At 07:10 AM 10/1/2008, you wrote:
I caught the tail end of the opening this morning 1340-1405. Conditions sounded like they might have been pretty good earlier. The low end of the dial was fairly good, but the upper end only had the usual suspects.
Darn good audio: 594 693 972.
747 & 774 were so-so at first but were quite good after 1400 when everything else started fading out
Reasonable audio: 981 1206
Not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 567 585 666 (all three //594), 936(CC) 1017 1026 1134(JJ) 1422(JJ) 1566
Burbles in the splatter: 603 639 657 837 1278 1323 1377
Carrier or het, no audio: 621 648 738 828 855 864 945(might've had audio but too much KJR) 963 1053 1062 1098 1575
Bruce in Seattle
SDR-IQ, K9AY
Hi, Bruce. Up here in Victoria, I listened from 13:13 to 14:17 or so. Conditions were way down from yesterday and the day before. SF 66, A4, K2. There were lots of interesting things to hear, but one had to work pretty hard to get at them. Nothing on the Russian LW this morning, although SQM on 529 was a solid 8. I did note a nice dawn enhancement, emphasizing DU around 14:00. Also KTWG was in too. Here's what I heard (a 6 unless otherwise noted):
531: NHK1 at 7
558, 567
576: noted by it's absence. Only a "5"
594: JOAK at 9 at 13:36. Weaker earlier
612: Nothing earlier, but Brisbane at 8 level at 14:06
621: prob N. Korea at 6 level only, though.
639: someone weakly at 13:26
648
657 N. Korea at 7 level around 13:32 to 13:40 // to 3250
666: NHK1 plus a cochannel at 8 level
675: ? Vietnam at 7
693: NHK2 better than usual at 7+
702, 711
738: 6.5 level
747: 9 level with very current EE lesson: "The economic downturn is affecting all Americans".
765: ? N Korea at 13:49 at 7 level
774: 9 level for NHK2, but DU also audible weakly at 13:50
783: 6.5 weak music at 13:53
792
801: N. Korea initially plus cochannel. At 13:54 clearly heard "For over 50 years....", so likely KTWG then at 7 level.
828: NHK2 at 8
837: 7 level presumed CC at 13:57
918: CC with echo at 13:59 at 7.5 level, presumed Shandong
963: Best of the morning along with the NHK2 stations. CRI Russian at 9 level at 14:02, // 1323 at 8 level. Latter not heard much this year.
972: KK at 9 level
981: CNR1 strong at 8 level
1008: JONR presumed at 8 level
1017: Thought JOLB, but not // to NHK2, so more likely CRI KK at 8 level
1053: N. Korea at 7 level
1143
1242: 7 level at 1 4:11
1269
1278: ?JOFR at 14:12 at 7 level
1287: 6.5 level
1323: see 963
1566: 8 level earlier, but gone at 14:15....not even a whisper.
1575: 7 level VOA at 14:15.
That's it for a more or less ho-hum morning..........Walt in Victoria.
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