Re: [IRCA] September 17 TP/DU Victoria B.C. Canada - the money shots

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice stuff! How much Rt variation do you have to do across the band with the vactrol to optimize F/B?  73 KAZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 17, 2015 10:57 AM
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>Subject: [IRCA] September 17 TP/DU Victoria B.C. Canada - the money shots
>
>If you should have gotten up one day this week, this was likely it -
>
>Good 1st and 2nd tier performance from many of the regular Japanese stations
>with stellar performances on some of the Korean regulars --
>and even an odd appearance from some actual programming on 1053 above the
>jammer!
>
>In order of appearance: times in UTC
>
>1309 - 594 khz - JOAK Tokyo - NHK - assume the obvious here with JJ YL -
>you tube video - https://youtu.be/U8u_RF93Ogs
>  Checked 774 Khz which was armchair quality JJ as well
>
>1310 - 972 khz - Korea - KBS - fair - good levels with KK OM
>
>1311 - 1566 Khz - FEBC Korea - Japanese speaking YL with piano music - S9
>on the Drake
>
>1312 - 529 Khz - SQM - Alaska - Noted in the clear with AERO reports for
>the approaches to Alaska - always a good sign of favorable conditions.
>
>1314 - 1053 Khz - DPRK - N. Korea - Noted at times with clear programming
>- https://youtu.be/S91cjK5z84Q A little fuzzy on this: Does S. Korea jam
>North Korea or is it the
>other way around? OK - the PAL lists the DPRK as the actual program source
>and the jammers are in Seoul. OK. Got it now.
>
>1315 - 1179 Khz - JOOR - MBS Japan - assume the gaggle of squealing YL's -
>fr. gd. often in the clear. The N/NW Flag doing stellar duty!
>
>1318 - 1053 Khz DPRK - YL/OM Sedate chat over top of the jammer - sometimes
>with virtual no evidence of jammer - unusual!
>
>1324 - 567 Khz JOIK Hokkaido Japan - JJ OM / 594 Khz at great levels as well
>
>1326 - 639 Khz Unknown - OM Lang in the mud and last vestiges of KFI Los
>Angeles. This is a tough one with 640 and dragon splatter from 650 khz.
>
>1329 - 1098 Khz Unknown - Lang convo's in the splash often at good levels.
>
>1331 - 1242 Khz JOLF Tokyo - JJ OM and YL often in the clear.
>
>1332 - 1251 Khz - Unkown - new frequency for me from Victoria - OM Dialog
>in Lang - curious to see what others heard here.
>
>1333 - 1386 Khz - Japan Syncro's - OM chat in JJ + Music in the clear -
>WOW...
>
>1339 - 891 Khz - - Japan - JOHK Miagi, Sendai - https://youtu.be/wYZcIz7Jkt8
>Nice youtube video of pretty decent signal with YL/OM back and forth.
>
>1340 - 954 Khz - Japan - JOKR Tokyo - JJ YY Chat -- a quick tune up
>revealed a muddy mess on 963Khz - when conditions improve this channel
>can light up with CRI Foreign service... not this AM.
>
>1346 - 612 Khz - Australia - 4QR - the lone Aussie on here with stilted OM
>in EE. minutes after this, the band appeared to tank.
>
>Primary receiver - Drake R8 - Antenna N/NW Flag ( 47' long X 25 ' high )
>with Wellbrook FLG100 head - terminated with a home-brew VACTROL (variable
>resistance termination)
>for some pretty impressive front to back.
>
>2nd receiver: AOR 7030+ and a Wellbrook ALA100M
>
>-- 
>
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