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Nick and Bruce,
<<< >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal. >>>
The 621-VoK transmitter (used for NK's Japanese service) has a
notorious buzz on its signal. This was its degraded audio last
December in Kona, Hawaii, most obvious around the 45 second
point https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rhfksf381csgtohluxt3e97tjf79fshm
Gary
> On October 7, 2018 at 8:10 AM Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:
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> >Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good
> >stuff. I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were
> >starting to come in for the first time this season. So I had
> >limited time for listening to the SDR recording of what was
> >obviously an impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to
> >be reported if I can find the time to dig through the files.
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> >621 UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK
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> If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency
> offset? The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on
> the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which
> seems to be where DPRK resides. But if I set the BFO to demodulate a
> signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.
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> The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning,
> whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.
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> 675 VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at
> ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr
> receiver). After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if
> any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly
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> I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for
> Vietnam, but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.
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> best wishes,
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> Nick
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> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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