[IRCA] TP for 3Oct09 Victoria: Can things get any better?

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

OK, first a confession.  Slept in a smidgeon, and didn't get to the dials until 13:33, but what a morning!  I knew something was really up when I noticed many cochannels on many frequencies.  In fact I'm still listening to JOUB at 14:48 with French lessons from at least 14:30 (when they were still a 9, and presently about a 7.5).  Exceptionally good conditons (sorry Dennis, don't know what happened to you out there!).  I'm sure the fellas in Grayland are having a ball! Colin Newell's out at Point-No-Point not far from the old Sombrio Beach site we used to use and texted me several times that things were really hopping there as well. I would even suggest that this morning might match or surpass John's best morning a few days ago at Grayland!  Thankfully, I have my trusty SDR recording function going.  Due to all the fun, I mostly was able to concentrate only on the bottom half of the band and a cursory upper band review very late, apart from a careful early listen to 1566 and!
  1575.  SF 72, A1, K0.  As always, a "6" unless otherwise noted:

153:  6.5
189:  8
279:  8.5

531:  NHK1 at 8 level at 13:44, but just before that EZL music, likely one of the Australians.
540:  8 level CC at 13:50 and echo (lots of echos this morning!)
549:  7 level RR
558:  mx at 8 level
567:  8 level NHK1
576:  9 level RR at 13:51
585:  8 level JJ
594:  9 level JJ and cochannel at 13:52
603:  Several cochannels heard here including weak NHK1 at 13:56!
612:  JOLK // 594 at 14:01.  Music heard at 9 level at 13:57.  Not sure who they were, though.
621:  CC at 9 level, but so was North Korea at 620.901 (usually the CC dominates, but today the N. Korean was equal in strength.  This was an excellent KK morning!)
639:  8 level CNR1 plus hymn (possibly Fiji)
657:  9 level North Korea at 14:02
666:  JOBK // 594 at 9 level
675:  9 level Vietnam for a change.  Love their music!
702:  Hymn at 14:05 at 9 level.  Thought this might be Sydney, but no, I'm pretty sure it was actually DZAS.
738:  8 level CC and cochannel C&W music at 8 level
747:  9 level NHK2
756:  CNR1 at 7 level 14:12
765:  echo ++ at 7
774:  JJ and cochannel at 14:13.  FF lesson at 14:30 still at 9 level, and finally faded out near 15:00.  Don't see FF mentioned in PAL, Bruce
801:  CC at 9
819:  North Korea at 9 level // and much better than 2850 (Bruce I don't think 2380 is on the air since I never hear it).  At 14:16
828:  NHK2 surprisingly weak today at only 7
837:  Multiple stations!  JJ or KK and CC with echo at 14:18 at 8 level
846:  7
855:  North Korea at 9 level at 14:19
864:  7
873:  8 level JJ at 14:19
882:  7
918
936:  EZL music at 14:20 at 8
945:  7 level CC and echo.  More than 1 CC station here.  I could hear CNR1 plus a more dominant non-CNR1 CC overtop. 
972:  KK at 9 and another cochannel
1116
1242:  8 level pop music at 14:24
1251:  7
1287:  JJ at 7
1323:  8 level CRI RR
1332
1440:  8 level JJ at 14:27
1503
1557:  WYFR at 7 level at 14:28
1566:  HLAZ at 9 level at 13:33, but with a fairly strong cochannel on 1566.038
1575:  VOA, as a perfect 10. Armchair completely but with obvious het arising from 1574.945 (and I think I could hear very weak audio from it)
1584:  jumble of 3 carriers on 1584.068, 1584.000, and 1583.977 all quite strong resulting in a mess
1593:  nice 8 level CC
1701:  threshold audio at 13:31

That's it for the morning.  I'm sure I'll have many many more catches when I review the Perseus files.  Wow, quite the morning!  Looking forward very much to what others heard today! ....Walt in Victoria


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