[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on January 21

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was an incredible morning for TPs here.  Most of the action today was 
limited to 1) frequencies above 1300 kHz, 2) a narrow window of time 
from 1520 to 1540, and 3) stations in the southern half of Japan.  There 
were exceptions to all three rules but that seemed to be the general 
flavor of DX today.

Dennis' strongest signal was 1422 which also did well here, but the 
strongest one for me was probably probably JOSF-1332.  However, the best 
catch of the morning, and probably my best catch from home this season, 
was NHK2 on 1476.  There are 3 stations listed, with a combined power of 
1.2 kw.  They weren't quite strong enough to be understood, but 
reception was confirmed by paralleling with 1386 and 1602 (the low band 
powerhouses like 774 were completely absent at the time).



Good - mostly understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly
1332    JOSF several commercials in Japanese 1527, then animated man and 
woman 1529

Fair - a few words and phrases would have been understood by a native 
speaker
1242    JOLF, 1318 man in Japanese, then commercials peaking at 1326
1314    JOUF, Japanese commercials 1529
1404    Long string of Japanese commercials 1528, JOQL or JOVR - no ID heard
1422    Fast talking Japanese woman 1530
1494    Energetic man & woman in Japanese 1534
1503    JOUK, Dreamy vocal music 1530, then woman & man talking
1566    HLAZ, Japanese talk 1331
1602    NHK2, language lesson 1532

Poor - not understandable but still worth the effort (in most cases)
774    JOUB faint pips 1300
1134    JOQR, occasional bits of JJ talk poking through the CKWX 
splatter 1528
1206    Yanbian, faint talk 1531 on 1205.96
1386    NHK2, 1532 Language lessons //1476
1431   Man in Japanese 1426, pop song 1532, briefly doing well against 
1430 QRM.
1449    Woman & man in Japanese occasional poking above domestic 
splatter 1527-1532
1476    NHK2, 1532 language lesson //1386/1602.  There are 2 100 watters 
and a 1kw outlet listed here!
1575    VOA, Burmese program 1537
1593    CNR or NHK in the 1590 splatter 1540

Interesting carriers 1224 1359 1485 1512 1539 1584
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