[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on January 24

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was a very interesting morning to say the least, taking me a couple 
of hours to go through the SDR files.  Taiwan-1557 was the winner today 
in terms of signal stength.  I also had good reception of DWXI-1314 and 
China-1116, both quite rare around here.  There were a few mystery logs 
as well, especially the one on 1395 (see below).

Good - Much of it understandable by a native speaker, at least for brief 
periods
774    JOUB, 1459 woman & flute music, 1500 pips, music, man with 
program intro.  Male monologue 1508-1513
1116  China,  Female song 1459, 1500 distinctive music bit, "Zhongyang 
Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID, then faded up to nice level with talk (news?)
1314    DWXI, 1532 man in Tagalog, sounded like religious talk, weak 
Japanese lady (JOUF) in background.  By 1535 JOUF was about equal to 
DWXI, and sometimes stronger
1557    TAIWAN, Music Interactive Network, 1430-1540 huge signal at 
times with Chinese pops and occasional Chinese  talk by woman.  1500 had 
3+1 pips with someone else's pips in background,, then short anmts by 
woman and man, either or both of which might've been IDs. Sometimes 
stronger  than 1550 domestics.
1566    HLAZ, best reception was at 1503 with discussion by men in 
Chinese, sounded rather jovial

Fair - a native speaker could have understood a few words and phrases
594    JOAK, man in Japanese, pips 1500, then news
747    JOIB, man & woman in Japanese 1434
972    HLCA, discussion in Korean 1433-1449+
1098  Woman in language similar to Chinese 1519.  Presumably CNR11 in 
Tibetan.
1170    CNR1, stanndard theme mx, "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID 
mixing w/KPUG 1500:40, then Chinese talk
1179    China, unid with 5+1 pips 1500, then various anmts in Chinese, 
didn't hear an ID
1332    JOSF, woman in Japanese 1524
1395    Mystery deep voiced male ancr fair-poor 1509-1536 in unid 
language.  Didn't sound like Chinese or Japanese. May have had a couple 
of phone conversation with listeners.  Chinese-like pop song 1528.
1422    Unids, 1500 pop music, 3+1pips dominant o/much weaker 4 or 5 
+1,  Mostly Chinese woman and pop music mixing here until they faded out 
~1540.  There may have also been a few bits of JJ talk at times
1503    JOUK, man in JJ 1530
1575    VOA, not particularly strong today, best signal was at 1440 with 
man & woman in Asian language
1593    CNR1, huge signal but was being mercilessly bashed by KLFE 
splash 1502-1540
1602    NHK2, 3+1 pips 1500 but not much else.  Better at 1504 w/JJ talk

Poor - better luck next time
603   Weak music 1541, presumably HLSA per Gary's reception at about the 
same time.  Best 603 reception of the season for me.
828    JOBB, woman in JJ 1442
981    CNR1, 1250 woman in Chinese in heavy CKNW splat
1125    Asian talk in bad 1120/1130 splatter 1521
1134    KBS or JOQR with talk in 1130/1140 splatter 1520
1161    Woman in Chinese or similar language 1529
1287    JOHR?, m&w in what sounded like Japanese 1524
1359    CNR1, very faint pips 1500 in KKMO splatter, possible theme 
music 1500:40
1386    NHK2 woman in JJ 1530
1431    Pop music 1530

Carriers
1107 1143 1188 1197 1206 1215 1467 1476 1485 1494 1512 1539 1548 1584
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