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The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive — Technology
The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

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)

Latest Episodes:

ABC Melbourne (3AR & 3LO) Closedowns: Circa 1950s & November 23, 1978 Jul 17, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recordings of two ABC Melbourne radio closedowns, captured via the ABC's domestic inland shortwave relays:
Recording 1
Broadcaster: 3AR Melbourne (ABC)
Date of recording: Circa 1950s
Shortwave relay: VLH-9 on 9.68 MHz (30.99 metres)
Notes: This is a 3AR Melbourne closedown announcement, relayed on shortwave via VLH-9 (9.68 MHz) as part of what the announcer describes as the ABC's "Northern Australian Service." During the sign-off, 3AR identifies itself as also transmitting through the regional stations 2CO Riverina, 3GI Gippsland, and 3WV Western Victoria, alongside the VLH-9 shortwave relay. The announcer then previews the following morning's shortwave frequencies: VLR-6 (6.15 MHz), VLH-11 (11.88 MHz), and VLG-15 (15.21 MHz).
The real highlight is the use of the ABC's network chimes (or "gongs") immediately before the sign-off — a once-familiar feature of ABC presentation that is rarely preserved in surviving recordings. The recording concludes with the national anthem (God Save the Queen) and a formal station closedown.
3AR Melbourne (ABC) closedown with network gongs: circa 1950s Australian Broadcasting Commission Download
Recording 2
Broadcaster: 3LO Melbourne (ABC)
Date of recording: 23 November 1978
Shortwave relay: VLR-6 on 6.15 MHz (48.78 metres)
Mode: AM
Notes: This 3LO Melbourne closedown, relayed on shortwave via VLR-6 (6.15 MHz), is historically significant because it captures the night of Australia's nationwide AM frequency realignment to the new 9 kHz channel spacing plan, on 23 November 1978. The announcer — identified as Don Smire — advises listeners of the frequency changes taking effect that day:
Station Old frequency New frequency
3LO 770 kHz 774 kHz
3AR 620 kHz 621 kHz
3WV 590 kHz 594 kHz
3GI 830 kHz 828 kHz
The announcement also notes that the shortwave relay VLR-6 on 6.15 MHz is closing down with the network. Unlike the earlier recording, this closedown ends with Advance Australia Fair rather than God Save the Queen — reflecting the gradual transition in Australian broadcasting practice through the 1970s.
3LO Melbourne (ABC) closedown: 23 November 1978 Download
A little background: what were VLH-9 and VLR-6?
These callsigns belonged to the ABC's domestic inland shortwave network. Before satellite distribution and widespread FM coverage, the ABC used shortwave transmitters to relay its state radio services to remote parts of Australia. Victoria's network used the VLR, VLH, and VLG callsign families to rebroadcast Melbourne programming for listeners in rural and remote areas. Contemporary shortwave enthusiasts often refer to these collectively as the ABC's "Inland Shortwave Services."
A note to readers
Very little context came with these recordings, so the details above have been pieced together from the announcements themselves and what we know of ABC history. If you can add any further detail — or spot something that needs correcting — please leave a comment below. Corrections and recollections are very welcome.

Radio Sofia, Bulgaria: Circa 1984-1985 Jul 10, 2026

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Bruce MacDonald, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of recording: Unknown
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: not recorded
Recorded in Hounslow, west London
Receiver and antenna: Sony portable stereo radio cassette player
Notes: A snippet from an old-school DX programme from the English service of Radio Sofia, Bulgaria. This comprises mainly listening tips for rare stations as heard in Europe. Some mention made of the time of year and solar cycle conditions as Solar Cycle 21 was drawing down to minimum, and the need for a good antenna.
I was a teenager when I made this recording, still new to the geeky hobby of shortwave listening, so I didn't log the time, frequency or date of the recording. I recorded this on a Sony radio-cassette player which had a shortwave band on the radio and had yet to save up for a Sony ICF-SW7600D.
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria: Circa 1984-1985 Bruce MacDonald Download

Final Hours of BBC Four Droitwich Transmitting Station (198kHz): June 26, 2026 Jul 04, 2026

