[IRCA] Grand and Glorious TP DX for Oct 6

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

After four days of mediocrity, the TPs came through in a huge way 
today.  It was probably my best morning of the season in terms of high 
quality DX, and it took quite a bit of time to go through the SDR 
recording.

Highlights included hearing NHK1 on 963 with no sign of CRI, JOWF-1440 
completely overpowering the domestics, and an AFN station mixing with 
VOA-1575.  Some other seldom-heard Japanese were also evident, including 
909 1296 and 1449.  I also had what I assume was Taiwan on 1557 coming 
in quite well.

The DX was almost all Japan today, with 1593 being the only Chinese 
logging of the morning.   It was as though someone had put up an 
electromagnetic shield across the China Sea.  The usual three South 
Koreans were doing about average today, as was VOA 1575.  I checked for 
Alaskans but didn't hear any.

Good, most or all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least for 
a minute or so
594    JOAK time pips & what sounded like news 1300, much better 1307 w/talk
693    JOAB, 3+1 pips & start of wx 1300, peaking quite nicely 1315, 
beautiful ID 1320 into JJ talk pgm
747    JOIB, string mx 1259, pips at TOH, then wx report, quite good, 
still there 1400 w/man talking across ToH (No pips)
774    JOUB, loud w/wx report 1310, local ID good 1320.  Also good w/EE 
lesson 1331, woman talking about the Silk Road (the original one that 
traversed Asia, not the website that was busted last week).
972    KBS, the usual lively discussion 1318
1287    JOHR, loudest it's been in ages w/string of ads 1358, chime at 
ToH, then group of young cheerful women talking
1440    JOWF, totally overwhelming the domestics w/lively discussion 
1357, woman mentioned "STV" 1358, 1359 ads, chime at ToH, then more 
lively discussion
1503    JOUK nice w/pips 1400, quite strong by 1408 w/male talk
1557    TAIWAN, presumed with lively pop tunes 1355-1410+ nonstop except 
for 3+1 pips & brief Chinese anmt by woman at 1400. Still going strong 
when the recording ran out at 1410.
1566    HLAZ, JJ preacher good 1255, otherwise fair-poor in the splatter 
today
1575    VOA dominant with man & woman  in SEA language 1400, "This is 
AFN" ID in background followed by what sounded like network news
1602    NHK synchros, surprisingly good w/JJ talk 1409


Fair, some of it would be understandable by a native speaker
567    JOIK male talk //594 1309
828    JOBB, weather // 774 etc 1305, local ID 1320
1053    jammer 1400
1134    lively JJ talk 1349
1422    JORF, JJ talk 1406

Poor, recognizable program content but that's about it
666    JOBK, male talk  in splash //594 1306
702    Bits of talk in KIRO splat, possibly //693 but not sure 1340
739    JOCK faint talk //594, then weak time pips 1300
837    JOQK, final tone of the time pips 1400, nothing else heard
891    JOHK, same as 837
909    JOCG, JJ talk ///774 1359-1402
954    JOKR, occasional syllables breaking through the KJR splash 1350
963    NHK1, time pips 1400, then traces of talk, eventually fading up 
to language recognition level 1403 // 567 (594 was too weak to produce 
audio by then).  A huge surprise with no sign of the usual CRI!
1161    Chimes and very weak talk 1400, Taiwan suspected
1188    Partial NHK time pips 1400, then bits of talk, lots of KEX splash
1242    weak JJ talk 1350
1296    JOTK, same as 837
1386    JJ talk //747 1405
1449    Chime and JJ talk //1287 1400
1494    faint talk, JJ-like inflections 1409
1593    CNR1, CC man & woman, then time pips 1400 good signal but heavy 
1590 splat

Bruce in Seattle
Winradio Excalibur
K9AY antenna
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