[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle for October 29

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This was another good morning here. Lots of TP signals were poking 
through some really bad electrical noise.  There's no telling what I 
might have heard if the noise was at a lower level.

There were carriers on just about every 9 kHz channel you could think 
of, except for a few like 882 and 999 that are next to strong locals.  
In the interests of time, I won't bother listing them all.   There were 
a few that were almost good enough to produce interesting audio on 
frequencies like 1395 and 1548.  I wish I knew who they were.

Alaskans were missing in action today, which was surprising after their 
big showing yesterday.

Some of the usual powerhouses were down a bit today, but some second and 
third tier channels were producing audio for the first time this 
season.  The combination made for a very interesting morning.

Here's what the SDR captured 1225 to 1445 UTC today

Really great audio (if only for brief periods)
828    JOBB, strongest of the NHK stations (unusual for them), CC 
lessons good 1359, then pips 1400
972    HLCA, KK talk good 1252
1053    jammer unusually good 1350
1242    JOLF, 1435 fading up to decent level w/JJ talk, almost as strong 
as 1240 domestics
1566    HLAZ, 1344 usual end of JJ pgm with ID and piano music

Somewhat OK audio at times
693    JOAB, CC lessons // 828 1358
738    TAIWAN, producing its first decent audio of the season, woman in 
CC 1439 fair
747    JOIB, JJ talk fair 1432
1017    CHINA, CRI fair w/KK talk 1409
1476    CHINA, 5+1 pips then CC talk  and fanfare weak 1400, better 1436 
w/echoey woman in CC
1593    CHINA, Theme music and ID  1401, good signal but hammered by 
KLFE-1590 splash
1602    NHK, pips at 1400 but not much else, much better at 1430 w/talk 
//774

Bits and pieces of stuff in the noise and splatter
639    CNR producing its first audio of the season, CC talk at 1426 
during pause in KCIS-630 splash
702    4 carriers visible on SDR display, bits of talk 1324 with buzz 
from the one that was far off freq, apparently a mix of DPRK, NHK and 
something else
729    Female talk in splash 1429, not sure if JJ or CC
774    JOUB, unexpectedly weak given how other signals were coming in, 
poor with JJ talk 1314
1026    CC talk weak 1427
1134    bits of talk 1430, unable to ID language
1377    CHINA, decent signal 1401 but horrible KRKO-1380 splat, CC talk 
//1593
1422    Male talk, possibly JJ 1359
1494    Weak but definite JJ talk, not strong enough to ID it 1441
1557    Audio trying desperately to get past the domestic splash 1407
1575    VOA traces of talk 1414

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur with K9AY antenna

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