[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Saturday, October 27, 2012

[Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx>]

It was a good weird Saturday morning here in Kalama, WA. Think I might have received Fiji on 558. I didn't realize I hadn't switched the antenna from the NW ewe while hearing a weak signal for 10 minutes with island music and women singing. By the time I realized what I was doing and switched to the SW ewe, the signal had faded. Checking the channel many times after the signal faded, JOCR was heard at 1429 & 1448. No signal from JOIK 567 the next channel up which has been heard 16 times this season with JOCR being heard 6 times this season up to 10/10/2012 for both stations. 3 Chinese stations also heard this morning.
A nice reception boost on this rainy Saturday morning. Listened from 1300-1502.  Does anyone know the sign-off time of the NHK2 stations? Would be great to record the music box chimes during sign-off.


153   RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1337 poor signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 10/27/2012

189   RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1300 good signal with Radio Rossii ID by man. HPAW. 10/27/2012

279   RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1308 weak signal with man in Russian.  NW ewe. 10/27/2012

394   ALASKA, Kodiak KAK 20 1311 weak signal with weather forecast. HPAW. 10/27/2012

558   FIJI? Radio Fiji 1? 1340-1350 guessing to be station with weak signal at best with moderate splatter. Women singing island music. Sounded like continuous music for 10 minutes straight. Splatter really hampered signal. I have never heard Fiji at any location. Faded out 1351. Antenna switch was on NW-ewe, since last station heard was Radio Rossii on 153.  Surely would have better on W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

558   JAPAN, JOCR 1429 man in Japanese followed by music. Hoping for more island music, but JOCR on top of channel. 1448 Man singing accompanied by piano with weak signal. W-SW-ewe. 10/27/2012

594   JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1403 fair signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

603   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1407-1410 weak signal with man and woman talking with piano music playing in background. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

639   CHINA, CNR1 1432 weak signal with man in Chinese and // 6030. Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

693   JAPAN, JOAB 1434 fair signal with woman in Japanese. Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

738   TAHITI?, Radio Polynesie? 1440 weak signal minutes before sunrise with fast talking woman in ? Heard on W-SW ewe, NW ewe & Sky wire loop along with moderate KCBS splatter. 10/27/2012

747   JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1418 fair signal with woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

774   JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1314 fair signal with slow talking man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

828   JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1336 weak signal with woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

873   JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1422 assuming the station with poor audio with female talking. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

972   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1315 in and out with fair signal with woman singing. Still with fair signal at 1422. Good signal at 1438. First time heard since 10/21. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

1206  CHINA, Korean Service 1323 briefly fair signal falling to weak with woman in Korean. Gone at 1324. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

1287  JAPAN, JOHR HBC 1326 fair with Japanese briefly before fading out. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

1323  CHINA, CRI 1331 assuming the Russian program to Siberia. Poor to very weak signal with music. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

1566  REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1334 good signal with organ music followed by woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

1575  THAILAND, VOA 1424 weak signal with man in Asian language. Good signal minutes past sunrise with man in Asian language. W-SW ewe. 10/27/2012

Best regards,
 
Dennis,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B
NW + W-SW ewes
High Performance Active whip (long-wave)
Solar Indices SF 131 A 4 K 1 1200 utc
Local Sunrise 1446 utc
      Sunrise 0104 utc
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