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Re ??? one more strange veiled surprise of broadcasting in 'P5 - land' ?Today May 27th at 10.20 UT observed on 3205.003 kHz on remote Hiroshima
Japan Perseus SDR rx unit, S=9+25dB strength.
more questions:
2850 kHz was a strange out-of-band frequency in use, like in good old
communist Vietnam_war-Tirana-Korea era in past 60 years.
3205 kHz seems an in-band frequency ? 3200-3400 kHz acc ITU regulations ?
The Communist Koreans want to join the usual UN-ITU agreements ?
when Mr Drump leaves the world organizations these days...  😉
2850 kHz old Soviet transmitter, - or their not-matching 2850 kHz antenna
are FAULTY now ? and need to replace to cover the peninsula Korean's
3205 kHz KCBS Pyongyang erected a new transmitter unit in the capital bcast
center?
Could be in-band TX type of Made in China BBEF Beijing 50 kW type ?
The biggest MW/SW transmitter factory worldwide even sent units to
3rd world countries like in Africa as development aid.

KOREA D.P.R.  3205.003 kHz KCBS Pyongyang site, Violine music, lady singer.
Today May 27th at 10.20 UT observed on remote Hiroshima Japan Perseus SDR rx
unit, S=9+25dB strength.

3219.884  KCBS Hamnung, S=9 in JPN, and underneath also
 MW 819 kHz KRE at 10.26 UT.
3959.002 KCBS Kanggye S=9+15dB at 10.34 UT on May 27.
6099.999 KCBS Kanggye S=9+10dB at 10.38 UT.
9665even KCBS Kanggye S=8-9 at 10.44 UT, also heard ahead on 
Edmonton-Alberta

remote rx unit,
underneath co-channel mixture CNR5 Beijing #491 site Matoucun bcast center
site.[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 27)
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KOREA NORTH. new frequency of 3205, KCBS. Am always grateful for the
insightful comments received from Martyn Williams (journalist,
researcher and expert on N. Korea), who has made the following helpful
observations:
"Interesting that they are apparently off 2850.
That's been one of the long-time, long-running frequencies.
I see several possibilities:
1) 2850 developed a fault and is temporarily off air. With the Chinese
border more or less closed right now, it could be a protracted closure
should NK need parts from overseas. If this is the case, 3205 could be a
temporary back-up that are having trouble with or totally unrelated
to the loss of 2850.
2) 2850 is gone and 3205 is the replacement (but why shift from a
long-established frequency that was never jammed?)
3) 3205 is a black-ops station and they're running KCBS as filler while they
test propagation
It's a bit early to tell, so we keep listening. FWIW, 2850 has appeared weak
for months although I have not studied it. But every time I tune on
an SDR, the reception has been weak and I did think that it used to be a lot
better. However, you're in a much better place to measure this as
you listen regularly from the same spot with the same radio."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mauno Ritola" Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 10:27 AM

Subject: Re: [WOR] Korea - Echo of Hope - VOH, Voice of the People and KCBS
on new 3205 kHz.

Also today at 0820 North Korea heard on 3205 kHz and 2850 kHz is empty,
via remote receivers.
73, MaunoRon Howard kirjoitti 25.5.2020 klo 22:23:
May 18 (Monday) frequency changes:
VOP: 3485 // 3915 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 0932.
VOH: 3990 (ham QRM) // 4885 (Brazil QRM) // 6000 // 6250 // 6355 //
9100, at 0928.
Voice of Freedom, 5920, good reception (not jammed), at 0936; N.
Korean jamming strong on 6135 kHz.
May 25 (Monday) frequencies:
Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 (seems to not be using 3925
anymore, due to Japan being there) // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1010.
Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095, at
1007.
Voice of Freedom: 5920, fair-poor, due to OTH radar (no N. Korea
jamming), at 1013; 6135 is no longer jammed by N. Korea (Brazil heard
on 6135.1)!
*KCBS (N. Korea) on new 3205*, from 1057-1102* UT, on May 25.
Patriotic/anthem(?) music; in Korean; ToH time pips. My unedited five
minute audio at http://bit.ly/3etChDd . Thanks very much for this info
from Amano, via "Now On The Radio DX," who IDed my UNID:
"Ron-san - I listened to your audio. This is DPRK as expected by
sat_dxer. KCBS ID exists from 01:47 in your audio.
01:47 Female “Joseon Jung-ang Bangsong-ibnida. Seumul-sileul
allyeodeulibnida.“ 01:47 In English “This is Korean Central Broadcasting
Station. At the turn of 20 o'clock.“ * 2000 PST (1100 UTC) - After that,
News Bodo) will start after the time pips.
Recently, KCBS is not transmitting to 2850 kHz. Was it QSY to 3205kHz?
Nice catch and information, Ron-san.
Amano
Saitama, Japan"
Ron, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire 
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