[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version.

2019-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Mostly speculation about what the DX would be if there was any DX. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not so Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version

2018-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A very mixed bag today with everything apparently from New Zealand to China being heard, if only briefly. Conditions were erratic, and stations heard were in the lower part of the band. No sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version

2017-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
That was a morning that had more to it than at first listening. Almost all Asia. Low band big guns did reasonably well 13-14UT, then there was a two stage pre-sunrise lift, one at about 1440UT, then another at 1510UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker,

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version

2016-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
What a frustrating mess is the best I can say. Conditions were reasonable from about 1430UT onwards, mostly the big guns though not terribly strong. A little after 1500UT, things really opened up, sort of. Lots of carriers, extremely erratic fading meant that you were never sure from

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version

2015-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Got a little bit of signal out of some of the regulars this morning; HLAZ pretty much owned what there was of sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite; too much splatter and noise Reasonable audio at times

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb, Victoria version

2014-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Another morning owned by HLAZ which was quite thunderous at various times from 1445UT to after 1530UT, but there was a fair bit else of interest, and mystery, as well. Old regulars made themselves felt at various times after 1300UT, then a bit of a quiet period after 1400UT, picking up again