{"id":3237,"date":"2012-04-09T06:44:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T10:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2012-04-09T06:46:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T10:46:50","slug":"north-korea-relying-on-shortwave-radio-listeners-to-verify-upcoming-satellite-launchorbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/north-korea-relying-on-shortwave-radio-listeners-to-verify-upcoming-satellite-launchorbit\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea relying on shortwave radio listeners to verify upcoming satellite launch\/orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC News space analyst, James Oberg, will be attending the launch of North Korea’s latest controversial satellite launch in person. As he points out, though, it will be shortwave radio listeners who first verify the success of the launch:
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(Photo: VOA)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

(Source: MSNBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The history of the first two North Korean satellite missions is also a heavy burden for the current campaign for “transparency.” That\u2019s because, despite Pyongyang’s persistent insistence that both satellites were successfully placed in orbit, no sign of them has been detected by anyone in the Western world. No glint of reflected sunlight, no beep-beep of radio calls, no “bogey” blip of radar return. Nothing.<\/p>\n

I do not expect any official revision of those old claims. What\u2019s past is past. But the current promises of a renovation in public disclosure policy could be a sign that positive changes are ahead.<\/p>\n

Probably the most critical move to establish credibility, aside from our visits, is to allow other outside observers to detect and subsequently announce their own of the satellite to be launched this week. And that could happen, with or without the North Koreans’ consent.<\/p>\n

Far more authoritative than anything we report will be the post-launch detection of the satellite’s radio beacon by amateur radio operators in the outside world. Short-wave listeners are ideally placed to pick up such signals \u2014 first in Australia, and then along the west coast of South America, and finally up the east coast of North America. Only then will North Korea have its first chance to catch a fleeting signal, unless it managed an extremely long-range radio reception immediately after launch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at MSNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Know the frequency? Please comment and I will update this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBC News space analyst, James Oberg, will be attending the launch of North Korea’s latest controversial satellite launch in person. As he points out, though, it will be shortwave radio listeners who first verify the success of the launch: (Source: MSNBC) The history of the first two North Korean satellite missions is also a heavy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[474,1049,1051,1050,4082],"class_list":["post-3237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-north-korea","tag-north-korea-launch","tag-north-korea-satellite","tag-north-korea-shortwave","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Qd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17351,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/us-legislation-authorizes-50-million-for-broadcasts-into-north-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":3237,"position":0},"title":"US legislation authorizes $50 million for broadcasts into North Korea","author":"Thomas","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino, who shares this article from Fox News: Seeking to derail North Korea's drive for nuclear weapons, Republican and Democratic senators set aside their partisan differences Wednesday to unanimously pass legislation aimed at starving Pyongyang of the money it needs to build an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"(Photo: VOA)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NorthKoreaRocket.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17382,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/bbc-to-launch-korean-news-service-via-shortwave-in-fall-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":3237,"position":1},"title":"BBC to launch Korean news service via shortwave in fall 2016","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: KBS World Radio via Andrea Borgnino) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will launch a shortwave radio service to North Korea this fall. 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