Hi John, It's nice to see somebody else interested in the late-season shenanigans on 594 kHz, and I'd be very interested to hear your MP3 from this morning (around 1515). Because of the Korean-language station mystery recently I spent a lot of time on the 594 frequency, making multiple MP3's of the JOAK-KBS1 mix (four good ones now) and the JOAK-UnID Chinese mix (two good ones). I found that JOAK's NHK1 programming often includes content that would be pretty deceptive to someone expecting standard Japanese speech, and that while JOAK would occasionally be weaker than the KSB1 Korean or the UnID Chinese station on 594 khz, it would never be completely absent. Since you apparently heard an isolated station on 594 khz, it would seem strange that JOAK didn't at least have a trace on the frequency, at that time. Linked below are two recent MP3's of 594-JOAK fighting it out with co-channels, on the 9' box loop. The first recording has the KBS1 station competing with (and occasionally overtaking) JOAK on November 10th, and the second one has the UnID Chinese temporarily on top of JOAK on November 1. Although JOAK would occasionally be weaker, it was always around, which makes it seem strange that it wouldn't at least have a trace in your 1515 recording this morning. 73, Gary _http://www.mediafire.com/?wwbu4dqqmmy_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?wwbu4dqqmmy) (JOAK and KBS1, 11-10-09) _http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnvtnvhzyw_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnvtnvhzyw) (JOAK and the UnID Chinese, 11-01-09) In a message dated 11/15/2009 8:44:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bjohnor...@rockisland.com writes:
In truth, by body count standards, it was a poor morning... About half the "normal" number in audio, high and low and generally, the audio was poor. On the other hand, there were some real interesting things. 639 CNR1 was walking tall most of my 1440-1525 morning 828: a bit after 1500, it was probably Beijing Business Radio with another CC beneath. I presume that NHK2 was off by then 882: Who was that masked man? 918: BIG echos on the usual Shandong at 1450 1098: I'm pretty sure that it was Radio Taiwan International doing much better than usual, with 4+1 pips and nice TOH routine at 1500 1575: Radio Farda, presumed, was putting in some ME music under VOA at 1525. But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594???? I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean..... further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there are three transmitters there, two with the same program... Taipei 2. I should have tried to // this on the 'net, but I did not. ANY IDEAS!!! I don't think that it was Mayak, either. Recording on request. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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