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

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Chris,

<<< Actually, all jammers on MW, SW, and FM are still on the air as normally in Korea. >>>

Although I'm as interested in peace and reconciliation as the Koreans, those jammers are actually pretty interesting DX in Hawaii, where I heard two of them in December (801 and 855) that had apparently never been received in North America. The 621-VoK Japanese service from Chongjin (with its notorious buzzing transmitter) was also a big surprise at S9 in Kona, snarling with China and Tuvalu. I'll try to go after the weaker Pyongyang BS stations next month, and see how many jammers also show up.

<<< If you have not heard these stations, the reason must be poor conditions or poor luck. They are all there. >>>

Actually the reason is a poor DXing location, which is definitely in the minor league in comparison to Hawaii (which obviously has Asian propagation far superior to any place on our west coast). The Korean propagation into Hawaii reminded me of when I lived in Iwakuni, Japan as a teenager-- feeling like I was right next to the DMZ.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

> On October 2, 2018 at 10:25 PM Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
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>     Actually, all jammers on MW, SW, and FM are still on the air as normally in Korea. I would send you the SDR of them, but... heck, this list can barely even handle its own text that we send it. There have been no changes in the radio situation. Just some hopeful people dreaming that it might change. Seoul and Hwaseong are still broadcasting on 657, 810, 819, 855, etc. with the coastal Incheon sites still on 855. Of course, 1053 Gimpo, 1053 Seoul, and 1080 Seoul have been off for two years now because Haeju is turned off. All the FM jammers for all the Echo of Unification stations on the outskirts of Seoul are still on as usual. All the usual SW jammers at Taereung and Haengjusanseong are operating as usual. 3970 (3965 actually at the moment) is still drunken on the SDR like 801 used to be in the DPRK, drifting around the dial. If you have not heard these stations, the reason must be poor conditions or poor luck. They are all there.
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>     -Chris Kadlec
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>     Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 02:11:57 -0700 (PDT)
>     From: Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx >
>     To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>     <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >, Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
>     Subject: Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?
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>     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.
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>     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
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