Many thanks to Anthony Messina for sharing the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Korea
Date of recording: January 28, 2024
Starting time: 6pm UTC (1pm EST)
Frequency: 13760khz, 9730khz, 7570khz
Your location: SDR
Your receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR
Mode: AM
Notes: Recorded via an SDR based in Japan. A collection of recent VOK recordings.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: KCBS Pyongyang
Date of recording:Various (2022-2023)
Frequency: Various frequencies
Reception location: Various locations
Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR
Mode: AM
Notes: This is a collection of recent recordings I made of DPRK SW radio stations.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Korea
Date of recording: 7/13/2022
Starting time: 20:00
Frequency: 11635 kHz
Note that this recording was made via a remote web-based SDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:
DPRK's international radio service was named "Radio Pyongyang" until year 2002. Now it is called "Voice of Korea".
In Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages, there are different words to distinguish the north and south.
In English language, word "Korea" may stand for both.
I think the name "Radio Pyongyang" is clear, does not have ambiguity. The name "Voice of Korea", we cannot guess which side it is from.
The radio recording was on the Military Foundation Day in DPRK, 25 April 1999. Its content is the celebration of the festival.
The programmes are political promotion news, editorials, songs and music.
The distance from receiving place Shenyang to Pyongyang is about 374.3KM, to Seoul is about 565.4KM, and to Beijing is about 660.5KM.
The two distances are shorter than to China's capital, it is easier to receive the radio programmes from the Korean Peninsula, and no special equipment is required.
Sometimes in the night, in the mid wave band, the radio transmission from North Korea can "mix" with Shenyang local radio signal, unintentionally interferes the local broadcast.
Broadcaster: Radio Pyongyang
Date of recording: 4/25/1999
Starting time: 11:00
Frequency: 9.445 MHz
Reception location: Shenyang China
Receiver and antenna: Philips Radio Receiver and Casette Recorder AW7509 with antenna on it
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea made on December 27, 2020 starting at 2251 UTC in McGrath, Alaska, on 9650 kHz. Paul notes:
This also includes the dead air when once service ends and another begins.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jared Dancel, who shares the following recording and notes:
First 20 minutes of broadcast from Voice of Korea. The news portion includes a letter (heard in the 14 minute mark) from the North Korean leader Kim-Jong Un to the US President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, which at the time, were recovering from the coronavirus.
Date of recording: 10/3/2020
Starting time: 10:01
Frequency: 11.735Mhz
Location: Tarlac, Philippines
Receiver and antenna: Tescun R9012 with telescopic antenna
The UTwente SDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Davi Sousa, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea and notes:
Date of recording: 7/29/2019
Starting time: 1900
Frequency: 13.76 MHz
Receiver location: The Netherlands
Your receiver and antenna: Web SDR at University of Twente with Mini-Whip antenna
Notes: Spanish program from Voice of Korea to Europe
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bronwyn Cragg, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea from June 7, 2019 starting at 16:00 UTC on 11.645 MHz. Bronwyn made this recording using the WebSDR at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bronwyn Cragg, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea from June 6, 2019 starting at 16:00 UTC on 11.645 MHz. Bronwyn made this recording using the WebSDR at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bronwyn Cragg, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea from June 11, 2019 starting at 16:00 UTC on 11.645 MHz. Bronwyn made this recording using the WebSDR at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bronwyn Cragg, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea from June 13, 2019 starting at 16:00 UTC on 11.645 MHz. Bronwyn made this recording using the WebSDR at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
The following recording comes from the aircheck archives of The Professor—the late Michael Pool.
According to Michael’s notes, the following recording of the Voice of Korea was made on March 25, 2005 at 0300 UTC on 9345 kHz. The reception location was likely New York City. No other notes were included with this recording.
The following recording comes from the aircheck archives of The Professor—the late Michael Pool.
According to Michael’s notes, the following recording of the Voice of Korea was made on March 24, 2005 at 0300 UTC on 9345 kHz. The reception location was likely New York City. No other notes were included with this recording.
Live, off-air recording of the Voice of Korea broadcast in English on 13 June 2018, beginning at 18:00 UTC on 15245 kHz. The broadcast was transmitted from Kujang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), with a transmitter power of 200 kW. The broadcast had an antenna beam direction of 325° and was directed to western Europe.
The news program in the first part of the broadcast has an extensive report on the historic summit meeting in Singapore between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump on 12 June 2018.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in synchronous AM mode with 5.08 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. Reception of the broadcast was fairly good with some fading and was accompanied by the faint sound of jamming, likely originating from the same transmitter plant that is used to jam broadcasts from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and other countries, and is likely due to a technical fault.
Voice of Korea, DPRK recorded in London, UK on June 13, 2018 at 1300 UTC on the frequency of 15245 kHz using a Tecsun PL-310 radio with a clip-on long wire antenna. In this broadcast, the official announcement is made regarding Kim Jong Un's meeting with the US president, Donald Trump, in Singapore. The transmitter has a power rating of 200 kW and is located in Kujang, DPRK. One hour into the recording, the radio was tuned upwards into the frequency of 15580 kHz to record the news bulletin from the Voice of America. The transmitter of the latter station is located in Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana and has a power rating of 100 kW.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Mark Fahey, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea English language service covering the Panmunjom Summit. This recording was made on April 30, 2018, starting at 06:30 UTC on 9730 kHz.
Mark writes:
An off-air shortwave recording of North Korea's External Radio Service - The Voice of Korea - Announcing the visit and activities of Kim Jong Un during his historic visit to Panmunjom. The broadcast also includes a full reading of the Panmunjom Declaration.
Recorded at the "Behind The Curtain" remote satellite and HF receiving site near Taipei, Taiwan (the site is remotely operated from Freemans Reach in Australia and was specifically established to monitor North Korean radio & television 24x7).
Live, off-air recording of the Voice of Korea broadcast in English on 28 April 2018, beginning at 13:30 UTC on 13760 kHz. The broadcast was transmitted from Kujang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), with a transmitter power of 200 kW. The broadcast had an antenna beam direction of 325°.
The news program in the first part of the program has an extensive report on the historic summit meeting in Panmunjom between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in on 27 April 2018.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in synchronous AM mode with 5.08 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. Reception of the broadcast was quite good with some fading and was accompanied by the sound of jamming, likely originating from the same transmitter plant that is used to jam broadcasts from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and other countries, and is likely due to a technical fault. There was also some minor interference from a China Radio International transmission on 13755 kHz up until about 14:00 UTC.
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Live, off-air recordings of the Voice of Korea broadcasts in English and German on 4 September 2017, beginning at 16:30 on 11645 kHz and 18:30 UTC on 9425 kHz, respectively. The broadcasts were transmitted from Kujang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), with a transmitter power of 200 kW. The English broadcast had an antenna beam direction of 296°, while the German broadcast was at 325°, both directed towards Europe.
The commentaries in the first part of the programs include a discussion of the development of nuclear weapons by the DPRK and the announcement of the recent test of a hydrogen bomb.
Although the Voice of Korea broadcasts are nominally about 57 minutes in duration, the recording of the English broadcast stops after 30 minutes when China Radio International signs on, on an adjacent frequency with a powerful signal overriding that of the Voice of Korea. The recording of the German broadcast begins about 5 minutes late.
The broadcasts were received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in synchronous AM mode with 5.08 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. Reception of the two broadcasts varied from fair to good with some noise and fading and the German broadcast was accompanied by the sound of jamming, likely originating from the same transmitter plant that is used to jam broadcasts from the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and is likely due to a technical fault.
Voice of Korea, DPRK recorded in London, UK on September 3, 2017 at 1338 UTC, on the frequency of 15245 kHz using AirSpy, SpyVerter, SDR# software and a 2 x 6m long wire dipole antenna. The transmitter has a power rating of 200 kW and is located in Kujang, DPRK. North Korea's successful sixth nuclear test is officially announced at 5 minutes, 6 seconds into the recording. Severe jamming can be heard concurrently with the transmission.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who notes:
This is the English service broadcast for The Voice Of Korea to "Latin America" from Kujang, North Korea. Recorded 0430-0530UTC October 17, 2016 using a Tecsun PL880, Welbrook ALA1530LNP, EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner and DXEngineering HF Preamp.
Listening location is Galena, Alaska. A village of 500 people in the rural central interior, 300 miles east of Nome and 300 miles west of Fairbanks
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