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- Subject: Re: [IRCA] 657-Pyongyang Doo-Wop Music?
- From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 17:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
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<<< A video would be quite valuable I would think, Gary....By the looks
of it there would be more than a few to go through until you find
the exact number that you heard, hi. >>>
Well, Nick, I wouldn't mind going through a few of that girl group's videos until I find the song that I heard... and I can imagine a few TP-DXers who might even like to assist me in the search :-)
I've heard that all the radios and TV's in that country are fixed on one or two "approved" frequencies-- so maybe they are trying to improve the programming for the captive audience? In any case, it sure beats the angry tirades, martial music and dreary orchestras.
73, Gary
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From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
To: d1028gary <d1028gary@xxxxxxx>; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, May 16, 2014 10:43 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 657-Pyongyang Doo-Wop Music?
A video would be quite valuable I would think, Gary....By the looks
of it there would be more than a few to go through until you find
the exact number that you heard, hi.
best wishes,
Nick
At 22:24 16-05-14, you wrote:
>Hi Bruce,
>
>Yes, that looks exactly like the group that I heard on 657-Pyongyang
>(maybe with a little imagination thrown in).
>
>I may need to monitor 657 more often in the Fall Season from now on :-)
>
>73, Gary
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: d1028gary <d1028gary@xxxxxxx>; irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Fri, May 16, 2014 9:53 am
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] 657-Pyongyang Doo-Wop Music?
>
>
>
>Gary
>
>Maybe you heard this group?
>http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/My-Motherland-Full-of-Hope-N-Koreas-pop-queens-stage-comeback-256582701.html
>
>Bruce
>
>
>
>
>From: "irca" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "irca" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 8:15:19 AM
>Subject: [IRCA] 657-Pyongyang Doo-Wop Music?
>
>Hello All,
>
>Although almost all TP-DXers seem to be taking a break from the
>daily chase due to the miserable May conditions, I thought I would
>share a bizarre recording made last month at the Rockwork 4 ocean
>cliff in Oregon.
>
>At 1147 UTC (0447 local time) it was still totally dark at the
>Highway 101 turnoff on April 9, the first morning of my DXpedition.
>The South Pacific stations were already bailing, but the Asian big
>guns were starting to boom in. I tuned in to 657, expecting to hear
>the usual tirades, martial music and/ or dreary orchestra from
>Pyongyang, North Korea. To my great surprise I got nothing of the
>sort, but instead a pop-sounding number sounding very much like an
>American girl group from the early 60's.
>
>
>http://www.mediafire.com/listen/4gr508bv5qbvvja/657-Pyongyang-1147z040914SWP.MP3
>
>This two minute recording made me wonder if I might have tracked
>down the wrong TP, since nothing like this had ever been heard from
>Pyongyang in my 7 years of TP-DXing. As if to reassure me, however,
>the angry Korean tirades returned immediately afterwards (along with
>more tirades on the sick-sounding 702 channel, for good measure).
>
>73 and Good DX,
>Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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