[IRCA] report from mid-ocean, 7 Sept

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

First off, information for Powell, the vessel is R/P FLIP, an oceanographic
research platform; it isn't self powered, so drifts with ocean currents and
wind.   Your favorite search engine will tell you more about this rather strange
beast.    It's part of an experiment with the oddly appropriate acronym of RaDyO.

So, the radyo reception this morning was different from yesterday.   Quite a few
more Australians were heard as well as one New Zealander (presumed; Indian mx on
1386).   These were not just 702 and 1548 which were quite good, but also ones
such as 1341 (2HH?) and 1413 //1512.

Overall signal levels may have been down, as more shipboard electrical noise was
noted at the higher frequencies in the band.  But there were still some good
signals from China, e.g. 1593, and an English news broadcast on 1323  after
1600UT, which although it was somewhat DU accented had a number of items about
China....Ningbo RGD News is listed w/ EE news at this time, which I've never
heard before.  However, "foreign sounding" EE was noted on 1323 before the hour
also, so maybe it was something from CRI?  Also my first time hearing Chinese on
1179.   1089 and 1530 also had CC; only the former heard yesterday.

The Japanese were down quite a bit, though the 1287 parallels on 1404 and 1449
were dug out of the murk just the same.

There was also a mystery on 1539, which was in an unID language, not made any
easier by Honolulu on 1540.  Have to find time to listen to the recording.

best wishes,

Nick





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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

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