Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, Chris, I understand that Pyongyang switched to the UTC+9 system (from UTC+8 1/2) after the first inter-Korean summit this year. So now it seems that China (with the CNR stations having their 1+1 pip on the half hour) is one of the few TP countries still broadcasting pips at half past the hour.

Last December in Kona, Hawaii it was easy to track down KCBS and Pyongyang BS stations on multiple frequencies because of their pips on the half hour, but next month on Kauai I guess I'll need to work harder on the busy frequencies. It seems like the Southern jammers on 801. 819 and 855 have also been turned off as a result of the summit. The S9+ signals from 819-KCBS every evening will probably be the same, though!

Gary

> On October 2, 2018 at 1:00 AM Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
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>     As Pyongyang is UTC+9, the pips should never be on the half hour anymore, though I think you actually know that already.
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>     Time pips sure do help ID things when they're the only things that break through interference or static, a lot like stations airing classical music or NHK 2 with their music box. I could hear that across the whole AM band at sign-off even on stations where I hear no sign of NHK a few minutes before.
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>     -Chris Kadlec
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>     Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:52:44 -0700 (PDT)
>     From: Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx >
>     To: "America, Mailing" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
>     Subject: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?
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>     After some overnight FSL antenna work I decided to check the band around local sunrise, hoping for some strong TP signals to break through the neighbor's S7 electrical noise.
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>     657-Pyongyang was one of the few that could break through, although it was tough to decide which was worse-- Pyongyang's corny music (at 1256), or the electrical noise https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pj0vrs8cjkolzskklvkn3sfvfi6jszd1
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>     Whether the 3+1 TOH pips are on the half hour or the hour (as at 1300 this morning), it's always time to tune away from this station https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xlmyrowwabaz71v4fqu441jekg7pq4ma
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>     No wonder all the radios made in North Korea make it impossible to tune in anything else.
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> 
>     Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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>     Stock XHDATA D-808 + 15" FSL antenna
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