[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 16 Sept

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Conditions today were remarkably good for this early in the season. 
There were many Chinese, as well as the usual assortment of Japanese and 
Korean stations. The signals seemed to be best about 15-30 minutes 
before local sunrise and gradually faded away.

The North Korean on 657 was the best it's been in quite a while. Maybe 
they've done some work on the transmitter.

Several apparent Chinese provincial stations made brief appearances, 
including ones on 837, 918, and 1089, even though they were too weak to 
hear IDs.


567ÂÂÂ JOIK, 1310 talk //594Â fair-poor

594ÂÂÂ JOAK, time pips 1300, then news rising to good level by 1302

603ÂÂÂ S KOREA presumed weak music 1311

612ÂÂÂ Unid talk 1306 in domestic splatter

657ÂÂÂ N KOREA, time pips 1300 in domestic splatter, then talk in 
Korean, fair at 1304, good male talk 1308

666ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBK, 1315 weak talk //594

693ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOAB, 1300 bits of talk, time pips, poor w/much CBU splash

738ÂÂÂ TAIWAN (presumed), 1257 weak talk, Chinese-like inflection

747ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOIB, 1301 good w/English lesson //774

756ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1, 1300:30 mumbled ID & theme music, 1301 Chinese talk weak

774ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOUB, 1301 good with language lesson "defrost the meat in 
the microwave oven...."

819ÂÂÂ N KOREA, 1301 a few syllables of talk when KGNW splash relented

828ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOBB, 1301:15 good w/English lesson //774

837ÂÂÂ CHINA, 1300 unid, 5+1 pips, woman in Chinese, too weak to ID

864ÂÂÂ UNID, 3+1 pips 1300, weak male talk, probably Japanese

900ÂÂÂ UNID, 5+1 pips mixing w/domestic 1300, too weak to hear any talk

918ÂÂÂ UNID, 3 people talking, at least one sounded Chinese, possibly 
language lesson fair-poor 1255. Also 1322-1330+ similar program, 
sounded like either a radio drama or language lesson but to weak to ID 
language

936ÂÂÂ UNID, weak pips & talk 1300 probably China

945ÂÂÂ CHINA, weak pips 1300, fair w/operatic singer //981/756

963ÂÂÂ CHINA, CRI 1320 fair woman & man in Russian, then female song //1323

972ÂÂÂ S KOREA, KBS 1259:45 station anmt by woman, 1300 pips, then start 
of next program, good w/unid talk (Chinese?) in background

981ÂÂÂ CHINA, CNR1, 1307, operatic female w/orchestral accompaniment 
good //756/945

1035ÂÂÂ UNID, faint partial 3+1 pips 1300, apparently either HLCP or 
NHK2 (7 sites at 1kw or less). Was expecting CNR1

1044ÂÂÂ UNID weak female talk 1258, probably CRI

1089ÂÂÂ CHINA, 1307 woman in Chinese fair in local KFNQ-1090 splatter, 
probably Liaoning

1098ÂÂÂ UNID, female operatic 1312 fair-weak in domestic splatter, 
sounded similar to the one one being aired on CNR1 but not sure if it 
was //

1206ÂÂÂ CHINA, Yanbian, 1306 Korean talk & music fair at best, slightly 
off-freq (like usual) and somewhat distorted

1287ÂÂÂ JAPAN, JOHR, 1321 Japanese talk fair

1323ÂÂÂ CHINA, CRI, 1308 woman in Russian fair

1566ÂÂÂ S KOREA HLAZ, 1315 good with the usual Sunday church service in 
Japanese

1575ÂÂÂ THAILAND 1330 good "Welcome to the V of America in Khmer", then 
Khmer pgm

Carriers 558 585 621 639 675 684 729 765 846 855 909 927 1017 1026 1053 
1107 1143 1179 1215 1278 1314 1332 1386 1404 1422 1458 1467

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