Hello All,
The Asiatic conditions were generally good here this morning, with the
first reception of the season for 675-VOV (Vietnam), and a couple of
unusual
stations on 729 and 1053 kHz. The "big gun" Japanese and the Chinese
stations
were down a little in strength, but North Korea seemed stronger than
ever. Like Dennis, I noticed the unusually strong signal on 729 kHz
and made a
recording through the 730 Vancouver splatter, which had the typical
Pyongyang BS shouting Korean YL under the splatter (ink below).
Although that
station was heard here once before last October mixing with China,
it's rare
for anything to show up on 729 kHz here, and when something does,
it's
usually China. The Chinese stations generally did not manage much
audio this
morning, and stayed in the carrier category except for 756-CNR1 and
1377. There
was another mystery station on 1053 kHz under the Jammer-- maybe
the same
one Dennis heard. An MP3 seemed to have shouted Korean (like on 729
kHz),
but nothing definite could be made out. In summary, it was a pretty
interesting morning!
The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5"
loopstick)
inductively coupled to a 7.5' PVC tuned passive loop in the back yard:
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair to good with Japanese conversation
at 1305
603 HLSA (presumed) Weak Korean audio in and out around 1307
639 CNR1 (presumed) Stayed at carrier level throughout morning
648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Weak Chinese audio above noise level,
1309
657 Pyongyang N. Korea Best signals of season at 1316; was
following
trend
of NK strength this morning
_http://www.mediafire.com/?fgbceel2292bg03_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?fgbceel2292bg03
)
666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair to good with Japanese NHK1 program at
1318
675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam First weak audio of season noted around
1320;
faded
out quickly _http://www.mediafire.com/?
7jly0e8k0u6plhs_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?7jly0e8k0u6plhs)
729 Pyongyang BS (presumed) Rapid-fire shouted Korean by YL under
CHMJ-730
splatter at 1312. (Headphones recommended for MP3
listening)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?x6g0228tdexg1jf_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?x6g0228tdexg1jf)
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good strength with Chinese pop music
program,
1317
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Good signal with Japanese news at 1302
756 CNR1 (presumed) Weak music and Chinese speech in and out
around 1319
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair with NHK2 program for most of morning
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair to good with Korean conversation
at 1322
1053 Korean Jammer Best buzzing of season at 1307-- (an easy S9+
catch)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?l6bzez321dwy7z2_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?l6bzez321dwy7z2)
1053 UnID Rapid-fire Korean speech seemed to be under the Jammer
around
1319;
maybe this was the Jammer's target? (Headphones
recommended for
MP3 listening)
_http://www.mediafire.com/?2ty0bjr3vmva261_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?2ty0bjr3vmva261
)
1134 Mix JOQR and KBS fighting it out for most of the morning at
good
levels
1377 China (presumed) Strong carrier with occasional threshold
audio
around 1327
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair-good signals with Japanese religious
program
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Fair Asiatic language signals in
and out
at 1308
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the
original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers
For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx