Voice of Korea English service 11710 Khz 13:00 UTC 4/27/14

[glimmer twin]

Walking to get smokes with the hound early this morning & took out the PL660 to see what was on & found North Korea banging in on a couple of frequencies.

11710 KHz English program with "Ode to a big fat dictator" aka song of marshal Kim il sun. Outstanding reception on barefoot portable. // 15245 much weaker but still audible.

13650 KHz  Chinese service of Voice of Korea. I thought at first that this was in parallel with 11710 as they both were playing the same music "song of the fatties" or whatever but it was in Chinese after the wretched song ended. CRI is also on this frequency in Chinese at this hour with much more power (500 kw to NK's nominal 200 kw) but I was definitely hearing NK.

  As I was sitting on a little bench in one of the "pocket parks" that Kansas City Missouri has so many of, an elderly lady came over to ask me what the thing I am always carrying & looking at so intently is. She was fascinated when I unplugged the headphones & we listened to "North Koreer" for a minute or two.