Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 24 September 2016

[Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marshalls and Mauritania the same day is OK I'd say. Awesome...73 KAZ

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>                  Another interesting morning.  That's been the case of
> late, as conditions have been variable, and I never quite know what to
> expect.  I didn't see any reason in the solar numbers why the Asians should
> have vanished this morning, but most of them did.  The strongest overseas
> signal today was actually from 2BL on 702.   Actually it was an interesting
> night too, as I inadvertently forgot to turn off my SDR recording after
> listening to the TAs last night.  First my regular morning session from
> 1240-1320:
>
> 567     JOIK    Sapporo, JAPAN  Weak, but definitely Japanese with man
> speaking at 1248.
>
> 594    JOAK    Tokyo, JAPAN    Man speaking in Japanese at 1248, //567
> (and, unusually, a no better signal.
>
> 612     4QR     Brisbane, AUSTRALIA     Vocal by a woman at 1314, then the
> singer talking with program host.
>
> 693    JOAB    Tokyo, JAPAN    MIA most of the morning, but a big spike up
> to fair-good for a few minutes with English lesson at 1310.
>
> 702     2BL     Sydney, AUSTRALIA   Perhaps its best performance of the
> season, with Saturday Night Country program hosted by a woman at 1247.
> Fairly steady for the next half hour.
>
> 738     2NR     Grafton, AUSTRALIA   Country song by woman at 1320.
>
> 747     4QS     Toowoomba, AUSTRALIA    Man gave the weather, then into
> music at 1305.  First time heard this season.
>
> 774    JOUB    Akita, JAPAN    Woman in Japanese at 1250, but under the
> Australian.
>
> 774     3LO     Melbourne, AUSTRALIA    Saturday Night Country at 1250.
> Mixing with Japan then, but was alone after 1300.
>
> 792     4RN     Brisbane, AUSTRALIA     Bits of classical music at 1306.
> Confirmed // on remote SDR in Brisbane.
>
> 873     JOGB    Kumamoto, JAPAN         Woman in Japanese at 1306.  Very
> unusual, as usually hearing this one is far inferior to 693/747/774/828 and
> is a sign of good Asian conditions, not the case today.
>
> 1026    unID            Traces of music at 1308
>
> 1116    4BC     Brisbane, AUSTRALIA    Vocal by a woman at 1308.  Was in
> much earlier, as I note below.
>
> 1557    unID            traces of music at 1301
>
> 1566    HLAZ    Cheju, KOREA    Fair signal, with man in Japanese at 1253.
>
> 1575    VOA     THAILAND        Weak, with man talking at 1302.
>
> Since I unexpectedly had an overnight recording I thought I'd check it
> out.  Turned out the Japanese big guns actually did better earlier on, with
> 774 JOUB having a good signal at 0825, and 693, 747, and 828 all reaching
> fair levels between 0830 and 0905.  The first Australian to reach audio was
> 1116 4BC at 0852.  1017 had a good carrier by 0715 (likely Tonga), but
> never developed into audio.  On the other hand the good carrier on 1098 at
> 0715 had traces of talk shortly after, and had weak audio at times between
> then and 1050.  Seemed like a sport commentary early on, and I'm sure I
> caught "....play ball...) at 0745. Music later on, including a slow choral
> song at 1045 which I thought might have been an anthem, until I heard
> traces of talk again at 1050. Surely must have been the Marshall Islands.
>  The Marshalls and Mauritania within 12 hours certainly exceeded my
> expectations for the day!  Had a decent carrier on 621 at 0845, something I
> never get a sunrise.  That's an IBOC infested frequency, so it would have
> taken a potent signal to get any audio, but Tuvalu crossed my mind.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Nigel Pimblett
> Dunmore, AB
> Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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