[IRCA] TPs Sept: Really Spotty/Fluky but Good to Asia

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope this doesn't mark the beginning of the inevitable downturn... 
Things were very spotty but, still, quite good.

The more memorable:

594 Tokyo was HUGE at first tune-in 1240. By far the strongest ever 
here and one of the stronger counting at Grayland. I usually have 
trouble hearing it at all due to very local very big 600 in Vancouver.

612 JOLK was the strongest that I've ever heard it here.... and was i 
all morning.  No DU talk, even underneath.

621 I don't know what this was this morning. I'd swear that I heard 
some Russian, but whatever it was, it sounded different from 
usual.  I do have Heilongjiang IDed and QSLed here, though I've not 
heard an ID yet this year.  They do not transmit standard dialect CC 
during the hours that I hear them.... I think that it may be Manchu 
dialect, but I really don't know. This is worth checking out carefully.

702 was the two NHK2 synchros rather than DU... very unusual catch 
here, though heard many times at Grayland, I think. No DU

801 I was sitting on this one hoping for Guam which would be a first 
time reception here. No luck, but there was a station in well with an 
East Asian language that was not standard CC, KK, JJ or (I think) 
Tagalog.  PAL shows a pretty hefty Taiwanese here, so maybe this 
one.  Again, worth checking out.

963 was the usual CNR Russian Service, but briefly at 1255 to 1258, 
it was the strongest TP signal that I've ever heard, here or at 
Grayland. I started recording, but after holding steady for about 3 
minutes, it dropped swiftly down to lower than usual levels. Full IDs 
at the hour, of course.

1152 had a piano concerto at around 1312 or so. Wish I knew who this was.

1530 is usually dominated by the huge signal of KFBK in Sacremento. 
The Wellbrook Array knocks this down quite a bit, but still I've 
never heard anything under it before the TPs fade out. This morning, 
I heard a Japanese commercial station for a while, just as the TPs 
began to fade. This one will likely require a lot of work to ID, but 
there is hope, at least.

1575 VOA seems to be doing better this year, I wonder if they have 
increased their power again.

Well, packing and house guests are on the list this morning, so I better scoot.

JOhn B.

   

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