Possibly a bit of a step up in some respects (variety; a couple of Chinese), but fewer DUs.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 1445UT 774 JOUB 1429UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 747 JOIB 1426UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1446UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK 1426UT 576 2NR man in DU English 1442UT 693 JOAB English lessons 1431UT 828 JOBB 1434UT 873 JOGB //747 1439UT 945 CNR1 man //6145, but with one second delay on 945 1526UT 1422 man ballad (Japanese?) 1521UT 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) 657 woman singing, slow orchestral music 1436UT; N. Korea? 891 JOHK man //594 1507UT 1017 heard a slow talking woman several time before 1500UT, thought maybe CRI, but at 1500UT, talk continued across the hour, so no fanfare, chimes etc., so unlikely CRI. Tonga being more sedate than usual? 1566 HLAZ man talking, Russian intonation 1636UT. Hadn't really amounted to much before this late hour. 1593 CNR1 man //6145 1515UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 621 639 666 864 936 981 1026 1053 1098 1134 1188 1242 1304.974 (??) 1422 1503 seemed to be Asian; 612 621 702 738 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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