I made a first run up the dial about an hour before dawn enhancement and it was the worst that I've experienced from here this fall. There was audio from the big Japanese: 594, 747, 774, 828 and quite a few hets below 1000 kHz and virtually nothing above. The one thing of interest on the first run was that I happened to hear a couple of news items from Alaska on 630... amongst the jumble of a couple of NW local stations. That was most likely KJNO, Juneau. This thanks to my beta version of the Wellbrook Array.
The second run up the dial at dawn brought about 2/3 of the usual suspects into the fold.... mostly from Japan. China and even Korea seemed much attenuated. The most interesting of the JJs were NHK1 Synchros on 963, topping the CNR RR broadcast and JOIR, Sendai, heard well twice on 1260, thanks to the Wellbrook Array. I only heard this station once in the Queen Charlottes and never before from here on Orcas Island. I also had what I think were the Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.'s Synchros on 1269 and JOWF beating out the NW regionals on 1440. Finally, I think the signals on 1026 and 1062 were Filipinos, but they faded before I could be sure. So, the pickins were sparse, especialy on the Top Band, but interesting, none the less! 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