Hello All,
The Asiatic conditions were generally good here this morning, with the
first reception of the season for 675-VOV (Vietnam), and a couple of unusual
stations on 729 and 1053 kHz. The "big gun" Japanese and the Chinese stations
were down a little in strength, but North Korea seemed stronger than
ever. Like Dennis, I noticed the unusually strong signal on 729 kHz and made a
recording through the 730 Vancouver splatter, which had the typical
Pyongyang BS shouting Korean YL under the splatter (ink below). Although that
station was heard here once before last October mixing with China, it's rare
for anything to show up on 729 kHz here, and when something does, it's
usually China. The Chinese stations generally did not manage much audio this
morning, and stayed in the carrier category except for 756-CNR1 and 1377. There
was another mystery station on 1053 kHz under the Jammer-- maybe the same
one Dennis heard. An MP3 seemed to have shouted Korean (like on 729 kHz),
but nothing definite could be made out. In summary, it was a pretty
interesting morning!