[IRCA] TP 24 Mar Victoria version

2018-03-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
Although the opening to Asia didn't last as late today, it started earlier, 
1300UT or earlier yet.   Around 1340UT, things were quite intense for a few 
minutes.  Aside from a carrier on 1377, little sign of RRI today.


pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least 
briefly):

594 JOAK man in Japanese 1311UT

693 JOAB English lessons 1320UT, peaking nicely.  Think that CBU must be 
testing its lower power transmitter.

747 JOIB man in Japanese 1338 UT

774 JOUB man in Japanese 1337UT

828  JOBB man in Japanese 1333UT

972 HLCA Korean ballad 1331UT

1566 woman in Japanese 1336UT





Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):


567 JOIK man and woman in Japanese //594 1334UT

873 JOGB man in Japanese 1338UT

954 JOKR assumed, woman in Japanese 1338UT




not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
be understood by a native speaker:

531 JOQG man in Japanese //594 1340UT

558 HLQH pop ballad //603 1329UT

666 JOBK man in Japanese //594 1340UT

702 NHK2 man and woman talking, burst of music //774 1310UT

891 JOHK two men in Japanese //594, briefly this level 1358UT

1422 JORF likely, woman in Japanese, 1349UT

1575 AFN likely; man and woman, upbeat American English, 1345UT "service to 
families" by woman

1593 CNR1  man in Chinese 1348UT fading over NHK2




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)


711 woman talking Korean intonation? 1337UT; also ballad 1354UT.  Couldn't 
bring up webstream fast enough to parallel, but suspect HLKA

738 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking //1143 1306UT

855 woman and man talking, fairly intense, sounded like Korean? 1342UT

1143 Taiwan  Fisheries //738 1306UT

1278 man talking Japanese intonation 1341-1343UT

1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1342UT

1332 pop music 1341UT; JOSF likely

1386 NHK2 man talking 1345UT //774

1503 JOUK man talking //594, in briefly 1346UT

1593 NHK2 man talking //774 1347UT







Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)

531 612 639 837 864 909 918 1053 1134  1242 1269 1314 1377 1431  1485  1539 
seemed to be Asian;
 531 612 756 846 864  909 1017seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Kalaloch 3/24/18

2018-03-24 Thread Gary DeBock 
Craig,

Thanks for the very detailed TP-DX report from Kalaloch this morning. You 
certainly did a great job covering the entire band during live DXing-- 
especially when confronted by multiple Asians that never cross the Rocky 
Mountains into Colorado!

I'm currently going through your excellent DU-DX recordings from Kona, Hawaii 
in May of last year, and should have some nice MP3's for you and the group 
soon. Rock on!

Gary

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The first TP DX session from Kalaloch was dominated by the Japanese and Korean 
big guns. I believe a few second tier lower to mid band Japanese were heard. 
LSR enhancement was profound in most instances. Times in UTC.

567 at 1244 male & fem in KK? Poss HLKF

594 at 1249 JOAK male & fem in JJ, fair

603 at 1251 w/threshold audio, male and female in unknown Lang

693 at 1300 JOAB w/booming audio, fem w/EE lesson

747 at 1310 JOIB booming audio, fem w/NX in EE

774 at 1312 booming audio w/ fem in EE

828 at 1319 solid audio w/ EE item on Tillerson and Sec State position

873 at 1326 weak audio w/male in unknown Lang

900 at 1331 w/ male and fem, poss in KK, fair to decent audio, on peaks

945 at 1343 weak audio w/ male in JJ?

954 at 1345 w/2 males in poss JJ, fair audio, poss JOKR

963 at 1347 w/ male in poss CC, poor audio

972 at 1349 & 1413 w/pop type mix, male and fem in KK? Later w/male in KK? 
Booming audio, especially at LSR, pres HLCA

1377 at 1352 w/male and fem, very poor audio

1053 at 1403 w/weak/faint mix

1422 at 1406 fair audio, big get

1566 at 1409 w/weak to fair audio, male in unknown lang,pres HLAZ

1575 at 1408 w/ very faint audio

Many thanks to Gary DeBock for a new hot-rodded PL-380 and his superb “airport 
friendly” FSL!

