Re: [IRCA] Orcas TPs for October 15, 2008

[WALTER SALMANIW <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

Hi, John.  Full report will have to wait.  Listened from 12:29 to past 16:00 (while tearing down the antennae and cleaning up the cabin).  Agree, that Vietnam was in with some great signals on 729....especially later.  A very strong channel through past 9:00 AM local.  Started, as is so commonly seen, quite slow with not much happening, although 531 NHK1 was booming in right from the start.  Agree too that 1323 was really strong (a 9), even better than 963.  Some weak audio from the Aussie X-banders too.  North Korea continues to do very well.  Overall a slow start, but picking up in a big way after about 14:00.  By the way, my NW BOG was inoperative....the antenna had been pulled out from the matching tx....perhaps by the same bear I saw yesterday!  OK, though, as I mostly used my permanent N mini-Beverage to very good use this morning....much better than the ALA 100 and 270 degree BOG.  My chart has wall-to-wall audios from top to bottom and I have a good assortment of SDR-IQ audio files to play with.  My Perseus, I hear, is on it's way back to Victoria after being repaired.  If I'm not too beat, I'll post a full report later.....Walt Salmaniw (waiting for my Victoria flight at Vancouver Airport)

----- Original Message -----
From: "John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:34 am
Subject: [IRCA] Orcas TPs for October 15, 2008
To: "irca-hard-core-dx.com" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> It will be interesting to learn what Walt Salmaniw heard in the 
> Charlottes.  I did not start until 1355, 35 minutes before 
> LSR.  The 
> entire morning would fall in the "low average" category as far 
> as I'm 
> concerned. There were fewer audios on the low band and darn near 
> none 
> above 1100 (1206, 1242, 1269, 1323 CRI RR, 1377 CNR1, 1557, 
> 1566, 
> 1575.)  Still, it was a very interesting morning.  I 
> think that we 
> are seeing the latter half of the Fall Season begin to kick 
> in.  After DXing here with serious antennas for 8 years, 
> I'm seeing a 
> seasonal pattern where the first half of Fall is generally about 
> the 
> Japanese and the latter half is much more about China and (now) 
> Russia.  There were times this morning that the CC co-
> channels of the 
> NHK2 Big Guns were actually dominating the frequencies (1355-
> 1415) 
> and at 1355, 666 was ALL Mayak.  By 1400, Mayak and Osaka 
> were both 
> there and at 1410, Osaka was alone on the channel. 540 was a 
> weak 
> CNR1 this AM, 1557 Family Radio was in and 738 Taiwan Fisheries 
> was 
> booming. 675 had two stations neck&neck, pres. Vietnam and 
> Manchuria, 
> though it was impossible for me to sort out. 837 was, I think, 
> the 
> new Fujian Province station, but I'm still not sure... and the 
> 1323 
> second CNR RR channel //963 was doing very well and is usually a 
> harbinger of the latter part of the Fall Season...
> 
> So, it was an interesting morning for what really was a "low 
> average" morning.
> 
> John B.
>    
> 
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