An odd morning today, totally Asian despite the geomagnetic rumblings, and completely dead on the upper band. Best signals were from 1435 to about 1500UT, with a complete collapse around local sunrise.

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

747 JOIB 1446UT

774 JOUB 1448UT

972 HLCA 1455UT

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

594 JOAK 1436UT

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

702 NHK2 man and woman //774 1451UT

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 1442UT

585 JOPG woman talking, then choral music 1453UT //594

603 HLSA ballad 1457UT //558 on Korean SDR

612 JOLK complete shock (expecting 4QR with today's geomagnetism) with man talking //594 1436UT

828 JOBB never amounting to much 1459UT, but pips gave it away

873 JOGB man //747 1456UT

945 NHK1 woman talking //594 1453UT; pretty weak, but definitely parallel; likely JOIQ Muroran? judging by northerly locations of most other Japanese heard, so pretty fair DX...

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

711 1188 seemed to be Asian;

nothing seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada