[IRCA] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.
In truth, by body count standards, it was a poor morning... About half the normal number in audio, high and low and generally, the audio was poor. On the other hand, there were some real interesting things. 639 CNR1 was walking tall most of my 1440-1525 morning 828: a bit after 1500, it was probably Beijing Business Radio with another CC beneath. I presume that NHK2 was off by then 882: Who was that masked man? 918: BIG echos on the usual Shandong at 1450 1098: I'm pretty sure that it was Radio Taiwan International doing much better than usual, with 4+1 pips and nice TOH routine at 1500 1575: Radio Farda, presumed, was putting in some ME music under VOA at 1525. But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594 I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean. further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there are three transmitters there, two with the same program... Taipei 2. I should have tried to // this on the 'net, but I did not. ANY IDEAS!!! I don't think that it was Mayak, either. Recording on request. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.
At 16:43 11/15/2009, you wrote: In truth, by body count standards, it was a poor morning... About half the normal number in audio, high and low and generally, the audio was poor. On the other hand, there were some real interesting things. This was my morning to sleep in, which sounds wise by others' reports. John, however, is illustrating my mantra that conditions aren't bad, just different.you just have to find out which direction they are being different from before you quit in disgust, though of course an open path from the middle of the Southern Ocean isn't all that helpful. So far as I know NHK2 was still signing off at 1540 and 1600UT this last week, but maybe they've changed again, at least for their Sunday night. I wonder if JOBB was just really in the murk at that time? There was a period yesterday when they were way under unID'd music. 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
Re: [IRCA] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.
John You did better than I this morning. See below. Bruce John H. Bryant wrote: In truth, by body count standards, it was a poor morning... About half the normal number in audio, high and low and generally, the audio was poor. On the other hand, there were some real interesting things. 639 CNR1 was walking tall most of my 1440-1525 morning They were cowering in the corner here. Just a carrier today. I usually get decent audio from them until KCIS switches to the daytime transmitter 828: a bit after 1500, it was probably Beijing Business Radio with another CC beneath. I presume that NHK2 was off by then 882: Who was that masked man? 918: BIG echos on the usual Shandong at 1450 1098: I'm pretty sure that it was Radio Taiwan International doing much better than usual, with 4+1 pips and nice TOH routine at 1500 I had someone talking at 1455, but didn't record that part of the band after that. The language was decidedly not Chinese or Japanese. My brain wanted to say Mongolian, but that was probably just wishful thinking. I had unlisted CRI here at Grayland in early March, with theme music ID in Chinese - I'm still trying to figure that one out. 1575: Radio Farda, presumed, was putting in some ME music under VOA at 1525. But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594 I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean. further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there are three transmitters there, two with the same program... Taipei 2. I should have tried to // this on the 'net, but I did not. ANY IDEAS!!! I don't think that it was Mayak, either. Recording on request. Can't help you much there...I recorded that part of the band at that time but had only a carrier at 1515. I was doing good to hear the time pips and a few syllables of talking at 1500, which is very unusual for them here. ___ 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] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.
Hi John, It's nice to see somebody else interested in the late-season shenanigans on 594 kHz, and I'd be very interested to hear your MP3 from this morning (around 1515). Because of the Korean-language station mystery recently I spent a lot of time on the 594 frequency, making multiple MP3's of the JOAK-KBS1 mix (four good ones now) and the JOAK-UnID Chinese mix (two good ones). I found that JOAK's NHK1 programming often includes content that would be pretty deceptive to someone expecting standard Japanese speech, and that while JOAK would occasionally be weaker than the KSB1 Korean or the UnID Chinese station on 594 khz, it would never be completely absent. Since you apparently heard an isolated station on 594 khz, it would seem strange that JOAK didn't at least have a trace on the frequency, at that time. Linked below are two recent MP3's of 594-JOAK fighting it out with co-channels, on the 9' box loop. The first recording has the KBS1 station competing with (and occasionally overtaking) JOAK on November 10th, and the second one has the UnID Chinese temporarily on top of JOAK on November 1. Although JOAK would occasionally be weaker, it was always around, which makes it seem strange that it wouldn't at least have a trace in your 1515 recording this morning. 73, Gary _http://www.mediafire.com/?wwbu4dqqmmy_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?wwbu4dqqmmy) (JOAK and KBS1, 11-10-09) _http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnvtnvhzyw_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnvtnvhzyw) (JOAK and the UnID Chinese, 11-01-09) In a message dated 11/15/2009 8:44:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bjohnor...@rockisland.com writes: In truth, by body count standards, it was a poor morning... About half the normal number in audio, high and low and generally, the audio was poor. On the other hand, there were some real interesting things. 639 CNR1 was walking tall most of my 1440-1525 morning 828: a bit after 1500, it was probably Beijing Business Radio with another CC beneath. I presume that NHK2 was off by then 882: Who was that masked man? 918: BIG echos on the usual Shandong at 1450 1098: I'm pretty sure that it was Radio Taiwan International doing much better than usual, with 4+1 pips and nice TOH routine at 1500 1575: Radio Farda, presumed, was putting in some ME music under VOA at 1525. But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594 I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean. further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there are three transmitters there, two with the same program... Taipei 2. I should have tried to // this on the 'net, but I did not. ANY IDEAS!!! I don't think that it was Mayak, either. Recording on request. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.
But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594 I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean. further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there are three transmitters there, two with the same program... Taipei 2. I should have tried to // this on the 'net, but I did not. ANY IDEAS!!! I don't think that it was Mayak, either. Recording on request. send an MP3 or post to DXer.ca I will watch 594 more closely tonight. Interestingly, what is HUGE on 594 in Victoria, BC is largely absent here -- -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT 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
