Listened from 1315 on -- through to sunrise - and in an incredible turn-around that took mere minutes, the dial flipped from the "Rising Sun" to the "Outback" in a handful of heart-beats... around 1335 to be exact...
UTC KHZ STATION COMMENTS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1321 585 JOPG Hokkaido // NHK1 // to 594 and 666 Khz with Japanese 1326 819 KCBS DPRK - Stirring Korean chorale followed by strident YL rant 1341 576 UNID - EE Murmurs - back at 1400 UTC with "5-6"-pips and announcements *1347 531 ABC? Bouncy and danceable music - felt // to 567 Khz (stress on felt...) with Beatles "Let it be" at 1350 - back at 1406 with EE OM.* 1352 675 RNZ (t) - deeply earnest and husky YL whispers between Piano solo tracks - quite good levels at times 1401 756 RNZ (t) - EE News by YL delivered in the most sincere style - almost imagine her tapping ash from a thin cigarette into a brass ash tray while she adjusts her horn rimmed glasses. 1403 774 3LO ABC Melbourne - EE News as read by OM - feeling somewhat // to 837 (might have been a flight of fancy...) 1407 567 EE YL lady with some mighty succinct diction - assuming RNZ by the immediate flow of EE around adjacent split channels. 1408 594 3WV Horsham AUS (t) EE OM in Harris-tweed "At 'four-deen minutes past the hour we'll..." pretty solidly // to 612 Khz. Ripper. 1410 585 UNID ABC - Deadly serious DU YL 1411 765 UNID DU sounding EE OM without the slightly hint of disingenuousness... cannot say I've ever heard DU audio here. 1413 774 ABC 3LO Melbourne - EE YL/OM slightly more informal interview - at really good levels. 1414 828 ABC (t) EE Chat during a couple of passes - easy // 774 Khz at 1417 UTC *1420 540 ABC(t) EE Chat which "felt" (see note above about "Felt") // to 774 Khz - a very maybe - with very similar back/forth huffy-puffy OM-YL cadence.* 1422 612 ABC 4QR Brisbane - "BrisVegas" wins the round this AM with the level best belly busting signal - could have heard this on a crystal or regenerative receiver. Boom! 1426 1017 A3Z (t) OM in Island language - the only really clear Island signal this morning (if we discount the big open carrier on 1098 khz) Technical Note: I have a really stubborn and annoying point-source noise/buzz that ruins the bottom 50 khz of the medium wave band that I have discovered my Misek|Lankford|Ratzlaff Phaser can handily notch out leaving the DX a clear window - very, very helpful. *DRAKE R8 - WEST FLAG - 80 to 10 ENDFED By MyAntennas.Com that is largely Omni-directional BUT may influence my West Flag some.* https://youtu.be/_twwG0TfiEg 40s Video of 612 Khz Brisbane - -- 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
