[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 30 March

[Bruce Portzer <portzerbt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had to temporarily take down my antenna while the next-door neighbor 
replaced their fence, so I've been out of action for a few days. 
Today's TPs were worth the wait, with decent reception from several 
second tier stations. China on 981 was especially good at times. There 
was a modest enhancement 1320-1345 UTC, after which things died down 
pretty quickly. Nonetheless, weak carriers kept popping up on 1566 and 
1575 until after 1500 UT. There was an interesting carrier on 1548 that 
peaked at about 1335, no idea who that might have been.

5i67ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOIK, 1309 talk //594 poor

594ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOAK, 1300 fair-good w/JJ talk and 3+1 pips

657ÂÂÂ N KOREA, 1238 emphatic talk poor in domestic splat

666ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBK, 1322 Japanese male //594 fair-poor w/much splash

693ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOAB, end of one English lesson, 3+1 pips, then start of 
another good

702ÂÂÂ JAPAN, NHK2 1329 bits of music //693 in heavy KIRO splat

747ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOIB 1333 Chinese lesson fair-good w/750 splash, mostly 
weaker than normal today for some reason

756ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1, 1300:30 theme music for ID weak //981

774ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOUB 1257 English lesson w/bits of 1930s jazz music good

819 N KOREA, 1233 emphatic woman talking fair-poor in KGNW splat. 
1330 woman w/possible ID, then 3+1 pips emphatic man fair

828ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBB 1235 English lesson fair, 1302 English lesson good

837ÂÂÂ UNID, 1306 easy listening music fair-poor, not //594 so probably 
Korea

846ÂÂÂ UNID 1338 female talk poor, sounded Chinese

945ÂÂÂ CHINA,ÂÂÂ CNR1, 1255 Chinese talk fair //981

963ÂÂÂ CHINA, CRI 1327 man & woman in Russian //1323 poor, 1328 male 
vocal music fair

972ÂÂÂ S KOREA, 1300 3+1 pips, theme music then Korean man & woman good

981ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1 1300:30 good w/"Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID

1206ÂÂ CHINA, Yanbian 1335 briefly good w/male Korean talk on 1205.96 kHz

1323ÂÂÂ CHINA, CRI 1326 man in Russian fair //963

1422 JAPAN, JORF, 1337 Japanese talk, sounded like ads. Much 1420 
splash. Still had audio (woman talking) 1401

1503ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOUK 1335 Japanese talk poor //594

1566ÂÂÂ S KOREA HLAZ, 1250 Japanese preacher good

1575ÂÂÂ THAILAND, VOA 1333 fair-good on peaks, talk in unid language, 
very erratic signal

Bruce in Seattle, Elad FDM-S2, 10x40 flag aimed north

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