<<< I think I was more in Gary's camp than Bruce's this morning. The thought of hearing CRI-1044, however poorly, with the present geomagnetic conditions seems unlikely...but it happened. >>> Yes, Nick, this was one of the strangest TP-DX receptions I've ever experienced, given the sinking conditions. 1044-CRI isn't the type of station that shows up when the band is depressed, let alone on a handheld portable at this mediocre location! Gary ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <n...@ieee.org> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:14:16 PM Subject: [IRCA] TP 15 Mar Victoria version I think I was more in Gary's camp than Bruce's this morning. The thought of hearing CRI-1044, however poorly, with the present geomagnetic conditions seems unlikely...but it happened. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ came close around 1325UT with the Japanese program; even had a bit of audio around 1400UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ peaking 1321-1327UT with man and then woman in Japanese, organ music, choral singing etc. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1142UT //828 1593 CNR1 likely, man in Chinese 1334UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 JOAK man talking, another man on phone 1149UT; NHK pips at 1200UT 738 Tahiti likely; man and woman talking, Frence inflection 1246UT 828 JOBB man talking 1143UT //774 1044 CRI man and woman talking 1351-2UT, Japanese inflection? CRI chimes and fanfare 1400UT clinched it, weak, distorted, definite. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 675 891 1008 1053 1098 1116 1206 1359 1422 1494 best wishes, Nick _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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