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[IRCA] TP for 1Nov from Victoria, BC
>It's 11:30 on the west coast and, so far, Bill and I are the only ones who have reported the morning's TP DX. Apparently, everyone else either:
>1. Got up too late because they forgot to reset their clocks to standard time
>2. Intentionally slept in late, thinking that conditions would be bad
>3. Got up and listened but didn't hear anything worth mentioning
>4. Listened and found conditions so good that they're still going through the recordings to identify stuff.
How about "5. Was up on the roof in brilliant sunshine and minimal wind putting the westerly Flag and an active whip back up before winter sets in properly" ? You have to grab these occasions when they arrive, as it may literally be months before they occur again.
Started DXing before 1300UT this morning, and conditions were quite a bit down on yesterday, so much so I went back to bed for an hour. Not too much better at 1400, but unlike yesterday, there was somewhat of a sunrise enhancement, starting around 1420, but still only enough to push the big guns into the entertainment grade category that they've been occupying on the most pedestrian mornings. The party was pretty much over by 1500.
One new station heard in spite of all that grumbling.....a CRI station on 603 with the distinctive chimes and fanfare at 1400UT. The only one listed is on Hainan island in southern China and with a southerly directional pattern to serve southeast Asia. So, either it has a poor directional pattern, or there's something else on the channel that CRI is not admitting to. The signal was mixing with Korea and poor enough that I couldn't tell what language it went into.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):
594 JOAK
774 JOUB
828 JOBB
972 HLCA
(none of these really moved into this category until after 1420UT; 774 and 828 may have had DU signals underneath)
reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker,
though often battling w/splash or noise):
279 R. Rossii
531 DU talk at 1407UT instead of the usual NHK-1 which was burbling in there somewhere
567 JOIK //594
576 Mayak w/RR talk at 1435
603 HLSA //558 w/pop mx, but CRI fanfare noted at 1400UT mixing with this
693 JOAB //774; CBU-690 playing quiet piano mx let this through, normally this season, 693 has been buried in 690 splash; we'll see if the "new" westerly Flag helps
702 NHK2 at 1446 //774, might have had N. Korea in background with hum
747 JOIB
936 pop mx and CC talk, best at 1423 and 1455UT, normally weaker though with a strong carrier
not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker
153 and 189 R. Rossii
558 HLQH //603 at 1428
612 DU EE at 1440, likely 4QR
666 JOGB //594 at 1420
675 seemed like VV talk at 1444
873 JOGB //774 at 1456
963 CRI w/chimes and fanfare at 1300
Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
lots....particularly later
558 likely JOCR battling with HLQH
585 JOPG //594 at 1457, briefly
621 CC?
639 //5030 so CNR-1
657 w/hum, likely N. Korea
684 sometimes w/SAH
711 KBS?
837 NHK1 //594 at 1451
855 hum and talk, but didn't seem //2850 or 3320; two stations at one point? if so, second was DU as not audible on North Flag
864 mx at 1447UT, almost always a good carrier here
918 possibly two stations, real mess
1017 could have been //5965 but not sure.
1287
1323
1386
1503 seemed //594 at 1455, so JOUK
Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):
1053, 1098 w/SAH, likely both Asian as heard on north Flag; 1566
best wishes,
Nick
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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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