[IRCA] TP report from the Queen Charlottes for 14Oct08....China especially!

[WALTER SALMANIW <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

TP report from Masset, Queen Charlotte Is., BC for 14Oct08  
 
 
Monitored between 12:50 and 17:00 (yes, 17:00…..that’s 10:00 AM local).  Still stations audible, but time to get on with the day.  Last night’s TA conditions were poor with only 189 heard at more than barely there category.  Otherwise, the hets were confined mostly to the bottom of the band, with snippets of audio on 666 and 684 kHz.  A few stronger hets as well on 531, 612, 702, 711, 756 and 999.  I was up late enough to start hearing the TPs fading in around 07:00 and primarily from Japan.  
 
As for this morning, things started fairly slowly, but rapidly improved to very good conditions after 14:00 with most channels having several strong stations cochannel.  Wish I had my Perseus with me!
 
Low Wave Russians heard:  153, 180, 189, 234, and 279.
531:  NHK1 at 9 level, but DU audible on my ALA 100 too.
540:  15:39 could hear NHK1 and CNR1 at 8 level
558:  9 level KBS2
567:  NHK1 at 7
576:  NHK1 at 15:40.  RR earlier at 7 level.
585:  NHK1 weakly at 15:40
594:  JOAK at exceptional strength.  Still a 6 to 7 at 16:44
603:  CRI VOR VV at 13:10
612:  JOLK, // 594 at 15:41
621:  North Korea and NHK1 at 15:42
630:  CNR2 // to 6065 at 15:42
639:  CNR1 at 16:15.  Mostly IBOC hash.
648:  presumably RR transmitter
657:  North Korea at 13:16.  Later lots of IBOC hash
666:  JOBC at 15:43
670:  KDLG  with weather at 16:25 calling for snow and rain.   
684:  EZL music at 15:?? But trouble with IBOC hash.
693:  NHK2 at 9+ level at 15:45
702:  NHK2 at 14:55 at 9 level
711:  KBS1 plus jammer heard very loud at 14:56.  Haven’t noticed the S. Korean jammer before.
720:  VOR JJ at 13:21
729:  Sounds like Vietnam at 15:45
738:  Nice HLKG ID at 15:00, but dominated by Chinese station.  Still there at 16:45.
747:  NHK2.  Japanese were not as strong as usual this morning….more Asian with KK an CC stations esp. strong.  KBS1 at 8 level here at 16:48
774:  NHK2 plus strong cochannel ?MBC at 15:28
783:  unid EZL mx at 15:48
790:  KCAM with call-in show.  Mentioned plans (or already constructed?) new ground system at 16:19.  Good reception.
801:  CC here today.
819:  KCBS on 819.05.
828:  NHK2
837:  echos heard.  ?CC
855:  North Korea.  Very strong carrier, weak modulation.
864:  KBS1
873:  NHK2 and North Korea at 15:37
882.3:  North Korea with weak signal at 13:43
890:  KBBI at “10 level” with snow in forecast at 16:21
909:  2 cochannels
936:  CC strong at 13:55
963:  CRI RR at 13:51 and cochannel
972:  KK still at 9+ at 16:51
981:  CNR1 still at 9 at 16:51
990:  NHK1 at 8+ at 15:51.  
998.9:  N Korea // to 2850
1017:  Filipino at 14:01
1035:  echo ++
1044:  JJ
1062:  JJ at 14:17.  Still a 7 at 16:52
1071:  NHK1 at 16:52 at 6 to 7 level.
1080:  Jammer at 15:53.  KUDO ID over KK at 16:24 as, “1080 KUDO, Alaska’s progressive voice”.  
1089:  Sounds like VV music at 14:19 with cochannel.  Did hear a www website noted at 15:02….will have to check who this is.  NHK2 heard at 14:29
1107:  ?MBC
1110:  KAGV had an open carrier past 16:30, but religious programming on recheck at 16:43.
 
1152:  NHK2 at 15:54 at 8+ level plus cochannel.
1170:  Interesting channel.  North Pole early in the night and late in the morning.  Between, heard VOA at 16:00 dominant, but at 15:34 under KBS1.  Also music heard here.
 
1205.95:  Yanbian in KK very strong.
1278:  English newscast from probably Heibei at 14:27.
1287:  Hokkaido very strong.  For some reason, I’m also hearing them on 1260, 1269, and 1279….not sure why as they’re not listed here.  My equipment is top end, so I don’t’ see this as some receiver mixing product.  Any explanations?  
 
1359:  CNR1  with echo
1377:  NHK2 and CNR1 at 14:33
1386:  NHK2 plus weak cochannel at 14:33
1449:  // to 1287
1450:  KLAM with nice ID at 16:28 into Marine wx forecast.
1476:  piano music, with weak NHK2 under.
1503:  NHK1 plus one other.
1521:  NHK2 with EE lessons at 14:42
1530:  echo ++, but then Filipino at 15:08
1539:  NHK2
1548:  mostly hearing a lot of rumbling on this channel.  ?sick transmitter?
1557:  WYFR and cochannel CC at 14;10
1566:  HLAZ and as heard last month a CC cochannel.  Russian at 17:40 still easily heard!
1575:  VOA very loud early, with AFN stronger later in morning.
1593:  NHK2 and cochannel CNR2  (// 6065) at 15:04
 
 
That’s it for a fair initial Asian morning, and then going out with a very good enhancement.  One more morning, and then I’m back in Victoria.  Here’s hoping for some TA activity tonight.  ….Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC (saw a big black bear rambling across my BOGs today…..stopped, looked at it, then carefully stepped over them….I have pictures to prove it!).
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