[IRCA] TP 5 Mar Victoria version.
More DU today, but otherwise, it was big guns acting like very little guns indeed. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): and nope not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: too much to ask for 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) 531 island style vocals and bass line, then man talking across the hour, maybe DU English?? 1353-1404UT; PI? 603 woman talking, 1359-1401UT, but nothing on hour, suspect NZ judging by other DX heard on the lower band 612 two men talking, DU English intonation 1354UT 828 man talking, Japanese intonation 1432UT 1017 island choral music 1403UT, likely Tonga 1566 man mumbling, possible Chinese, in and out from 1425-1431UT 1557 man talking, Chinese intonation 1433UT 1593 CNR1 man and woman talking, Chinese intonation, pip on half hour, bits of CNR1 theme music 1430UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 774 972 1494 seemed to be Asian; 657 702 756 1098 1116 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
[IRCA] TP 5 Mar Victoria version
An odd and somewhat frustrating morning. The Japanese were mostly down considerably, and though there were plenty of indications of Chinese, for the most part, they weren't all that strong. Mind you, there were huge carriers on 891 and 918, the former delivering no audio at all, and the latter quite weak audio from Shandong.And there were even a couple of DUs. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1421UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 558 HLQB ballad //603 (which was really struggling) 1420UT. This one generally outperformed 603 this morning 738 Taiwan Fisheries, woman in Chinese 1422UT; paralleled with 1143 a couple of times, though not when this strong 747 JOIB English lessons 1423UT 774 JOUB intro to English lessons 1420UT 963 CRI man in Russian 1429UT; had paralleled with 1323 earlier when weaker not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 693 JOAB English lessons 1430UT 918 Shandong RGD man in Chinese 1431UT, a short while later it was weaker with flute music, though carrier was still very strong, and was able to parallel with web stream which followed quite closely 1575 VoA assumed, woman in SE Asian language 1435UT 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) 531 man talking, DU English intonation 1427UT 567 JOIK man talking //594 1424UT 585 man talking, not //594, sounded like DU English intonation 1432UT 603 HLSA ballad //558 1420UT, mostly under Chinese? speaker 603 China? man talking, Chinese intonation 1425UT, easing in and out of HLSA 612 man talking, DU English intonation 1442UT 639 CNR1 man talking 1430UT, //945 1432UT 675 pop music, man talking, DU English? 1426UT; no RNZ National parallels available 945 CNR1 a few seconds of talk somewhat offset from 639 1432UT 972 two stations here, one sounded like man speaking Chinese, then woman, 1427UT 1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman in Chinese //738 1427UT 1323 CRI man talking Russian? //963 1415UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 657 729 756 801 837 936 981 1008 1035 1053 1089 1107 1134 1251 1314 seemed to be Asian; 576 621 846 1017 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
[IRCA] TP 5 Mar Victoria version (let's try it with the right date; past my bedtime I guess)
Again erratic, lots of good carriers. and lots of quality splatter. Some digging led to the following, but I wouldn't say it was an easy morning here, less so than other mornings. Things had mostly died here by 1440UT, but there were Philippine channel carriers around 1430UT, and maybe a bit of action on 1377 then. In fact there was a bulge of signals around 1430UT, (really, two stations on 711??) but hard to nail things down. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1424UT 774 JOUB lots of times, right from 1000UT 828 JOBB also quite a few times, not quite so ubiquitous as JOUB Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 558 HLQH man in Korean //603 1429UT; seconds earlier it was a man talking rapidly sounding Japanese 747 JOIB woman in Japanese 1405UT //774 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK woman singing 1424UT //594 639 CNR1 man in Chinese 1420UT; heard typical news sounder at 1432UT 972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1401UT 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1423UT 1575 VoA likely, man in SE Asian language 1423UT 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) 603 HLSA man talking quietly //558, mixing with something else with music 1429UT 612 unID music w/ JOLK underneath, Japanese woman //594 1438UT 702 NHK2 man talking //774 1103UT 711 woman singing, with another station fading up and down with woman talking 1433UT 945 CNR1 man talking 1431UT //639 1287 man tlking, possibly Japanese 1411UT 1323 man talking 1416UT 1377 relaxed woman talking 1430UT, maybe Toli-Toli given the appearance of strong carriers at the same time on 1215 1314 and 1512 1386 NHK2 woman talking //747 1412UT 1503 JOUK woman singing //594 1448UT 1557 slow vocal music 1428UT 1593 NHK2 woman talking //774 1428UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 864 918 954 1008 1017 1026 1035 1098 1116 1215 1269 1314 1422 1512 best wishes, Nick ___ ___ 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 5 Mar Victoria version
