[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on January 23

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As is often the case, I was not on the same planet as Gary and Dennis.  
I had no traces of TPs below 1550, even though I scanned the SDR 
recording from one end of the dial to the other over a 4+ hour period 
(1150-1605).   VOA-1575 was the only stellar performer today.

Good - Much of it would be understandable to a native speaker
1575    VOA, 1457 man in SE Asian language. 1500 Theme music, someone 
said about half a syllable, then signal abruptly disappeared (pattern 
change?) .  Similar thing at 1529:40 there was nothing, then carrier 
suddenly appeared about 20 db above the noise. "Welcome to the Voice of 
America in Burmese" ID 1530, then theme music and news, one story 
mentioned the CIA.  I can't say I've previously noticed changes in 
signal levels at 1500 and 1530, even though I've listened here at those 
times.....


Fair - a native speaker would have recognized a few words and phrases
1566    HLAZ, Japanese talk 1240, otherwise poor-nil


Poor - I probably could have dug a few syllables out of the KLFE-1590 
splatter if it had been worth the effort :)
1593    CNR?, decent carrier visible at times on SDR display 1525-1540.
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