[IRCA] TP 12 Mar Victoria version.
The dire predictions don't seem to have had much effect on reception; still pretty reasonable. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 1355UT 1575 VoA powering in at 1411UT with woman in ?? (Khmer listed) Fading somewhat by 1430UT when VoA ID was heard Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 603 HLSA woman in Korean //558 1415UT 774 JOUB 1423UT 972 HLCA 1436UT 1386 NHK2 //774 1418UT 1422 JORF woman in Japanese 1419UT 1566 HLAZ? and ??? two stations mixing; pop music and maybe Chinese talk, then more sedate Chinese talk by man also assumed HLAZ, along with a grumble on channel 1416UT 1593 NHK2 //1386 1425UT, with CNR1 Chinese man trading places (//6175 earlier) not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 558 HLQH 1415UT //603 567 JOIK //594 1414UT 1503 JOUK //594 1423UT 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) 666 JOBK //594 1418UT 747 JOIB //774 1412UT 945 CNR1 man and woman //6175 1429UT 1206 man talking,Korean? 1413UT (off channel) 1242 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1419UT 1314 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1414UT 1323 woman talking, Russian intonation? 1415UT 1332 female vocal 1414UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 612 621 639 657 693 702 711 918 1017 1215 1287 1359 1431 1485 1494 1512 1539 1548 1557 1584 seemed to be Asian; 585 612 1548 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 12 Mar Victoria version
A bit of a frustrating morning. Lots of carriers very close to audio, but not quite delivering. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man with weather report 1414UT 747 JOIB Chinese lessons 1350UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1406UT 828 JOBB Chinese lessons 1342UT 1575 VoA man in SE Asian language 1419UT VoA ID at 1429UT, though weaker. Also pop music underneath, likely AFN, though Farda sunset about this time also (but didn't match Farda stream) Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 693 JOAB woman in Japanese 1410UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1341UT 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese, but pop vocal underneath also 1422UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK man talking //594 1351UT 891 JOHK man talking //594 1348UT 945 CNR1 likely, man and woman in Chinese 1349UT 1503 JOUK NHK1 interlude music 1415UT 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 man talking //594 1350UT, then something else faded in its place 558 HLQB woman talking seemed //with weak 603 603 soft repetitious music 1340UT maybe HLSA 603 unID, man talking Chinese intonation 1354UT 666 sounded like Japanese but not //594 which had weather report at this time 1414UT 756 man talking, sounded Chinese 1352UT 873 JOGB Chinese lesson //774 1347UT 981 man talking sounded Chinese 1344UT 1242 slow vocal music 1412UT 1287 woman and man talking rapidly, Japanese? 1358UT 1323 woman talking, Russian perhaps,1408UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 639 657 702 738 819 837 855 864 909 918 936 954 963 1017 1035 1098 1188 1206 1251 1278 1305 1314 1377 1422 1584 1593 seemed to be Asian; 702 846 1017 seemed to be 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 12 Mar Victoria version
There should be a single word for the concept "what a difference a day makes". Most mornings recently, at least the big guns have been kicking up a fuss around 1300UT, but today it was unusually quiet then. There was a definite lift after 1400UT, with a couple of oddball mysteries turning up, but generally this was a poorer morning than yesterday by some way. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 603 HLSA woman and man in Korean 1412UT //558 774 JOUB English lessons 1358UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man talking Japanese 1414UT 1566 HLAZ choral music 1412UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 558 HLQH man and woman talking 1412UT //603 567 JOIK man talking //594 but with slight delay 1404UT; not // a moment later, local programming? 693 JOAB bits of English lessons belting through CBU splatter 1343UT 747 JOIB English lessons 1416UT 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) 738 woman talking, Chinese inflection? 1402UT 828 JOBB woman talking //747 1342UT 873 JOGB man talking //774 1404UT 1287 men and women, general hilarity 1413UT 1494 woman talking, Chinese inflection 1418UT...obviously worth hunting for, but only in for a couple of moments 1503 JOUK man talking //594 1410UT 1593 man and woman talking Chinese inflection? 1417UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 531 549 621 711 909 1413 1422 1557 seemed to be Asian; 612 891 1098 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 12 Mar Victoria version
I'm not sure this was an improvement on yesterday, but it certainly lasted a lot closer to local sunrise (1430UT roughly). In fact, weak audio was noted on both 1242 and 1287 at 1526UT, an hour past sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1335UT //828 828 JOBB as above //774. This was heard quite strongly as early as 1053UT, with 774 even earlier 972 HLCA male vocal ballad 1337UT 1566 HLAZ man in Japanese accompanied by solo cello 1339UT, but also peaked to this level several time during the later Chinese program, as late as 1413UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK jazz vocal 1326UT //891 612 4QR likely with woman in DU English 1345UT followed by country music not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK female vocal 1338UT //594 873 JOGB man in Japanese //774 1332UT 891 JOHR female jazz vocal //594 1327UT 954 JOKR man in Japanese 1341UT 1053 Korean jammer 1344UT 1287 JOHR likely pop music 1352UT 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) 603 HLSA man talking //558 1349UT 693 JOAB man in Japanese //774 1345UT u/690 splash 702 NHK2 man in Japanese //774 1100UT 837 JOQK woman in Japanese //567 1344UT 864 unID rock music 1346UT 918 deep voiced man 1334UT, no idea 945 man talking, sounded Chinese? 1351UT 1242 man talking 1352UT, Japanese sounding 1386 NHK2 light music //774 1339UT, also man talking on another station 1575 man talking 1359UT, SE Asian intonation, but nothing useable on the hour, though some audio crept through Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 738 846 909 1017 1044 1098 1179 1206 1269 1422 1503 1593 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 12 Mar Victoria version
