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Monday 15 September 2014

Skegness Log: 15-09-14 (JF)

 819 2000 KRE KCBS Chosun Jungang Pangsong, Pyongyang (pyo) Presumed but based on time signal alone
              My recording: https://app.box.com/s/5t8i4x6j1cnc2mj0828v Compare with this: 
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQ1gNQYUkI. The time signals are identical.
              V weak  8493 km **

1350 2000  J  JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Distinctive time signal equal weak
              co-channel pile-up.  
V weak  9252 km
 972 2058 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Equal and perhaps even slightly stronger
              than Germany 
before the hour Good  8740 km
1413 2100  J  JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Distinctive time signal still
              piercing through the pile-up.  Weak  9225 km

1566 2100 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Stunning S7 signal Fair  9067 km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

A new country for me today on medium wave. North Korea! It's almost certain, but I am basing my logging on the time signal alone. I really need to get a better recording of this but, after hearing a recording on YouTube of KCBS 819. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQ1gNQYUkI and comparing this with my own recording I can hear that the time signals are identical. If you have a musical ear you will also be able to tell that the fourth pip is very slightly 'flat', giving it quite a distinctive sound. I will log this as 'presumed' for now but I think there is no doubt that this is the KCBS time signal on my recording. I just need a bit more signal next time to catch the vocals.

I made a recording of the YouTube video and my recording of the time pips, side by side: https://app.box.com/s/n1bjxxd1z865zug7qoo9

Here is South Korea making a mess of Germany on 972: https://app.box.com/s/ounzqrjk7z26b8c3roes

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna:  10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor

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