On Aug 14, 10:59 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
The audio on the DPRK MW signals was truly terrible. Sounded worse
than US AM after the bandwidth got narrowed for IBOC.. (sounds like a
telephone with a wadded up handkerchief over the receiver).

Not to mention it sounded like it was clipping quite a bit. I'm sure
the announcer's hollering sure didn't help things.

Sometimes, the jammer on AM 1080 goes off the air (I noticed it around
mid-day, repeatedly) or its signal power drops drastically and you get
to hear the DPRK radio come in...quite intelligible even on a small
pocket radio. During the times I tuned in and managed to snag the
signal, the station was playing some marching band music, with scary
sounding vocals. I pity whoever is stuck listening to this at work up
there.

Later on in the day, you're hit with an earblasting "beeeeeep" from
the ROK's jammer and a few minutes later, the "chug-chug-chug" sound
is back. Next time, I'm tempted to try the anti-jamming antenna trick
that Radio Free Asia mentions on their website. Wonder if that would
work for MW.

Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA