(Shortwave DX) KCBS Pyongyang, the domestic North Korea radio station, signal is caught in Malaysia on shortwave radio! It was playing "NK-POP".

 

Between December 2019 and April 2020, I received few North Korea shortwave radio stations from Kujang transmitter site in Malaysia, it was Voice of Korea, actually it is a North Korea communist government propaganda radio station for international listeners outside North Korea, broadcasts in Japanese, Chinese Mandarin, French, English, Spanish, Arabic, German, Spanish and Russian.

 

From June 2020, I received KCBS Pyongyang which is North Korea domestic public radio station in Malaysia on a shortwave radio receiver.

 

I caught KCBS Pyongyang signal in Malaysia on SW 11680kHz and 9665kHz from Kanggye, North Korea. Here is the footage.

 

What I spotted the signal of KCBS Pyongyang in these three videos are airing "NK-POP" (North Korean pop) songs. South Korea K-POP are sung by Oppa (Super Junior, BTS, Big Bang etc) and beautiful ladies (Girls Generation, Blackpink, 2NE1, 4 Minute etc), but NK-POP is about North Korean communism songs, Moranbong Band is also part of "NK-POP". 

 

In terms of signal reception status in Malaysia (around greater Kuala Lumpur), KCBS Pyongyang SW 11680kHz is usually suffering adjacent channel interference from local shortwave radio station RTM Wai FM SW 11665kHz, transmitted from RTM Kajang. Hence, you will hear interference noise from Wai FM when you tune to KCBS Pyongyang 11680kHz to hear "NK-POP". Sometimes when RTM Wai FM shortwave transmitter was down or off-air, KCBS Pyongyang SW 11680kHz from Kanggye, North Korea can be received in Malaysia (around greater Kuala Lumpur) without any interference from other radio stations.

 

In addition, I also received KCBS Pyongyang SW 9665kHz too on 1st November 2020, this is even rare signal in Malaysia. Between 1745 hours to 0000 hours (UTC +8), I only hear silent mode on the frequency because Radio Taiwan International Chinese Mandarin broadcast is ready to sign on, but I could hear "NK-POP" or North Korea communist propaganda songs when I set the frequency to 9668kHz adjacently. After RTI SW 9660kHz from Kouhu, Taiwan is signing on after 1800 hours (UTC+8), KCBS Pyongyang SW 9665kHz (adjacent tuning on 9668kHz) is no longer receivable in Malaysia.

 

KCBS Pyongyang SW 11680kHz and 9665kHz are transmitted from Kanggye, North Korea with non-directional antenna, transmitter power is only 50kW. In Malaysia and South East Asia, usually I only could receive Voice of Korea as North Korea shortwave radio station, but KCBS Pyongyang shortwave radio signal is very rare in Malaysia.

 

==Reception report of KCBS Pyonyang DX in Malaysia==

* Frequency: SW 9665kHz (adjacent tuning on 9668kHz), SW 11680kHz

* Power: 50kW

* Transmitter site: Kanggye, North Korea

* Receiving site: Balakong, Selangor, Malaysia (20km from Kuala Lumpur) 

* Distance: 4900km

* Receiving date (UTC+8): 12.06.2020 0733H (for 11680kHz), 27.09.2020 1832H (for 11680kHz) and 01.11.2020 1756H (for 9665kHz)

* SINPO: 

- 11121 (for 11680kHz on 12.06.2020 0733H UTC+8)

- 33343 (for 11680kHz on 27.09.2020 1832H UTC+8)

- 33343 (for 9665khz on 01.11.2020 1756H UTC+8)