Somewhat more vigorous Asian signals this morning, though no sign of China. NHK2 signed off at 1440UT today, so although their carriers were occasionally strong in the hour before sunrise, there was of course, no audio.
Strongest signals were close to local sunrise, and a bit of post sunrise enhancement also was heard. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 1555UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 1422 JORF woman in Japanese 1625UT, briefly very clear not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above, passing through 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) 567 JOIK //594 1550UT 891 JOHK //594 1500UT 954 man talking, Japanese intonation 1613UT 1242 JOLF cuckoo pips 1600UT, followed by man talking 1332 man talking, Japanese intonation 1553UT 1503 JOUK //567 1551UT 1566 man talking, Chinese intonation Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 666 747 774 828 837 864 873 1098 1107 1116 1134 1314 1386 1458 1539 1575 1593 seemed to be Asian; 612 702 1098 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