Droitwich Transmitting Station (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: BBC4
Date of recording: June 26, 2026
Starting time: 19:58UTC
Frequency: 0.198MHz
Your location: Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands
Your receiver and antenna: "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.09 kHz RF filtering
Mode: AM
Safe for children?: Yes
Notes: BBC4 on longwave 198KHz was shutdown on 27 June 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
After the shutdown, the station is repeatedly playing the migration guide for the listeners.
I guess there are still some old electric meters that haven't been replaced, they rely on the longwave signal...
The noise in the recording is probably caused by lightning, the receiving time is in summer.
Final Hours of BBC Four Droitwich Transmitting Station (198kHz): June 26, 2026 Andy Wang Download

BBC Radio 4: "The Sound of Soft Power" (May 23, 2026) Jun 27, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Andrew, who shares the following recording from Radio 4.
“I chose to record the programme on one of my old radios received on the soon-to-be-discontinued Droitwich 198kHz transmitter.
The radio is a Pye Mistral (picture attached) which was (almost) the first radio that I even had around 1972. It might even be tuned to the right place on the dial ("Radio 2", 1500m). That was the station that was broadcast on that wavelength back then.
It is not a well-performing radio, but it has a wide-ish audio bandwidth and the recording is probably as nice-sounding as it can be on LW - that warm AM sound that you refer to in the programme. Reception was on the radio's internal ferrite rod aerial in one of the rooms of the house here on the South Coast of the UK.”
This recording captures a special edition of BBC Radio 4’s The Sound of Soft Power, a documentary exploring the cultural, political, and emotional legacy of international broadcasting and shortwave radio. The programme weaves together archival recordings, listener memories, and contemporary reflections on a medium that once connected the world across borders and ideologies.
The documentary also makes extensive use of recordings preserved in the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive, highlighting the importance of preserving off-air recordings as historical documents. In addition, SRAA curator Thomas Witherspoon is interviewed during the programme, discussing both the archive itself and the enduring fascination many listeners still have with shortwave broadcasting.
While this is not an off-air shortwave recording in the traditional sense, it is very much connected to the history and culture of shortwave listening. Andrew’s decision to record the programme from BBC Radio 4 Longwave using a vintage Pye Mistral receiver adds another layer of radio history to the experience — capturing the broadcast with the characteristic warmth and ambience of longwave AM reception just as the Droitwich 198 kHz transmitter approaches the end of its service life.
For those interested in radio history, international broadcasting, and the sounds of the shortwave era, this programme is well worth hearing.
This recording is being published on 27 June 2026 to mark the closure of the BBC Radio 4 Long Wave service from Droitwich on 198 kHz, bringing to a close one of the United Kingdom’s longest-running and most historically significant AM broadcast transmissions.
BBC Radio 4: "The Sound of Soft Power" (May 23, 2026) Josephine McDermott Download

CHU Canada: Four Recordings Including Final Moments Transmitting on June 22, 2026 Jun 24, 2026

CHU Transmitting Site in Ottawa, Canada (Source: NRC)

Many thanks to several SRAA contributors who have shared recordings of CHU Canada during its final days as a shortwave time signal station.
This first recording was sent to us via Ronald McKinnon and is the National Research Council’s own recording of the final minutes of CHU on the air. Here are the notes that accompanied this recording:
Broadcaster: National Research Council CHU
Date of recording: June 22, 2026
Starting time: 14:08:00 UTC
Frequency: 3.33 MHz
Location: Ottawa, ON Canada
Receiver and antenna: Raddy RF320 with built-in antenna
Notes: This is a recording of the last few minutes of the NRC CHU time signal over shortwave at 3.33MHz.It was recorded on June 22, 2026 just as the broadcast was being shut down. The broadcast had been in operation in one form or another for over 90 years. The recording was made from just outside the station in Ottawa in order to obtain maximum signal quality.The NRC's home page about this station:
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/canadas-official-time/nrc-shortwave-station-broadcasts-chu
CHU Canada: June 22, 2026 National Research Council Download
SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, shared the following recording of CHU with notes:
Broadcaster: CHU
Date of recording: June 21, 2026
Starting time: 0:12 UTC
Frequency: 3330 kHz
Reception location: Washington, D.C
Your receiver and antenna: Na5b websdr
Notes: This is my last-ever recording of CHU Canada, as they have shut down all the transmitters today, June 22. Recorded with the Websdr na5b located in DC. https://na5b.com:8901
CHU Canada: June 21, 2026 Bryce Belcher Download
SRAA contributor, Emilio, shared this longer recording with notes:
Freq: 7850 kHz
Date: Friday, 5 June 2026
Time: 17 UTC
SINPO: 45343
RX Grid locator: EK36kp
State: Chiapas
Country: Mexico
Receiver: Kenwood R-600
Antenna: long wire about 10 meters.
Recorded by: Carlos Emilio Ruiz Llaven
CHU Canada: June 5, 2026 Carlos Emilio Ruiz Llaven Download
SRAA contributor, Jerry Johnston, shares his recording with these notes:
The recording starts at 1359 UTC, so the final pip occurs just after 11 minutes. Frequency was 7850 kHz, USB mode to reduce noise. This was recorded in Lexington, KY. A storm had just passed, so local noise was high. I let it run another 5 minutes to get the pirate activity.
CHU Canada Jerry Johnston Download

BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2026 Jun 22, 2026

This is the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica recorded on June 21, 2026 at 09:30 UTC in Foulden, Scotland, UK. The radio was an Elecraft KX2 connected to a 31-foot 9:1 random wire antenna in the back garden. The broadcast starts on 9460 kHz, but I then move to 12070 kHz because it had slightly less local noise.

BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2026 Thomas Witherspoon Download
Personal note
The BBC Midwinter Broadcast remains one of my favorite SWLing events of the year. I simply love the idea that the BBC would broadcast from two different sites on three different frequencies via shortwave to a relatively small audience of British Antarctic Survey scientists wintering over in Antarctica.

It's always a joy to listen live, knowing that they're celebrating midwinter with parties at their stations and hearing the voices, messages, laughter, and well-wishes of loved ones carried to them over the air by shortwave radio.
In an age of instant communications, there's still something magical about that.

BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2026 Jun 22, 2026

This is the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica recorded on June 21, 2026 at 09:30 UTC in Foulden, Scotland, UK. The radio was an Elecraft KX2 connected to a 31-foot 9:1 random wire antenna in the back garden. The broadcast starts on 9460 kHz, but I then move to 12070 kHz because it had slightly less local noise.

BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2026 Thomas Witherspoon Download
Personal note
The BBC Midwinter Broadcast remains one of my favorite SWLing events of the year. I simply love the idea that the BBC would broadcast from two different sites on three different frequencies via shortwave to a relatively small audience of British Antarctic Survey scientists wintering over in Antarctica.

It's always a joy to listen live, knowing that they're celebrating midwinter with parties at their stations and hearing the voices, messages, laughter, and well-wishes of loved ones carried to them over the air by shortwave radio.
In an age of instant communications, there's still something magical about that.

Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026 Jun 18, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station)
Date of recording: March 16, 2026
Starting time: 2358
Frequency: 19.052
Your location: Thailand
Your receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with Wellbrook loop
Mode: Single Side Band
Safe for children?: Yes
Notes: This is a "numbers station" broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, presumably sending encrypted messages to Taiwanese intelligence agents in mainland China, from Taiwan. It appears to follow a set daily schedule, and begins each transmission with the tune of a Chinese folk song played on a flute. This is followed by station ID, given twice, and a few announcements in Mandarin, then a sequence of numbers read in groups of four. An excellent article about this station can be found on the Mount Evelyn DX Report written by Rob Wagner VK3BVW in May 2025.
Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Sandino (Managua, Nicaragua): March 25, 1984 Jun 11, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua
Date of recording: March 25, 1984
Starting time: 0730z/1:30 AM local time
Frequency: 6200 kHz
RX location: St. Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001, longwire
Radio Sandino (Managua, Nicaragua): March 25, 1984 Paul Harner Download

Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: August 14, 1984 Jun 04, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Nacional Da Amazonas
Date of recording: August 14, 1984
Starting time: 0809z
Frequency: 6180 kHz
Reception location: St.Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: August 14, 1984 Paul Harner Download

Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem: Circa 1971 May 28, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem 1971
Date of recording: Circa 1971
Starting time: 2130 UTC
Frequency: 9.625 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: The Israel Broadcasting Authority used to broadcast in various languages on shortwave in the early 1970's. Their English language transmission to Europe could often be heard well here in southern Ontario, Canada between 2045 and 2130 hours UTC on 9625 kHz. Here is a recording made circa 1971 as they concluded their program in English and switched to French at 2130 hours UTC.
Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download
The second recording is also circa 1971. It begins with their interval signal, then sign on announcement in English.
Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem (Interval Signal): Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: July 16, 2025 May 21, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Date of recording: July 16, 2025
Starting time: 00:05 UTC
Frequency: 11.780 MHz
Reception location: Berthoud, Colorado, USA
Receiver and antenna: Sihuadon D-808 with telescopic antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: Here's a recording pulled from my radio archive of Radio Nacional da Amazonia from Brazil on the shortwave frequency on 11.780 MHz from July 16th, 2025. What's interesting is that this was recorded on a weekday, and usually, back-to-back music is not heard on weekday evening programming. Along with the announcers who are usually high energy are not in this recording. Around 20 minutes in, I stopped recording and resumed recording at 01:05 UTC until the end of the recording.
Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: July 16, 2025 Lian Spencer Download

V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 16, 2026 Apr 18, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
On March 16, I listened to V32 using the SV1BTL SDR in Athens, Greece. The voice came on at exactly 1800 UTC, but right up to 1759, the bubble jammer was being heard on that frequency. There did not appear to be any jamming during the actual "broadcast". The signal was very strong, averaging 20 dB over 9. At 1823 UTC, there were 12 users listening on this particular SDR, and 8 of them were tuned to 8742 kHz!
V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 16, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 15, 2026 Apr 11, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
I made the following recording (March 15, 2026 at 1822 UTC on 7842 kHz USB)) of V32 using a Kiwi SDR in Alvito, Italy. The "tavajjoh" (3X) announcement comes around the 6:09 mark, after which the numbers seem to run together more, rather than distinct groups of 5.
V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 15, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 Mar 28, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Ghana circa 1971
Frequency: 11.850
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Back in 1971, Radio Ghana from Accra had an external service, this one beamed to North America and the Caribbean on 11.850 MHz shortwave. Here are two brief recordings of their drum interval signal followed by sign on in English.
Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 (Recording 1) Dan Greenall Download Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 (Recording 2) Dan Greenall Download

Radio Farda (Being Actively Jammed): January 28, 2026 Mar 21, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Jim Jordan, who shares the following recording of Radio Farda being actively jammed. Jim also shares these notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Farda
Date of recording: January 28, 2026
Starting time: 1700 UTC
Frequency: 7.5 MHz
Your location: NW UK
Your receiver and antenna: Lowe HF 150 plus 50m random
Notes: A bit reminiscent of trying to listen to Radio Liberty during the Cold War
Radio Farda (Being Actively Jammed): January 28, 2026 Jim Jordan Download

Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026 Mar 18, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station)
Date of recording: March 16, 2026
Starting time: 2358 UTC
Frequency: 19.052 MHz
Receiver location: Thailand
Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with Wellbrook loop
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is a "numbers station" broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, presumably sending encrypted messages to Taiwanese intelligence agents in mainland China, from Taiwan. It appears to follow a set daily schedule, and begins each transmission with the tune of a Chinese folk song played on a flute. This is followed by station ID, given twice, and a few announcements in Mandarin, then a sequence of numbers read in groups of four. An excellent article about this station can be found on the Mount Evelyn DX Report written by Rob Wagner VK3BVW in May 2025.
Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 13, 2026 Mar 13, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: V32 Persian/Farsi numbers station
Date of recording: March 13, 2026
Starting time: 0226 UTC
Frequency: 7.842 MHz
Receiver location: Israel
Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with MLA-30+ Active antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Background material obtained via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
This radio signal first started broadcasting on February 28, about 12 hours after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran.
A man's voice can be heard speaking Persian, counting out a series of apparently random numbers. The numbers are read out for varying stretches of time, followed by a pause in which the word tavajjoh -- which translates as "attention" -- is spoken three times. (around the 48 second mark in the attached recording)
Beginning on March 4, the signal started to be jammed, with a cacophonous screech of electronic noise that made it all but impossible to hear the numbers. The original transmission paused for a period of time, then moved to another shortwave frequency.
The transmission, that has been dubbed V32 by at least one group, is called a numbers station, a Cold War-era tool that employs radio transmissions and old-school cryptology to transmit secret messages, usually to spies around the world. It's location is suspected to be somewhere in central Europe.
The attached recording of V32 was made on March 13, 2026 around 0230 hours UTC on 7842 kHz upper sideband USB using a Kiwi SDR located in Israel. I began the recording on 7841.9 kHz, but switched after a few minutes to 7842 kHz. This will account for the change in voice pitch.
V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 13, 2026 Dan Greenall Download
Also attached is a brief recording of the jamming signal, or “bubble jammer”, made on March 6, 2026 on 7910 kHz (V32’s original frequency) at 0218 UTC.
Bubble Jammer: March 6, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

