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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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

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.

142

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

143

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  

144

Shortwave Broadcast / Mexico - Radio Educación with extended broadcast

« on: October 27, 2020, 1727 UTC »

 
MEXICO. 6185, XEPPM - Radio Educación, with extended broadcast. On Oct 27, noted in Spanish, leading up to choral
National Anthem at 1200 UTC; suspect this was due to Tropical Storm Zeta, which has hit the Yucatán Peninsula. No CHBC
(China) QRM.  

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

145

Clandestine Stations / National Unity Radio now on 7200 kHz., 1100-1258 UTC

« on: October 27, 2020, 1623 UTC »

- - - - posted to WOR iog (Oct 27):

TAJIKISTAN(non) B-20 of National Unity Radio on new 9950 kHz, updated

1300-1400 NF 9950*DB 200 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 9445 B-19
*1345-1400 on 9950 KCH 300 kW / 098 deg to SoAs TWR India co-channel

1100-1300 NF ?#DB 200 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7355 B-19
#1100-1400 on 7200 DB 200 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean as AOKI 10/27 (Ivo)

Hi Ivo,

Thanks very much for the update!

Oct 27 - On 7200 kHz., with National Unity Radio, at *1100 UTC, with ID; strong signal; in Korean;
my audio posted at http://bit.ly/34x8O8W .

Oct 26, noted 1258*; good to very good reception.

Ron

146

Clandestine Stations / Nippon no Kaze/Furusato no Kaze/Shiokaze, all on 7295 kHz.

« on: October 26, 2020, 1928 UTC »

- - - - posted to WOR iog (Oct 26):

JSR Shiokaze/Sea Breeze:
1300-1400 on  6145 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs
1300-1400 on  7295 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs

Nippon no Kaze    1300-1330 on 7295 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Korean
Furusato no Kaze  1330-1400 on  7295 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese
(Ivo)

Hi Ivo,

An amazing frequency choice for Nippon no Kaze and Furusato no Kaze, as it is now also the frequency
for Shiokaze, during the same time period. Strange that these similar stations are all now on the same
frequency, at the same time. Will they notice the problem and change frequency? All are about equal
strength, so this frequency has become a mess from 1300 to 1400 UTC. Oct 26, observed their mixing
on 7295, at 1302 UTC, with Shiokaze // 6145, with pulsating jamming noise from N. Korea.

Ron

147

Clandestine Stations / Korea - VOP, VOH and VOF

« on: October 26, 2020, 1920 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Frequencies for this week; observed Monday, October 26:

Voice of the People: 3480 (best frequency) // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1150 UTC.

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at 1135 UTC, with English language lesson.

Voice of Freedom, 5920, at 1155 UTC, with good reception (no jamming). The super jamming, white noise,
N. Korea jamming was heard on BOTH 6045 and 6135, but later at 1238, found 6135 clear of the jamming,
so R. Madagasikara reception is again possible, while 6045 continues to be jammed. Have never been
able to figure out the rationale for the N. Korea jamming of 6045 and 6135, as clearly VOF is no longer
on those frequencies!

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

148

Clandestine Stations / Korea - VOH and VOP Monday frequency changes, etc.

« on: March 24, 2020, 1845 UTC »

Frequency changes happen every Monday for VOP & VOH - today (March 23), observed the following:

VOP: 3480 (very good) // 3910 // 3925 (stronger than Japan on frequency) // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1013 UTC.

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 (for only two days was on ex: 4885) // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at 1009 UTC.

Voice of Freedom, 6045, good reception at 1208 UTC, this after Alaska went off about 1200 UTC; N. Korea jamming
still on 6135.

Also noted:

6045, Voice of Freedom, from 0753+ UTC, on March 18. Just missed their sign on; heard choral National Anthem,
followed by singing station jingle - "jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e soli bangsong!" (Voice of truth, Voice of hope, Voice
of Freedom Broadcast); 0800 time pips; first program "Hamkke tteonaneun eum-ag-yeohaeng" (Music Tour Together); the
usual fair-good reception; no N. Korea jamming, which is still up on 6135 kHz. My six minute audio at http://bit.ly/3a3EmDZ .
Thanks to Amano (Japan) for his kind assistance with this info!!!

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Etón E1, antenna: 30m long wire

149

Spy Numbers / VC01

« on: March 24, 2020, 1829 UTC »

6200-USB, VC01, Chinese military numbers station, 1132 UTC, March 23. First day here; mixing with
Tibet on frequency. Seems to me rather a strange frequency to choice, as this is a long standing
frequency of Tibet and surely there are better frequencies? My audio at http://bit.ly/2Usions .  

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Etón E1, antenna: 30m long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Vanuatu/AIR Jeypore on 5040 kHz.

« on: December 17, 2019, 0356 UTC »

VANUATU/INDIA. 5040, Radio Vanuatu, random listening on Dec 16. Their signature song "You Are the Only One," sung
by the "Black Brothers," heard at 1105 UTC, 1123 and while mixing with AIR Jeypore at 1223; reception blocked at 1128 UTC,
with the start of AIR IS, via Jeypore, which was stronger than Vanuatu; still mixing together at 1248, so seems to still be testing.
My audio with one minute of song in the clear and one of mixing with AIR IS, at http://bit.ly/34mDIO1 .  Song on Youtube -  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJewMMjmTRQ .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, California
Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire