[IRCA] Grayland report 10/08/09-10/09/09

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Took about 4 hours to get the two 85' broadband loops setup and properly
working Thursday night.  Problems with coax cables, unbalums and such. Finally
at 8 pm local time I finished and converted the SW loop to a NE loop.  9 TA's
with audio ranging from threshold to fair.  Croatia with the signal. Only 
listened for 1/2 hour.  Back outside and switched the NE loop back to a SW loop.
The SW loop worked well with Asian stations, sometimes better than the NW loop. 
Reason it cut down on domestic splatter. Lower channels much better than the 
higher channnels.  Some receptions below.

209     MONGOLIA, Mongolyn Radio 1048 weak. Seemed // 4330
           interference from weather station.  
209     Alaska, weather report on top of Mongolia with weather report for
           Alaska.  Weak signal.  No weather station listed on PALs for this
           frequency.
558     AUSTRALIA, ? 1517 fair fading to weak with pop music. SW loop.
612     AUSTRALIA, 4QR 1425 program about Film directors.
666     RUSSIA, Mayak 1135 man in Russian weak at times.  No JOBK NHK1
           heard when checking // 594.
828     UNKNOWN, 1512 Roy Orbison  song, not JOBB with English lessons.
            1216 Dusty Springfield song.  Over JOBB most of the time.  JOBB back
            on top at 1219.
945     SOLOMON ISLANDS,  not China CRN1 as // did not match. 1245 -1255  
            Chanting with voice variations.  Weak to fair at times. Sticks hitting
             each other for a while, then on to woman singing.  
972     REPUBLIC OF KOREA,  HLCA 1303 great signal with man mentioning
            Kim il Sung.    Still in at 1521 with good signal.  
981     CHINA, CRNI 1308 fair on SW loop. // 5030 some splatter, shifting up
            0.50 kHz helped.
1017    TONGA,  Voice of the Friendly Islands 0622 with man/woman
            in Tongan.  Heavy splatter when  signal weakens.
1161    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLKU? 1435 with KSL gone, good signal
            with man talking and music.
1377    CHINA, 1400 pips TOH // 5030. “Guangbo Diantai” heard after pips.
1593    CHINA, CRN1 1414 fair // 5030.
1593    CHINA, CRN2? 1415 fair over CRN1 for a minute with man/woman
             in ? Asian language.

Managed to get a recording of 774 JOUB NHK2 sign off at 1500.  Chimes ended
at 1505.  Carry left on pass 1520.  With all the high power transmitters on
the NHK2 network, leaving the transmitters on open carrier sure must use a lot
of electricity.

Added a few utralight catches to the log sheet. Made reservations with 
Mike to stay 2 days in November for Thursday, Friday the second week. 

Best regards,


Dennis,
Grayland, WA
NRD 545 & R8B
NW & SW Broadband loops 85'

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