[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 3.14

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Conditions were impressive this morning, with lots of stations not 
usually heard at home. I was surprise at just how many stations 
produced audio today. It was one of the better mornings of the season here.

There was actually a sunrise enhancement at the upper part of the dial, 
with 1557 and 1494 showing up just before 1400 and staying around for 
quite a while after that. 1557 had a particularly impressive signal at 
times.

The lower and mid bands didn't see to show any sort of enhancement. The 
lower part of the dial, in fact, gradually tapered off after about 
1330. The mid-band stayed interesting for a while longer.

558ÂÂÂ S KOREA, 1231 good non-stop pop tunes //603

567ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOIK, male talk fair-good 1204

585ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOPG, 1322 very weak talk //594

594ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOAK, 1248 jazz music and male talk good

603ÂÂÂ S KOREA, 1232pop tunes then man in Korean //558

612ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOLK 1405 weak female talk //594

657ÂÂÂ N KOREA, 1233 woman in Korean fair

666ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBK 1203 Japanese male //567

675ÂÂÂ JAPAN, NHK1, 1307 fair talk //594

693ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOAB 1206 English lesson strong

702ÂÂÂ JAPAN, NHK2, 1315 English lesson poor //693 in KIRO splat

729ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOCK 1304 talk //594 weak-fair in 730 splash

738ÂÂÂ TAIWAN? 1405 weak Chinese talk

747ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOIB, 1223 English lesson good

756 CHINA, CNR1 1208 echoey Chinese talk //981. Good 1331 w/male talk.

774ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOUB 1238 good English lesson

783ÂÂÂ CHINA, UNID 1338 weak Chinese talk

792ÂÂÂ CHINA, unid 1300 weak man & woman in Chinese, faded up a few 
seconds after ToH

819ÂÂÂ N KOREA, 1240 male talk poking through heavy KGNW splash. Better 
1329 w/chorus, 1329:45 what sounded like an ID by a woman, then 2+1 pips 
133 followed by excited talk fair

828ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBB 1218, English lesson fair-good

837ÂÂÂ S KOREA, HLKY 1223 woman in Korean fair

846ÂÂÂ UNID 1340 weak flute music (not //594)

855ÂÂÂ UNID 1352 weak talk possibly in Chinese

945ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1, 1210 Chinese talk //981 fair-poor in heavy KJR splash

963ÂÂÂ CHINA CRI, 1232 woman good in Russian //1323, trumpet fanfare & 
ID 1300

972ÂÂÂ S KOREA 1200 strong, woman w/Korean ID, 3+1pips, trumpet fanfare, 
then excited male w/a series of brief announcements

981ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1, 1240 huge booming signal but much CKNW splash, man & 
woman in Chinese with noticeable echo

1098ÂÂÂ UNID, 1416 weak talk, sounded Chinese

1116ÂÂÂ CHINA, unid 1412 Chinese talk weak

1134ÂÂÂ S KOREA 1300 poor 3+1 pips & talk, much splash

1143ÂÂÂ TAIWAN, 1318 likely the Chinese talk, couldn't raise 738 for a 
// check

1188ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOKP, 1408 Japanese talk //594

1206ÂÂÂ CHINA, Yanbian, 1212 woman poor in Korean, much splash

1278ÂÂÂ UNID, 1350 music weak in splatter, likely Japan

1287ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOHK 1358 Japanese male talk fair

1305ÂÂÂ UNID faint music 1408

1314ÂÂÂ UNID 1418 weak talk

1323ÂÂÂ CHINA, CRI 1304 woman in Russian fair, signature tune weak in 
splash 1400

1377ÂÂÂ UNID 1423 weak talk, didn't sound like Chinese

1386ÂÂÂ JAPAN, NHK2, 1400 weak time pips, language lesson weak 1404 //747

1422ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JORF 1255 woman & man in Japanese fair-good

1494ÂÂÂ UNID, 1407 possibly 2 weak stations, one had woman w/an echo and 
another a man without. Very erratic signal(s) w/much splatter.

1503ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOUK 1407 faint talk //594

1512ÂÂÂ UNID 1415 bits of audio in the splatter

1557ÂÂÂ TAIWAN?, 1400, man in Chinese, brief signature tune & pips at 
ToH. The long discussion in Chinese good-nil, quite strong by 1420 w/ 
male talk, 1430 anmt w/classical music bed (ID?)

1566ÂÂÂ S KOREA, HLAZ, 1247 huge signal, Japanese woman & organ music

1575ÂÂÂ THAILAND, VOA 1350 fair talk in unid language, 1427 possibly 
joined by a second station (AFN?), 1430 English IDs & pgm in SE Asia 
language

1593ÂÂÂ UNID, China or Japan brief talk 1400 during pause in KLFE-1590 audio

Bruce in Seattle

Elad FDM-S2 with 10x40 flag aimed north

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