Best of DX,

Craig Barnes
DXing from Kalaloch, WA
Hot-rodded Tecsun PL-380 & 5” FSL

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> On March 24, 2018 at 2:12 PM Donald Barnes  wrote:
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> The first TP DX session from Kalaloch was dominated by the Japanese and 
> Korean big guns. I believe a few second tier lower to mid band Japanese were 
> heard. LSR enhancement was profound in most instances. Times in UTC.
>
> 567 at 1244 male & fem in KK? Poss HLKF
>
> 594 at 1249 JOAK male & fem in JJ, fair
>
> 603 at 1251 w/threshold audio, male and female in unknown Lang
>
> 693 at 1300 JOAB w/booming audio, fem w/EE lesson
>
> 747 at 1310 JOIB booming audio, fem w/NX in EE
>
> 774 at 1312 booming audio w/ fem in EE
>
> 828 at 1319 solid audio w/ EE item on Tillerson and Sec State position
>
> 873 at 1326 weak audio w/male in unknown Lang
>
> 900 at 1331 w/ male and fem, poss in KK, fair to decent audio, on peaks
>
> 945 at 1343 weak audio w/ male in JJ?
>
> 954 at 1345 w/2 males in poss JJ, fair audio, poss JOKR
>
> 963 at 1347 w/ male in poss CC, poor audio
>
> 972 at 1349 & 1413 w/pop type mix, male and fem in KK? Later w/male in KK? 
> Booming audio, especially at LSR, pres HLCA
>
> 1377 at 1352 w/male and fem, very poor audio
>
> 1053 at 1403 w/weak/faint mix
>
> 1422 at 1406 fair audio, big get
>
> 1566 at 1409 w/weak to fair audio, male in unknown lang,pres HLAZ
>
> 1575 at 1408 w/ very faint audio
>
> Many thanks to Gary DeBock for a new hot-rodded PL-380 and his superb 
> “airport friendly” FSL!
>
> Best of DX,
>
> Craig Barnes
> DXing from Kalaloch, WA
> Hot-rodded Tecsun PL-380 & 5” FSL
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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[IRCA] Fwd: TP DX Kalaloch 3/24/18

2018-03-24 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA 
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> From: Donald Barnes 
> Date: March 24, 2018 at 2:12:31 PM PDT
> Subject: TP DX Kalaloch 3/24/18
> 
> The first TP DX session from Kalaloch was dominated by the Japanese and 
> Korean big guns. I believe a few second tier lower to mid band Japanese were 
> heard. LSR enhancement was profound in most instances. Times in UTC.
> 
> 567 at 1244 male & fem in KK? Poss HLKF
> 
> 594 at 1249 JOAK male & fem in JJ, fair
> 
> 603 at 1251 w/threshold audio, male and female in unknown Lang
> 
> 693 at 1300 JOAB w/booming audio, fem w/EE lesson
> 
> 747 at 1310 JOIB booming audio, fem w/NX in EE
> 
> 774 at 1312 booming audio w/ fem in EE
> 
> 828 at 1319 solid audio w/ EE item on Tillerson and Sec State position
> 
> 873 at 1326 weak audio w/male in unknown Lang
> 
> 900 at 1331 w/ male and fem, poss in KK, fair to decent audio, on peaks
> 
> 945 at 1343 weak audio w/ male in JJ?
> 
> 954 at 1345 w/2 males in poss JJ, fair audio, poss JOKR
> 
> 963 at 1347 w/ male in poss CC, poor audio
> 
> 972 at 1349 & 1413 w/pop type mix, male and fem in KK? Later w/male in KK? 
> Booming audio, especially at LSR, pres HLCA
> 
> 1377 at 1352 w/male and fem, very poor audio
> 
> 1053 at 1403 w/weak/faint mix
> 
> 1422 at 1406 fair audio, big get
> 
> 1566 at 1409 w/weak to fair audio, male in unknown lang,pres HLAZ
> 
> 1575 at 1408 w/ very faint audio
> 
> Many thanks to Gary DeBock for a new hot-rodded PL-380 and his superb 
> “airport friendly” FSL!
> 
> Best of DX,
> 
> Craig Barnes
> DXing from Kalaloch, WA
> Hot-rodded Tecsun PL-380 & 5” FSL
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[IRCA] TP DX Kalaloch 3/24/18

2018-03-24 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA 
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The first TP DX session from Kalaloch was dominated by the Japanese and Korean 
big guns. I believe a few second tier lower to mid band Japanese were heard. 
LSR enhancement was profound in most instances. Times in UTC.

567 at 1244 male & fem in KK? Poss HLKF

594 at 1249 JOAK male & fem in JJ, fair

603 at 1251 w/threshold audio, male and female in unknown Lang

693 at 1300 JOAB w/booming audio, fem w/EE lesson

747 at 1310 JOIB booming audio, fem w/NX in EE

774 at 1312 booming audio w/ fem in EE

828 at 1319 solid audio w/ EE item on Tillerson and Sec State position

873 at 1326 weak audio w/male in unknown Lang

900 at 1331 w/ male and fem, poss in KK, fair to decent audio, on peaks

945 at 1343 weak audio w/ male in JJ?

