Conditions today were remarkably good for this early in the season.
There were many Chinese, as well as the usual assortment of Japanese and
Korean stations. The signals seemed to be best about 15-30 minutes
before local sunrise and gradually faded away.
The North Korean on 657 was the best it's been in quite a while. Maybe
they've done some work on the transmitter.
Several apparent Chinese provincial stations made brief appearances,
including ones on 837, 918, and 1089, even though they were too weak to
hear IDs.
567 JOIK, 1310 talk //594 fair-poor
594 JOAK, time pips 1300, then news rising to good level by 1302
603 S KOREA presumed weak music 1311
612 Unid talk 1306 in domestic splatter
657 N KOREA, time pips 1300 in domestic splatter, then talk in
Korean, fair at 1304, good male talk 1308
666 JAPAN, JOBK, 1315 weak talk //594
693 JAPAN, JOAB, 1300 bits of talk, time pips, poor w/much CBU splash
738 TAIWAN (presumed), 1257 weak talk, Chinese-like inflection
747 JAPAN, JOIB, 1301 good w/English lesson //774
756 CHINA, CNR1, 1300:30 mumbled ID & theme music, 1301 Chinese talk weak
774 JAPAN, JOUB, 1301 good with language lesson "defrost the meat in
the microwave oven"
819 N KOREA, 1301 a few syllables of talk when KGNW splash relented
828 JAPAN, JOBB, 1301:15 good w/English lesson //774
837 CHINA, 1300 unid, 5+1 pips, woman in Chinese, too weak to ID
864 UNID, 3+1 pips 1300, weak male talk, probably Japanese
900 UNID, 5+1 pips mixing w/domestic 1300, too weak to hear any talk
918 UNID, 3 people talking, at least one sounded Chinese, possibly
language lesson fair-poor 1255. Also 1322-1330+ similar program,
sounded like either a radio drama or language lesson but to weak to ID
language
936 UNID, weak pips & talk 1300 probably China
945 CHINA, weak pips 1300, fair w/operatic singer //981/756
963 CHINA, CRI 1320 fair woman & man in Russian, then female song //1323
972 S KOREA, KBS 1259:45 station anmt by woman, 1300 pips, then start
of next program, good w/unid talk (Chinese?) in background
981 CHINA, CNR1, 1307, operatic female w/orchestral accompaniment
good //756/945
1035 UNID, faint partial 3+1 pips 1300, apparently either HLCP or
NHK2 (7 sites at 1kw or less). Was expecting CNR1
1044 UNID weak female talk 1258, probably CRI
1089 CHINA, 1307 woman in Chinese fair in local KFNQ-1090 splatter,
probably Liaoning
1098 UNID, female operatic 1312 fair-weak in domestic splatter,
sounded similar to the one one being aired on CNR1 but not sure if it
was //
1206 CHINA, Yanbian, 1306 Korean talk & music fair at best, slightly
off-freq (like usual) and somewhat distorted
1287 JAPAN, JOHR, 1321 Japanese talk fair
1323 CHINA, CRI, 1308 woman in Russian fair
1566 S KOREA HLAZ, 1315 good with the usual Sunday church service in
Japanese
1575 THAILAND 1330 good "Welcome to the V of America in Khmer", then
Khmer pgm
Carriers 558 585 621 639 675 684 729 765 846 855 909 927 1017 1026 1053
1107 1143 1179 1215 1278 1314 1332 1386 1404 1422 1458 1467
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