The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)
Radio Alma Ata (Kazakh S.S.R.): Circa 1971
Feb 03, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Alma Ata, Kazakh S.S.R. 1971
Frequency: 9,380 kHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal and sign on announcement from Radio Alma Ata in Kazakhstan as heard in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in 1971. They were on 9380 kHz and I was listening on a Hallicrafters S-52 receiver hooked up to an outdoor long wire antenna. Just using an open mike placed in front of the speaker and appears the mike was shut off briefly between the interval signal and the voice announcement.
XERH (Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico): Circa 1970
Jan 27, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
XERH Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico 1970 on 11,880 kHz
This station was often heard with a good signal in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in Spanish with the jingle "La RH, La RH Radio Tricolor"
BBC World Service (Dari Language Service): July 3, 2024
Jan 20, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of the BBC World Service Dari language service made on July 13, 2024 at 04:35 UTC on 17750 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:
Radio Nikkei 1: January 18, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, notes, and original artwork:
This is part of the Radio Nikkei 1 program (in Japanese), listened by me in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 6055 kHz, on January 18, 2025, between 08:38 and 09:10 (UTC). The content is as follows:
Commercial break
J-Music Time
Recommended Lani-chan
Commercial break
Cinema: Night on the Silver Screen
KWHR (World Harvest Radio): November 10, 1996
Jan 20, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
KWHR, World Harvest Radio from Naalehu, Hawaii: November 10, 1996 on 9,930 kHz
The station was heard in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada giving out its QSL mailing address in South Bend, Indiana.
Radio 4VEH (Cap Haitien, Haiti): Circa 1970's
Jan 14, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio 4VEH Cap Haitien Haiti 1970's
Frequency: 9.770 MHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: The first audio clip is likely a "recording of a recording." Back in the 1970's, some DX programs, notably DX Jukebox (Radio Nederland) and SWL Digest (Radio Canada International) would occasionally play "off the air" recordings of shortwave stations heard by listeners. Such may be the case here.
The second clip is Radio 4VEH in Cap Haitien, Haiti as heard on 9770 kHz in April 1970. The station only ran 2500 watts of power but could be heard most mornings local time. Received using a Hallicrafters S-52 and long wire antenna at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada.
Voice of America (Korean Language Service: December 28, 2024
Jan 07, 2025
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of the Voice of America’s Korean language service made on December 28, 2024 at 1905 UTC on 9,800 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:
Radio Cairo: Circa 1971
Dec 31, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Cairo circa 1971
Frequency: 9.475 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: I don't recall Radio Cairo having an interval signal but this music was heard at the beginning of every broadcast. They used this frequency for as long as I can remember, and I was quite excited to receive their exotic looking QSL. My receiving equipment consisted of a Hallicrafters S-52 hooked up to an outdoor longwire antenna.
Voix De La Revolution Congolaise Brazzaville: Circa 1973
Dec 23, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: La Voix de la Revolution Congolaise, Brazzaville
Date of recording: Circa 1973
Frequency: 4.765 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: One of the more consistent Africans heard in the 60 metre band shortwave during the early 1970's from here in southern Ontario, Canada was La Voix de la Revolution Congolaise from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo on 4765 kHz. Best reception usually occurred at 0430 UTC sign on, or up to an hour before sign off at 2300 hours UTC. This recording is circa 1973, and you will hear part of the anthem followed by identification in French.
BBC World Service: November 25, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service on 9,410 kHz made on November 25, 2024 in McGrath Alaska.
Voice of America: November 25, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the Voice of America on 9,775 kHz made in McGrath, Alaska on November 25, 2024. Paul notes:
VOA on 9775 via Botswana in English with (one minute and eight seconds) of a dead carrier, then sign-on and programming begins.
KBS World Radio: December 4, 2024
Dec 05, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording and original illustrated listening report (above). This KBS recording was made on December 4, 2024 at 11:00 UTC on 11.795 MHz in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Carlos notes: “Full news bulletin (in Spanish) of KBS World Radio on South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol martial law, listened in Porto Alegre, Brazil.”
Bonus Radiofax:
Kyodo News English Edition radiofax on the same topic, Dec 4, 2024, 12pm UTC, 16970 kHz.
KWHR (World Harvest Radio) Naalehu Hawaii: November 10, 1996
Dec 03, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: KWHR (World Harvest Radio) Naalehu Hawaii November 10, 1996
Date of recording: November 10, 1996
Frequency: 9.930 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is World Harvest Radio with a brief English language voice announcement from their radio station KWHR, Naalehu, Hawaii as heard in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada on November 10, 1996 at 1330 hours UTC on a frequency of 9930 kHz shortwave.
XERH Radio Tricolor: Circa 1970
Nov 26, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: XERH Radio Tricolor, Mexico City 1970
Frequency: 11.880 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: XERH from Mexico City, Mexico could often be heard here in southern Ontario, Canada in the Spanish language using the jingle "La RH, La RH, Radio Tricolor" to identify. They were using 11880 kHz shortwave in 1970 when this brief recording was made, and typically played "musica ranchera."
Rádio Canção Nova/A Voz do Brasil (Mediumwave): October 29, 1990
Nov 15, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Vivian Gonçalves, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: RÁDIO CANÇÃO NOVA
Date of recording: October 29, 1990
Starting time: 20:57 UTC
Frequency: 1020 kHz
Reception location: Cachoeira Paulista, SP
Receiver and antenna: Yaesu FRG-8800 with an indoor wire antenna. Direct recording into a cassette recorder.
