UT and several other instances around this time. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 HLSA? and China? brief burst of Beatles mx trading places with weaker CC sounding talk by woman, 1540UT. Almost like some sort of VHF skip, not there, then it was there, then gone again; I checked a couple of minutes earlier, and there was a deep voiced man at poorer level, so this wasn't as out of the blue as I thought at first. 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) : 1314 DWXI choral mx followed by man preachingcoincided nicely with the web stream 1539-1541UT. Not much DX this morning, just good DX 1575 unID woman talking 1538UT, couldn't really guess at language 1593 CNR1 woman in CC //6175 at 1529UT 1602 NHK2 opening bars of national anthem 1540UT. Extreme minimalist DX at its finest. Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 774 972 1323 1467 1494 1503 1548 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
