Comments on: The Hermit Kingdom On The 80 Meter Band http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/ Adventures In Amplitude Modulation Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Steve Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:24:28 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2886 Very cool writeup. As I write this I am receiving. VoK for the first time. 15180 kHz @ 3:00 utc. I live near Chicago. I am using a Sony 2010 with a 75 fr outdoor antenna. Signal is very strong but its in French. Looking forward to listening to the audio clips. Power has been out for 3 days in my neighborhood which has led to some great shortwave listening. Only thing that stinks is I cannot make a recording with my computer. Very cool writeup. As I write this I am receiving. VoK for the first time. 15180 kHz @ 3:00 utc. I live near Chicago. I am using a Sony 2010 with a 75 fr outdoor antenna. Signal is very strong but its in French. Looking forward to listening to the audio clips. Power has been out for 3 days in my neighborhood which has led to some great shortwave listening. Only thing that stinks is I cannot make a recording with my computer.

]]> By: prof http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 prof Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:34:10 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2364 Hey Ian, thanks for those great links. And you're right about that song. Quite catchy. And I was curious about which frequencies and times seem to work for you as far as getting the best reception of the DPRK in English on the west coast. . And Ulis, if you wanna SEE something scary check out those DPRK TV news clips via the YouTube link in the above comment. Hey Ian, thanks for those great links. And you’re right about that song. Quite catchy. And I was curious about which frequencies and times seem to work for you as far as getting the best reception of the DPRK in English on the west coast. .

And Ulis, if you wanna SEE something scary check out those DPRK TV news clips via the YouTube link in the above comment.

]]> By: Janet http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Janet Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:49:47 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2363 Hooray! I've always wanted to hear this! Hooray! I’ve always wanted to hear this!

]]> By: GregS http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 GregS Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:01:42 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2362 This is cool! I'm going to set up an account on GlobalTuners so I can do some remote DXing too. This is cool! I’m going to set up an account on GlobalTuners so I can do some remote DXing too.

]]> By: Ian http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Ian Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:24:58 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2361 Interesting to hear that the signal isn't that much better being received in Japan than it is here in Northern California. Despite the fading and static, VoK still seems to be pretty regular fixture on the bands here. I regularly hear their English, French and Korean broadcasts at night and early morning. In fact, I was surprised when over breakfast recently, their broadcast on 11710 kHz was about the *only* thing I was able to pick up. Can't seem to track down a copy of that particular musical selection, but it sounds like it may have been rendered (as a great many of them are) by the Ponchonbo Electronic Ensemble. There's a bunch of their stuff scattered about on YouTube and various websites, and this user in particular has a bunch of video clips of them, as well as excerpts from DRPK television news broadcasts... http://www.youtube.com/user/dprktvradio Still trying to track down a copy of "Song of Bean Paste" (no, really...!) but I did find an mp3 of the insanely catchy "Don't Ask My Name"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXTRANvdouQ http://dprk.ii2.cc/pn17.mp3 Interesting to hear that the signal isn’t that much better being received in Japan than it is here in Northern California. Despite the fading and static, VoK still seems to be pretty regular fixture on the bands here. I regularly hear their English, French and Korean broadcasts at night and early morning. In fact, I was surprised when over breakfast recently, their broadcast on 11710 kHz was about the *only* thing I was able to pick up.

Can’t seem to track down a copy of that particular musical selection, but it sounds like it may have been rendered (as a great many of them are) by the Ponchonbo Electronic Ensemble. There’s a bunch of their stuff scattered about on YouTube and various websites, and this user in particular has a bunch of video clips of them, as well as excerpts from DRPK television news broadcasts…

http://www.youtube.com/user/dprktvradio

Still trying to track down a copy of “Song of Bean Paste” (no, really…!) but I did find an mp3 of the insanely catchy “Don’t Ask My Name”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXTRANvdouQ
http://dprk.ii2.cc/pn17.mp3

]]> By: Travers http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 Travers Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:34:18 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2343 Good stuff (and you're welcome)! I've never heard the VoK on a actual radio either, this is my first sample! Kooky stuff! I did try once to hear them back when I had a Icom706MIIG hooked to a longwire in the countryside, nada. Today is even less likely with a portable in the city, I won't say impossible since radio propagation has done stranger things. It is fun and scary to hear these kinds of broadcasts especially in today's "modern world". Every now and then I'll get on a "dictator trip" and spend a evening listening to broadcasts from Cuba, China, Iran, etc. There's something almost musical in the blatant propaganda drifting in and out of the static. Good stuff (and you’re welcome)! I’ve never heard the VoK on a actual radio either, this is my first sample! Kooky stuff! I did try once to hear them back when I had a Icom706MIIG hooked to a longwire in the countryside, nada. Today is even less likely with a portable in the city, I won’t say impossible since radio propagation has done stranger things. It is fun and scary to hear these kinds of broadcasts especially in today’s “modern world”. Every now and then I’ll get on a “dictator trip” and spend a evening listening to broadcasts from Cuba, China, Iran, etc. There’s something almost musical in the blatant propaganda drifting in and out of the static.

]]> By: Ulis http://theradiokitchen.net/the-hermit-kingdom-on-the-80-meter-band/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Ulis Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:03:57 +0000 http://theradiokitchen.net/?p=691#comment-2329 DPRK VoK broadcasts are a riot but yet a bit disconnected enough from reality to to also be pretty damn scary. DPRK VoK broadcasts are a riot but yet a bit disconnected enough from reality to to also be pretty damn scary.

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