As others have noticed, it was a pleasantly lively morning at the dials with a combination of stellar Japanese, Korean and Chinese reception -
> Using a old school notebook approach to things today (by request) - my > YouTube video channel needs to some fine tuning; better audio and > continuity for starters. > > ************* PART TWO **************** > > FREQUENCY UTC STATION Observations > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 936 khz 1330 on - Chinese language (I think...) with a couple of passes > - but for some reason getting ravaged by splatter. > 945 Khz 1330 on - Same as above but with slightly different programming - Chinese 954 Khz 1330 on - JOKR Tokyo - unflinchingly holding the channel with Japanese 963 Khz 1330 on - Russian at times - good levels but not as present as // 1323 khz 972 Khz 1330 on - HLCA Korea - in an AGC stressing / high fidelity presence - at times the most throbbingly powerful signal on the band. 1008 Khz 1330 on - Japanese on a couple of passes 1017 Khz 1400 on - This is an enticing channel - on more than 1 occasion it sounded like Not Chinese, Not Japanese and not Korean with a more organic, rustic home ground sound -- fleetingly at good levels with poppy music and a female sign songy DJ -- I dream of my first Philippine station coming out of the blue... but not today. 1044 khz 1330 on - Chinese or even Japanese here with a fairly solid signal - CRI I think. 1053 Khz 1330 on - another major source of enticement and flirtation - this is a tag team of Japanese and "other" on here - with the absence of last years mega jammer, it is a good channel to hang on to and hopefully harvest something different. 1062 Khz 1330 on - a gnarly het but little beyond syllables hither and thither. 1089 khz 1330 on - as above with largely imaginary hints of Japanese talk on here. 1098 Khz 1330 on (and on...) another "fascinator" this channel held out solid hints of Chinese in a pile, often 2 - 3 maybe 4 deep + a hefty carrier from the Marshalls - never a dull moment on 1098 - which can get very dramatic at sunrise. 1107 Khz 1330 on - another wrestle-fest channel but no stand outs this morning 1116 Khz 1400 on - a pleasantly solid 4BC Brisbane with English talk-news with other stuff below poking away at it 1134 Khz 1330 on - solidly Chinese with signals wrestling with Vancouver 1143 Khz 1330 on - BEL3 Taiwan with crazy levels - probably amongst the best signal I've heard with continuous Chinese talk 1152 Khz 1330 on - Pretty sure I heard some Japanese murmurs on the way to somewhere. For me, 1089 through 1206 is the most congested part of the dial for trans-pacifics with something on virtually every channel. 1179 khz 1330 on - Solid "grinders" here most of the morning hitting 1180 but not much in the way of breakthrough audio. 1188 khz 1419 - my notes say "Japanese!" Who am I to argue with my own notes!? 1206 Khz 1330 on - Usually a pretty solid signal here on multiple passes - Chinese (I think...) *1215 Khz 1354 and 1419 UTC - a VERY solid signal here with continuous pop music - at VERY Good levels occasionally - this now in the MYSTERY-WATCH file! * 1242 Khz 1400 on - Assuming JOLF Tokyo with earnest and pedantic Japanese chat (see what I did there? - I don't speak Japanese but thought it sounded pedantic...) 1287 Khz 1330 on - JOHR - reliable as gravity - usually the third most "present" and powerful upper band TP and the loudest upper band Japanese station by a long shot. 1296 Khz 1352U - My notes say "Japanese!" Alrighty then - JOTK is the sole NHK1 purveyor here... 1314 khz 1345 on - there was a pretty solid signal here for the duration and my brain says Japanese - definitely took deep dives frequently 1323 Khz 1330 and on - Russian at times at some pretty big levels but not a lot. Some mornings this station really honks - not this morning. 1332 Khz 1353U - Japanese.... 1368 Khz 1310 various through around 1350 - some rat-a-tat Chinese talk and then a sombre fanfare around 1348/1349U - JIXI Radio? BIG GAP... 1467 Khz 1351U - my notes say "Music..." just sitting here in the middle of nowhere. OK 1503 Khz 1352U - NHK1 - no surprise, this is pretty common and fared quite well this AM 1557 Khz 1354U - quite a seriously good signal this morning with a Chinese dialect but not the typical strident simplified clean sounding mainland Chinese 1566 Khz 1330ish and on - AGC thumping signal with Japanese over the half hour - amazing signal.... BUT 1575 Khz 1330 - 1400U Gut busting loud with Khmer - kaBoom AND there was something/someone talking underneath! 1593 Khz 1415 - I think it was an all Chinese showing this AM PHEW: West Flag // 80-10 End fed FED through a home-Brew MISEK/LANKFORD/RATZLAFF phaser / WELLBROOK FLG100 head amp. DRAKE R8 X 2 -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _______________________________________________ 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