[IRCA] Belated Day THREE Report from Grayland
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[IRCA] Belated Day THREE Report from Grayland



Made it home at 6:00PM after starting to pack at Grayland at 8:00AM. Man, what a drag.... but worth it. This Third morning, October 1, Thursday was one of my more interesting in recent years. The upper band was quite open and a number of things were there that were far from usual... In fact, there were several that I simply had no idea what the heck they were.

The more interesting, in chronological order:

1269 was other weak JJs on Tuesday, but this morning the repeater stations for JOHR-1287 were in better than I've heard them before. Recorded for a reception report 1255-TOH

1458 Man the catch of the DXpedition (I think) was just sitting there as I tuned by. Wham, traditional Mongolian men's chorus doing very well. For several odd reasons, I've heard a bit of traditional Mongolian men's singing and it is unmistakable. It is related to Tuvan "throat singing" and similar to that type of singing from NE Siberia and the Arctic. It is hauntingly beautiful. After sitting there stunned for a minute (I NEVER hear anything on 1458) I hit the record button and dove into PAL. Sure enough, there is a 200kW station that I've tentatively heard a couple of times over the years in Hohhot, Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia, China.) Just gotta be this baby! I recorded about 20 minutes worth. There were several solos by men and all of the music was "a cappella" without instrumental accompaniment. I think Walt may have heard this, too. I fear that I'll not get a QSL... the regional Chinese stations rarely answer English reports. I'm sure gonna try, tho'. Heard from 1304-1324

1593 CNR was in as well as I've ever heard them and so were the NHK2 mini-Synchros on 1602 At 1326, CNR1 and CNR2 were simulcasting. I've never heard that before.

1134 was in Korean for the second or third morning, rather than the usual JOQR. It was running the same special KBS programming as 972. Korea is sure coming in better than usual this year and Japan not quite as well as usual.

1161 I'm almost certain this is the BCC-Country station in Ilan (QSLed a few years ago). They seemed to be in standard Chinese before a nice set of chimes at TOH and into something different, presumed Taiwanese. I got a good TOH recording and want to submit it to the experts.

The lower band was rocking, too I had NHK1 on 567//576//585//594. I don't think that I've ever had that run before, all in at once.

A few other random notes for the crew going to Grayland tomorrow:

945 is not always CNR1. By process of elimination, I've sort of focused on Chutian Satellite BC (was Mandarin not Manchurian) Rather than the three big Heillongjiang RGD Village radio. In truth, I'm guessing and have not invested the time.... BUT 945 is sometimes in standard CC but is *not* CNR1... at other times, it is clearly CNR1

801 has some interesting stuff on it as does 1341. I'm not sure of the IDs at either frequency.

792 is possibly Shanghai

1314 heard classical music here, sounded Russian. Who???

1215 is not always CNR2

1404.02 may have been the Korean Christian Broadcaster CBS

GOOD LUCK AT GRAYLAND!

Mike's new lady at the front desk is "Leslie" a cute 40-50 year-old blond.

John Bryant
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Winradio G313e and various Ultralights
Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops



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