[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on February 17

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today's DX was a bit better than yesterday's.  There was a sunrise 
enhancement of sorts, but it was mainly HLAZ-1566 and VOA-1575 rising 
from "not there at all" too "barely there" for about three minutes.  
Instead, the real action took place at about 1230-1300. JOUB was 
impressive for a few minutes, and a few other low band stations made 
brief appearances with so-so signal levels.

Good - A native speaker could have understood most of it
774    JOUB, English lesson 1254, man talking to another about his 
relationship with his girl friend, including the phrase "by the way, 
tomorrow is Valentine's Day" (a bit late, I think).  The next segment 
featured a commercial for a hypothetical movie theater.

Fair - A native speaker could probably have picked out a few words here 
and there
594    JOAK, man in Japanese 1224, 3+1 pips then man & woman talking 
1300, peaking at 1302
693    JOAB, English lesson 1228, two people greeting "good morning"
828    JOBB, language lesson 1238,  pips and weather 1300
972    HLCA, man & woman in Korean 1317

Poor - A native speaker would furrowed their brow and said "forget it"
747    Woman talking 1240, sounded like one of the "regulars" from the 
English lessons
1566    Faint traces of talk 1457, presumably HLAZ but you couldn't 
prove it by me
1575    VOA, weak talk peaking at about 1456

Carriers 738 1503 1557

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