An exhausting session, both live and going over the recording. Huge numbers of carriers, some Chinese audio, probably a bunch of audio I missed, paint-peeling from NHK and HLCA etc. Quite nuts, especially as it all faded away quite rapidly compared with other mornings. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 567 JOIK traditional male JJ vocal 1250UT //1503; a concert? end of piece was followed by man talking with a 'live' sound 747 JOIB EE lessons 1244UT 774 JOUB...lots of times; held out well for s/off at 1440UT too. 828 JOBB EE lessons 1244UT 972 HLCA male KK vocal mx 1334UT 1566 HLAZ woman in JJ 1238UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 558 HLQH laid back vocal mx 1335UT, no 603// just then, but heard later 603 HLSA man in KK //558 1408UT 594 JOAK man w/ NHK Tokyo mention 1229UT; it was stronger than this at other times, but I didn't note them. 981 CNR1 woman and man w/nx in CC 1402UT, dead across hour of course 1053 KK jammer 1231UT 1206 Yanbian, woman in KK 1359UT, continued across hour, no ID as usual 1287 JOHR man and woman JJ 1235UT 1593 CNR1 man in CC 1340UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 693 JOAB EE lessons //774 1231UT 738 Tahiti likely, popm mx 1329UT, considerably bette on west Flag 837 JOQK JJ vocal 1252UT //567 1503 1503 JOUK JJ vocal 1252UT //567 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) 666 JOBK man and woman JJ //567 1331UT 711 HLKA? woman in KK? 1408UT 819 portentous choral mx 1309UT lots of splash, likely N. Korea? 864 woman in JJ? 1352UT, not //1287 873 JOGB EE lessons 1253UT 891 JOHK man and woman in JJ? //837 1357UT 909 JOCB NHK pips on hour, traces of intro mx for KK lessons 1400UT 954 pop ms 1249UT 963 CRI various times after 1345UT, long stringed mx session leading to hour w/chimes, seemed //1323 1017 CRI female vocal 1343UT, seemed //5965 1134 female vocal pop mx 1330UT 1242 man in JJ? 1403UT 1323 CRI various times seemed to be //963 in snippets around hour, traces of chimes at 1400UT 1422 JORF? woman talking, JJ inflection 1355UT 1575 VoA? woman and man SE Asian language inflection 1443UT, north Flag Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 621 756 846 855 882 918 936 945 999 1008 1035 1044 1089 1098 1143 1161 1179 1215 1251 1269 1359 1512 1539 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 12 Mar, Victoria version
I think that might have been a morning for the coast. Tons of carriers, some with barely discernible audio...things hopped from 1200UT, faded a bit to the regulars for awhile, banged back up at 1340UT, subsided slightly again, and final peak around 1415UT or so. From 1200 to 1230UT, distraction was provided by a live Enka mx concert on NHK1overwrought JJ vocals at their finest; mere DX had to wait when 567 or 594 were peaking, sorry. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK Enka concert peaking 1224UT. Sometimes you just have to stop and listen. 774 JOUB various times until s/off at 1440UT, but JOUB NHK Akita dai ni hoso by man at 1320UT was a good sample 1557 Taiwan man in CC and into pop mx, //webstream, 1413UT 1566 HLAZ pretty big w/JJ talk etc. at various times during JJ broadcast, but acquitted itself well at 1415UT also, w/woman in CC and into choral mx. Still there, at least briefly at 1459UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK Enka concert 1209-1225 or so //594; 567 was more consistent though 738 Tahiti man in FF 1401UT 747 JOIB EE lessons 1201UT 828 JOBB JOBB NHK Osaka dai ni hoso by woman 1320UT and into time trials, EE lessons. 972 HLCA man in KK 1203UT 1593 CNR1 woman in CC //6175 1410UT, plus something else, not NHK2Taiwan?? not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR likely. man mentioning country music festival 1306UT 891 JOHK. Enka concert //594 1210UT 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 1342UT 603 ?? woman talking 1416UT, but too weak for a guess 702 NHK2 man talking //828 1201UT 1053 KK jammer 1202UT 1215 DYRF? man preaching? Tagalog? 1339-40UT 1314 man talking 1416UT Tagalog? 1332 man and woman talking, not sure if JJ or not 1341UT 1323 CRI. Stringed mx leading up to chimes and fanfare at 1200UT, but fading down rapidly 1377 man talking 1418UT, but more laid back than the CNR1 man on 6175. 1503 JOUK likely at 1412UT w/ JJ sounding talk, not //594, but there is a break out for local nx at 1410UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 549 558 621 657 756 837 864 873 936 945 954 981 1116 1143 1251 1269 1287 1296 1359 1386 1395 1458 1476 1494 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 12 Mar; Victoria version
An odd morning. Not any really good signals, but a few spotlights . Listened around 1330, 1400 and 1430UT approximately, while keeping an eye on ye olde DX Fishbarrel at other times. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): asking a bit much I'm afraid reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man talking JJ, at 1426UT all alone on the band (barring domestics) 1575 VoA man in SE Asian language at 1335UT, best of the morning; lower band signals were better later not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti man in FF 1406UT 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 brass band mx 1337UT, and certainly not // 594 which had an overexcited announcer (sports?) 774 woman talking 1429, too weak for any guess at language Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 828 846 891 1026 1503 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
