Ilbon-ui Baram (Nippon no Kaze) – 9650 kHz

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At about 1327 UTC on the 22nd day of July 2023, I tuned in to Ilbon-ui Baram broadcasting on 9650 kHz in the Korean language.

The station has been on air since July 2007. It is produced by the Japanese government agency ‘Headquarters for the Abduction Issue’, targeting Japanese citizens that are believed to have been abducted to North Korea between 1977 and 1983. The Japanese language broadcast is known as Furusato no Kaze (English: Wind from the Homeland), while the Korean language broadcast is known as Ilbon-ui Baram (Japanese: Nippon no Kaze; English: Wind from Japan).

More information can be found on their website at…..

https://www.rachi.go.jp/en/index.html

The overall reception of Ilbon-ui Barm was fair. There was a very evident ‘jamming’ signal on the frequency. There was also some ‘bleed over’ interference from China National Radio CNR1 on 9660 kHz.

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Below is a short video of my reception of Ilbon-ui Baram.

References.

  1. Short Wave Info, 2023, <https://www.short-wave.info/>, viewed 22nd July 2023.

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