[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Wednesday, September 19, 2012

[Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx>]

TP's dominated the Medium Wave this morning in Kalama, WA. Japanese powerhouse stations 594, 693 and 774 around until 1413 utc. Only DU was Tahiti on 738. Spent the minutes after sunrise listening to 1476 and the weak audio there until 1405 when signal faded out. Bruce heard this channel yesterday morning and hoping others NW Dxers will catch it this morning and be able to ID it. 

153    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1230-1235 weak signal faded up to good with man singing. HPAW. 09/19/2012

180    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1327 fair signal with man in Russian. HPAW 09/19/2012

189    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1238 excellent signal with pop music in English. HPAW 09/19/2012

279    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1242 excellent signal with man singing American Blues song in English. HPAW 09/19/2012

594    JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1244-1248 poor to very weak signal with man in Japanese. Good signal at 1328 when checking JOHK 891 //.Still around at 1413. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

603    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1318 man singing in Korean. Weak signal, but no splatter. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

648    RUSSIA, VOR 1344-1345 poor to very weak signal in Chinese. Seemed // 6000. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

657    DPR OF KOREA, 1338-1340 their 1,500 kw finally put out a good signal and // 3250 with woman singing along with piano solo. Equal signal on NW or SW ewes. 09/19/2012

693    JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1249 weak signal with heavy domestic splatter. Woman in Japanese and some piano music. Good at 1412. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

702    UNKNOWN 1320 two equal hets here with close to threshold audio. Same signal strength on NW & SW ewes. 2BL & ? NW, SW ewes. 09/19/2012

738    TAHITI, Radio Polynesie 1337 weak signal with man in French. SW ewe. 09/19/2012

747    JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1251 fair signal with heavy splatter.  Radio English Conversation program. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

774    JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1253 fair signal with moderate splatter from KTTH. Radio English Conversation program. Good at 1223. Weak at 1414. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

828    JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1316 fair signal on second try for reception. Man in Japanese. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

864    REPUBLIC OF KOREA? HLKR? 1332-1324 weak signal with heavy KPAM splatter on NW ewe. Man/woman in Asian language. Het heard here many times, but this morning with audio. 09/19/2012

891    JAPAN, JOHK NHK1 1327-1330 very weak to weak signal with woman in Japanese. Matched // 594. First reception this season. NW & SW ewe. 09/19/2012

972    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1255 weak signal with woman/man in Korean. NW ewe. 09/19/2019 

1053   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1257 jammer with fair signal dominating channel. NW ewe. 09/19/20012

1287   JAPAN, JOHR HBC 1351-1352 weak signal with woman/man in Japanese. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

1323   CHINA, 1258-1308 in and out weak signal. Faded out at 1259-1301. Back again weak at 1302 with woman in Russian? Exact same reception as yesterday morning, time wise and reception conditions, only difference this morning broadcast sounded like Russian? After reading Walt's report it seems that 1323 is Russian. Thank's Walt. Nothing heard on // 963 here. 

1476   UNKNOWN, 1355-1405 very weak signal with male speaker at sunrise. Moderate splatter. Best on NW ewe. (less splatter) 1359 two stations with audio. Music at 1359:55 then what sounded like 4 pips at 1400. 1402 signal improved to weak with woman in Asian language? Heard yesterday morning at same time, but better signal this morning. Bruce also reported reception yesterday morning here. 

1566   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ FEBC 1310 good signal with woman in Japanese. NW ewe. 09/19/2012

1575   THAILAND, VOA 1311 poor signal with bits of Vietnamese (PALs) coming through. 1312 weak signal with male speaker. NW ewe. 09/19/2012
 


Best regards,

Dennis,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 & DRAKE R8B
NW & SW EWES
Sky wire loop 753'
High Performance Active Whip (long wave)
Solar Indices SF104 A 8 K 2
Local Sunrise 1355 utc
      Sunset  0214 utc
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