Conditions seemed fairly southerly today, without being a real DU morning. I did hear a few DUs.... 612, 702 and at times, 3LO was dominating the normal JJ on 774. The upper band continued to be rather sparse, with even the Japanese being very attenuated. There did seem to be quite an opening to Southeast Asia, though. 675 Vietnam was the loudest that I've ever heard it... running a good solid S-9. VOA 1575 was also strong and DZEC 1062 was doing better than I've ever heard them here on Orcas. I invested 15 minutes in getting a really good recording, ending with multiple IDs at 1400. I've reported to them twice over the years with nary a reply, so, its time to try again. 1026 was also likely a Filipino, but not in well enough to be sure.
Mysteries of the morning: 819 was in well for a bit and I think that it may have been a Filipino dialect. I wonder what Patrick heard? 837 was Chinese, but not the "normal" CNR 1. Likely something from south China. 801 was probably Guam, but never got good enough to be sure. 819 the CC with REALLY bad echoes this AM... either Shandong or CNR2. Even a native CC speaker could not have understood that mess this AM. Even though I really don't want/need a recording SDR (no time to demodulate later on a regular basis) I could sure have used it this AM to sort through some of these mysteries. I'd have been hard pressed to decide just which 190 kHz to record, though. I think that I'll hold out for the next generation, in hopes of being able to record at least half of the band. Overall, so far this season, early September was marked by much more from China than last year. Since I've gotten back from QCI, China seems largely absent, with either the nearer Japan dominating or some southerly mix of DU and SE Asia as this AM. WHERE ARE THE CHINESE and RUSSIANS??? John B. _______________________________________________ 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