Mode: AM
Notes: edição da Voz do Brasil em 29-10-1990, segunda-feira
Voice of Croatia: Two Recordings, 2008 and 2011
Nov 08, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Croatia from 2008 and 2011:
Radio Prague: Three Recordings, 1989, 2008, and 2009
Nov 01, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Prague from 1989, 2008, and 2009:
Vatican Radio: Three Recordings
Oct 25, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Vatican Radio:
Radio Bulgaria: Six Recordings, 2008-2011
Oct 18, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Bulgaria from 2008-2011:
Radio Belarus: Two Recordings, 2008 and 2010
Oct 11, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Belarus from 2008 and 2010:
Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF): Three Recordings
Oct 04, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of RTBF:
WRNO (World of Radio Episodes): October 10 & October 24, 1982
Sep 27, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WRNO
Date of recording: October 10, 1982
Starting time: 2300
Frequency: 11.955 MHz
Reception location: South Bend, Indiana
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001
Notes: Here are two back-to-back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from October 10, 1982 and October 24, 1982. WOR normally aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz. A change of frequencies was announced in this first broadcast and might be the actual time and frequency where I recorded these two. These recordings are almost 42 years old and this program is still on the air. Some of the program highlights are: Part 1: DX, DX and More DX, Station news, lots of UNIDs (one of my UNIDs is featured), Amateur and utility DX news. Part 2: DX news about many countries, recommended BBC programs, NBC radio cancellations, mediumwave news (mentions of some of my LA mediumwave catches), harmonic DX and TV DX from France.
Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine: Circa 1971
Sep 17, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Here is a brief recording of Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine from Bangui on 5038 kHz shortwave circa 1971. Reception was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where the best reception from African stations was usually late afternoon or early evening local time, just about the time many of these stations were signing off for their broadcast day. Programming was in the French language.
Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine
Frequency: 5.038 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Afghanistan: Circa 1971
Sep 10, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Shortwave transmissions from Radio Afghanistan from Kabul in English were difficult to hear at my location in eastern North America. Here is a brief recording, made sometime in 1971, of the station as they concluded their half hourly English broadcast at 1830 hours UTC on 15.265 MHz in the 19 metre band. The other frequency they used for this transmission is given as 17.775 MHz.
Broadcaster: Radio Afghanistan
Date of recording: 1971
Frequency: 15.265 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Österreich 1: Two Recordings, April and November 2008
Aug 30, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Österreich 1 from 2008:
Nippon No Kaze il bon ue: August 4, 2024
Aug 23, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, along with his original artwork (above), and notes:
Opening of Japanese government shortwave radio programs aimed at Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK between 1977 and 1983: "Furusato No Kaze" (in Japanese) and "Nippon No Kaze il bon ue" (in Korean). Broadcasted from a transmitter in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and listened in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Radio Australia: March, 1968
Aug 16, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, curator of the website Inches Per Second, who shares the following recording and notes:
Periodically, I have shared parts of the large collection of shortwave recordings, most of them of Australian programming, which I picked up... somewhere, at some point. I've shared most of it, at this point, but have a few tapes left. I held off on this because the quality is fairly poor, then near the end becomes abysmal, but I thought I should share it, since there is an audience for these recordings. The newscast heard here makes it clear (specifically, the golf results, among other stories) that at least part of this tape is from the second week of March, 1968.
Radio Santa Cruz: November 9, 1996
Aug 09, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording, images, and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Santa Cruz Bolivia 1996
Date of recording: November 9, 1996
Frequency: 6.135 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Santa Cruz from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia was heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on occasion when propagation favored a North-South path. This brief Spanish language recording was made on November 9, 1996 on 6135 kHz shortwave around 2300 hours UTC.
Radio Santa Cruz Brochure
VLR-6: December 3, 1972
Aug 02, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: VLR-6
Date of recording: December 03, 1972
Starting time: 14:00
Frequency: 6.15 MHz
Your location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Notes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem
Radio Japan (Interval Signal): Circa 1970
Jul 26, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
The majority of my vintage shortwave recordings are unfortunately quite brief. This is mostly due to the fact that they were only kept as "proof" of reception and not generally for program content.
I can still remember the thrill of hearing Radio Japan in Tokyo for the first time back in 1970. I used to pick them up on 9505 kHz shortwave around dawn local time here in southern Ontario, Canada. This is a recording of their interval signal with bilingual announcement played just prior to sign on.
Broadcaster: Radio Japan 1970 interval signal
Frequency: 9.505 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Shortwave Audio Online: Early Internet Audio Show on Shortwave Listening (2 Episodes)
Jul 19, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Al Quaglieri, who shares the following recordings and notes:
These are two episodes of an internet "broadcast" I put together sometime in the early 1990's, I believe:
BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
Olivier Hubert with BBC presenter Cerys Matthews for the BBC Midwinter Broadcast (Source: BAS and BBC)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, TomL, who shares the following recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica, recorded on June 21, 2024 at 21:30 UTC on 11,685 kHz.
TomL notes:
BBC 2024 Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica. 11685 kHz using AM-Sync (LSB). Location Campton Hills Forest Preserve, St. Charles IL. Loop-On-Ground antenna amplified by Welbrook Medium Aperture preamp, into AirSpy HF+ SDR & laptop using SDR Console 3.2. RTTY station on 11690 kHz prompted recording on the lower sideband. Thunderstorm noise persistent.
Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan: February 21, 1999
Jul 05, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan February 21,1999
Date of recording: February 21, 1999
Frequency: 9.165 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario
Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna
Notes: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan from Baku, as heard in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 1999 at 0314 UTC on a frequency of 9165 kHz. Using a Drake SW-8 receiver hooked up to a very long wire antenna. Their interval signal is heard at first, followed by sign on in a local language.
Voice of America (Skylab Re-entry Coverage): July 11, 1979
Jun 28, 2024
Photo: NASA
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nigel Thornbury, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of America (VOA)
Date of recording: July 11, 1979
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900 long wire
Foreign AM Broadcast Band DX: Circa 1970's
Jun 21, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Foreign BCB DX 1970's
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 or Realistic DX-150A and a longwire antenna
Notes: Although I did not focus much on foreign broadcast band (medium wave) DXing in the 1970's, I did manage to save a few brief recordings of a handful of stations logged from my location in southern Ontario, Canada.
