*Tough call today - I would say there were some treats but maybe, for inland parts of Asia, signals may have been down a skoosh today.* *Tier 2 NHK stations faired well - and there were one or two oddities - particularly on 540 Khz (with a good sample on the you tube link...)*
*529 Khz* 1254Z Level Island/Nome AK really strong - this one is definitely a darkness path and tanks as LSR approaches. *540 Khz* 1305Z UNID - 2nd very clear underneath (assuming) Mexico with something, maybe Russian sounding. On YouTube link - https://youtu.be/xLTQC0mIl_E *at 1:28 in.* *558 Khz* 1312Z KBS2 Korea - noted // to the much better performer on 603 Khz *567 Khz* 1315Z NHK1 JOIK Hokkaido fair - good between 13:00 and 13:50 *594 Khz* 1300Z NHK1 JOAK Tokyo - solid // to 567 with pips on the hour (in the YouTube highlight reel...) *603 Khz* 1311Z KBS2 Seoul - Happy FM very, very good at times // to the much weaker 558 Khz - *612 Khz* 1350Z 4QR (t) Brisbane - really struggling this AM - slight LSR boost - but much lighter than previous days.. *657 Khz* 1258Z DPRK (t) Surprise with piano solo over the hour into YL agitated sabre rattling lecture. Fr. and vanished within a few minutes. *666 Khz* 1314Z NHK1 JOBK Osaka // 567 and 594 fair at best this AM *693 Khz* 1317Z NHK2 JOAB Tokyo - odd surge on lower to mid band revealed a clear // to NHK2 biggies above brutal CBC 690 splash. **702 Khz* 1316Z NHK2 Japan (multi) - easy // to 774 Khz - suspect Hokkaido but could be one other as well - fr. on peaks *747 Khz* 1315Z NHK2 - JOIB - Sapporo, Hokkaido - Fair at times in mounds of splash *774 Khz* 1340Z NHK2 - JOUB - Akita - NHK2 - always there - between 1300 and passed 1400 - still on the NHP radar at 1422 UTC *828 Khz* 1330Z NHK2 - JOBB - Osaka - NHK2 - " " " " " - also registering well passed LSR *873 Khz* 1334Z NHK2 - JOAB - Kumamoto - // to 774 JOUB Akita - a couple of surges on this channel but no better or worse than yesterday. *891 Khz* 1335Z NHK1 - JOHK(t) - Sendai, Miyagi - only fleeting snippets of words and music - not as good as yesterday. *918 Khz* 1336Z UNID - Sounded decidedly Chinese this morning in passes - this has been a multi-morning elusive signal - *954 Khz* 1337Z TBS JOKR Tokyo (t) at times fair today - better than yesterday with bouncy - commercial style of Japanese programming *963 Khz* 1337Z CRI China (600kw) - Russian again - a tad better than yesterday *972 Khz* 1314Z KBS HLCA - Korean at full-on scorched Earth signal. Also registering well passed LSR. *1017 Khz* 1338Z - CNR - China - Korean programming - fr. good and in the clear on peaks. *1053 Khz* 13--Z - Korea S. - Jammer in solid - to my ear, not quite the thumping power compared to other signals. *1089 Khz* 1349Z - NHK2 - Miyagi - Sendai - Surprise // to 774 khz quite good at times - square in the SR Boost cross-hairs *1116 Khz* 1339Z - *UNID* - Pretty clear "Chinese" sounding dialect for around 4 minutes *1242 Khz* 1355Z - JOLF (t) Tokyo - slightly better today - LSR boost methinks *1287 Khz* 1341Z - JOHR (t) Hokkaido - Japanese content - good pre LSR boost. *1386 Khz* 1343Z - NHK2 Various locations - easy // to 774 Khz and a surprise 1593 Khz - overall, a slight edge to yesterdays Japanese conditions *1566 Khz* 13--Z - HLAZ - Korea - stopped in here 1/2 dozen times - all at good easy readable levels but no sign of jamming or other naughtiness. ****1593 Khz* 1344Z - NHK2 Various locations - // to 774 and 1386 Khz and a surprise 1593 Khz - *Highlight Reel - https://youtu.be/xLTQC0mIl_E <https://youtu.be/xLTQC0mIl_E>* *There were good hints and moments of audio on 576, 585, 621, 639, 675, 756, 792, 819, 837, 846, 855, 864, 909, 936, 945, 1008, 1089 and quite a few others but ravaged by local noise, co-channel splash etc.* Receiver used today - Drake R8 - Antenna W/NW Flag (27' high, 50ish feet long...) Wellbrook FLG100 head + remote controlled termination via my pro - designed VACTROL units - -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - 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