A morning of the ol' regulars, sometimes quite good, finishing up very late with HLAZ's best signal of the morning not happening until over an hour after local sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB JJ man, CC woman 1340UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB EE lessons describing Taj Mahal 1312UT; seemed the most consistent NHK2 this morning 972 HLCA woman in KK 1413UT, also at 1440UT, and vocal mx 1443UT 1566 HLAZ male choral mx 1608UT, better strength than any other time since 1300UT this morning. Best on north Flag. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK women in JJ 1428UT, better on west Flag as were all low band Asiatics. 1053 KK jammer 1310UT 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 man in JJ //594 at 1303UT 738 pop mx 1310UT 873 JOGB JJ man talking //774 1354UT 954 JOKR? rock mx 1557UT, woman talking JJ inflection Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 612 891 1017 1044 1134 1323 best wishes, Nick ___ 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 5 Mar, Victoria version
It has to have been a somewhat interesting morning when at one point the only overseas audio was CRI on 1017, and at another point, the only audio was CRI on 963... pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): nor this, though CRI-963 came close not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti man in FF 1232UT 747 JOIB EE lessons 1257UT, faded by hour, but still heard pips 774 JOUB man and woman, EE lessons, 1424UT 828 JOBB EE lessons 1250UT 963 CRI woman in RR 1437UT, was in for about 5 minutes at lower level; no 1323 to match up with unfortunately 972 HLCA man in KK 1409UT 1017 CRI woman in KK 1423UT, ID'd at lower level at 1427UT //5965 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) : 594 JOAK? man talking, then woman, JJ? 1314-4UT 981 CNR1? woman talking, maybe CC 1420UT, just before live listening when I would have checked SW parallel 1314 DWXI? woman and man talking 1430UT, didn't sound JJ 1566 HLAZ? man and woman talking CC inflection 1430-1UT. Similar levels during JJ program, at 1338UT, sharp, short peaks. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 612 945 1053 1287 1323 1503 best wishes, Nick ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] TP 5 Mar; Victoria version
Hi Nick, <<<Not even at the levels Gary was getting. I'm surprised he didn't hear the low band NHK2s, as that's practically all I heard, >>> Both of the low-band NHK2 big guns suffer from major splatter issues here, so they have trouble being heard even on decent mornings. 747-JOIB is peppered with 750-Portland splatter (a daytimer here), and 774-JOUB is usually mangled by 770-Seattle. This morning's TP results here were a dreary repeat of yesterday, but without any unusual audio from 1575-VOA. It only reached a poor-fair level around 1425, along with similar audio from 972-HLCA at the same time. All of the other Asians stayed in hibernation. 73, Gary -Original Message- From: Nick Hall-Patch To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Tue, Mar 5, 2013 8:29 pm Subject: [IRCA] TP 5 Mar; Victoria version Not even at the levels Gary was getting. I'm surprised he didn't hear the low band NHK2s, as that's practically all I heard, and it was actually a sunrise enhancement, best around 1440UT, along with 1575UT; earlier, not nearly as "good" pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not at all reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): nope not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: dream on, even at this level 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? man talking JJ inflection 1427UT; no 594 // 738 woman talking 1423UT 747 JOIB woman talking //774 1444UT 774 JOUB woman talking //747 1443UT 1575 VoA???woman talking 1442UT Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): best wishes, Nick ___ 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 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 5 Mar; Victoria version
Not even at the levels Gary was getting. I'm surprised he didn't hear the low band NHK2s, as that's practically all I heard, and it was actually a sunrise enhancement, best around 1440UT, along with 1575UT; earlier, not nearly as "good" pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not at all reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): nope not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: dream on, even at this level 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? man talking JJ inflection 1427UT; no 594 // 738 woman talking 1423UT 747 JOIB woman talking //774 1444UT 774 JOUB woman talking //747 1443UT 1575 VoA???woman talking 1442UT Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): best wishes, Nick ___ 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