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Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: February 24, 2021, 1326 UTC »

KOREA NORTH. 6135, strong super jamming returned here on Feb 16 and noted daily, till found gone on Feb 24.

KOREA SOUTH. 3480, Voice Of The People, 1418, Feb 20. Start of the "gohyang-e on pyeonji" program (A letter
that came to my hometown). My audio is at http://bit.ly/3kgUt74 . Thanks very much to "Pak" (Korean DXer) for the
program names ( https://radio.chobi.net/DX/DXNEWS/?res:74 ).

VOP: On Feb 22 (Monday), 3480 (this is always the best heard frequency - please listen to my above audio)
// 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1040; again with no changes this week.

VOH: On Feb 22 (Monday), 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at 1045; all frequencies changed this week.

Voice of Freedom, on Feb 24, returned to alternate frequency of 5920 (ex 6045), from 1051+; only fair reception, due
to moderate OTH radar.

National Unity Radio, 7200, at 1144, on Feb 22 (Monday). One minute language lesson; started and ended with the pop song
"ABC" by the Jackson 5; spelled "h-o-w c-o-m-e," "How come you are here?"; not carried on the weekend; excellent reception.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

137

Shortwave Broadcast / Myanmar[non-logs]

« on: February 01, 2021, 1338 UTC »

Myanmar[non-logs]


MYANMAR. Feb 1, checking for any activity (none heard).

5985, normally after NHK closes (1130* UT), I would be hearing Myanmar Radio just signing on, in the clear,
with a decent signal, but today they were certainly not broadcasting; last checked at 1240.

5915, normally would be able to hear some signal from Myanmar Radio underneath CRI, but not heard today.

6165 and 7345, unable to hear any signal from Thazin Radio.

So it seems the military has indeed taken over control of all the SW stations. Needs more monitoring.

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Clandestine Stations / KOREA SOUTH. Feb 1 (Monday) observed frequencies for this week.

« on: February 01, 2021, 0921 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Feb 1 (Monday) observed frequencies for this week.

Voice of the People: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 0820 UT; another week with no changes. .

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3980 // 4885 (Brazil QRM) // 5990 // 6250 // 6348 // 9100, at 0815 UT; another week with all frequencies changed.

Voice of Freedom, on alternate frequency of 6045, at 0825 UT; poor reception due to mixing with N. Korea super jamming on frequency.
VOF ex: 5920, now a clear frequency, but today with OTH radar.

6135 is now being super jammed by N. Korea, with no station there to be jammed, at 0827 UT.

139

Clandestine Stations / Korea

« on: January 25, 2021, 2036 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Jan 25 (Monday) observed frequencies for this week.

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1130; another week with no changes. .

VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at 1135; another week with all frequencies changed; English
language lesson ("curry chicken", "mushroom chicken," "chicken salad," etc.).

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1140, with poor reception, with no jamming, but prominent OTH radar. The super
jamming from N. Korea is still heard on 6045, with no station there to jam, while 6135 was a clear frequency with
no jamming.

National Unity Radio, 7200, at 1143. One minute language lesson; started and ended with the pop song "ABC" by
the Jackson 5; spelled "l-u-n-c-h," "lunch time," "It is lunch time," "South and North Korea with . . ? . . relations";
mostly readable.

140

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Vanuatu is back on SW again

« on: January 13, 2021, 1350 UTC »

VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, randomly from 0745 till trx off at 1114 UT, on Jan 13. Am very grateful
to Manuel Méndez (via WOR iog) for the timely alert! At tune in on 3945, was not too bad, but third
harmonic 11835 was unusable; after 0800, the 11835 reception had greatly improved; 0830, "Radio
Vanuatu, half past seven"; programming in Bislama; later on 3945 (11835 unheard), at 1000, the
usual intro to the news/sports/weather, with indigenous music of horns and drums; news ended at
1019; from 1032 to 1101, ending the day with the usual sermon and religious songs; 1101, closing
announcement and National Anthem; 1102-1114, open carrier (no audio); dead air till trx off.
Wonderful to have them back again!

Audio of ID and local time check - https://app.box.com/s/4iti6y0lyqv1uuliw9i5x40fn6yb2gga .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 30m long wire  

141

Clandestine Stations / South Korea on December 21 (Monday)

« on: December 23, 2020, 0659 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Dec 21 (Monday) observed frequencies for this week.

VOP: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1015 UT; no changes for the sixth consecutive week!

VOH: 3990 (ham QRM) // 4885 // 6000 (QRM) // 6250 // 6355 // 9100, at 1008 UT; all frequencies changed this week.

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1018 UT, with fair reception (no jamming). The super jamming from N. Korea still heard on 6045,
with no station there to jam, while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

142

Shortwave Broadcast / Myanmar's "Learning English with BBC, Burmese" program - 5985 kHz. (Wed. & Fri.)

« on: December 16, 2020, 1433 UTC »

MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1247-1257 UTC, Dec 16 (Wednesday). Time for another two 5 minute editions of
"Learning English with BBC, Burmese"; in the first program: "I am a market trader (office worker) (farmer) (factory
worker)"; second show: "I go to work (school) (shops) in the morning"; very readable. This program will be repeated
again on Friday. Audio streaming of one of their five minute programs is at their website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/burmese/course/how-do-i-burmese/unit-1/session-2 .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

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Clandestine Stations / South Korea on December 14 (Monday)

« on: December 14, 2020, 1852 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Dec 14 (Monday) observed frequencies.

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1045; no changes for the fifth consecutive week!

VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, at 1038; all frequencies changed from the last two Mondays.