1. Radio Margarita, La Asuncion (Isla Margarita) Venezuela 1020 kHz
2. Radio Clarin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 860 kHz
3. XEMO, Tiajuana, Mexico 860 kHz
4. Radio Sutatenza, Bogota, Colombia 810 kHz
5. XERF, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico 1570 kHz (ID given by well known personality Paul Kallinger)
Radyo Pilipinas: May 24, 2024
Jun 14, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of Radyo Pilipinas, recorded in McGrath, Alaska, on May 24, 2024 at 19:28 UTC on 12,120 kHz:
Radio Joystick (Austria) 2018
Jun 07, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Joystick from 2018:
Radio DARC (Austria) 2018
May 31, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio DARC:
Voice Of Armenia (Interval Signal): Circa 1999
May 23, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The Voice of Armenia, Yerevan circa 1999
Frequency: 9.965 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is a recording I made of the Voice of Armenia from Yerevan with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's circa 1999. Somehow, this country managed to elude me in the 1970's and 80's.
Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation: November 1996
May 16, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation November 1996
Frequency: 9.200 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: In November 1996, the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation in Omdurman was relatively easy to spot on their out-of-band frequency of 9200 kHz shortwave. In this brief recording, chanting is heard followed by time pips on the hour. Announcements are in Arabic. According to the 1996 Passport to World Band Radio, this particular transmission is listed as Republic of Sudan Radio.
"AWR Historical" (Cassette Recordings, Parts 1 & 2): Circa 1980
May 10, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recordings and notes:
In 1980 I participated in the AWR Asia DX Contest promoted by the Radio Monitors International program produced by Mr. Adrian Petersen. The program was produced at the AWR Asia studios in Poona (India) and broadcast through the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Company via transmitters in Ekala and Colombo. Despite the reception being very difficult in South America, I managed to participate in the contest and got eighth place. As a prize, I got a cassette called AWR Historical. And it is this material that I would like to share with my friends at Shortwave Archive.
Radio Prague Interval Signals: Circa 1970 and 1999
May 03, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Prague: 1970 and 1999
Frequency: 7.345 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster and Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 and Drake SW-8 using a longwire antenna
Notes:
Here is a brief recording of Radio Prague in Czechoslovakia circa 1970. They are heard with their interval signal and announcement in English. The frequency was 7345 kHz.
The second recording was made June 22, 1999 at 1727 hours UTC on 21745 kHz, with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's, as the external service of Czech Radio.
In 1970, I received a beautiful cloth bookmark from Radio Prague, and I gave it to my mother as she liked to read, and I felt it would be a way to include her in my newfound hobby of shortwave listening. She used it for the next 46 years, and I recovered it in 2016 after her passing, still in amazingly good condition.
BBC Hausa (Interval Signal): February 7, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording made on February 7, 2024 in McGrath Alaska on 5,975 kHz at 05:21 UTC:
Radio Malaysia (Interval Signal): Circa 1971
Apr 19, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 1971 (interval signal)
Date of recording: 1971
Frequency: 6.175
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Southeast Asia was one of the toughest areas to DX in my early years of SWLing from my receiving post in southern Ontario, Canada. Radio Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur on 6175 kHz made it through one morning in 1971 with their interval signal, then a very lengthy pause (about 35 seconds) before announcement in an Asian dialect. The lack of QRM and QRN helped to make this reception possible. For this, I was rewarded with their very attractive QSL card.
HJZW Radio Almirante (Riohacha, Colombia): October 30, 1978
Apr 12, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: HJZW Radio Almirante, Riohacha - Colombia
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, loop antenna
Notes: HJZW R Almirante Riohacha, CLM
QRG: 1200 kHz
QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany - distance to Riohacha 5.285 mi
Px: S, anns, IDs, Vallenato mx, "Guajira"
SINPO: 24432
Extremely rare recording of that Colombian AM broadcaster - confirmed as 'first time logged in Germany' by our national ADDX association.
The famous 'Alltime DX list' of the 'Medium Wave Circle' contains following entry: "HJBZ Ondas del Riohacha, Riohacha, Colombia (ex
HJZW R Almirante) (not listed in 2020 WRTH) - first log in the UK 11/78; NG" - Hey! My officially confirmed log is from Oct. 1978 :))
Voice of Korea: Three Recordings, January and February 2024
Apr 05, 2024
Many thanks to Anthony Messina for sharing the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Korea
Date of recording: January 28, 2024
Starting time: 6pm UTC (1pm EST)
Frequency: 13760khz, 9730khz, 7570khz
Your location: SDR
Your receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR
Mode: AM
Notes: Recorded via an SDR based in Japan. A collection of recent VOK recordings.
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Radio Metallica Worldwide (Pirate Radio): June 4, 1997
Mar 29, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Metallica Worldwide (pirate) June 4 1997
Date of recording: June 4, 1997
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Recption location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: Here are three recordings of Radio Metallica Worldwide, a powerful shortwave pirate station that was widely heard all over North America and beyond during the late 1990's, using AM mode on 6955 kHz. These clips are from 1997 and were made in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada.
Listen to Doctor Tornado forget the zip code to his Blue Ridge Summit mailing address, claim to be broadcasting from a vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, use his voice reverberator mike, and send greetings out to other pirate radio stations. He certainly provided plenty of entertainment value for his listeners.
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Radio Austria International: March 12, 1989
Mar 22, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Austria International from March 12, 1989.
Radio Romania International (DX Mailbag Show): January 22, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Romania International DX Mailbag Show
Date of recording: January 22, 2024
Starting time: 01:42 UTC
Frequency: 7.325 MHz
RX location: KiwiSDR in Massachusetts
Receiver and antenna: MAG LOOP 80M DIPOLE
Notes: This is the DX Mailbag show for the week of 22nd of January, 2024. I used a KiwiSDR in Massachusetts.
Bible Voice Broadcasting: Four Recordings, 2018-2023
Mar 08, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these four recordings of Bible Voice Broadcasting.
Adventist World Radio, Austria: Four Recordings, 2009-2021
Mar 01, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Adventist World Radio from 2009 through 2021.
USSR Shortwave Broadcasters: Circa 1970's
Feb 23, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: USSR shortwave broadcasters 1970's
Frequency: various
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Around 1970, there were other stations in the Soviet Union (USSR) that could be found on the shortwaves besides Radio Moscow. Programming on most of these outlets was all in Russian.
Radiostansiya Rodina (Homeland) is heard here with their interval signal and identification in Russian sometime in 1971. Shortwave frequency was likely 7100 kHz.
Radiostansiya Atlantika broadcast to the Soviet fishing fleet circa 1970.
Radiostansiya Mayak (lighthouse) could also be heard on various frequencies during the early 1970's.
Radio Station Peace and Progress, the Voice of Soviet Public Opinion, had some English language programs.
Radio Tirana: Recordings 1989 - 2013
Feb 16, 2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Tirana from 1989 through 2013.
Radio Douala, Cameroon: March 21, 1983
Feb 09, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire
Notes: Px: F/E, s/on, IS, IDs, NA, mx
SINPO: 34232
Provincial station in Cameroon's tropical coastal region 'Littoral/Douala', some interruptions after sign on, then sudden termination of signal.
Trans World Radio Bonaire "The DX Special": Circa 1974
Feb 02, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Trans World Radio Bonaire "The DX Special" circa 1974
Frequency: 11.815 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna
Notes: Trans World Radio from the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles broadcast on shortwave from 1964 to 1993. They used to put a strong signal into my receiver location in southern Ontario, Canada. The station also used to air a program called "The DX Special", hosted by Al Stewart, which appears to have been produced in their Monte Carlo studio. I recently came across a short recording I made circa 1974, where I happened to catch the end of one of these programs.
Radio Rabaul: October 21, 1971
Jan 26, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Notes: Radio Rabaul on the island of New Britain, PNG, was a rare visitor to my radio shack in 1971. I was able to make this brief recording (along with one of Radio Bougainville submitted separately) using an open mike in front of the speaker on the Hallicrafters S-52.
I posted my first recording of Radio Rabaul in April 2022. Recently, I discovered this second short recording I likely made on that same day, possibly a little later as the signal was beginning to fade. The language was likely Pidgin however you can clearly hear them give out their frequency of "3 point 3 8 5" around the 24 second mark. A 3-tone chime on the hour and station ID are given at the end of the recording.
Broadcaster: Radio Rabaul
Date of recording: 10/21/1971
Frequency: 3.385 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
The Voice of America Jazz Hour: Circa 1980
Jan 19, 2024
VOA SiTE B Curtain Antenna Array Near Greenville, North Carolina
Here are two more [shortwave recordings], which I recently came across. These are both segments of episodes of "The Voice of America Jazz Hour", circa 1980, each of which features live recordings of Jazz performers in concert in Europe. I suspect that the recordings shared within this programming might be quite rare, if in fact these tapes were made for VOA and not generally broadcast or released elsewhere. However, it could also be that these performances are actually from released albums, or at least that these performances were later released. By some weird coincidence, these two segments are both 35-36 minutes, even though the show original ran an hour.
The styles of jazz performance heard here are not at all similar the styles within jazz that 1I prefer, and I therefore know nothing about these performers nor have I tried to research them or these performances. But perhaps some of you out there have a taste for this, and I don't ever want to limit this site to things that I want to hear. If anyone has information to share about these recordings, by all means, do, and I'll pass it along.
Radio Clube de Mocambique: Circa 1973
Jan 12, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Clube de Mocambique 1973
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 4.855 MHz
Recpotion location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: An infrequent visitor to my listening post in the early 1970's, Radio Clube in Lourenco Marques used a modest 25 kw of power but could occasionally be heard here in southern, Ontario, Canada on 4855 kHz around 0400 or 0500 hours UTC. Their signal had to travel over 13,000 km to reach my receiver and had to fight through the constant static crashes typically found on the 60 metre shortwave tropical band. They commonly aired programs of pop music, and in this brief recording, circa 1973, you will first hear the tune of "In the Summertime." It is followed by the LM chime and identification in Portuguese beginning "Aqui Portugal Mocambique..."
NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2023
Jan 07, 2024
COPYRIGHT NDR
Live, off-air, three-hour recording of the 70th anniversary broadcast of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2023 beginning at 18:00 UTC. The broadcast features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at two events in Leer and Hamburg.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Leer event was recorded on 10 December in the Kulturspeiche and featured the Bingumer Shanty Choir and Anne-Fleur Gabor and her band while the Hamburg event was recorded on 17 December in the Duckdalben International Seamen's Club featured the Swedish-South African duo "Fjarill." The broadcast was primarily in German with some greetings in other languages. Many of the songs were in English, too.
In addition to being carried on the NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial networks, the broadcast was transmitted around the world on shortwave using transmitters in Nauen (NAU), Germany; Issoudun (ISS), France; Tashkent (TAC), Uzbekistan; and Okeechobee, Florida (RMI), U.S.A.; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The schedule (in UTC) was: 1800-2100 on 6030 ISS 250 kW / 251 deg to North/East Atlantic 1800-2100 on 6080 TAC 100 kW / 301 deg to West/Central Europe 1800-2100 on 9635 NAU 250 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean - West 1800-2100 on 11650 ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Indian Ocean - SoAf 1800-2100 on 13725 NAU 250 kW / 205 deg to Southern Atlantic 1800-2100 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to North/West Atlantic RMI, Radio Miami International, initially had problems with the start of the broadcast and missed about the first 17 minutes.
The recording is primarily of the transmission on the frequency of 11650 kHz for the first two hours and the first part of the third and 6030 kHz for the rest of the third hour as the signal degraded slightly on 11650 kHz with some adjacent frequency interference. Since the receiver was initially tuned to 15770 kHz at the beginning of the broadcast until retuning to 11650 kHz, the first minute and a half of the broadcast was replaced in the recording with the corresponding part of the archived NDR studio recording
The program was received outdoors on a Belka-DX receiver in pseudo-synchronous (AM2) mode with a bandwidth of 50 Hz - 2.7 kHz with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada. Reception was good for the most part on both recorded frequencies.
WSHB (Christian Science Monitor): Five recordings
Jan 05, 2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Daniel Salo, who shares the following recordings—all made in 2002 in the Boston, MA area—of The Christian Science Monitor broadcast on WSHB.
Wetterdienst Wetterfunksender: November 4, 2023
Dec 22, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Wetterdienst Wetterfunksender made in McGrath, Alaska on November 4, 2023:
Voice of Korea/KCBS (Assorted Recordings): 2022-2023
Dec 20, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: KCBS Pyongyang
Date of recording:Various (2022-2023)
Frequency: Various frequencies
Reception location: Various locations
Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR
Mode: AM
Notes: This is a collection of recent recordings I made of DPRK SW radio stations.
Radio Free Speech (Pirate): December 15, 1996
Dec 15, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Free Speech (pirate)
Date of recording: December 15, 1996
Starting time: 1330 UTC
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Free Speech was a shortwave pirate radio station heard regularly in the late 1990's here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Here are a few blended airchecks from their Christmas Special broadcast on December 15, 1996 around 1330 hours UTC. This was on 6955 kHz and the announcer was "Bill O. Rights."
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) Voice Mirrors circa 1970's
Dec 08, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1970's
Date of recording: circa 1970s
Frequency: various
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Back in the days before the internet, radiotelephone communications were commonplace, and "voice mirrors" such as these from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company could be heard (usually in sideband mode) all over the shortwaves. These were broadcast so the receiving station could tune them in prior to actual traffic.
These recordings (Dixon and Oakland, California; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and New York City) are from the early 1970's, and receiving location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Receiving equipment consisted of a Hallicrafters S-52 hooked up to a longwire antenna.
The 72 Ragchew Net: December 7, 2020
Dec 07, 2023
Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR WebSDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The 72 Ragchew Net
Date of recording: December 07, 2020
Frequency: 7272 kHz
Receiver location: Washington DC
Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR From Washington DC
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is my recording of The 72 Ragchew Net. This net is conducted every week on 7272 MHz. Recorded around 1150 UTC (11:50 AM). Recorded using the NA5BWebSDR from Washington DC. This webSDR covers shortwave, but also some VHF.
Radio Free Whatever (Pirate): May 8, 2022
Dec 05, 2023
Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR (WebSDR)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Free Whatever
Date of recording: May 08, 2022
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR Located in Washington DC.
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Here is my recording of radio free whatever on 6.955 MHz, recorded on Mother's Day, May 8, 2022. If I remember correctly, I think this may have been recorded around 9:39 PM Eastern. If any of you haven't heard radio free whatever, they pretty much play all types of music. This was recorded using the NA5B webSDR Receiver that is located in Washington DC.
Thunder Chicken Radio (Pirate): October 16, 2023
Dec 01, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Thunder Chicken Radio
Date of recording: October 16, 2023
Starting time: 00:13 UTC
Frequency: 6.950 MHz
Reception location: Columbus, Ohio
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with telescopic antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is my recording of thunder chicken radio on 6.950 MHz, on October 16. I managed to record two pirate radio stations that night, the first one being this station, and then the second one being Smoky Dog Radio. This station was playing some music, and there were some slow scan television pictures, being transmitted as well. Recorded 8:13 PM Eastern
Smoky Dog Radio (Pirate): October 16, 2023
Nov 24, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Smoky Dog Radio
Date of recording: October 16, 2023
Starting time: 00:35 UTC
Frequency: 6.27 MHz
Reception location: Columbus, Ohio
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with the telescopic antenna.
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Last night I caught two pirate radio stations. Here is one of them I recorded. Smokey dog radio was on 6.27 MHz last night. It was a pretty good signal here in Columbus, Ohio. I was also able to receive it on the NA5B WebbSDR in Washington DC, But I thought I would record it with my radio because it had a pretty good signal. I'd say it was a pretty good signal for a pirate. especially for me using a telescopic antenna with my Tecsun PL880. Recorded 8:35 PM eastern (00:35, UTC).
Radio Saudi International: September 4, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Saudi International
Date of recording: September 04, 2023
Starting time: 9:00 UTC
Frequency: 15.120MHz
Reception location: Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-310ET, homemade copper beam antenna
Notes: This was the Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), This was the Bengali service of Radio Saudi International, Bengali is mainly spoken in North Eastern India and so that's where I pointed the antenna instead of pointing directly as Saudi Arabia.
Radio Chinchaycocha: July 5, 1978
Nov 03, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: R Chinchaycocha, Junín / PRU 4860 kHz
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire
Notes:
OBZ4Z R Chinchaycocha, Junín, Perú QRG: 4860 kHz QTH: Schwäbisch Gmünd / Southern Germany Rec: 5th July 1978 / 04:42 - ca. 07:15 UTC (GMT) (!) Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000 - 30m longwire Px: S, anns, huaynos, ID SINPO: 34322 Remark: July 5th, 1978 was a very special day - great LA reception with smooth fade-out far beyond sunrise. Picaflor's spellbinding folk song 'María Alejandrina' caused goosebumps (especially from 3:33 in the MP3). Text goes as: "María Alejandrina, what a beautiful woman's name you have. Your name is kindness. Your noble heart ... I would like them to change my bad life for good. She isn't Carmen Rosa, nor Ana María, nor is she Margarita, It's María Alejandrina ..." ID at 14:58 in sound file ('desde Chinchaycocha'), the station's transmitting power in 1978 was 0.5 kW ...
Radio Denmark Interval Signal: circa 1970
Oct 27, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Denmark
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 15.165 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is Radio Denmark on 15165 kHz shortwave as recorded in 1970. Their interval signal is heard followed by announcement in English, then identification in Danish. Sadly, for most North American listeners, all of their programming was also in Danish in 1970.
