Hello All, For almost all of this morning's listening (from 1330-1450), my TP-chasing results were very similar to those reported by Bruce and Nigel. Low average was about the best description, with not only the high and mid-band TP's seriously down in strength from typical October levels, but even the low band stations like 603-HLSA and 738-Taiwan seeming pretty anemic. I was waiting for a sunrise enhancement around 1435, which seemed to be non-existent. The situation seemed hopeless, so I started taking down the loops in the back yard. Suddenly at 1442 a weak co-channel appeared under 594-JOAK on the "backup" Ultralight (the new Tecsun PL-310 DSP model). I assumed that this would be the usually weak KBS1 Korean that had mixed with JOAK several days last week-- but it certainly wasn't. It was clearly Mandarin Chinese, and had a completely different programming content than the music-oriented KBS1 station (female-voiced news, apparently). Within a minute (at 1443) the 594 kHz UnID Mandarin Chinese had come to overpower JOAK's NHK1 program, and dominated the frequency for about a one minute period (fortunately caught on an MP3 recorded on the PL-310, inductively coupled to the 6' sided PVC tuned passive loop in the back yard). The Chinese signal was gone almost as suddenly as it came, with JOAK reclaiming the frequency around 1446, and completely without competition one minute later. The entire episode seemed like a Halloween thriller. I know that John and several others have reported this Chinese co-channel on 594 mixing with JOAK, and the station was certainly booming in here this morning for a short period. There was no sign of the KBS1 station this morning, but it's obvious that these two co-channels are very different, with distinctly recognizable programming. The PL-310 recording of the UnID Chinese dominating the 594 kHz frequency was made in a hurry on the "backup" 6' loop, but it certainly has the Chinese station at a strong level-- almost making the NHK1 signal sound like a "JOAK." (sorry!) 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) Main receiver (this morning): Stock Tecsun PL-310 DSP ultralight (the $40 wonder) 6' "Nasty Weather" tuned passive loop (in the back yard) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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