North Korean Random Numbers

["Sonny M. Ashimori" <sonny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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NORTH KOREA

For the first time in my memory, on May 8, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station
aired the regular random number broadcast on ONLY 6400 kHz and NOT the
normally parallel 3250 kHz from 1500. All the other SW channels (3250, 3320
and 6250) carried regular news and music. Normally from 1500 UTC, 3250 and
6400 always carry random numbers, while 3320 and 6250 carry either regular
programs or a different set of random numbers.

North Korea has several regular and irregular random number transmissions
daily (apparently for its spies in South Korea and Japan), some of which
are aired as regular "programs" on Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, North
Korea's official service for Koreans in South Korea and Japan.

Sonny

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Sonny M. Ashimori <sonny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Yaesu FRG-7700 + 40m Dipole  (QTH 43°34'E/135°20'N)
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