Re: [IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday October 1
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday October 1



Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your detailed TP report today (and always), which always provides a very interesting comparison.

<<<   603 continues to amaze me for its total lack of audio here.  Gary for 
some reason keeps getting amazing receptions there like the one he 
posted this morning, but I seldom hear more than a carrier. Oddly 
enough, the carrier is about as strong as JOAK-594 many mornings; but it 
just doesn't produce anything.   >>>

Well, it works both ways, Bruce. Almost every morning you report some good-level TP's that never a manage a trace here (567 and 819 this morning, for example). Those two were probably lost in the Seattle 570 and 820 splatter here-- victims of a $50 radio's version of DSP filtering.

For some unknown reason,this location seem to provide a boost for low-band Chinese signals, while yours and Dennis' seem to favor Japan. Nick seems to get the best of both worlds, although we haven't yet heard from him today.

73, Gary


  



-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 5:45 pm
Subject: [IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday October 1


Conditions here were down a bit from yesterday.  There were quite a few 
stations to be heard, but the big guns were  weaker than normal, and the 
rest were mostly near their normal signal strength.

603 continues to amaze me for its total lack of audio here.  Gary for 
some reason keeps getting amazing receptions there like the one he 
posted this morning, but I seldom hear more than a carrier. Oddly 
enough, the carrier is about as strong as JOAK-594 many mornings; but it 
just doesn't produce anything.

On the other hand, the 819 North Korean managed to slip past KGNW today 
with a few minutes of reasonably good audio.  I may have also gotten 
audio on 1089 next to my 50kw local, but it may have been my 
imagination.  The mystery 891 Chinese station was back again, but it was 
way too weak to offer clues about its identity, except possibly the time 
pips at 1400.

A few Alaskans were heard as well, including both Nome stations.

Good
747    JOIB, CC lessons 1338, seemed to be repeating basic one syllable 
sounds rather than having actual conversations
750    KFQD, atop for a few minutes 1323 w/local news and IDs
981    CNR1 CC woman at decent level 1334.  Still there 1400 with time 
pips, TC and ID

Fair
567    JOIK, 3+1 pips 1300, m&w //594 1309
594    JOAK, 1300-1400, signal below normal, fair at best today
640    KYUK?, unintelligible anmt 1300, then start of NPR news
670    KDLG? BBC nx o/u KBOI 1304, too weak to hear ID at 1300
693    JOAB, weather report 1303
774    JOUB, weaker than normal today, best at 1332 w/CC lesson //747
819    DPRK, strident talk cutting through KGNW-820 splatter 1320, then 
fem vocal music.
850    KICY, Christian song, 1300 woman:"serving Hooper Bay, Little 
Diomede and all of Western Alaska, this is KICY Nome" mixing w/KHHO
890    KBBI, woman w/legal ID for KBBI & an FM in Kenai-Soldotna, then 
marine weather 1400 after CJDC mostly faded out
945    CNR1, one set of pips at 1300, then another set ending at 
1300:10.  CC talk, then standard ID 1300:45.  KJR was being relatively 
mellow at the time.
963    CRI, RR talk 1340, still there 1400 w/IS and usual trumpet fanfare
972    KBS not its usual self today, noticeably weaker than normal, best 
at 1312 with woman in KK
1017    CRI, usual opening w/IS, fanfare, IDs in CC & KK, then what 
sounded  like news in KK
1053    jammer
1566    HLAZ down noticeably today, JJ talk 1314
1575    VOA, in briefly w/m&w in Vietnamese, ments of Washington & 
United States, otherwise just weak audio or a carrier

Poor
585    JOPG, bits of talk, 3+1 pips 1300
639    CNR1, CC talk and BoH time signal in KCIS splash 1330
648    CC talk in domestic splash 1335
657    DPRK time pips & bits of talk 1300 in domestic splash
666    JOBK time pips 1300
738    CC talk 1338, man & woman
756    China today rather than Japan.  CC talk and BOH time signal 1330
780    KNOM, partial ID "..in Nome.." u/KKOH 1300
828    JOBB CC lessons 1338
837    excited CC talk 1406
891    CC talk 1340.  5+1 pips, all the same pitch 1400, mixing with 
faint CC talk. Probably all from the same stn but not sure.
1035    CNR1 CC talk 1359, pips at ToH, more talk, all rather weak. 3 
carriers visible on SDR display
1089    carrier poking well above 1090 splatter today.  Possibly some 
audio (talk) 1341, although I can't totally rule out wishful thinking
1170    Partial KBS pips u/KPUG 1300, then another set of pips ending 
1300:20 at least two short ones and a higher pitched long one.   The 
latter was likely from China.
1179    Melodic female talk in KOFI splash 1325, language sounded more 
like CC than JJ
1206    weak talk 1348
1287    weak talk 1318
1323    RR talk 1342
1476    faint talk 1330

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur
K9AY antenna
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