BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

propaganda/clandestine station closed on 31 July 2003.
Actually modulation of Voice of National Salvation ceased on 1 Aug 2003 at
00:05 local time. Most if not all carriers stayed on for an extended
period afterwards, a quite extraordinary behaviour for North Korean
transmitters (reportedly they use to cut the carriers within a few
seconds), suggesting that transmitter site staff had not been notified
about the way the station closes in detail.
Less than two weeks later some shortwave frequencies of Voice of National
Salvation, including 4557 kHz from Haeju, started to relay KCBS. I saw no
follow-ups on this story, so I don't know if and when these frequencies
stopped again. But never mentioned in these reports was 1053 kHz,
suggesting that it went off for good five years ago.
If you look closely you will note the traces of the feed line path. Follow
it, and after a bit more than 1.5 km northwest of this four-tower antenna
you will find two more towers:
I think the T-shaped building, with a presumed cooling pond in front of
it, houses the transmitters. And one of the towers should be the antenna
for 1080 kHz. During the nineties this frequency had been listed in WRTH
as 500 kW, now it shows up as 1500 kW. Thus it could be that the former
1053 transmitter is now in use on 1080 kHz, provided that these power
levels are correct. Btw, a good amount of FM transmitters in North Korea
got "lost" from WRTH when Pyongyang Pangsong had been moved into the
International Broadcasting section. This station has a comprehensive FM
network, not identical to Pyongyang FM Pangsong which provides alternate
programming.
Concerning the Haeju installations I think this is an arrangement somewhat
similar to Wachenbrunn in Germany: The big directional antenna, in this
case of course aiming at Seoul, has been added later at a remote location,
connected to the existing transmitter site with a long feed line, even
crossing streets in between.
Now one could continue and stare at the imagery to spot the shortwave
antenna(s), but perhaps a simple dipole just can not be seen there (like
the 6190 kHz antenna at Berlin which I think is invisible on aerial images
as well), so I do not waste my time for it.
(Kai Ludwig-D, SW TXsite Aug 3)
A triple group of the elsewhere spotted lattice towers exists at Kaesong:
37 59 06.01 N 126 34 20.23 E
And this seems to be the FM/TV transmitter at Kaesong:
37 57 31.54 N 126 33 03.20 E
Specialty: Joson Jung-ang Pangsong is on FM via Kaesong only (on 102.3,