[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on December 11

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Conditions were mixed today.

HLAZ was huge.  A couple of Alaskans were heard.   Most of the low end 
NHK stations were either weak or missing.

Local KGNW-820 was off 1213-1438, leaving and returning in 
mid-sentence.  I had a weak carrier from presumed North Korea on 819, 
but the audio was imaginary at best.   JOBB-828 was without QRM for a 
change.

Here's what the SDR captured while I slept in.

Good - mostly understandable by a native speaker
890    KBBI, presumed, BBC program briefly atop CJDC 1211
1566    HLAZ, loud at times 1220-1406 with the usual Japanese program 
until 1345, then Chinese

Fair - some of it understandable, at least briefly, by a native speaker 
who tried hard enough
828    JOBB, time pips 1300, then weather report, thanks to KGNW being 
off.  Lost in the noise by 1304.
850    KICY, woman with ID 1400 mixing with KHHO, then start of 
religious program
972    HLCA, M&W in Korean 1242
1575    VOA, 1328 music, 1329 English ID. 1330 "This is the Voice of 
America in Khmer" ID, VOA jingle, then woman in Khmer
1593    CNR1, 1316-1345, Chinese talk sometimes poking through KLFE-1590 
splatter

Poor - miscellaneous stuff floating around in the ether
774    JOUB, very faint talk & time pips 1200
981    CNR1, rapid Chinese talk in CKNW splatter 1243
1170    KBS, 1300 3+1 pips during 10 second pause in KPUG audio
1422    weak talk in the domestic splatter, JJ-like inflections 1432
1503    JOUK, weak JJ talk 1418-1430
1557    Taiwan, pop tune 1415
1602    NHK time pips 1300 in 1600 splatter

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Exalibur with Wellbrook K9AY
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