[IRCA] TP 24 Mar Victoria version
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 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 24 Mar Victoria version
A continuing decline in conditions but not outrageously, just a little harder to dig out the second tier stations. Things peaked around 1345-50UT today. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK peak at 1351UT with man in Japanese 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1320UT 774 JOUB Chinese lessons 1349UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB Chinese lessons 1345UT, music box still making it through at s/off 1442UT 972 HLCA man talking in Korean 1338UT 1566 HLAZ man and woman in Chinese 1350UT (choral music still making it through weakly at 1514UT) not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK Japanese woman, musical interlude //594 1323UT 873 JOGB man in Japanese //747 1328UT 891 JOHK man in Japanese //594 1325UT 1242 JOLF man talking slowly in Japanese 1321UT 1287 JOHR woman and man in Japanese 1336UT 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) 612 man and woman talking, DU English inflection 1352UT 621 woman talking, DU English inflection 1352UT 729 JOCK brief break in 730 splash allowed this through, woman talking //594 1320UT 738 pop music 1347UT; Taiwan? 837 JOQK very wispy with woman and man talking //594 1357UT 954 man talking Japanese inflection 1305UT; also man and woman talking 1502-3UT 1089 JOHB woman talking, lively music, more woman talking //774 1340UT 1134 female pop music in 1130 splash 1346UT, JOQR? 1143 woman talking Chinese inflection, but also another woman talking on another station? 1308UT 1386 NHK2 CC lessons //774 1351UT; 1422 male ballad 1347UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 693 702 864 909 1044 1053 1179 1314 1323 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian;1098 seemed 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 24 Mar Victoria version
This time, I'll vote more with Bruce than with Gary, must have been
on the edge of some absorption to the north. It wasn't lousy, it
just wasn't yesterday, hi. The odd one was 1386, which wasn't NHK2,
seemed very unlikely to be R. Tarana, or indeed, anything else that
I've heard about.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker,
at least briefly):
828 JOBB Chinese lessons 1353UT
972 HLCA man in Korean 1350UT
1566 HLAZ Japanese sign on "FEBC desu" by man and nice H-L-A-Zeto ID,
"Nihongo hoso" ("Japanese language broadcast"; wonderfully efficient
language, Japanese)
Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it
understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
558 HLQH tentative with soft vocal music and erratic fades 1343UT
774 JOUB Chinese lessons 1357UT; 747 on the other hand was mostly quite poor
1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1409UT; also noted at this level 1222-3UT
with man in Chinese, was fading down when Japanese broadcast started
at full bore 1230UT
not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or
noise could be understood by a native speaker:
567 man and woman in Japanese //594 1335UT
1053 Korean jammer 1338UT
1386 unID. Slow music, electronic organ on string setting?,
strengthening to this level as piano started 1352UT, then faded down
as man and woman started talking in a slow, measured fashion, almost
like "special English", to the point where I can imagine "5 o'clock
in the morning" by an American voice just before the hour. Not
//774, and I am at a bit of a loss, unless Hawaiians are being
assigned 9 kHz frequencies now.
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)
612 JOLK man talking Japanese //594 1349UT
738 jazzy pop music 1316UT
945 man talking 1333UT, Chinese intonation
981 man talking 1312UT, Chinese intonation
1107 man mumbling 1342UT
1242 man talking, maybe Japanese, 1354UT
1548 man talking 1355UT, too much splash to guess language
Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or
ravaged by splatter)
531 585 702 819 837 909 1098 1116 1143 1269 1377 1422 1575
best wishes,
Nick
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[IRCA] TP 24 Mar Victoria version
An odd mix this morning, but certainly better than the last couple of days, though only HLAZ managed more than a barely there signal. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1566 HLAZ piano mx and woman in JJ, s/off for Japanese program 1344UT 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 woman talking, Japanese inflection 1343UT 612 man an woman talking, DU English inflection 702 woman and man talking 1238UT, DU English? 738 woman talking, French inflection 1204UT 747 sounded like English lessons, but pretty far down in the mud 1338UT 792 woman talking, DU English inflection 1205UT 828 man talking 1211UT, maybe DU English inflection 891 man talking, DU English inflection 1311UT 1116 two men talking 1339UT, DU English? 1422 bassy pop music, 1349UT, woman talking, Japanese inflection? 1575 man talking to another man on phone, didn't sound like VoA, more like Tagalog??? 1340UT Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 774 846 1134 1242 1314 1386 1512 1593 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 24 Mar, Victoria version
This morning was better than it looked at first glance...any morning with identifiable DWXI-1314 and CNR1-981 is not a complete write off for me. Sunrise peak around 1340-1350UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB. EE lessons, 1216UT 1566 HLAZ. Man in JJ 1300-1301UT; never reached this level in the CC program later Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 972 HLCA w/woman in KK, another woman on phone 1340UT 1287 JOHR. Man in JJ, with another man on the phone 1338UT 1575 VoA likely. Woman in SE Asian language 1347UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK. Man in JJ 1344UT 747 JOIB CC lessons 1332 and 1348UT 1053 KK jammer 1347UT 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. pips, man in JJ //594 1353UT 828 JOBB. CC lessons //774 1351UT 837 unID. man talking 1352UT; couldn't guess language, sounded almost DU EE, and definitely not //594. 873 JOGB. Weather forecast //774 1319UT. Pretty sure I heard JOGB..NHK by woman at 1320UT, but an element of wishful thinking, I'm sure. Cadence was definitely correct. 981 CNR1. Woman in CC //6175 1349UT 1116 Man talking, sounding DU EE? 1215UT 1134 unID. Man and woman talking, fairly low key, guessing KK? 1314 DWXI. Man and woman talking 1341UT, seemed to be same timbre as webstream which also featured a man and woman. 1323 CRI. Near imaginary, but stringed mx leading to hour, and first notes of chimes 1300UT. Strong carrier; this station seems undermodulated. 1503 JOUK man and woman in JJ //594 1346UT 1593 NHK2. CC lessons //774 1352UT. Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 558 864 891 981 1188 1242 1251 1377 1386 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 24 Mar; Victoria version
Got up just before 1330UT (hey, it's Sunday), looked at the Fishbarrel lit up like a Christmas tree, and headed off to the radio room. Asia has returned with a vengeance; and looking at the various indices does not explain anything, unless we're on the cusp of another geomagnetic upset. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in JJ, then EE lessons 1338UT, and a number of other times; this was still delivering readable audio 10 minutes after local sunrise here. reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 972 HLCA man in KK, and singing musical notes (tum, tum, tum-ti-tum; this station sounds like fun), 1340UT 1053 KK jammer whooshing away 1343UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK man in JJ //594 1344UT 594 JOAK man in JJ 1339UT 603 unID man and woman talking incomprehensibly, then faded up to light guitar mx w/female vocal, 1351UT 828 JOBB man in JJ //774 1355UT 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 unID. slow female vocal mx 1358UT, no 603 available at this time. 648 orchestral mx 1357UT, soon faded, along with most everything else by the hour 747 JOIB EE lessons //774 1404UT 864 unID. man and woman talking 1352UT, JJ inflection? 891 JOHK man and woman talking //594 1345UT 945 CNR1 man in woman in CC //6126 1352UT, 1215 unID. man talking, rapid-fire (JJ inflection? but 2kw is strongest listed so unlikely) 1346UT 1566 man talking, CC inflection 1401UT, likely HLAZ Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 675, 873 1098 1134 1206 1278 (near imaginary audio on a few of these, so claimed as carriers) 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
