At 08:40 AM 9/7/2009, you wrote: >Inna word: mediocre. > >The number of audios was down a bit, the levels were down on the ones that >made it and dawn enhancement was shorter than usual. > >That being said, its mornings like this one when I try to remember what a >privilege it is to listen to any MW signal that travels clear across the >Pacific Ocean. > >All of the biggest JJ guns were in well, along with a few others of the usual >suspects at listenable levels, at least briefly. > >John Bryant >Orcas Island, WA, USA
>From a few km across the water in Victoria, ditto for me, John. Through the >wonders of the Perseus SDR wav files, I monitored the band between 12:58 and >13:32 and in a nutshell: YUK. All Asian (I was using my 334 degree loop). No signs of the Russians on LW or MW today. China was fairly poor, but the Japanese and Koreans were there, albeit not at tremendous levels. I did note that the local IDs for NHK2 stations heard at 13:19:50 were back today (not there yesterday). I do get a fair amount of noise on this antenna in the lower 150 kHz of spectrum I notice. Often the ALA 100 is the better low band antenna for me. Here's what I heard (6 unless otherwise noted): 567: JJ with 7 585: NHK1 at 13:15 at 6+ // to 594 594: up to 8 strength for NHK1 esp at 13:28 612: scratching a 7 later on, but a bit too hard to hear the language with certainty. 639: strong carrier late (as usual for Fiji) but no audio. 666, 702 738: Presumed Taiwan Fisheries station. Quite strong at 13:00 (7+ anyway) with the wonky hummy transmitter a la N. Korea! 747: 8 level NHK2 756, 765: both late 774: 9 level NHK2 801: Late 828: 8.5 level NHK2 837: CC station at 7 level by 13:25 846 855: N. Korea at 13:03 at 7 864: perhaps local noise, but a fairly wide spike. Could also look like a jammer, but I'm not sure. 873: 8 level NHK2. This one has performed well this year for me. 963 972: 9 level for presumed S. Korea at 13:08 1008 1053: Very strong jammer noted around 13:08 1134, 1143 1251: My mystery station. Only a weak 7, but strong carrier at 13:07 and still there at 13:18 with weak talking. Not sure who. 1269 1287: 8 level Hokkaido station by 13:18. The northern JJ stations seem to be better than a week or two ago. 1314, 1332. As for Guy's mystery station on 1322, I can see the carrier but only weakly at 13:09 and 13:19 recheck. 1422, 1512 1566: HLAZ at 9 level with website mentioned at 13:12. I may also have another local noise source with a spike on 1568 1575, 1593 That's it for this morning. Nothing spectacular, that's for sure, and I'm happy that I didn't get up too early to experience the disappointment! Then again, John is so right. Another few months from now, and one will be lucky to hear anything! .....Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ 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