[IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 12 Sep 2013

[Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx>]

     A rather unusual mix of TP and DU this in Alberta this morning. 
In general the Asians were unimpressive, but yet Japan on 594 had its 
best audio of the season, while 1566 and 1575 were doing well at the 
other end of the dial.  In between not much - 693 was OK, 747 and 774 
poor to fair, and that was it for TP audio.  At the same time I was 
hearing my best Australian stuff of the year:


549  2CR  Orange, NSW	  Very weak, but could make out bits of the ABC 
news fanfare at 1300.

576 unID  Faint traces of man speaking at 1240.

594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan   Decent signal at 1230, easily getting through 
the Spokane IBOC.

693  JOAB  Tokyo, Japan  Consistent fair to good signal from 1230.

702  2BL Sydney, NSW   It's best of the season with ABC fanfare and news 
by woman at 1300.

747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair at best.

774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Mostly fair, the weakest it's been for the past 
few days, but pretty consistent until past 1300.

819 unID  5+1 time pips at 1300, then news by woman.  Pretty certain it 
was New Zealand, but just too weak for 100% certainty.

828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  poor, with the occassional peak to fair.

837  unID   Could make out time pips at 1300, but that was it.

846  2RN Canberra, ACT    Just barely audio, but the trusty ABC news 
fanfare was discernable.

855  4QB/4QO  QLD  A little better than 846, with ABC news fanfare at 1300.

891  unID    Weak talk at 1259, sounded more ABC than TAB, so suspect it 
was Adelaide.

1116  4BC  Brisbane, QLD    Weak audio with man speaking at 1238

1161 unID   Two Aussie-accented men conversing, up to fr-gd for a 
tantalizing brief moment, then faded away.  Don't recall ever having DU 
audio on this channel before.	

1239 unID   Very weak, with woman and man speaking at 1238	

1323 5DN    Adelaide, SA  Weak, with music, and just discernable "Cruise 
1323" ID between songs at 1239.   New one for me.		

1422 unID  Two weak stations, one with talk by a man being interviewed 
in Aussie-accented English, and the other playing a song by a woman.

1539 TAB Radio   Adelaide,SA   First time heard in several years, with 
horse race commentary.  Mostly poor, but peaked to good for a brief moment.

1566  HLAZ  Cheju, S.Korea    Good solid signal for most of the time 
between 1230 and 1300.

1570 KUAU  Haiku, HI	This one was more cooperative today, with a nice 
clear ID during a program promo "....here on KUAU 1570 AM..."
New for me, HI #13.

1575 VOA Thailand   Woman in Asian language, good levels at times. 
Actually better than it was during the TP peak of a few days ago.   I've 
noticed before this one sometimes does better on my DU days.

1593 unID   Very faint traces of audio, too weak to determine language, 
at 1242.

1611 unID, AUSTRALIA    Weak, but distinct audio, with song by a woman 
at 1243.

1629.05 unID, AUSTRALIA  Weak audio, with light music, and a few words 
by a man between songs at 1240.   Quite a mess, with at least 5 carriers 
observed on Perseus display.

1638 unID, AUSTRALIA	Weak, with talk by a woman.  Did not seem to be in 
English, likely the Arabic station.

1683.25  Weak, with vocal by a womann.  Presumed Radio Club AM given the 
frequency offset.   Did note another nearly equal carrier pretty much 
right on 1683.

1701.03 unID, AUSTRALIA     Man speaking, not English, possibly Arabic. 
 Don't think it was Brisvaani, as I've heard them on more like 1701.07, 
and there was another carrier on that freq.

Any day that adds 2 new ones to the log has to be good!



73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta
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