[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle, November 2 edition

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I decided to fire up the receiver this morning for the first time in two 
weeks.   I was even able to listen for a while in "real time", rather 
than rely solely on SDR recordings.  Conditions were quite good.  The 
low end of the dial was productive the entire time I recorded (1255-1510 
ut).  The upper end of the dial was anemic, especially after 1400.  HLAZ 
was quite good  until the pattern switch at 1345 but that was the one 
bright spot above 1210.

The Korean on 603 produced respectable audio for the first time this 
season //much weaker 558, which was also making a rare appearance. 756 
was interesting at 1300 with NHK pips on the hour, followed by a fadeup 
of CNR1 with a nice ID.

Most of the usual powerhouses were in well all morning, except for 
JOAK-594 and VOA-1575 which were well below their normal levels.

Alaskans were hard to find today, with KFQD and KYUK the only ones noted.

Good - listenable and understandable by a native speaker
693    JOAB, woman in JJ 1451
747    JOIB, male monologue 1422
774    JOUB, pips 1300, then the usual weather report, local ID 1320.
972    KBS, mostly good-strong 1255-1504 with the usual KK chatter and 
pop songs
1566    HLAZ, quite good at times with JJ program 1255-1345. 
Considerably weaker after switch to CC service 1345+

Fair - some words and phrases would be recognizable by a native speaker
603    KBS, male talk, then light music 1408, first decent audio of the 
season (had traces a couple of times in late Sept)
594    JOAK, time pips and news in JJ by man 1400, quite poor at other times
666    JOBK, 1414, phone interview in 660/670 splash
750    KFQD, 1407 u/Portland w/local ad, "Alaska's .... talk, KFQD" ID, 
weather, jingle ID
756    CNR1, the usual "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID, then woman 
in CC 1301
828    JOBB, man in JJ 1324
873    JOGB, man with weather //774 et al 1308, KIXI-880 being unusually 
cooperative.  N Korea possibly there as well w/music in the background.
981    CNR1, woman in CC in CKNW splatter 1408
1053    jammer
1170    3+1 pips, theme music, "KBS World Radio" ID by woman u/KPUG 1300
1206    Yanbian, woman in KK then flute mx 1416 on 1205.95

Poor - incomprehensible mish-mosh
558    KBS, music //603 1409
567    JOIK, woman in JJ 1405
640    KYUK, 1400 local anmts completely unintelligible except for the 
call letters given at ToH, then unid network news
657    DPRK, bits of talk in 650/660 splatter 1413
675    bits of music/talk 1424-1433, probably Vietnam
684    weak music (fem vocal??) 1352
729    JOCK, JJ talk briefly 1314
738    what sounded like 2 stations 1334, dominant one was Chinese
756    NHK pips 1300 & 1400
864    KBS??, 3+1 pips, then male talk very weak, possibly KK inflections
819    DPRK, music cutting through KGNW splatter 1422
945    CNR1 presumed, CC woman 1356, partial pips 1400 in KJR splash
1134    bits of talk in  CKWX splatter 1415
1179    bits of talk, couldn't decide whether it was JJ or CC 1312
1287    JOHR, faded up briefly 1455 with ads in JJ
1323    weak talk 1330
1422    weak talk 1419
1503    JOUK, partial time pips 1300 & 1400
1575    VOA, quite poor today, best at about 1340 w/man & woman in unid 
language
1602    NHK, extremely faint pips 1300

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur with K9AY antenna
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