I'm with the group who heard TPs beginning to come back. As Bruce
said, maybe not quite up to the Seasonal Average for this wonderful
October, but still pretty fine stuff. Both the lower and upper band
were better than yesterday and things seemed kind of disturbed... a
few things stronger than normal and a few other things that "should
have been there" weren't.
That being said, the ragged conditions let me add two more stations
to my "Heard but not QSLed" Log. At 1353, I heard something
overrunning NHK on 666. As it neared 1400, I was sure that it was
Russian. At 1400, I heard the TOH routine from either Mayak or
Rossii... I think Mayak. I've gotta send a clip to Walt to be certain.
My other reception was more tenuous but at least as interesting. Just
after 1430, I noticed some CC on 702 and I checked CNR1 and 2
shortwave //s. It sounded like CNR2 and then shifted into EE. I
went back to CNR2 on 6155 and, sure enough, it was a program called
something like "Classroom Worldwide" an on-the-air class about
international students studying in the USA. The teacher was speaking
in USA EE and I have no idea whether the thing was produced in China
or the US. It ran until 1500. I also have no idea how often this is
on the air, but it darn sure wasn't the first episode in the series.
The only likely candidate listed on 702 in PAL is a CRI outlet
"sometimes in EE" from near Canton. Hummmmm.
I also caught something (it sounded KK) briefly under 1170 KPUG. I'm
much closer to the antenna than the folks in Victoria, so I rarely
hear this unless I'm at Grayland, even though the KK/JJ service is
fairly common for them.
So, things are looking up here, for sure!
John B.
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