A short upper band blip around local sunrise, and that was about it.

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

not so

Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

the above passing through

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:

1575 VoA "you are listening to the Voice of America" by man happened to hit the top of one of the erratic fades, though traces of this had been around since 1440UT

Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)

594 man talking, Japanese intonation 1532UT

774 sounded like English lessons, the lady with the swooping voice 1526UT

1593 CNR1 man talking //6175, both of them pretty ragged, 1529UT

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)

603 774 828 1557 1566 seemed to be Asian;
738 837 1017 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

A great morning for sleeping in.

pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

not so

Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

the above passing through

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:

not even this

Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)

1548 two men, one on phone? sounded DU English but 1550 splash was rough, 1521UT. Interestingly. this was nearly as good on the north Flag which is normally pretty unresponsive to down unders.

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter)

nothing much seemed to be Asian;
756 765 882 1017 1593 seemed to be DU

best wishes,

Nick

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

That is very nice. Thanks for sharing. Hard to believe 9 years have passed. I often think of all of our visits through the years. John is dearly missed.

Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager

https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/obituaries/mary-mcfarland/

It is with regret that I pass along Ian McFarland's news of the passing of
his beloved Mary - wife of 57 years.

Ian, Mary, my wife Andrea, and I have been close friends for around 20
years now - and we share Ian's loss. Please keep Ian in your thoughts - his
voice brought pleasure to thousands around the World through the miracle of
Short-wave radio.

He could use our thoughts, prayers and shared grief right now.

Thanks everyone.

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