954 at 1345 w/2 males in poss JJ, fair audio, poss JOKR

963 at 1347 w/ male in poss CC, poor audio

972 at 1349 & 1413 w/pop type mix, male and fem in KK? Later w/male in KK? 
Booming audio, especially at LSR, pres HLCA

1377 at 1352 w/male and fem, very poor audio

1053 at 1403 w/weak/faint mix

1422 at 1406 fair audio, big get

1566 at 1409 w/weak to fair audio, male in unknown lang,pres HLAZ

1575 at 1408 w/ very faint audio

Many thanks to Gary DeBock for a new hot-rodded PL-380 and his superb “airport 
friendly” FSL!

Best of DX,

Craig Barnes
DXing from Kalaloch, WA
Hot-rodded Tecsun PL-380 & 5” FSL








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[IRCA] I finally figured it out!

2018-03-24 Thread David Faulkner via IRCA 
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Hi All:
Back in January I reported that WMPO, 1390, Middleport-Pomeroy Ohio had 
switched to a rock format and begun to ID as "Q94." I reported the same to 
Radio Locator. To my surprise, neither their list nor Barry's noted the change. 
While WMPO played AC, all lists continued to report it as Fox Sports.
So here's what happened. WMPO is now //WTHQ, 1030, Point Pleasant. Both ID as 
"Q94" because 94.1 is the frequency of WTHQ's flea-powered FM. WMPO is owned by 
"Positive Radio of Ohio," while WTHQ is owned by "Big River Radio," but both 
companies have the same Blacksburg, VA address. The two AMs are only about 12 
miles apart, but WTHQ nulls to the east and northeast, so doesn't get this way 
very well, while WMPO gets in here pretty good.
So note that WMPO is AC, as is their FM repeater at 103.7 (which I can also 
hear), and is //WTHQ, and the whole group IDs as Q94 FM. It shouldn't have 
taken me so long to figure that out.
73David FaulknerAlbany, Ohio
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-24

2018-03-24 Thread Gary DeBock 
Craig Barnes certainly picked an excellent morning to chase TP's at the 
Kalaloch Lodge! All the usual big gun Asians were potent both before and after 
dawn, while several second tier TP's rode a daybreak enhancement boost to their 
best audio in some time.


The Japanese big guns were pounding in at S7 levels on 594, 693 and 747 during 
a predawn band check at 1130, and they were joined by 972-HLCA  at that level 
around 1300. The high band was also in play at that time, with good audio from 
1566 and fair peaks on 1575 and 1593 (CNR1). 738-BEL2 was already managing some 
audio at 1315 in the KCBS splatter, and it sure didn't sound like the usual 
Chinese variety show at all. When KCBS began to fade around 1335 the Taiwan 
Fisheries signal (apparently // to a weak 1143) built up strength to an S7 
level, with male and female speech definitely not in Chinese (maybe in 
Indonesian, like Nick had discovered on the website schedule). Fortunately the 
738-Taiwan Fisheries signal was well above average at this time for the 
language check, along with an above average signal from 603-HLSA during the 
same daybreak boost. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 both rode the same boost to good 
peaks in and out, while 1134-JOQR was following the Japanese big gun pat
 tern with fair audio. Although both 603-HLSA and 972-HLCA were potent during 
the daybreak boost somehow 657-Pyongyang was MIA all morning (as if that was a 
big loss). As Nick suggested 1377 was checked several times during the session 
for anything exotic, but the watered-down Puyallup version of sunrise 
enhancement bailed around 1400 here, dropping all the Asians back down in the 
noise. Craig (on the ocean coast at Kalaloch, WA) was given an update on Nick's 
probable 1377-RRI reception yesterday, though, and he certainly has no such 
limitation.


603  HLSA   Namyang, S. Korea   Korean pop music at a good level at 1328 
(hosted by the usual female announcer); no sign of the Chinese co-channel all 
session long  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xksjyvp4937fy52zewis948hf0da1b7i


738  BEL2   Penghu, Taiwan (Taiwan Fisheries)   Female and male speech at S7 
level in non-Chinese language at 1338-- Indonesian?
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9sj1vf82kmchil3hojh1vuwx971j8k43


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

15" FSL antenna


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[IRCA] 738-BEL2 in Apparent Indonesian

2018-03-24 Thread Gary DeBock 
As Nick has reported, Taiwan Fisheries has started broadcasting in Indonesian 
and possibly other languages besides Chinese, Although I'm no expert on 
Indonesian, this recording of the station at 1337 UTC this morning on 738 kHz 
certainly wasn't in Mandarin. A trace of the same apparent speech was on 1143

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9sj1vf82kmchil3hojh1vuwx971j8k43


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