[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 7

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

TP reception was somewhat OK today.  A couple of the regulars had brief 
periods of good reception.  The North Koreans on 657 and 819 made cameo 
appearances, along with a carrier on 873 that was lost in the KIXI 
splatter.  JOUK-1503 put forth a compelling effort just after 1400, 
along with a handful of interesting high-band carriers, such as 1458 and 
1557.

KRKO-1380 still has its IBOC turned off, allowing carriers on 1377 and 
1386 to poke through.  Unfortunately, they weren't strong enough to 
produce audio.

JOAK-594 continues to be much weaker for me than it is for others, for 
reasons I can only guess at.

Electrical noise is noticeably worse this season, affecting some 
stations more than others.  JOIB-747 has been received with a reasonably 
good carrier but with the audio buried in a loud buzz that only affects 
a narrow part of the band near 750.

GOOD
774    JOUB, 1326 English lesson, man in Japanese, woman talking about 
autumn foliage, then back to man in Japanese mentioning Louis 
Armstrong.  Nice signal.
972    HLCA, 1200 pips, fanfare, excited Korean male.   1256 phone 
interview.  Still producing weak audio 1419.
1566    HLAZ, mostly fair-poor today but rose up to nice level with hymn 
1320

FAIR
819    DPRK, forceful woman in Korean 1202
828    JOBB, Japanese male 1227
1503    JOUK, Japanese man 1405

POOR
594    JOAK, weak talk 1219 with a surprising amount of 590 splatter
657    DPRK, bits of talk 1211
693    JOAB, English lesson 1214 in CBU splatter
864    Very weak talk 1211, sounded like man & woman
981    CNR1, Chinese talk 1307 in CKNW splatter
1053    jammer 1244
1134    KBS, weak deep voiced man 1351
1323    very faint talk 1401
1422    male talk in splatter 1408
1575    weak talk 1355

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