Re: [IRCA] A Good Asian AM on Orcas, Too.
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Re: [IRCA] A Good Asian AM on Orcas, Too.



China China China is how I would describe yesterday at Grayland. The Japanese were either missing then or had to contend with Chinese interference, as did many of the usual Koreans (1566 for example was being buzzed by something in Chinese and freqs like 1053 and 1422 were mostly Chinese). We heard several IDs that didn't match anything listed, so Mister PAL Log has some work cut out for him.

This morning was closer to average Grayland conditions, being good from just about everywhere. The Japanese were abut normal levels, as were the Koreans, but Chinese stations were still in abundance. 1251 sounded like a Chinese graveyard channel at times. Sri Lanka 1548 was in again, though not as well as Saturday morning. I had 810 China today as well but it was always well below KGO. Chuck and Nick had the Russian there, but I apparently didn't tune past at the right time. We also had something in Chinese on 882, as well as something in an unusual language - we're hoping it's Mongolia but it will require re-listening to audio files to tell what it was. A couple of strange ones from today - 648 at 1420 had weird flute music with a middle east flavor to it. Not sure what that was, maybe Tajikistan but probably something more mundane. 1107 again was heard with weird singing accompanied by a plucked instrument and, later, had talking in a language I didn't recognize.

We now have lots of files to listen to.

Bruce, back from Grayland


John H. Bryant wrote:
I bet that the guys at Grayland will have really cleaned up this AM. Here on Orcas, I finally got things fired back up and it was a very good mid-season Asian morning here.

Conditions seemed variable. VoV on 675 was almost absent during parts of dawn and at other times, it was romping in near S-9. I noticed the same variability on some off the Korean signals, too. Interestingly, 810 was dominated by CC this morning. I think that must have been Zhejiang RGD News from Hanzhou, on the central coast near Shanghai. I'd like to catch an ID, but did not.

819 North Korea has been the nicest, cleanest signal from the Koreas (except maybe for 1566) all fall, but this morning, it had a big fat spur on one side and was distorted.

The most interest for me this AM was 882. The dominant signal was CC, likely Dalian, but under that was an unusual (weak) Asian language and they played distinctive tones at 1400 TOH. If I got a decent recording, I'm gonna try to ID... hoping that it was Sri Lanka, using TWRs 400 kW transmitter. Have all fingers and toes crossed.

Mostly, like Patrick said, China, China, China.

John Bryant
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Winradio G313e and various Ultralights
Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops


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