[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on December 11

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This was a very interesting morning for TPs.  Until about 1515, the 
Asian signals were deader than a flat possum on the interstate. Then the 
upper part of the dial came to life in a big way, with carriers on most 
of the 9 kHz channels above 1200 kHz, and audio on many of them.   Below 
1200, the TP DX continued to resemble the aforementioned possum.

The opening was quite lively for about a half hour, and was 
geographically-limited as well: mainly Japan, with a couple of things 
from Korea and northeastern China.   The highlight was hearing JOWF 
dominating 1440, which doesn't happen too often around here.  I was also 
tantalized by weak, splatter-infested audio on channels like 1467 and 
1494, as well as carriers on 1269, 1449, 1485, 1512, and 1584.

Good - Most of it understandable by a native speaker for at least a 
brief period
1287    JOHR, 1523-1540 JJ discussion good on peaks but sometimes faded 
into the splatter
1440    JOWF, animated Japanese woman overpowering the domestics 1530
1566    HLAZ, two Chinese women talking and occasionally laughing 1531

Fair - Some of it understandable by a native speaker
1314    JOUF, JJ talk & short bits of music, sounded like a series of 
ads 1529
1503    JOUK, Men in Japanese fading in & out 1531-35, sounded like 
phone interview

Poor - Interesting bits of stuff in the noise and splatter
1323    Woman talking in what sounded like Russian 1536, which would 
make it CRI.  Good carrier but shallow modulation.
1386    NHK, woman very poor //1602 1531, amid KRKO IBOC QRM
1413    Weak male talk 1534
1422    JORF, weak JJ talk 1531 in 1420 splatter
1467    What sounded like woman talking 1532, way too much KGAA-1460 
splatter to tell anything further
1476    weak music 1533 in heavy domestic splatter
1494    JJ talk fading above the noise at times 1526-1534
1575    Weak music, possibly nonstop, sounding like US pop music 
1526-1540+, maybe occasional short anmts consistent with DJ talking 
between songs.  AFN most likely but way too weak to say for sure. No 
sign of normal VOA programming.
1593    Occasional syllables poking through the splatter from 
"Freedom-1590" 1528.  Not sure if it was China or Japan.
1602    NHK2, woman in Japanese 1529

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur
K9AY antenna
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