[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on February 15

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the most part, today's TP DX was noticeably worse than yesterday's.  
The lower part of the dial was especially lethargic, except for 774 and 
594 which had brief moments of glory.  There were a few tantalizing 
carriers on the high end at sunrise.  Some of them teased me with slight 
bits of audio.  Otherwise, it was a mediocre morning.


Good - A native speaker could understand most of it, at least for brief 
periods
774    JOUB, time pips & weather 1300, otherwise mostly fair-nil today
972    HLCA, good 1240-1320 at times with Korean conversations and 
music.  Virtually inaudible after about 1335


Fair - A native speaker could recognize words and phrases
594    JOAK, 1450 man talking to woman or child, otherwise poor-nil today
1566    HLAZ, weaker than normal today, Chinese announcements 1459
1575    VOA, Asian talk 1502 briefly fair, otherwise poor-nil

Poor - A native speaker would scratch their head and ask "why bother?"
693    JOAB language lesson 1448
747    JOIB, weather //774 1509
981    Talk poor in 980 splat 1218
1377    very faint talk 1446
1422    Male talk 1431
1449    single long tone at ToH 1500, possibly HBC relay. 1287 was 
covered by noise so couldn't check for //
1503    JOUK, man in Japanese 1455, time pips 1500
1593    CNR1, 1408 occasional syllables making it through the 1590 splatter
1602    NHK2, talk, recognizably Japanese 1447, 3+1 pips 1500


Carriers 828 837 1035 1188 1404 1476 1494 1557

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