[IRCA] TPs for Oct 20 from Orcas

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in the midst of making some minor modifications to the Wellbrook 
Array here and that may have affected my morning results. In any 
case, my results were "Uninspiring" this morning.... they weren't 
bad, weren't good, just sorta low normal. The upper band seemed down, 
especially, though there was still a double handful of audio there. 
The items of interest:
594: Something was doing almost as well as NHK in a real fur ball 
just after dawn. It may have been the DU, but it was gone before I 
could sort things out
1224: Was clearly in Korean, rather than the usual low level JJ. The 
only one listed is a KBS3, HLAA.
1260: I've been noticing a northerly NAm station growing in power as 
the season changes and inhibiting JOIR in the dawn and post-dawn 
period. Today, I heard enough Canadian EE and discussions of regional 
hockey to conclude that CFRN Edmonton is hanging in much longer now, 
due to northern darkness.
1440: Had a similar experience here, with CKJR, Wetaskiwan, Alberta, 
running several ads for businesses in nearby Camrose, AB. and pretty 
well wiping out JOWF around 1440 UTC. What ever happened to the 
Canadian movement to FM, anyway???
Some DXers are wringing their hands about the Mexican AM stations 
being mandated to move to FM in 5 years. Frankly, I can't feature 
small city independent Mexican station owners doing much of anything 
that Mexico City bureaucrats mandate. And the big city owners??? 
They'll likely only move if it's proven that listeners have abandoned 
AM. It will be entertaining to watch, I suspect.
Many thanks to Bruce P. bird-dogging the NHK2 sign-off schedule. I do 
wish that the news had been better!
John Bryant
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Winradio G313e and various Ultralights
Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops 
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