{"id":65940,"date":"2026-05-02T06:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65940"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:41:36","slug":"voa-hitting-the-target-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/voa-hitting-the-target-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA Hitting the Target in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

Judging by the 60 dB over S9 signal strength on a Kiwi SDR receiver in South Korea, I would say the Voice of America is getting into its target area very well.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>They have a Korean language broadcast on 9310 kHz beginning at 1530 hours UTC using their Tinang transmitter in the Philippines. I made a couple of recordings, which are as follows:<\/p>\n

April 29, 2026, leading up to 1600 hours UTC (programming in progress), presumed news about King Charles’ visit, “VOA” heard a few times around 3:04 and 3:10:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/VOA-Koean-April-29-hl5ntr.ddns_.net_2026-04-29T15_58_02Z_9310.000_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

April 30, 2026, starting at 1527 UTC, open carrier with tone, carrier off after 40 seconds. carrier back on around the 1:44 mark with English ID and Yankee Doodle briefly, then off, Yankee Doodle resumes at the 2:03 mark, then programming in Korean:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/VOA-Korean-April30-hl5ntr.ddns_.net_2026-04-30T15_27_26Z_9310.000_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Since my original post on March 9, I’ve noticed the Voice of America is no longer using 7500 kHz for its 2200 UTC broadcast in Mandarin Chinese. According to short-wave.info, they are now using 9625 and 11590 kHz from 2200 to 2230 UTC. Shortwave.live has them here as well, but in recent checks using remote SDRs, I have been coming up empty on 9625, and a bit of a mess on 11590. Other listed times and frequencies checked for the Mandarin service have not been heard either.<\/p>\n

73<\/p>\n

Dan Greenall. Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Hi Thomas, Judging by the 60 dB over S9 signal strength on a Kiwi SDR receiver in South Korea, I would say the Voice of America is getting into its target area very well. They have a Korean language broadcast on 9310 kHz beginning at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,746,43],"tags":[10271,10,182],"class_list":["post-65940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h9y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65520,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/dan-notes-voice-of-americas-return-to-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":65940,"position":0},"title":"Dan Notes Voice of America\u2019s Return to Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shared the following message on March 1, 2026 [note the delay in posting Dan's message due to recent site maintenance]: Hi Thomas This evening, I came across a sound on shortwave that I had not heard in a long time. 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