[IRCA] TP 31 Mar Victoria version
Quite a bit of Chinese zip this morning, though not much evidence from Taiwan. Main point to note was that a number of stations still had some remaining strength as late as 1500UT, approximately an hour after local sunrise here. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK various times, though various other times, hardly at all 774 JOUB "Easy Travel Japanese", so, effectively Japanese lessons for English speakers, though some of the grammatical points I'm not sure I would describe as easy. 1254UT... (I suspect Japanese teachers and students may have some fairly high standards; still remember a Japanese homestay student leaving me in the dust with some of her questions about English grammar.) 828 JOBB "Easy Travel Japanese" 1251UT. Has NHK2 has been reading all these IRCA reports, and decided that there is a market among their west coast North American listeners? 972 HLCA emotional oriental vocal 1337UT 1566 HLAZ 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 in Japanese 1314UT; 594 in the weeds just now 603 HLSA androgynous ballad 1330UT //558 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1250UT 693 JOAB end of Easy Travel Japanese, then Jpanese pop //828,1256UT 945 CNR1 woman in Chinese 1348-50UT, although this was paralleled with other MW CNR1, and to the CNR1 webstream, the normal shortwave parallels 6030 6125 7305 and 7365 seemed to carrying a different program 1323 CRI man and woman in Russian 1319UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1338UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 873 JOGB English lessons 1309UT 981 CNR1 woman in Chinese 1341UT 1242 JOLF two men in Japanese 1247UT; similar strength with pop music 1512UT 1287 JOHR two men in Japanese 1510UT then into pop music, pretty much this one's best signal today 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) 558 HLQH //603; female ballad 1321UT 711 woman talking, perhaps Korean, perhaps someone else there also? 837 JOQK woman talking Chinese intonation 1314UT 945 NHK1 ballad //594, 1455UT, mostly Chinese before this however 1098 CNR1 1503UT, man in Chinese, CNR1 news sounder etc. 1503UT; at 1504UT //945 1116 Chinese pips 1500UT, not too much else 1206 woman mumbling 1255UT; strong off-channel carrier, so likely Yanbian 1224 rhythmic instrumental music for a minute or so 1444UT, didn't seem //NHK1 1251 CNR1 pips 1300UT, sounded like Beijing time check, CNR1 news sounders 1422 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1328UT JORF likely? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 585 621 819 855 864 891 909 918 1008 1017 1035 1053 1089 1179 1278 1359 1593 seemed to be Asian; 585 621 702 756 846 1017 1116seemed 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
[IRCA] Arizona TP's
My start time was at 1310 UTC local sunrise was at 1316 UTC so I had very little time but I did hear audio on 594, 693, 774, 972 and 1566. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 Wellbrook ALA1530LNP ___ 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-1
738-Taiwan Fisheries sailed back into the scene this morning but it was an all-Mandarin show from 1300-1340, as far as I could determine. There were more strong signals from the Koreans on 657, 972 and 1566 along with another group of weak Chinese stations around 1330, but the Japanese big guns seemed to be somewhat down in strength here. At my 1300 start time 657-Pyongyang and 972-HLCA were setting the pace with S9 peaks in and out, along with 594, 693, 747 and 1566 at good levels. 603-HLSA and 738-BEL2 were just coming out of the noise in the predawn darkness, but around 1310 Taiwan Fisheries was strong enough to confirm Mandarin Chinese with the usual female announcer. 657's degraded audio still had a lot of buzzing hum along with the bizarre programming, and this morning it also seemed to have some weak competition from China (Henan?). 738-BEL2 was heard once again with apparent Mandarin conversation at 1325, and was in and out of the KCBS splatter until bailing at 1345. The weak Chinese on 639, 756, 936 and 981 once again made an anemic appearance around 1330 only to bail after a few minutes, while 657-Pyongyang and its Chinese co-channel sank into the noise along with them around 1345. Overall the session was fairly routine, with only the strong early peaks of 657-Pyongyang somewhat unusual. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna ___ 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
[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on April 1
