Another step up today, with a decent sunrise lift. Interesting that the upper band Asians were best on the north Flag, while the lower band Asians (and DUs of course) were better on the west Flag. This has been a general tendency, but very marked this morning.

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

594 JOAK 1449UT

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

774 JOUB 1506UT

1422 JORF 2 women in Japanese 1509UT

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

567 JOIK //594 1448UT

603 HLSA 1503UT usual ballads; noted earlier //558

747 JOIB 1453UT

828 JOBB 1448UT

1503 JOUK //594 1512UT

1557 RTI 3 and one pips on hour, peaked at 1456UT with man in Chinese

1593 NHK2 Japanese woman //774 o/CNR1 1514UT

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)

558 HLQH ballad //603 1451UT

585 JOPG //594 1457UT

612 4QR //702 1454UT

693 JOAB //774 1451UT when 690 splat let up

702 2BL //612 1452UT

756 man and woman, DU English intonation 1453UT; RNZ?

1386 NHK2 //774 1504UT, erratic fading

1566 man and woman talking, maybe Chinese 1512UT

1575 man SE Asian language? 1457UT

1593 CNR1 woman //6175 at 1507UT

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

657 666 702 729 972 1242 1332 1404 1458 1494 1584 seemed to be Asian;

576 621 882 891 909 1017 1098 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada