North Korean Television available at 78.5e

I thought I would talk about in this post how to receive television from the DPRK (North Korea) and with the recent death of their leader, Kim-Jong Il there will be some interesting reports on it. First of all this will not work in the UK and you will need a fairly large dish depending on which country you live in as it is broadcast over C-Band and not KU-Band. The channel is Korean Central TV (KCTV) and is broadcast via Thaicom 5 at 78.5°E. The beam is Global so it is receivable over Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East and parts of Europe (see the coverage below). Again, please note that you will not receive this if you live in the far Western countries of Europe or North/Latin America. First make sure your dish is aimed at 78.5°east and input the following transponder into your receiver:

Frequency: 3505
Polarization: H
Symbol Rate: 3367
FEC: 2/3

There is no encryption on this channel - it is Free To Air. So enjoy :)


Also, below are some images from the channel, reference is dxsatcs.com