[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Feb 4

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It never fails.  Whenever I compare my TP DX with Dennis and Gary's 
reports, it's like we're talking about different days.

Today was really interesting in several ways.   The upper and lower 
halves of the band behaved completely differently.  Signals below about 
1100 peaked early, at about 1300 give or take an hour. Several NHK 
stations produced half-hearted audio.  HLCA-972 and KICY-850 were 
briefly quite good.  Otherwise, there wasn't much to be heard even 
though the meager TP reception was better than it's been in a while.

The upper part of the dial had its best moments at about 1500.  The 
sunrise enhancement took place about a half hour earlier than on 
previous days, roughly 1455-1510.  There were carriers on many 
frequencies, but only a few had audio.  The CNR stations on 1377 and 
1593 had their best appearances in quite a while.


Good - A native speaker could have understood most of it, even if only 
for brief periods
850    KICY (presumed), briefly atop KHHO/KOA with man in Russian, then 
Russian folk song 1248.   Soon faded.
972    HLCA, 3+1 pips 1300, fanfare, then woman in Korean
1566    HLAZ, hymn 1326, then woman in Japanese.  Usual close of 
Japanese service 1344.  Much weaker during the opening minutes of the 
Chinese program, but rebounded in  a big way 1411.  Mediocre signal 
during the sunrise enhancement
1575    VOA, talk in Asian language fair-good 1456, "this is the Voice 
of America, Washington DC, signing off" 1459:33, then Yankee Doodle.  
Seemed to be just an open carrier after 1500

Fair - a native speaker would have recognized some words and phrases
774    JOUB, weather report 1318, then local ID 1320, faded, then back 
with EE lessons 1322
1377    CNR1, Chinese talk in KRKO splatter 1455 //1593
1593    CNR1,  very good signal getting mercilessly pounded by KLFE 
splatter.  Managed to catch a few syllables of CC talk just before ToH, 
one of the time pips during very brief KLFE audio pause 1500, bits of 
the CNR1 theme music and partial "Zhongyang..." ID 1500:35. Better 
1503-1510 with man & woman in Chinese valiantly struggling against the 
oppressive Capitalist splatter.


Poor - mumblings in the splatter
693    JOAB, 1326 cheery woman talking, sounded like part of language lesson
747    JOIB bits of talk 1157
828    JOBB, faint pips 1300, weak weather report 1308
1170    partial pips from somebody, probably KBS u/KPUG 1500
1476    Probably China, weak music 1456, faint echoey 5+1 pips 1500, 
then music continued

Carriers - 1044 1098 1116 1125 1134 1179 1206 1287 1323 1332 1359 1386 
1404 1413 1422 1431 1467 1485 1494 1503 1512 1548 1557 1584 1602

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