The year continues downhill, in spite of the geomagnetically quiet conditions; but then there was AFN on 1575... NHK2 again off at 1440UT, but not much zip compared with previous days.
If nothing else,there was time to check 1323 and 963 on the Khabarovsk KiwiSDR at 1500 and 1600UT. At 1500UT, 1323 was going strong "Radio Kitaya" CRI, with no sign of going off the air per its listed sign off. 963 on the other hand showed no sign of Radio Kitaya before 1500UT; no wonder it's not being heard just now. At 1600UT no IDs on 1323, but recognizable top of the hour CRI music, which stopped at 1600UT, followed by a short tone and then off, with NHK1 filling the gap.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):
nada, though perhaps 774's sign off chimes came close?
Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):
594 JOAK 1600UT
774 JOUB s/off 1443UT
not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:
639 CNR1 //1593 1544UT
747 JOIB s/off 1441UT
1503 JOUK 1558UT jazz guitar //594
1575 AFN assumed with woman and man in American English "January 31st, in time..." a chance to join for military members" 1543UT, erratic fading
Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)
567 JOIK //594 1555UT
603 ballad 1522UT likely HLSA
621 yet another ballad 1542UT; Heilongjiang RGD likely?
828 JOBB s/off 1440UT
855 ballad 1558UT; maybe Chinese pips on hour, but pretty imaginary
972 man talking, Korean? 1545UT
1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1541UT
1593 CNR1 //639 1544UT
Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)
657 738 891 918 945 1242 1269 1323 1386 1422 1494 1557 seemed to be Asian;
nothing seemed to be DU
best wishes,
Nick
Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada
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