Re: [IRCA] TPs Oct 1 from Orcas Island... Good to Excellent

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:57 AM 10/1/2008, you wrote:
>Well, things mighta been "Ho-Hum" in Victoria, but just 20 miles NE (with a clear look up the Gulf of Georgia) things were HOPPING. In fact, it was the first morning that there was more DX than I could handle, live.... and I caught myself considering joining the Dark Side with a Perseus recorder.
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>Here, things seem to be well into mid-season, with the Chinese and Koreans doing better than the Japanese.... that seems to be a seasonal pattern here.
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>I note that Walt was hearing DU on 612 this AM... I believe around 1350.... Well, I was on the same freq then and as late as 1410 and it was all NHK1, JOLK, here.
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>There was Chinese all over the bottom half of the dial, including two, again on 1062 and a scad of CNR1 //s... 540//629//756//945//1377 at least.
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>The star of the morning was 675 Vietnam at a 9 at 1346 and still walking pretty tall after 1400.
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>Other areas of interest..... 837 was doing well at 1415, but I heard no IDs... Still hoping to hear the new one in Fujian Province.  Also, there was a Chinese, not //918, CNR2, over the local religious broadcaster on 630. Would love to know who that was in Beijing dialect.
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>I spent most of my time on 540 and 675.... for an initial report to CNR1 on 540 and a fourth or fifth report to VOV on 675.  I'm reminded of Tropical Bander Kevin Atkins' eight year old son who sincerely believed that Kev's hobby was sending dollar bills to stations in Peru.
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>I believe that Chuck Hutton has a new Perseus, so he is likely to fill it full when he hits the Grayland Motel this weekend.
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>
>John B.
>Orcas Island, WA, USA


Hi, John.  My Brisbane logging was at 14:06 at 8 level.  Earlier all I had was a 5 level het.  As for 675, yesterday was my "9" level for Vietnam, and today, not nearly as good....a 7 only.  Sure neat to see how a few miles makes all the difference.  One can only imagine how nice things would be at Grayland or on the Charlottes.  By the way, I'll be up there for a few days during Canadian Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks....let's hope the DX lasts!  .......Walt in Victoria.
PS:  I'm also getting 837 quite well, but there's also some IBOC present causing a fair amount of noise.  You know, I hear less IBOC here in the mornings, than I did in Masset a month ago! 


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