Gee, I had a second fabulous Asian AM in a row. The Japanese all seemed down some, but the Chinese and others were hopping. I had 57 channels with at least threshold audio, with 26 of them putting in listenable audio. The Chinese led the pack, though there were a number of Japanese and Koreans present, along with my first logging of Viet Nam 675 of the year.It was particularly strong from 1250 tune-in until just before TOA (natch.) No question about the language. Other unusual stuff included a big O.C. on 702 for quite a while, the Chinese over-riding the JJ on 774 (unprecedented), the Chinese doing well just beneath KGO on 810, CNR2 on 918 with at least two other echos.... it really sounded like three or four. Love those non-synched synchronous transmitters. Another really interesting non-catch was what was going on beneath 990 after Winnepeg faded down and the little station in Oregon was wiped out with the Wellbrook Phased Array. CNR2 was there, parallel the echos on 918, but beneath that, I had a semi-classical concerto featuring piano as the lead instrument, but with an orchestra. The only two possibilities that make any sense to me (evening weekend programming from Asia) would be a station in Mongolia that might not be on at this time and a 1 kW Mayak station. Would love other guesses on this one.
1017 had the Korean rather than the usual Japanese. Early, the signal on 1053 was the usual jammer plus JJ; later this was just a bit of jammer and a whole lot of pure Beijing dialect. There is a Chinese station scheduled in standard CC from Yangji near the North Korean border that was probably the culprit. The high band was moderately full, but nothing beyond the normal JJ and CC mix, at what seemed somewhat reduced levels. A really interesting morning, with the Wellbrook Array being the antenna of choice every time I checked and proving especially helpful on the channels that coincide with NAm stations. John B. _______________________________________________ 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