[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] TP 31 Mar Victoria version
Not a great morning, especially as sunrise approached, but a couple of unusual ones, given the poor conditions pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK two men in Japanese 1241UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1237UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB end of English lessons 1259UT, then pips as it faded down not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR woman DU English to man on phone 1339-41UT 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) 657 woman and man mumbling in a DU English sort of way 1304UT 747 JOIK in briefly, with man talking //774 1329UT 792 woman talking, DU English inflection 1315UT 846 NHK1 man talking //594 1234UT 864 woman and man mumbling, sounded commercial Japanese inflection, but no parallels 1244UT 891 JOHK NHK pips 1300UT, not much else; poor audio at 1309UT, man talking //594 Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 585 954 1053 1242 1566 1575 seemed to be Asian;702 738 756 1098 1548 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 31 Mar Victoria version
Quite a good quantity of DX today, some not heard for awhile. Even some of the second and third string got a bit loud, and there were lots of near audios on the carriers heard. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB man in Japanese //828, then jazz guitar interlude, 1330UT 774 JOUB English lessons at 1239UT, likely other times as well 1017 CRI woman in Korean, man responding 1313UT. I'm probably pushing this a bit, but when the splash took a rest, this was perfectly readable, maybe not as strong as some of the others though. 1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1250UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man and woman in Japanese 1319UT //567 738 likely Tahiti with African sounding pop music at 1343UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese //747 1329UT 945 CNR1 man in Chinese, briefly this level at 1324UT, likely parallel to weaker 981, but leading it slightly, made it hard to be sure 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1310UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK man and woman in Japanese 1318UT //594 1053 Korean jammer 1231UT 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) 657 North Korea? man talking insistently 1331UT, might have been Korean? 666 JOBK instrumental music, man talking, //594 1332UT 819 female vocal pop mx 1242UT, didn't sound much like North Korea, but wasn't any other DU activity this morning really. 873 JOGB man talking //774 1238UT 891 JOHK woman talking //594 1323UT 918 woman talking, man responding, deep in the splatter 1311UT, China? 981 CNR1 likely, woman talking, Chinese inflection, with bits of music 1234UT 1206 Yanbian likely, man and woman talking, off channel carrier, 1341UT 1323 CRI? woman and man talking, Russian inflection 1248UT and a couple of other times too Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 702 711 756 837 855 864 936 954 1008 1044 1098 1134 1242 1251 1278 1287 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 31 Mar, Victoria version
Not much of an enhancement today, but it was remarkable what popped up briefly from time to time from 1129UT onwards, several tentative Chinese for example. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB. EE lessons, family drama, father and teenage daughter, 1313UT. 1566 HLAZ. JJ man at 1332UT, and during JJ program closing announcement after 1340UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK. Man in JJ 1335UT 972 HLCA. Man in KK 1220UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB. EE lessons 1206UT 828 JOBB. EE lessons 1252UT 1053 KK jammer, 1304-1306UT 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? 1240UT, no 594 available just then. 738 Tahiti? man talking, maybe FF? 1333UT 873 JOGB. Theme mx for end of EE lesson 1259UT, followed by pips on the hour. 981 CNR1??? Woman talking, could be CC inflection. Way too much 980 splash. 1206 Yanbian? Woman talking, maybe KK 1140UT. Also man talking 1246UT, sounded like a speech, 1246UT 1323 CRI? Woman talking, maybe RR? 1129UT 1557 Taiwan? Vocal pop ms, erratic fading 1334-6UT, best on north Flag. Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 864 891 945 1089 1116 1134 1188 1242 1287 1422 1458 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
