Hello All,
It was an excellent low-band morning
here for Asiatic TP's, with a
few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having
their best signals of
the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to
a tip from
Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good signals
very close to
CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak was back
holding down the
frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend
this morning here, with all
the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting a
significant signal boost.
738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very
serious transmitter issues,
with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP (including
the North Koreans).
What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds like an
overmodulated
North Korean with a built-in Korean Jammer , as in this
recording at 1338 this
morning: _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894) . The
thumping hum extends to 737 kHz when the
signal is strong, as in this 1339 recording:
_http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb) . This
station was
having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago,
but appeared to have
corrected them last October.
729-China was only heard once
here previously (last October) and this
morning it was all alone on the frequency, with no sign of
JOCK or the NK
station. It was another indication that the new season is
full of
surprises, and a good sign that October may be equally
exciting. Congratulations
again to Stephen (in the Ultralightdx group) for receiving
his first TP's
(774-JOUB and 657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near
San Diego.
The following were heard on a C.Crane
SWP Slider model (7.5"
loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive
loop (in the back
yard):
558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Poor-fair Japanese
talk around 1314
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good Japanese
conversational program at 1316
603 TP-Mix Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID
CC at fair level,
1319
639 CNR1 (China Synchros) Good Chinese talk
and music at 1335
648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Strong signals with
Russian music during the
Mandarin
Chinese external program, 1331
657 Pyongyang BS, North Korea Strong
overmodulated signals at 1323 with
typical
YL monolog
_http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf)
666 R. Mayak (presumed) Fast-paced Russian program
again dominant over
a very
weak JOBK, 1338
675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair-good Vietnamese news in
and out around 1348
684 China (presumed) Threshold audio again on this
frequency around 1350
702 UnID Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly
NK), but KIRO too
strong
729 China (presumed Jiangxi) Fair Chinese YL
speech in CHMJ slop; only
second
time ever heard here
_http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi)
738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Strong humming signal
from transmitter with
severe
issues (see description and MP3's in the narrative above)
747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair signals in
KXL splatter for most of morning
774 JOUB Akita, Japan Fair signals in KTTH
splatter for most of morning
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan NHK2 program fair-good
at 1307, best of Japanese
900 KBBI Homer, Alaska Booming in around 1345 with
talk program (unusual)
972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair-good Korean
music program at 1340
1035 CNR1 (China) Fair Chinese speech in and
out all morning
1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Japanese program all
alone at 1352, good
strength
1053 Korean Jammer Back at vibrant strength this
morning; no co-channels
1134 TP-Mix Anemic-sounding combination of JOQR and
KBS around 1355
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair-poor Japanese
religious program at 1310
1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Poor threshold audio
around 1306
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
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