Re: [IRCA] North Korean MW Jamming

["Chris Kadlec" <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed the Kaesong Industrial Complex. I would have enjoyed wandering into 
there with my radio, but frankly, the AM and FM stations out of Kaesong 
could be heard from my border DX site quite easily and I got really tired of 
crossing the checkpoint into the DMZ, especially in the rural areas with the 
tank barricades. As an introvert, I enjoy DXing in peace, which doesn't 
usually include armed soldiers, as is the case at my border site (though 
it's actually a tourist site) where the DMZ doesn't exist and it's just a 
plain old river separating the two sides.

People have this incorrect notion that the North jams every frequency, and 
I've had someone argue it out with me, but that's laughable (I'd know if it 
were true, in fact!). Even an industrialized nation isn't stupid enough to 
put forth that much electricity. And electricity seems to be not much of a 
problem with radio in the north these days. On New Year's Day, the north lit 
up those transmitters all at full power, many of which had been off the air, 
and they're still on now.

And thanks for the comments (both of you). I've recorded the commentary for 
my full bandscan that clocks in at one hour - only had to delete 200+ failed 
attempts, enough to put together a bloopers section if I wanted - haha - 
meaning the bandscan itself is about 1h 50m it appears, and with commentary, 
just short of 3 hours. So, detailed... you shall get.

It's more of a thing where I need to be happy with my own work as opposed to 
pleasing others with it. The simple fact is, it'll be out there for a long 
time and find those who want it and as the band there changes, there will be 
this little historical observation and the Korean DXers really eat this 
content up as many aren't familiar with their own foreign regulars.

I'll split up the last jammer and numbers station part as a separate MP3 for 
those who care only about that, and I'm already finding a handful of people 
who do.

Once this is done, I may just drop out of the AM scene! AM in the states 
is... well, you know...

-Chris Kadlec
Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide



> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:58:28 +0000
> From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] North Korean MW Jamming
>
> A late response to this I know, but thanks again for posting this
> Chris.   Among other things, it is an interesting window into the
> relations between North and South Korea.    I'd never heard of S.
> Koreans commuting to the north for work for example.
> >  Otherwise, all other Seoul stations are free for listening in
> > Kaesong, though until recently, the city hosted many South Korean
> > workers who commute to North Korea daily to work in the factories
> > across the border, so it's nothing Kaesong residents are unfamiliar with. 

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