It was a low to average morning here, with more signs of it becoming
late Fall season (JJs were excellent two hours before dawn, lots of
channels with two stations at dawn.) As usual, 75% of the action was
below 1100.
The most interesting....
531 had two East Asian signals, Morioka, Japan plus the Filipino or
the INDIAN, or the Russian or the Thai??? Very unusual
675 had Vietnam plus probably the Inner Mongolian Chinese.
837 was the funniest.... I'm still trying to sort out whether we are
hearing the new Fujian Province station or the Heilongjiang PBS that
has been normal in the past on 837. At 1355, a CC was blasting in at
nearly 9-level on 837, so I turned on the recorder. At 1358, I
thought that I noticed another station coming up underneath. At 1359,
I was sure that there was a second station, but the original was still
dominant. At about 1400, I heard the typical Chinese Time Pips, though
the stations seemed about equal.... and then about two seconds after
the pips ended, a SECOND identical set of pips was run at a slightly
lower strength. About half way through the second pips, the first
station started talking and then, the second station joined the
talking gumbo.... totally unintelligible in any language. I turned
off the recorder. Five minutes later at a recheck, there was one
station, alone on 837.... but which and who?
There were 49 audios, but about half were only at mumble Level 6.
Linda and I have never done much touristing around the inner NW and we
are heading out early tomorrow to visit parts of Eastern Washington
and Idaho that we have not previously visited. We'll be back about
this time next week.... I'll be checking in from various motels in the
evenings to find out about the fabulous conditions that I'll have missed.
John B.
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array SE/NW
Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest
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