Voice of Korea targeting North America

[East Troy Don]

11710 KHZ @ 13:06 UTC 24 Aug 18 (08:06 cdt local) in English.   Marching music to 13:08 then male announcer giving the news including items on upcoming Communist party anniversary events.  Muddled, heavy bass audio.
TX:  Kujang
SINPO: 2-3-2-2-2

[MDK2]

9435 has been the easier of the two frequencies to copy just lately, as the seasons change to fall listening conditions.

[East Troy Don]

Good tip, thanks.   Now if we can just find a way to mute out the 50KW Bible-thumpers on 31 meters we'd be all set!

[skeezix]

I got them this morning in the car on 11710 kHz. Not overly strong, but could hear the music well enough.

That was during the morning drive, ~1215-1245 GMT.




_{Pioneer DEH-X4750BT with 31" whip}

[ChrisSmolinski]

Very strong Korean programming on 11710 at 1208 UTC. Still coming in well at 1229.

[refmo]

S6 to S7 at 1330, ID by YL at 1332

[skeezix]

This morning shortly after 1300Z, strong signal here on 11710. But didn't hear anything on their other scheduled freqs.

[East Troy Don]

Skeezix, can I ask what antenna you were running on that 7am cdt VOK catch here in the Great Lakes area?  I just picked up a FRG 7700 on EBay and am looking for a different SWL antenna  rather than run the Yaesu thru a splitter to the Alpha Delta Sloper Im using on the Grundig 750 now.  Thanks,

Don

[skeezix]

That day was a 31" whip on the trunk of the car (fed to a Pioneer AM/FM/SW car radio). I think you want something better than that...

Picked VoK up yesterday (Mon, Sep 3), 1300-1357 GMT, and they started out well on 11710 and 9435 kHz. Around 1330, 11710 started fading out. Near the end, 11710 was still in there, but noisy. 9435 was a bit better but not great.

On that Monday, I used a Kenwood TS-690S with a Wellbrook ALA-1530S+. That loop works quite well (especially down on LW & MW). On HF it works fine. I also have a G5RV over the house, but that thing picks up a bunch of RFI.

Other times, I tune in with an SDR that has a Bonito Boni-Whip connected. That thing works well for its size, but care must be taken to get it far away from RFI sources and it needs a ground near it.

[East Troy Don]

Thanks.  For a change I was kicking around the idea of an Apex Radio 303WA-2 from Universal but I have zero experience with verticals on HF and its $120 plus adapters.