First Lady of Guatemala Thanking Ham Radio Operators for Assistance in 1976 Earthuake
Oct 20, 2023
Next up, an hour long tape which is sort of peculiar. It starts off and ends up normally enough - just a couple of guys playing guitars - some instrumental duets, some songs with vocals.
20 minutes into it, though, a man starts speaking, and introduces a recording of a shortwave broadcast of a speech by the first lady of Guatemala, thanking Ham Radio operators who assisted the country during the then-recent (1976) earthquake. Then follows that shortwave recording, and then the man comes back and shares that he will be providing some recordings of his recent performance with another guitarist.
The earlier segment does not appear to be a "live" recording, and at one point, an organist (with one of those beat-box built in drums) joins them. But after the "thank you speech", it seems that we're hearing a club or bar performance. There's no applause, but there is talking in the background.
I guess what I find peculiar about it is that the sender put the "interesting" short wave broadcast right in the middle of the tape, in between highlights of his performance. That strikes me as a weird choice.
Radio Australia: Circa 1974
Oct 13, 2023
The Shepparton transmitter site of ABC/Radio Australia
For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 1 was published on the SRAA last week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 2 will be published on the SRAA next week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
KGEI: April 01, 1978
Sep 28, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: KGEI San Francisco CA USA
Date of recording: April 01, 1978
Starting time: 2030 UTC
Frequency: 9615 kHz
Recpotion location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt
Notes: Recording of the program Departiendo con La Juventud presented by Mario Barahona (in memorian). There are 2 programs that were merged: days 01 and 02/04/1978.
WWV Fort Collins, Colorado: Pre 1971
Sep 21, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Prior to July 1, 1971, time and standard frequency station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado was giving ID's in Morse code as well as voice every 5 minutes. They were best heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on 10 and 15 MHz.
Radio Canada International (SWL Digest): August 23, 1982 and September 4, 1982
Sep 14, 2023
Radio Canada International: Sackville, New Brunswick Transmitting Station
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
BROADCASTER: Radio Canada International
DATE OF RECORDING: August 22, 1982
STARTING TIME: 2107 UTC
FREQUENCY: 15.325 MHz
RX LOCATION: South Bend, Indiana
RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Realistic DX-302
NOTES:
Here are two more episodes from my collection of recordings of Shortwave Listener's Digest from Radio Canada International, this time from August 22, 1982 and September 04, 1982. Part one program highlights are: a continuation of the discussion of undersea cables, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips part one, a look at clocks for use in SWLing and more DX Tips. Part two program highlights are: a short comment regarding ANARC 1982, Mailbag questions, ANARC 1982 recap with an interview with David Meisel and an item on the New World Information Order, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips. The recording from 9/4/82 is poor due to adjacent-channel QRM.
Vintage AM Radio Airchecks from 1973
Sep 07, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Ever wonder what it would be like to time travel? Well, just sit back and relax in your favourite armchair, put on the headphones and enjoy the short six and a half minute trip back to 1973. Here is a collection of 23 AM broadcast band radio airchecks / ID's from 23 U.S. states as recorded at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Equipment used was a Realistic DX150A hooked up to a long wire antenna. Please bear in mind these recordings were made using an open mike placed in front of the speaker. For example, WTMJ Milwaukee makes an NBC colour TV announcement (blooper) and you will hear a voice in the background ask "how can that be"? 1. KKJO St. Joseph, MO 1550 2. WCFL Chicago, IL 1000 3. WWWE Cleveland, OH 1100 4. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN 1190 5. WHO Des Moines, IA 1040 6. WLAC Nashville, TN 1510 7. WWL New Orleans, LA 870 8. WBAP Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX 820 9. WSB Atlanta, GA 750 10. WBZ Boston, MA 1030 11. WHAS Louisville, KY 840 12. WWVA Wheeling, WVA 1170 13. WRVA Richmond, VA 1140 14. WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 830 15. KAAY Little Rock, AR 1090 16. WTIC Hartford, CT 1080 17. WBAL Baltimore, MD 1090 18. WJAR Providence, RI 920 19. WVOK Birmingham, AL 690 20. KOMA Oklahoma City, OK 1520 21. WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 620 22. KSL Salt Lake City, UT 1160 23. KFAB Omaha, NE 1110
Radio Logos: December 20, 2017
Aug 31, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Logos - Chazuta - Peru
Date of recording: December 20, 2017
Starting time: 1156
Frequency: 4810 kHz
Recption location: São Luiz do Paraitinga SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: SDRplay RSPA1
Notes: Recording made in São Luiz do Paraitinga state of São Paulo Brazil. Starts at 1156 UTC. Recording made using an SDRplay model RSPA1 receiver coupled to a G5RV antenna. The program was broadcast in Spanish and Quechua languages.
HJGF Radio Bucaramanga: July 05, 1978
Aug 24, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire
Notes: HJGF R Bucaramanga, Colombia
QRG: 4845 kHz
QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany
Rec: 5th July 1978 - 02:59 UTC (GMT)
Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire
Px: S, mx, ID w/QRGs
SINPO: 33333
Note: Station was founded in 1934. At 1:23 ID in MP3. Above related page from my old DX logbook, when I was 15 yrs old.
WWV: December 8, 1991
Aug 20, 2023
WWV Station sign at WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Myke Dodge Weiskopf, who shares the following recording and notes:
BROADCASTER: WWV
DATE OF RECORDING: December 08, 1991
STARTING TIME: 0218
FREQUENCY: 5000 kHz
RECEPTION LOCATION: Rockford, Illinois, USA
RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Unidentified boombox
NOTES:
NIST Radio Station WWV as it sounded on 8 December 1991 at 0218 UTC.
Due to the high cost of maintaining the aging drum-based voice announcement machines, NIST implemented a digital voice announcement system in 1991. The new male voice, belonging to Eric Smith, started at WWV on 13 August. The voice of WWVH belonged to Johanna Stahl. The voices were sorely lacking in high EQ at first, but were sharpened with an audio filter on 27 August. The modification did not help, and after months of equipment failures and complaints about the poor quality, NIST retired both voices on 11 August 1992.
Time signal station VNG Lyndhurst (Victoria, Australia): December 13, 1971
Aug 17, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Time signal station VNG Lyndhurst Victoria Australia
Date of recording: December 13, 1971
Frequency: 4.500 MHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: Recorded on December 13, 1971, here is the announcement given by station VNG in Lyndhurst, Victoria, Australia transmitting with 10 kw on 4.5 MHz shortwave. This station was active from 1964 to 1987. Receiving location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Amazingly, the recording was made on a cheap Demonstration Musicassette that had tape placed over the ends so it could be reused. It still plays today and was used to produce this digital version. The announcement is given twice and goes: "This is an Australian Post Office standard frequency and time signal transmission from VNG, Lyndhurst, Victoria on 4.5, 7.5, or 12 Megahertz." This was given during the 15th, 30th, 45th and 60th minute of each hour according to their QSL card.
Radio Canada International (SWL Digest): February 13, 1983
Aug 14, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dennis DeMarco, who shares the following recording and notes:
[NOTE: Dennis, please check your SPAM folder, we have been trying to contact you. Thank you!]
Broadcaster: Radio Canada International
Date of recording: February 13, 1983
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: 11.850 MHz
Reception location: Philadelphia, PA
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-120
Notes: Here's "The Shortwave Listeners Digest" from RCI as heard on 2-13-1983 with host Ian McFarland. This audio begins with an RCI newscast and is complete. Radio was Realistic DX-120 with a wire just thrown out of a window.
RTÉ Longwave End of Broadcasting: April 14, 2023
Aug 12, 2023
Live off-air recording of some of the last day of programming from the Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) Radio 1 longwave station on 14 April 2023 beginning at 11:55 UTC on the frequency of 252 kHz. The signal originated from a transmitter located at Clarkestown/Summerhill, County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland, reported to operate with a power of 150 kW during the day (and 60 kW during the night). The transmitter was capable of operating at 300 kW. The station used a 248-metre high single-mast antenna.
RTÉ Radio 1 is a general-interest, news, talk, and music station. It now uses FM, satellite, streaming, and cable services.
The recording starts with the final minutes of the "Louise Duffy Show," followed by the "RTÉ News at One" (which featured reports on U.S. Pres. Joe Biden's visit to Ireland) and then the first 13 minutes or so of "Liveline," an interview and phone-in chat show. The recording ends with an announcement of the shutdown of the longwave service.
Reception of the 252 kHz signal was reasonably good but it suffered from slight co-channel interference from a station in Algeria and local noise at the reception site.
RTÉ Radio 1 programming on 252 kHz ended at 23:03 UTC on 14 April 2023 and was replaced with a repeated announcement of the cessation of broadcasting on longwave and information about other ways to hear RTÉ Radio 1. It begins with the RTÉ Radio 1 interval signal "O’Donnell Abú." Examples of the announcement are included in the second three-and-a-half-minute recording which starts at about 12:34 UTC on 15 April 2023. In this recording, most of the interference has been removed by an audio filtering technique. The closedown announcements ended on 18 April 2023 at 09:59 UTC and the transmitter then fell silent.
The broadcasts were received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in synchronous AM mode with 5.08 kHz RF filtering.
The Hurricane Watch Net: September 27, 2022
Aug 10, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The Hurricane Watch Net
Date of recording: September 27, 2022
Starting time: 14:38 UTC
Frequency: 14.325 mhZ
Reception location: Washington DC
Receiver and antenna: The NA5B webSDR from Washington DC
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: My recording of the hurricane watch net daytime on one, 4.325 MHz. This was recorded one day before hurricane Ian destroyed the west coast of Florida. This was recorded using the NA5B WebSDR in Washington, DC.
Adventist World Radio's Wavescan: May 21, 2023
Aug 03, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Việt Anh Phạm, who shares the following recording and notes:
Date of recording: May 21, 2023
Starting time: 1530 UTC
Frequency: 15.67 MHz
Reception location: Northern Vietnam.
Receiver and antenna: TECSUN PL-380 with long wire
Notes: An audio recording of Wavescan- the international DX program from World Adventist Radio on May, 21st, 2023. It is produced by WRMI in FL, USA. This recording was made by connecting the mic in port of my Android phone to my radio (Tecsun PL-380) tuned to 15670 kHz with a 5-meter-long wire as an antenna. The signal was transmitted from KSDA- Guam with a power of 100 kW. My radio has a band-width changing function so I used it to optimize audio quality, which resulted in the audio being muffled a little bit at the beginning. QTH: Northern Vietnam
Note that the frequency announcement at the beginning did not match with the actual frequency I tuned to.
WWVH: Circa 1971
Jul 26, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Time signal station WWVH in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii was occasionally heard over WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado from my receiving post in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in the 1970's, particularly on 10 MHz or 15 MHz. Here is a recording of their voice announcement from 1971, when they were still using the term Greenwich Mean Time as opposed to Coordinated Universal Time. The familiar "Aloha" is heard at the conclusion of the announcement.
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
WWV: Circa early 1971
Jul 19, 2023
Photo by Agê Barros
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Prior to July 1, 1971, time and standard frequency station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado was giving ID's in Morse code as well as voice every five minutes. They were best heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on 10 and 15 MHz.
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
WWV (Skylab - Apollo Telescope Mount announcement) : circa early 1973
Jul 12, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Early in 1973, WWV made this announcement that they would make regular broadcasts of planned ATM (Apollo Telescope Mount) schedules by the new Skylab space station.
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Delta: July 8, 2023
Jul 09, 2023
Radio Delta broadcasting in English and Dutch on the shortwave frequency of 6060 kHz. Recording made in Europe July 8, 2023 at 1836 UTC using portable SONY ICF SW07 receiver operating on bateries. Receiver has been utilised outdoors to evade noise from building interference. As antenna only 1 meter telescopic internal antenna was used. Please note that in the recordings two short parts have been removed because of strong noise which covered these parts of station's signal (the noise has been generated by a bulb from a street lamp).