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1050, with fair reception (no jamming). The super jamming from N. Korea still heard on 6045,
with no station there to jam, while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

144

Clandestine Stations / Radio Dap Loi Song Nui via Taiwan [to Vietnam]

« on: December 12, 2020, 1610 UTC »

TAIWAN  [to VIETNAM]. 9670, Radio Dap Loi Song Nui, at 1243, on Dec 12. In Vietnamese, some singing, along with prominent
siren jamming (assume from Vietnam). My audio is posted at http://bit.ly/341qetV . Scheduled 1230 to 1300 UTC.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

145

Clandestine Stations / South Korea on December 7 (Monday)

« on: December 10, 2020, 0350 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Dec 7 (Monday) observed frequencies. All frequencies are the same as last Monday!

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1205 UT; no changes for the fourth consecutive week!

VOH: 3980 // 4885 // 5990 // 6250 // 6348 // 9100, at 1210 UT; first week with no changes!  

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1215 UT, with fair reception (no jamming). The super jamming from N. Korea was still heard on 6045,
while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

146

Clandestine Stations / South Korea

« on: November 30, 2020, 2126 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Echo of Hope - VOH, at 1137, Nov 29 (Sunday) on 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, with the
reading of a "Harry Potter" story in English and Korean; 4880 & 9095 both with good reception.

Voice of Freedom, 5920, on Nov 29, from 1155 to 1200. The Sunday only "COVID-19 Prevention Measures" program in
Korean; good reception.

Nov 30 (Monday) observed frequencies:

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1155; no change for the third consecutive week!

VOH: 3980 // 4885 // 5990 // 6250 // 6348 // 9100, at 1148, with English language lesson ("Can I see that watch? . . . No, the
one next to it."); all frequencies changed today.  

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1205, with fair reception (no jamming). The super jamming from N. Korea was still heard on 6045,
while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

147

Clandestine Stations / Korea - frequency changes for this week (Monday - November 23)

« on: November 23, 2020, 1335 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Observed frequencies Nov 23 (Monday):

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1048;
no change for the second consecutive week!

VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at 1055; all frequencies changed today. 

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1100, with fair reception (no jamming); start of program "Haengboghan
Daehanmingug" (Happy Republic of Korea). The super jamming from N. Korea was still heard on
6045, while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming.

National Unity Radio, still on 7200 kHz., at 1111 UT. Also later at 1143, with very brief English
language lesson; about a one minute spot; started and ended with the pop song "ABC" by the Jackson 5;
"I really enjoyed the meal"; still with schedule of 1100-1258; my brief audio https://bit.ly/3lVMxbe .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 30m long wire

148

Clandestine Stations / Suggestions for IDing SOH, as opposed to CNR1 jamming

« on: November 16, 2020, 2240 UTC »

Here are a few suggestions for ways to confirm if a station is Sound of Hope or CNR1 jamming.

1) One positive way is to listen at the top-of-the-hour. CNR1 programming always has time pips, while SOH
never has any.

2) Find a known CNR1 frequency, that is to say a non-jamming frequency (such as 6125 kHz.), then check to
find if it is // to the station in question.

3) SOH is a religious station, so has a more refined format. At ToH usually has news and then a lot of monologues.
Rather rare to hear music. While the CNR1 format is fairly contemporary; many short segments; often with music;
in general has a much more upbeat format than SOH.

4) After many years of listening to SOH, I find their audio slightly muffled; not a lot, just enough to be noticeable,
especially when compared to the crisp audio of CNR1.

5) It is not uncommon for SOH to be slightly off frequency; while CNR1 is on the exact frequency (xx.00).

6) Finally, if the station in question has fair to good reception, it almost certainly is CNR1 jamming. SOH stations
use rather low power, hence fair-good reception would be extremely rare.

149

Clandestine Stations / Korea - frequency changes for this week (Monday - November 16)

« on: November 16, 2020, 2208 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Nov 16 (Monday) observed frequencies:

VOP: 3480 (best reception) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1305 UT; no change
from last week.

VOH: 3990 // 4885 // 6000 // 6250 // 6355 // 9100, at 1339 UT; EBS-FM news/language lesson,
which was first broadcast via EBS-FM back on Nov 2; all frequencies changed today, so is
really old news!  

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1310 UT, with fair reception (no jamming). The super jamming from
N. Korea still heard on 6045, while 6135 was a clear frequency with no jamming. BTW - CRI is
on 6135 from *1357 to 1557* UT, blocking reception of R. Madagasikara.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

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Clandestine Stations / Echo of Hope - VOH news in English and Korean

« on: November 10, 2020, 2205 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. 9105, Echo of Hope - VOH, 0941 UTC, Nov 10. The EBS-FM [Educational Broadcasting System] news in
English and Korean; but more than just the news, as they explain the meaning of some of the English words, so it's really
the news and a language lesson; in the past EBS called this show "Touch! Global Headlines," but that name has recently
been dropped; they no longer ID the program via the radio show, nor at their website; a partial transcript of today's show, 
which first aired via EBS FM back on Oct 27, is at https://bit.ly/2UfEbPC . EBS's website audio streaming only has the first 
one minute of the program at https://bit.ly/3eM00zw . My audio of today's whole program is posted at - https://bit.ly/35k7Ayy . 
The VOH programming runs on a four hour loop, meaning this news program will be carried again at 1341 UT.  

BTW - Interesting news item today about "EU member states have turned clocks back an hour for the last time, as they have
voted to abolish the practice of daylight saving time in 2021."  
 
Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire