[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Pi day

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today's TP DX was rather impressive.  I felt like I'd been on a 
DXpedition when I went through the SDR recording, and spent a couple of 
hours digging stuff out.  Nonetheless, the stuff I heard was merely a 
good day at home and not a bad day at the coast.  The Chinese were more 
numerous than in quite a while, but still not at the levels of a couple 
years ago.   There was a brief but pronounced sunrise enhancement at 
about 1400.  The best reception was at the lower and mid parts of the 
dial, but some of the high end stations did reasonably well, too.  
Overall, this was possibly my best day of 2015.

GOOD
594    JOAK, Japanese men & bits of music 1312
670    KDLG (tentative), faint mumbling at 1400 ID time, but strong with 
NPR news 1404 way atop KBOI
693    JOAB, Japanese woman 1356
774    JOUB, English lesson 1316, Japanese woman 1357
828    JOBB, female monologue 1340
972    HLCA, good most of the time 1259-1430  with the usual talk shows 
and pop songs.  Still had reasonable audio 1500 (pips, KBS ID & news)
981    CNR1, 1401 standard ID, better 1405 with news stories & ads, 
slight echo on the audio
1053    Korean jammer 1335
1566    HLAZ, man in Japanese 1327, choir 1333

FAIR
657    DPRK, male tirade 1318
702    NHK2 woman //693 when KIRO splash cooperated 1340
747    JOIB, 1300 pips then English lesson
963    CRI, the usual musical flourishes & ID 1400, better at 1404 with 
Russian male
1098    CNR1, string of ads 1358, news & ads //981 1407, then another 
station faded up with male talk 1409 that wasn't //981
1206    Yanbian, Korean woman 1342
1557    Taiwan? music & pips 1400, man in Chinese 1411
1575    VOA, man in SEA language 1405

POOR
603    KBS, weak talk & pips 1300, not much audio despite it being as 
strong as JOAK-594 & domestics on 600
666    JOBK, pips & weak Japanese male 1400 in domestic splash
675    NHK or KBS, faint 3+1 pips 1400
729    JOCK, 1402 very faint talk //594 in 730 splash
738    faint talk 1401
756    faint NHK pips 1308
792    Faint talk 1402
819    DPRK, Korean woman & pips 1300 then lost in KGNW splat, 
resurfaced with female song 1335
864    3+1 pips 1300 & 1400, bits of talk & music followed
918    Fast talking  woman 1342, possibly Japanese
945    CNR1, Chinese talk //981 in heavy KJR splash 1404
1017    CRI, 1300 the usual ToH musical bits, mostly covered by blasts 
of KOMO splatter
1422    bits of talk 1409
1512    NHK2, man & woman //747 1406, quite poor in KGA/KKXA splash

CARRIERS
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