A step back (again) this morning; not nearly so much happening on the upper band near sunrise.

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

not so

Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

gone again

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:

594 JOAK erratic fading, many times at this level, maybe more, but often in the bucket; mostly Japanese talk 1507-1520UT

747 JOIB 1518UT; sticking around later today

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 1506UT

693 JOAB 1518UT

774 JOUB 1511UT

1422 man mumbling, perhaps Japanese 1520UT

1503 JOUK man and woman //594 1520UT

1557 woman talking, Chinese intonation.1521UT

1566 man in apparent Chinese 1521UT,

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)

603 621 639 702 756 828 1287 1377 1494 seemed to be Asian;
675 756 1017 1548 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada