[IRCA] TP 9 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Definitely an improvement this morning, though still not too exciting pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman in Japanese 1403UT 747 JOIB man in Portuguese 1358UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1417UT Reasonable audio at times

Re: [IRCA] Tofino TP DX Report

2018-10-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 03:04 2018-10-10, Donald Barnes via IRCA wrote: Glad that you got a crack at a little bit of what the coast of Vancouver Island has to offer Craig. But, that was certainly a badly timed geomagnetic storm. best wishes Nick Conditions were improved this morning. The Japanese and

Re: [IRCA] Tofino TP DX Report

2018-10-09 Thread Volodya S
Craig, the Victoria contingent truly enjoys whenever a fellow enthusiasts pays us a visit. Do return anytime! 73, Walt On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 3:04 AM Donald Barnes via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Donald Barnes > To:

[IRCA] Tofino TP DX Report

2018-10-09 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Conditions were improved this morning. The Japanese and Korean big guns were the mainstays. I listened from 1302 to 1432. 567 w/ male and female, weak, poss. JOIK or HLKF 594 JOAK I believe this was the loudest I’ve heard them, anywhere! W/male in JJ. I would estimate an

Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It's amazing how that can happen Mark, and when listening on split frequencies, the problem is even worse. If you are DXing, presumably you want to hear something, and many of our brains are quite capable of providing that. Yesterday morning, TP DX was pretty much wiped out, but there was

[IRCA] TP 9 Oct Victoria Live version.

2018-10-09 Thread R. Colin Newell
As of 1400 UTC with a quick look prior to a shower, breakfast and work - it looks like a return to medium-normal this morning based on what’s on Nicks FishBarrel Radar. Hopefully Donald Barnes is basking in armchair signals from dial top to bottom. Colin in Victoria.

Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-09 Thread Mark Pettifor
Gotta love that "imaginary audio"! I thought I heard some choral music once on a decent carrier (can't remember the freq), and got all excited, but it was just harmonics/splatter from music playing on the channel next door. Mark On 2018-10-09 3:04 am, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Strongish

[IRCA] TP 8 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
As others have pointed out, rather a deadly morning, with a few odd weak ones, and still a couple of Asians 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