Re: [IRCA] pips on 1566

["Donald K. Kaskey" <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have nothing current on this but back around 1976-78 when I was up pre 
dawn most every day I found all sorts of asian stations with 
"pips"...Japan & South Korea used 3 low 1 high altho they were different 
from each other.  I actually had my wife listen to the recordings and 
identify the different notes used.  Sadly that much toiled for 
information is not with us anymore :-) .  Chinese stations usually used 
a 5 & l set of notes.  I also heard lots of (what I thought were) 4 & 1 
or 2 & 1 pips but never could be sure.  When 2 or 3 stations were giving 
their 'pip' IDs at the same time it became mini chaos, even on a 
recorder.  At any rate I'd bet what you heard with 5 & 1 pips was a 
Chinese station.  The Russians used 6 low pips somewhat similar to the 
Aussies.

Don Kaskey
San Francisco CA


Bruce Portzer wrote:
> I heard Chinese talk behind HLAZ a few times last weekend at 
> Grayland.   I also heard either 4+1 or 5+1 pips a couple of times.   
> I'm not done going through the files, but so far it's always been too 
> weak for any hope of an ID.   The NHK style pips are intriguing and 
> don't seem to fit anything I have listed in the PAL.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 10/10/2011 23:29, Walter Salmaniw wrote:
> > Nick, I happened to have a wav file from Sept 24th at 13:00.  Just an 
> > ID for
> > FEBC.  No time pips.  Interesting, Nick.  On Sept 22nd, though, I can 
> > hear 4
> > + 1 weakly way under HLAZ.  No ID that day.  It sounds like another 
> > station,
> > but potentially could be faint time pips in the background (but as I 
> > said, I
> > don't think so).  Didn't have a wav file at 12:58 on the 23rd.  On 
> > the 25th,
> > nothing noted over the TOH.  Finally, on Sept 26th there it was again.
> >   Nothing special on HLAZ, but this time I heard 5 + 1 time pips weakly
> > co-channel.  So, there is a mystery there, Nick.  Something there, 
> > but not
> > heard every day, and quite weak, but who?........Walt
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Nick Hall-Patch<nhp@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone else heard time pips on 1566 during TP openings?   This 
> > > morning
> > > (10 Oct), I heard NHK style pips there at 1300UT, presumably HLAZ 
> > > judging by
> > > the strength, but I have never noticed pips there before.   They 
> > > weren't
> > > heard on the preceding morning.
> > >
> > > best wishes,
> > >
> > > Nick
>
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