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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Fansome on December 08, 2012, 0201 UTC
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This was posted by Greg Majewski in this week's Free Radio Weakly:
COMMENTS:
Here is something from Benie S on Pyongyang Broadcasting Station" for those
who may be interested. Especially since Radio Korea is planning to use
6250 Kilohertz. This frequency is used by some European pirates:
North Korea launches radio program targeted at South (URL below)
http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/01/north-korea-launches-radio-program-targeted-at-south/
North Korea launches radio program targeted at South
North Korea launched a new radio broadcast targeted at South Korea on
Saturday morning. The two-hour long “Echo of Unification” broadcast is
expected to be broadcast three times a day and will go out over some
transmitters that usually carry state radio programs.
Details of the broadcast were first made public on the Uriminzokkiri
website, a China-based site with official ties to North Korea.
The frequencies in use are shortwave 3,970kHz and 6,250kHz, mediumwave
684kHz and 1,080kHz and FM 97.8MHz.
That’s an interesting selection, because it spans three North Korean
radio networks.
3,970 kHz (Wonsan) Korean Central Broadcasting Station
6,250 kHz (Pyongyang) Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
684 kHz (Samgo) Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
1,080 kHz (Haeju) Korean Central Broadcasting Station
97.8MHz (Haeju) Pyongyang FM Broadcasting
Korean Central Broadcasting Station is the main domestic radio network,
Pyongyang Broadcasting Station broadcasts in Korean to surrounding
countries
(including South Korea), and Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station is the
domestic FM network.
At least, this is the plan. We’ll wait to hear from monitoring reports if
all the channels come on the air.
What’s certain is that the two mediumwave frequencies give the broadcast a
strong signal that’s easily tunable across much of South Korea (except near
Seoul, where they are jammed), Japan and northeast China.
Enjoy Life,
Greg
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6250 has a loud jammer on it last time i checked
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According to the article, "the program broadcasts in the morning from 7am to 9am, in the afternoon from 1pm to 3pm, and in the evening from 9pm to 11pm". Korea's local time is UTC+9, so the times are 2200-0000, 0400-0600, and 1200-1400 UTC.
As I type this (1239z) 6250 is buried by a UTE.