[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle for December 23

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was kind of a weird morning for TPs today.  Most of the action was at 
the low end of the dial at about 1330, then most of the DX 
disappeared.   The upper end of the dial didn't show any activity until 
just before 1600 when VOA-1575 showed reasonably OK audio and HLAZ-1566 
barely rose above the noise.  Otherwise, there was not much of a sunrise 
enhancement.

The electrical noise was higher than normal today, which might have 
masked a few things.

Good - Mostly understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly
747    JOIB, 1300 time pips, then weather report
774    JOUB, 1329 English lesson by enthusiastic man & woman

Fair - occasionally understandable by a native speaker
594    JOAK, conversation in Japanese 1325
693    JOAB, weather 1317, local ID 1320, then English lessons
750    KFQD jingle ID & CBS news u/KXTG 1300
780    KNOM, Sax version of "Aulde Lang Syne" then ID & ABC news o/KKOH
850    KICY, ID by woman o/KHHO 1300, then start of religious program
972    HLCA, man in Korean 1322
1575    VOA, Burmese pgm 1358, theme music, VOA mentioned.  1600 "This 
is the Voice of America, Washington DC", then changed languages

Poor - Everything else
567    JOIK, Japanese man in KVI splatter 1310
657    DPRK, female operatic in domestic splatter 1350
756    faint 3+1 time pips 1300
828    JOBB, EE lessons //774 1327
837    JOQK, partial NHK pips 1300
864    time tone at ToH 1300, possibly part of someone's time pips
963    CRI presumed, woman w/Russian-like cadence in domestic splatter 1327
981    CNR, Chinese talk in CKNW splatter 1313
1170    KBS, time pips 1400 during pause in KPUG audio
1566    HLAZ, woman singing 1558 - the only audio I could find for this 
one today!

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur
K9AY Antenna
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