[IRCA] TA's

["Mike Stonebridge" <stonbrdg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone:

After an absence of 6 weeks due to the unexpected funeral of a very old and dear friend in England and 3 weeks on Vancouver Island for fishing and visiting family, I'm back. Past 2 nights were very poor due to much aural activity with splendid displays of the northern lights. This evening was very different with carriers on 55 frequencies and audio heard on a further 16. Much of the audio was very faint, and because of interference from domestics, I was unable to even get the language being spoken. A few frequencies, like 765, 783, 1134 and 1575 were quite clear at times, tho never armchair quality. For the sake of brevity I will not list all the carrier frequencies, other than they ranged from a low of 153 up to 1593. The first carriers (189, 1134 & 1215) were noted 45 minutes before local sunset. Nothing new was heard. All times listed are UTC

171    Russia with a faint music and a man and woman talking in Russian at 02:39
198    UK with 2 men talking in English at 02:41
747    with man talking at 02:29. Unable to get language being used
756    with classical music at 02:27 Probably Germany as this has been heard here in the past.
765    with woman singing in French at 02:22 Probably Switzerland
783    Germany with a man speaking German at 02:20
864    with woman talking in a Slavic sounding language at 02:14 Could have been either Armenia or Bulgaria
864    with what sounded like Arabic chanting underneath the previous listing. Could have been Egypt
1125  with faint music at 02:10
1134  Croatia with man singing at 01:57. Good signal at times
1143  with faint music at 01:55 and much interference form 1140
1206  with faint music at 01:52
1215  UK Virgin Radio with usual modern music at 01:52
1296  with man talking at 01:48 Unable to get the language being spoken
1548  with faint music at 01:40 Could have been Kuwait as this has been heard here before
1575  UAE with man and woman talking in an Arabic language at 01:38. ID at TOH+1minute which sounded like Radio Asia. Good signal at times.

Mike in St Isidore, AB with AOR 7030, Quantum Phaser, EWE's of 110' & 125', 28' vertical and 750' longwire.
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