{"id":31878,"date":"2018-05-06T06:24:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T10:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31878"},"modified":"2018-05-06T06:25:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T10:25:43","slug":"vok-shifts-broadcast-schedule-due-to-north-korea-time-zone-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/vok-shifts-broadcast-schedule-due-to-north-korea-time-zone-change\/","title":{"rendered":"VOK shifts broadcast schedule due to North Korea time zone change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, DanH, who writes:<\/p>\n

I put up a couple of videos on my \u201cWillow Slough DX<\/a>\u201d YouTube channel nine hours ago that may rate at least an Arte Johnson (Laugh-in) \u201cverrry interestink\u201d. These are two videos of the North Korean shortwave station Voice of Korea operating with their new time zone and on their new schedule.<\/p>\n

These are the two most recent videos of SW station receptions that I have posted during the last couple of days.<\/p>\n

[The first video] is the VOK shortwave sign-on recorded at the newly scheduled time of 04:00, May 5, 2018 UTC on 15180 kHz. Distance: 5600 miles. Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X. Antenna: suburban 83m horizontal loop. Receiver location: Davis, California, USA. North Korea has changed its time zone to match UTC +9 which is used by South Korea. I was accustomed to tuning in Voice of Korea at 38 minutes past the scheduled hour for the English language news. Now I tune in at 8 minutes past the same hour. VOK broadcasts that were scheduled for 04:30 UTC now begin at 04:00 UTC. At the time I write this VOK shortwave programs listed on Short-Wave.info still show the old times:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n