Re: [IRCA] Good not Great Asian Morning

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John

I've generally found the Korean dominating 1305 when I'm at Grayland.  
It's so reliable that I sometimes use it to check for parallels.  Was 
the language you heard definitely Chinese?

I've heard Thailand 891 several times.  When it's there, it's quite 
strong.  The music is heavy on cymbals and gongs, and is decidedly not 
what you would hear on Japanese/Korean/Chinese stations.  I've once 
played their newscast for a Thai co-worker, who removed all dobut as to 
what I heard.

Bruce

John H. Bryant wrote:
> Well, you know, it's like the sales people say "Location, Location, 
> Location!" Patrick had a mixed DU/Asian/Oceanic morning and my dawn 
> was pure Asian... Of course my best non-Asian wire is on the ground. 
> However, my only clear ocean path from here is up the Gulf of Georgia 
> (between Vancouver Island and the BC Mainland) toward the East Asian 
> Coast. That being said, there is still proof that the ionosphere is a 
> bumpy surface with quite a few chug holes.  This morning, Walt 
> Salmaniw heard readable audio on 936 which was probably a low-power 
> JJ station.  Walt's location is considerably poorer for Asia than 
> mine.  I was past 936 at least 5 times in the hour of max dawn 
> enhancement and never had more than a mediocre het.  Hummmmm.
>
> My most interesting channel this morning was 1305.  That has multiple 
> CNR2 (China Business Radio) outlets on it and a "Literary Radio" from 
> the Shandung Peninsula to the southwest of the Korean peninsula. For 
> the second time this week, I've heard western classical opera around 
> 1330 and then man-talk.  It could be either station, but the Literary 
> Radio is maybe a better bet.  No IDs that I noticed and band fade 
> before TOH.  I tried // checking for CNR2, but that wasn't very 
> reassuring because CNR2 SWBC outlets are fairly few and somewhat 
> unreliable.  Ideas???  I have neither station QSLed.
>
> Patrick, I think that I've probably heard 891-Thailand at Grayland, 
> but I didn't realize it.  I think that the same thing is true of 
> several Filipinos.... When I hear an Asian language that I don't 
> immediately recognize (I'm good with JJ and standard CC, fair with KK 
> and Vietnamese) I generally put it off to "some Chinese dialect" and 
> move on to stations that I need and am surer of.... Its a bad habit 
> and I've got to break it.  The problem is that Cantonese, Fujianese, 
> Shanghaiese and Taiwanese are all totally separate languages from 
> standard (aka Mandarin, or Beijing dialect) and all sound clearly 
> Asian but no more "Chinese" than Korean does.... AND there is quite a 
> bit of Chinese dialect transmission around on good Asian mornings. 
> What we need is a good Asian language CD with 5 minutes of about 
> every major language and Chinese dialect on it.  With all of the 
> streaming audio now, maybe that would be a good winter project for me.....
>
> Well, I better start my day.... Was a good but not excellent Asian AM 
> for me.  Does anyone have insights on 1305???
>
> JOhn B.
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