[IRCA] TP 26 Jan Victoria version
What with having to use the north Flag this morning, and others reports of lousy conditions with a DU bent, and my own monitoring, I expected a shut out. Um, not quite actually, I'm wondering if this was very local, as Bruce and Gary often hear east Asians better than I do pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ. This had brief bursts of recognizable CC talk at 1418 and 1420UT, but it started a bit a of a jag at 1531UT, with more recognizable talk, erratic fading to be sure, but kept building to this strength at 1538-9UT with lively choral mx, then gradually fading down to about 1545UT. A big surprise. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through 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) 1503 JOUK assumed. NHK pips at 1400UT, then man in JJ inflected talk. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1116 1557 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 26 Jan, Victoria version
An interesting though not spectacular morning, with quite a nice enhancement from 1525 to 1540UT. I suspect there would have been interesting NHK2 loggings if they hadn't signed off at 1510-15UT today. Quite a lot of good carriers, with some high quality domestic splatter to drown them out. 1278 had a really big carrier, but no audio; somebody already signed off? pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ man in CC 1539UT 1593 CNR1 woman in CC 1535UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 738 Tahiti woman and man in FF 1347UT to past 1405UT, pretty much the only DX around at this time. Completely readable if splatter let up 972 HLCA man and woman in KK 1424UT 1557 Taiwan likely w/pop mx 1539UT, vastly better on north Flag not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 HLSA likely male ballad followed by man talking slowly 1537-8UT 774 JOUB EE lessons battling w/splash 1423UT; also chimes at 1512UT s/off 1503 JOUK man in JJ //594 1575 VoA man in SE Asian language 1528UT 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) : 747 JOIB chimes 1511UT 1116 unID. two stations, slow female vocal mx, also man talking, CC inflection? 1524UT 1242 a mess; man talking and pop mx, but something else w/ mx there too? 1527UT, merciless splash 1287 JOHR? faint pop vocal flowed by JJ sounding talk by woman 1534UT 1494 unID. woman talking 1536UT CC? 1512 NHK2 faint chimes in splash 1513UT 1584 NHK1 man talking, briefly //1503UT 1528UT 1602 NHK2 nearly imaginary chimes 1512UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 657 1107 1278 1332 1359 1377 1386 1404 1422 (1602 huge carrier 1540UT) 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 26 Jan Victoria version
I'm sure I missed a number of things, with the erratic fading and all, but easily the most interesting morning in a couple of months. All Asian, big guns mostly on the low band from 1300 to 1515UT, then the high band starting popping in and out. HLAZ didn't completely throw in the towel until 90 minutes after local sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK two women in Japanese 1446UT, was in quite well as late as 1548UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1517-24UT Japanese child repeating English sentences read by an adult 828 JOBB woman in Japanese 1453UT, in and out until 1540UT s/off 1566 HLAZ choral music 1329UT, woman in Japanese; the Chinese and Korean programs didn't quite reach this level, but still pretty good Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 972 HLCA two woman in Korean 1353UT; man in Korean 1506UT 1557 Taiwan likely, various peaks from 1530UT, the last one about 1540UT with female jazz vocal 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1539UT; even more interesting was choral music 1659UT, 3 and one pips, and man in Korean at 1701UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1422 woman in Chinese 1542UT 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) 693 JOAB end of Chinese lessons //774 1359UT, pips on hour, last one cleared the CBU-690splash quite strongly 846 NHK1 synchros, man and woman talking 1441UT //594 which was very weak at this time, but improved greatly as 846 faded 873 JOGB Chinese lessons // 774 1355UT 891 JOHK man talking //594 1522UT 954 maybe JOKR; man talking 1508UT and also 1526-7UT, Japanese inflection 1053 Korean jammer 1328UT 1134 man talking, Japanese inflection 1404UT 1143 soft music 1528UT 1323 woman talking 1540UT, Russian inflection? if so, CRI 1395 the mystery of the morning...quite a small echoey carrier (though hard to tell in 1380 IBOC), so maybe overmodulated, sounded like a swing vocal 1534UT, best on north Flag, slow talk by woman 1536-40UT, maybe Chinese?? 1575 woman talking 1525UT 1593 man mumbling 1529UT, maybe low and high pip at 1530UT, if so, CNR1 Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 918 1098 1161 1179 1314 1359 1494 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
[IRCA] TP 26 Jan Victoria version