Conditions today were similar to yesterday, with a reasonably good assortment of Asians. 567 JAPAN, JOIK, 1252 lively discussion //594, fair in KVI splat 594 JAPAN, JOAK, 1254, group discussion w/laughter, then serious-sounding male, good 666 JAPAN, JOBK, 1307 Japanese man //594 weak-fair 675 JAPAN 1320 faint talk sounded //594 693 JAPAN, JOAB, 1300, time pips & start of English lesson fair-good 747 JAPAN, JOIB, 1310 English lesson //693 fair 756 CHINA, CNR1 1255 Chinese folk music weak //981 774 JAPAN, JOUB 1325 strong w/English lesson about the oldest trace of life on earth (discovered in NE Canada by Japanese researchers) 819 N KOREA 1253 chorus singing, woman talking, then more music fair-poor in KGNW splat, 1311 good w/woman singing 828 JAPAN, JOBB 1320 English lesson //774 fair 837 CHINA, unid, 1309 man & woman in Chinese fair 846 UNID music 1314 weak 873 JAPAN, JOGB, 1300 time pips & English lesson poor in KIXI-880 splash 918 CHINA, 1300 orchestral fanfare weak, then faded up slightly w/man in Chinese, possibly an ID but too weak to decipher. Better 1305 w/Chinese woman, probably Shandong 945 CHINA, 1305 music //981, poor in KJR splash 963 CHINA, CRI, 1324 weak talk w/Russian-like inflections 972 S KOREA, 1307 group discussion, Korean pop songs fair 981 CHINA, CNR1, 1357 huge signal but much splash, Chinese ads or other announcements. Strong female opera singer 1311 1035 CHINA, CNR1, 1320 very faint talk //981 1206 CHINA, Yanbian, 1301 man in presumed Korean, 2 carriers visible, dominant one on 1205.96 and weaker one on 1206.00 1116 CHINA?, 1318 Chinese talk weak 1134 JAPAN, JOQR 1315 weak woman in Japanese 1287 JAPAN, JOHK (presumed) 1326 weak talk 1323 CHINA, CRI (presumed) 1324 weak talk 1422 JAPAN, JORF (presumed) 1320 weak talk 1503 JAPAN, JOUK, 1322 weak w/song //equally weak 594 1566 S KOREA, HLAZ, 1333 man in Japanese, acapella singing in background, then piano in background good, 1575 THAILAND, VOA, 1256 good w/man in SE Asian language, 1359:30 "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off", then Yankee Doodle, carrier cut 1300:05 Bruce in Seattle, Elad FDM-S2 receiver, 10x40 flag antenna aimed north ___ 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
[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 1 April 2018
The Easter bunny may have left plenty of eggs here in Alberta, but certainly not much DX, as April started off with a clunker. In fact I was even wondering if I had an antenna issue, but checking the SDR in Lamont found conditions as bad, and perhaps even worse. This would rate as the worst morning in several weeks, with only 2 TPs, one at either end of the band. 594 JOAKTokyo, JAPANTraces of man in Japanese at 1305 1566HLAZJeju, S.KOREA Weak, with hymn at 1248 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Perseus SDR and Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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
[IRCA] TP 1 Apr Victoria version
Everything seemed a bit more difficult to dig out of the mud this morning, and peaks on individual stations were usually brief. No real post-sunrise DX today either pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man and woman in an echoey environment, drama of somesort? 1337-8UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1328UT 828 JOBB English lessons 1319UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 693 JOAB English lessons,1326UT 747 JOIB English lessons 1326UT 972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1326UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1355UT, only about 30 seconds at this level. 1575 VoA assumed, man in SE Asian language 1348UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK man and woman, general Japanese hilarity //594 1328UT 639 CNR1 man in Chinese 1326UT, ID'd a few minutes before //981 1287 JOHR man in Japnese 1324UT 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) 558 HLQH? male ballad 1321UT; 603 was always a bit of a mess with nothing distinctive 612 woman talking, DU English intonation 1323UT 846 NHK1 man and woman talking //594 1329UT 891 JOHK drama? //594 1341UT; surprisingly weak judging from strength of carrier 945 unID man talking, didn't sound Chinese, but not //594 either; no Chinese parallels available 1322UT 954 woman talking, Japanese intonation; JOKR? 1343UT 963 CRI? man talking, but didn't sound very Russian 1336UT; however a moment later 1323 had a man sounding much the same... 981 CNR1 instrumental music //639 1319UT 1143 man and woman talking, sounded more Japanese than Chinese at first listen 1344UT; per recent list discussion, likely Tagalog on Taiwan Fisheries? 1323 CRI? man talking, quite weak, but sounding similar to 963 a moment earlier 1337UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 711 738 837 864 909 918 936 1035 1053 1098 1134 1206 1242 1251 1314 1422 1503 seemed to be Asian; 702 846 1017 1116 1548 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
