Re: [IRCA] TP 24 Dec Victoria version.
Yes, Asianet Radio was heard here at 1500 and 1600 on 1539 kHz. Mauno Nick Hall-Patch kirjoitti 25.12.2018 klo 8:12: I was out of town for a day and left the SDR to do the listening. It did rather a good job; I wish I'd been there to help it along with parallels and such. It wasn't so much that there were east Asians hammering in, it was the over the pole evidence. Unless the three ascending chimes are used on the half hour by someone other than Iran on 1098, thenIran was coming in on 1098, half an hour before my local sunrise. And who might Indian influenced pop music on 1539 be? And that Iranian jammer on 1575 was just thundering at times. Files will probably be worth a second listen Oddly, NHK2 signed off at 1440UT today, leaving carriers on. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite, though the jammer on 1575 came close at times Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 594 JOAK 1530UT 639 CNR1 assumed, two men in Chinese 1516UT, but no parallels 972 HLCA 1519UT 1539 Asianet? Indian influenced pop music 1518UT and at various times later; good at 1547UT with man in unID language; Malayalam? 1575 Iran jammer, first heard 1443:30UT, sudden appearance quite strong, so, early and often , as heard until after 1600UT 1575 VoA woman in SE Asian language, Burmese listed, 1553UT; had heard weaker VoA ID at 1530UT; also noted strong quite good at 1601UT, but nothing on the hour not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK //594 1554UT 1098 Iran. piano music, man talking slowly, 3 ascending chimes typical for Iran, 1530UT; completely unexpected, to say the least. 1566 HLAZ? choral music 1555UT 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 vaguely oriental sounding vocal music 1521UT 702 portentous music 1522UT made me think North Korea, but woman talking 1523 and 1526UT sounded too laid back. No idea? 837 man talking; Tagalog? Again, no clue at this point 855 orchestral music, 1529UT N. Korea? 936 man talking, didn't sound Chinese though; 1544UT 1287 man talking, Japanese intonation, pip on hour, 1600UT 1323 woman talking, Russian intonation Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 621 675 747 756 774 819 828 846 864 891 909 918 945 1026 1107 1116 1215 1332 1422 1458 seemed to be Asian; nothing much 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 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 24 Dec Victoria version.
I was out of town for a day and left the SDR to do the listening. It did rather a good job; I wish I'd been there to help it along with parallels and such. It wasn't so much that there were east Asians hammering in, it was the over the pole evidence. Unless the three ascending chimes are used on the half hour by someone other than Iran on 1098, thenIran was coming in on 1098, half an hour before my local sunrise. And who might Indian influenced pop music on 1539 be? And that Iranian jammer on 1575 was just thundering at times. Files will probably be worth a second listen Oddly, NHK2 signed off at 1440UT today, leaving carriers on. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite, though the jammer on 1575 came close at times Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 594 JOAK 1530UT 639 CNR1 assumed, two men in Chinese 1516UT, but no parallels 972 HLCA 1519UT 1539 Asianet? Indian influenced pop music 1518UT and at various times later; good at 1547UT with man in unID language; Malayalam? 1575 Iran jammer, first heard 1443:30UT, sudden appearance quite strong, so, early and often , as heard until after 1600UT 1575 VoA woman in SE Asian language, Burmese listed, 1553UT; had heard weaker VoA ID at 1530UT; also noted strong quite good at 1601UT, but nothing on the hour not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK //594 1554UT 1098 Iran. piano music, man talking slowly, 3 ascending chimes typical for Iran, 1530UT; completely unexpected, to say the least. 1566 HLAZ? choral music 1555UT 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 vaguely oriental sounding vocal music 1521UT 702 portentous music 1522UT made me think North Korea, but woman talking 1523 and 1526UT sounded too laid back. No idea? 837 man talking; Tagalog? Again, no clue at this point 855 orchestral music, 1529UT N. Korea? 936 man talking, didn't sound Chinese though; 1544UT 1287 man talking, Japanese intonation, pip on hour, 1600UT 1323 woman talking, Russian intonation Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 621 675 747 756 774 819 828 846 864 891 909 918 945 1026 1107 1116 1215 1332 1422 1458 seemed to be Asian; nothing much 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 24 Dec Victoria version
Almost entirely Asian today around sunrise. The big guns had also made an earlier appearance in the 1200-1420UT time frame. Merry Christmas to all. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1511UT 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1536UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK man and woman in Japanese //594 (which was poorer just now) 1524UT 594 JOAK woman in Japanese after ballad 1535UT 1503 JOUK ballad fading up to woman in Japanese //594 (and better strength), peaking at this level 1535UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1550UT 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 at 1513UT 1116 soft music 1542UT, on west Flag only 1557 woman talking, Chinese inflection 1543UT 1575 briefly, one pop vocal segueing into another 1549UT, didn't really sound like VoA 1549UT 1593 CNR1 man and woman talking, no parallel 1543-4UT, but by 1549UT, 6125 had faded up enough to establish a // Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1098 1242 1386 1422 1458 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 24 Dec Victoria version
The Asians are returning...slowly. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK...the latest to arrive, and the biggest, 1558UT full service signal, man in Japanese leading to pips and NHK ID (774 came close to this level a couple of times) Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 738 likely Tahiti. pop vocal 1323-1325UT 774 JOUB various times at this level from 1320UT onwards, but most impressive were the s/off chimes 1543UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1432UT, then light pop music 1566 HLAZ Christmas choral music 1328UT 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) 612 man mumbling 1534UT 1116 man talking 1534UT, likely DU English 1386 NHK2 synchros s/off chimes 1544UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 1503 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
[IRCA] TP 24 Dec, Victoria version
It wasn't quite as bad here as Bruce described, but sunrise enhancement was VoA 1575 and that was that. Between 1300 and 1430UT some big guns did well, but nothing exciting beyond that. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1575 VoA man in SE Asian language 1548UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB CC lessons 1346, 1354UT 828 JOBB woman in JJ 1344 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK pips and fade up through piano mx to man in JJ 1300UT 1566 HLAZ man in CC 1402UT 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) : 972 HLCA? woman in KK? 1437UT 1053 KK jammer 1301UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): pretty much the above, before fading up, or after fading down. 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
