Re: [IRCA] TPs October 16: Another Good One:

[Nigel Pimblett <njp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Certainly a good morning here in southern Alberta too, which makes me 
wonder what I missed yesterday. 

The highlights were:

- First time audio on 675 khz.  Only for about 45 seconds, but it's a 
start!   Possibly the Vietnam that's so common for you coastal types.
- Finally a definite log of CNR1 from China on 1377 for a new one.
- Occasional bits of hymn-like music on 1188, so possibly the needed 
FEBC station from Korea, though mostly it was down in a mix with at 
least 2 others.
- A few minutes of decent audio on 1278, a previously non-productive 
frequency for me, sounding Chinese.
- Two stations mixing on 1125
- An unidentified station with music coming up over the Japanese on 1179.
- Very weak music now and again on 1475, so presumably Malaysia.  First 
trace of them this season.

The morning seemed to generate more questions than answers, but still a 
fun one.  Unlike on Orcas, the Japanese ruled 774 and 828 here with 
solid signals, burying any possible trace of anyone underneath.

73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta


   John H. Bryant wrote:

>It was another excellent Chinese morning.  I'm beginning to think 
>that we are past the peak of the Japanese season here on the Left 
>Coast and getting to the month that China seems to dominate. I've 
>noticed the past couple of years that the Japanese seem to come in 
>best in September and the Chinese tend to be better in late October 
>and the first half of November.  It is a kind of subtle effect, since 
>we hear Chinese in September and Japanese in October/Nov, but I think 
>that the trend has been there for the past several years, at least.
>
>This morning, both 774 and 828 were dominated by the Chinese stations 
>for most of the morning... though one could still hear the JJs a bit, 
>much of the time.  All the JJs seemed more than a bit down today.
>
>837 is becoming a bit of a campaign for me.... Yesterday, CNR1 was 
>there alone.  This morning, it was a CC, but not running CNR1 
>programming. Gonna have to watch this more closely.  I had the two 
>CNR1 transmitters on 540 again, but not as well as yesterday.  Also, 
>1008 was a mixture of (I think) Cantonese/Taiwanese and (for sure) 
>standard dialect.  I didn't get an ID, but this sure sounds like the 
>other Radio Taiwan International station that I've heard previously. 
>1593 was in CC and was CNR1.  I'd been hoping for the Chinese 
>transmitter in Urumchi that runs central Asian programming.
>
>1323 had the CRI Russian programming and I was hearing an echo, so 
>one of those may have been from Central Asia.
>
>I didn't neglect Alaska, either.... Managed an ID and into NPR News 
>from 870 KSKO, McGrath, fighting it out, neck and neck with 
>co-channel Smithers, northern BC.
>
>So, a pretty wonderful morning, really.... I'm still living in the 
>glow of yesterday morning when 639 China was splattering badly needed 
>640 KYUK, Bethel in far western Alaska. LIFE IS GOOD!!!
>
>John B.
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