WMLK Radio: July 5, 2023
Jul 05, 2023
Radio WMLK broadcasting in English on the shortwave frequency of 15150 kHz. Recording made in Europe July 5, 2023 at 0416 UTC using portable SONY ICF SW7600G receiver operating on bateries. As antenna only 2 meters of wire was used put on a tree outdoors.
Experimental Station KC2XIO: Circa 1971
Jul 05, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
KC2XIO was an experimental radio station operated by the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado between July 1970 and May 1971. This was to gather information in preparation of the format change for WWV and WWVH which happened in July 1971. Here are two recordings of their voice announcement (one male and one female) as heard in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada on a Hallicrafters S-52 receiver that was hooked up to an outdoor longwire antenna. The frequency used for these test transmissions was 13560 kHz shortwave.
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Peace and Progress (Portuguese): December 30, 1983
Jun 28, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Peace & Progress
Date of recording: December 30, 1983
Starting time: 0100 UTC
Frequency: 11795 kHz
Reception location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt
Notes: Portuguese transmission of Radio Peace and Progress
BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2023
Jun 25, 2023
A live, off-air, half-hour recording of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2023 beginning at 21:30 UTC. The broadcast, hosted by Cerys Matthews, featured messages and music for the 37 members of the staff of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) overwintering in Antarctica at the Rothera (Antarctic Peninsula) and King Edward Point and Bird Island (South Georgia) research stations. In addition to personal messages from family and friends, there were interviews with Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of BAS and Nadia Frontier, a marine biologist from BAS and former winterer. The transmitter came on the air with a test tone (1108 Hz plus harmonics) about a minute before the program started. As sometimes happens, the first few words of the introduction were missed.
The recording is of the transmission first on a frequency of 12005 kHz but after a few minutes it was switched to 13810 kHz due to interference (QRM) on the former frequency. Both frequencies were from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station. The sender of the 12005 kHz frequency had a registered power of 300 kW with antenna beam 182 degrees, while that for 13810 kHz was registered as 250 kW with an antenna beam of 180 degrees. The transmission was received on a Tecsun PL-880 receiver with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna outdoors in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in AM mode with 2.3 kHz RF filtering. Reception on 13810 kHz was quite good with little noise or fading and very good signal strength. The additional parallel frequency of 7255 kHz from Dhabbaya, United Arab Emirates, was not heard.
KGEI (San Francisco): April 1, 1978
Jun 21, 2023
Image source: http://www.theradiohistorian.org/
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: KGEI San Francisco CA USA
Date of recording: April 01, 1978
Starting time: 2030 UTC
Frequency: 9615 kHz
Recotion location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt
Notes: Recording of the program Departiendo con La Juventud presented by Mario Barahona (in memorian). There are 2 programs that were merged: days 01 and 02/04/1978.
Voice of the People (Aleppo, Syria): October 14, 1978
Jun 14, 2023
painting from François-Marie Rosset from 1790
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000 w/loop antenna
Notes: VoP Aleppo, Syria QRG: 1313 kHz QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany Rec: 14th Oct. 1978 - 18:29 UTC (GMT) Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000 w/loop antenna Px: A, nx, ID, local mx SINPO: 23332 From the times before its destruction, when Aleppo was one of the prettiest cities in the Middle East.
Radio Togo (Sign-on & Sign-off): Circa 1973
Jun 07, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Togo, Lome circa 1973
Frequency: 5.047 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna
Notes: In the early 1970's, Radio Togo from Lome was often the strongest African signal on the 60 metre shortwave band. They could be heard here best in southern Ontario, Canada around 0530 UTC sign on, or around sign off at 2300 hours UTC, on their longtime frequency of 5047 kHz. Programming was mostly in French and identification could be given differently, such as Radiodiffusion du Togo or Radiodiffusion-Television Togolaise. Here are two recordings circa 1973, one at sign on with interval signal and anthem, the other at sign off.
WTWW (The Voice of Freedom): April 25, 2022
May 31, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WTWW “The Voice of Freedom”
Date of recording: 4/25/2022
Starting time: 23:13 UTC
Frequency: 5.085 MHz
Reception location: Columbus Ohio
Receiver and antenna: My Tecsun PL880 with just the telescopic antenna
Notes: My recording of WTWW, the voice of freedom on 5085 MHz from April 25, 2022. The reception was pretty good here in Columbus in this recording. With just the telescopic antenna the station comes in pretty good.
RTL Longwave End of Broadcasting: January 1, 2023
May 26, 2023
RTL longwave antenna array at Beidweiler, Luxembourg
Live off-air recording of the last approximately two hours of programming from the RTL longwave station on 1 January 2023 beginning at 22:00 UTC on the frequency of 234 kHz. The signal originated from a transmitter located in Beidweiler, Luxembourg, reported to operate with a power of 375 kW at night (and 750 kW during the day). The transmitter was capable of operating at 1500 kW. The three-mast antenna beamed the signal mostly in the direction of Paris.
RTL is a general-interest, news, talk, and music station station owned by the RTL Group with its main studios in Paris. It has an extensive FM network covering France and also uses other broadcasting means such as DAB+ and streaming services.
The final two hours of programming was produced and presented by long-time French broadcaster Georges Lang, a devotee of English-language rock, pop, and blues music primarily from the 1960s through the 1980s. The first hour was a special New Year's version of the "Georges Lang Collection" followed by "Les Nocturnes," a program Lang has done for fifty years. The transmitter left the air at 00:00:05 UTC.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.00 kHz RF filtering. Reception was excellent.
Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior (RAE English): October 30, 2022
May 24, 2023
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: RAE
Date of recording: 10/30/2022
Starting time: 0200 UTC
Frequency: 5.85 MHz
Recption location: Hugo, MN
Receiver and antenna: Airspy HF+ and Youloop
Notes:
Off air recording of RAE Argentina to the World broadcast on WRMI on 5.85 Mhz on October, 30, 2022. Recorded in Hugo, MN.
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