Not as spectacular as the geomagnetic conditions might suggest, but there was audio, and the old standby HLAZ roused itself after sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ building in strength from 1556UT onwards, then faded slightly at hour, 3 pips, then a brief carrier cut, followed by a return at stronger level with woman in Chinese, followed by a man in Korean giving an FEBC ID. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK woman and man in Japanese 1323-5UT 1593 CNR1 man in Chinese 1544UT, seemed similar to 6125 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) 747 JOIB 1543UT wispy music box 774 JOUB 1542UT, weak music box 828 JOBB 1541UT music box 972 HLCA likely; man and woman talking 1533UT, possibly Korean 1503 JOUK woman talking //594 1556UT, both at limit of imaginary 1557 woman talking, Chinese inflection 1557UT 1593 NHK2 music box, mixing with CNR1, 1542UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 558 1044 1287 1386 1575 seemed to be Asian; 738 and 1098 seemed DU during the time I listened 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 26 Jan; Victoria version
Things were further downhill this morning. What little appeared around sunrise (actually closer to 1530UT) was at the top of the band, and neither 1566 or 1575 were heard! pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): also none not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: another round of nothing 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) : 1287 man talking 1531UT JOHR? 1503 a good carrier here at 1532UT, but only very poor strength audio: man talking. I'd guess JOUK, but Dennis' reported DU talk has me wondering. 1557 man talking 1529UT; Taiwan? 1593 pretty sure this was CNR1 at 1535UT, as the cadence of the man talking seemed //6125, but not 100% sure. Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1359 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 26 Jan Victoria version
A dog of a morning, very little heard in the last hour before sunrise, and didn't look wildly exciting before then either. 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 w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1455UT 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) 774 man talking, Japanese intonation 1504UT 1566 woman talking, Chinese intonation? 1539UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 639 747 828 891 972 1134 seemed to be Asian; 846 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 26 Jan Victoria version.
A bit of a blip upwards this morning, with some high band activity and HLAZ hanging in until nearly 1700UT. NHK2 again off at 1440UT, with 774, 828 and 747 all showing audio pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ man in Russian 1645UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK 1524UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1541UT 1287 JOHR man in Japanese 1544UT 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 //594 1523UT 1557 woman talking, Chinese intonation, likely Taiwan 1526UT 1593 CNR1 woman talking //6175 1528UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 639 747 774 828 1242 1269 1323 1386 1422 1458 1494 1575 seemed to be Asian; 1017 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
Re: [IRCA] TP 26 Jan Victoria version
Hi Nick, <<< I'm wondering if this was very local, as Bruce and Gary often hear east Asians better than I do pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ. This had brief bursts of recognizable CC talk at 1418 and 1420UT, but it started a bit a of a jag at 1531UT, with more recognizable talk, erratic fading to be sure, but kept building to this strength at 1538-9UT with lively choral mx, then gradually fading down to about 1545UT. A big surprise. >>> Well, it sounds like a Victoria exclusive, Nick. I can't speak for Bruce, but 1566 didn't even manage a carrier here during sunrise enhancement around 1540. It was down for the count throughout the session. 1575 managed a moderate carrier from 1430-1530, but that was it for Asian signals here this morning. After yesterday's session, though, who is complaining? 73, Gary . - Original Message - From: "Nick Hall-Patch" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 8:16:12 PM Subject: [IRCA] TP 26 Jan Victoria version What with having to use the north Flag this morning, and others reports of lousy conditions with a DU bent, and my own monitoring, I expected a shut out. Um, not quite actually, I'm wondering if this was very local, as Bruce and Gary often hear east Asians better than I do pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ. This had brief bursts of recognizable CC talk at 1418 and 1420UT, but it started a bit a of a jag at 1531UT, with more recognizable talk, erratic fading to be sure, but kept building to this strength at 1538-9UT with lively choral mx, then gradually fading down to about 1545UT. A big surprise. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through 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) 1503 JOUK assumed. NHK pips at 1400UT, then man in JJ inflected talk. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1116 1557 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 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