[IRCA] TP for 8 Feb from Victoria, BC

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Listened from 1450-1545UT this morning, and, an interesting morning; better than yesterday for sure, with an emphasis on quality, not so much quantity.  Several of the Japanese big guns had quite consistently good signals, and a couple of the Chinese rose briefly to quite listenable level.   Things had pretty much faded by 1545, though 594 was still at good strength then.  As has been the norm recently, the bulk of the action was at the low end of the band

pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): 
567 JOIK stronger than its // on 594 at 1523UT
594 JOAK 
639 CNR-1, caught the pips at 1500UT, and //5030
747 JOIB  at 1538, best NHK2 at this time, but generally at the back of the pack
774 JOUB
828 JOBB
945 CNR-1 briefly at good strength at 1519UT, //5030  



reasonable audio  at  times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise):

279 R. Rossii...at this strength consistently for 10 minutes or more after 1500, but very clear; 
603 HLSA at 1524 //558 ; both channels had two stations on them at this time
702 NHK2 //774 at 1515; by 1522, 2 stations; other might have been 2BL?
972 HLCA at 1504UT




not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 

612 two stations at 1505UT, and messy enough that couldn't tell anything about them
738 hum and CC sounding talk  around 1515UT
774 definite Aussie EE talk under JOUB, 1516, likely 3LO
954 JJ talk at 1537UT, JOKR
1575 at 1510UT, likely VoA; only a brief visit



Burbles in the splatter and noise:

558 2 stations, one was HLQH //603
693 likely JOAB very briefly
846 didn't seem parallel NHK1
873 JOGB //774 at 1513
1134 not //972 so  Japan?
1314 possibly JJ talk, 1521 and 1542UT
1377 at 1531 seemed //5030, so CNR-1
1566 best it could do was this at 1522UT



Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):  most noticeable: 783 SAH, 855 w/hum, 1098 DU, 1242.  There were a lot of carriers particularly in the lower band, with erratic fades up.


best wishes,

Nick


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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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