[IRCA] TP 29 Jan Victoria version.

2019-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
In some ways worse (the lower band was almost completely dead), in some ways better (there was a lift at the upper end of the band around local sunrise) pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan Victoria version

2018-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Lots of splash, lots of carriers, a number of those with whispers of audio. There were lots of rapid fades, so likely missed some peaks. NHK2 off at 1500UT again, though a number of carriers left on. Several Japanese commercial stations made an appearance, with 1422 leading the pack, but

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Colin reported some of the "big stuff" at sunrise, but there were one or two other things heard here. Interestingly, 1400-1500UT has generally been pretty poor, but this morning, at least the big guns were doing pretty well then, and a couple of Koreans made an appearance. pretty darn

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan Victoria version

2015-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Grubbing in the dirt for minimal DX today; the boost at sunrise wasn't too exciting, and as Bruce said, it fell off pretty quickly pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ choral mx, best on the N. Flag 1534UT Reasonable audio

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan, Victoria version

2014-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Sort of a bit like others heard this morning, but I didn't get much of a low band lift today. 774 was often in with audio from 1300UT onwards, but it wasn't as good at sunrise as it had been previously. I was also limited to the north Flag today, as the west one was down to get it out of the

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan; Victoria version

2013-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I might have missed the best of the enhancement this morning, as didn't get to the radio until after 1530UT to snag HLAZ fading away with a lady in CC. Earlier tomorrow, but not too much earlier, as my check at 1500UT showed minimal signals, and the overnight recorder showed no reason to get