Polish Radio External Service (Via WRN and WRMI): September 26, 2025 Mar 07, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Polish Radio External Service (Via WRN and WRMI)
Date of recording: September 26, 2025
Starting time: 02:59 UTC
Frequency: 9.455 MHz
Reception location: Berthoud, Colorado, USA
Receiver and antenna: Sihuadon D-808 with telescopic antenna
Notes: After the withdrawal of most Overcomer Ministry broadcasts in the Summer of 2025. WRMI began relaying the World Radio Network North American stream to fill the empty hours. While this is great for many shortwave listeners, as we get to hear stations that used to broadcast on shortwave again. WRMI isn't making any money from broadcasting the World Radio Network, and it is unknown how long these will last. On September 26th, I recorded the Polish Radio External Service, as they became part of my daily listening thanks to WRMI. I used a cassette tape to record the broadcast. Sometime during the recording, a few seconds of the broadcast were cut as I had to flip over the tape to continue recording.
Polish Radio External Service (Via WRN and WRMI): September 26, 2025 Liam Spencer Download

Radio Ndarason Internationale: October 26, 2025 Feb 28, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of Radio Ndarason Internationale on 12,050 kHz made on October 26, 2025 at 1836 UTC in McGrath, Alaska.
Radio Ndarason Internationale: October 26, 2025 Paul Walker Download

Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 29, 1982 Feb 21, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program
Date of recording: April 29, 1982
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: unknown
Reception location: St.Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001
Notes: This is a partial recording of "Media Network," though most of the program is on this recording. My interest in this specific show was the feature on Radio Luxembourg, This program is not in the Jonathan Marks archive of his "Media Network" shows.
Radio Netherlands (Media Network): April 23, 1982 Paul Harner Download

Radio Union (Lima, Peru): July 1, 1994 Feb 18, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Union, Lima Peru July 1994
Date of recording: July 01, 1994
Starting time: 0730-0815 UTC
Frequency: 6115 kHz
Your location: St.Louis, MO
Your receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Radio Union in Lima was a longtime favorite station of mine from the late 1980s through the 1990s. Radio Union was well heard in the overnight hours, and featured salsa, chicha, and huayno music. Long after it left shortwave, I listened to the station online, until it closed down a few years ago.
Radio Union (Lima, Peru): July 1, 1994 Paul Harner Download

Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 23, 1987 Feb 11, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program
Date of recording: April 23, 1987
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: Either 6165 or 9590 kHz
Reception location: St.Louis, MO
Receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A
Notes: I recorded "Media Network" using a timer, and reused these tapes weekly. In this case, it became a time capsule. It is also not a show that is on Jonathan Marks' archive site.
Radio Netherlands ('Media Network' Program): April 23, 1987 Paul Harner Download

Voice Of America (Breakfast Show): August 02, 1975 Feb 04, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice Of America 'Breakfast Show"
Date of recording: August 02, 1975
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: unknown
Your location: St.Louis, MO
Your receiver and antenna: Multi-Band portable
Voice Of America (Breakfast Show): August 02, 1975 Paul Harner Download

NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2025 Feb 02, 2026

COPYRIGHT NDR

Live, off-air, two-hour recording of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2025. Gruss an Bord features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at an event in Hamburg.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Hamburg event was recorded on the third Sunday of Advent, 14 December, in the Duckdalben International Seamen's Club and was hosted by Susanne Stichler. The program included a number of special guests including Bishop Kirsten Fehrs; Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs, Melanie Leonhard; the Federal Government's Maritime Coordinator, Christoph Ploß; and Vice Admiral Axel Deertz. Music was provided by the folk music duo of Frank Grischek and Ralf Lübke. The broadcast was primarily in German, however there were several minutes in English when Filipino seamen were interviewed and some of the songs had English lyrics.
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 at Nauen, Germany; Issoudun, France; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Okeechobee, Florida, U.S.A.; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The scheduled frequencies (kHz) were:
6030 (via Issoudun) for the Northeast Atlantic,
6080 (via Tashkent) for Europe,
9635 (via Nauen) for the Indian Ocean,
11650 (via Issoudun) for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,
13830 (via Nauen) for the Southern Atlantic, and
15770 (via Okeechobee) for the Northwest Atlantic
Monitors reported that the program did not air on 9635 or 11650 kHz.
This recording was made in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada. It is of the transmission on the frequency of 15770 kHz for the full two hours.
The recording was made primarily using a Belka-DX receiver in pseudo-synchronous (AM2) mode with a bandwidth of 50 Hz - 2.7 kHz outdoors with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna Reception was quite good for the most part with a bit of fading at times. But that receiver was initially tuned to 13830 kHz with a weaker signal. However, 15770 kHz was being recorded simultaneously with a KiwiSDR 2 software-defined radio receiver in narrow AM (AMN) mode with noise cancelling and with a W6LVP indoor magnetic loop antenna. So, the recording here has about a 4-1/2-minute splice from the KiwiSDR receiver at the beginning with the remainder of the recording from the Belka-DX receiver. A few seconds of the end of the program are missing as WRMI cut over to other programming before the complete end of the program.
NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2025 Richard Langley Download

Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970 Jan 28, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1970
Frequency: 4.990 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: On 4990 kHz shortwave, Radio Barquisimeto in Venezuela was one of the "regulars" on the 60 metre band here in southern Ontario Canada during the evening hours in the 1970's. On nearby 4980 kHz, you could find Ecos del Torbes from San Cristobal.
Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970 Jan 28, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1970
Frequency: 4.990 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: On 4990 kHz shortwave, Radio Barquisimeto in Venezuela was one of the "regulars" on the 60 metre band here in southern Ontario Canada during the evening hours in the 1970's. On nearby 4980 kHz, you could find Ecos del Torbes from San Cristobal.
Radio Barquisimeto (Venezuela): Circa 1970 Dan Greenall Download

BBC World Service: September 28, 2025 Jan 21, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service on 9410 kHz made on September 28, 2025 at 0603 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes that this was an exceptionally strong signal to have been received in McGrath, Alaska.
BBC World Service: September 28, 2025 Paul Walker Download

Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito: Circa 1989 Jan 14, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor David Goren, who shares the following recording of Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito, which he recorded on cassette tape, most likely in the summer of 1989. This broadcast was received on 5050 kHz.
Emisoras Jesús del Gran Poder Quito: Circa 1989 David Goren Download

BBC World Service (French Language Service): September 20, 2025 Jan 07, 2026

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service (French Language Service) on 13790 kHz made on Sept 20, 2025 at 1815 UTC in McGrath, Alaska.
BBC World Service (French Language Service): September 20, 2025 Paul Walker Download

BBC World Service (Carrier and Interval Signal): September 19, 20, and 25, 2025. Dec 31, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recordings of the BBC World Service on 9410 kHz made on September 19, 20, and 25, 2025 at 0458 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes:
The English feed via Ascension to West Africa operates from 05:00 to 07:00 UTC on several days in late September, featuring something rare: the carrier is switched on, followed by a brief silence and then an interval signal. This sequence occurs every time I hear this transmission sign on, but I have noticed it almost nowhere else on BBC World Service shortwave, which usually just “crash starts” and ends abruptly.
BBC World Service: September 19, 2025. Paul Walker Download BBC World Service: September 20, 2025. Paul Walker Download BBC World Service: September 25, 2025. Paul Walker Download

Radio Canada International (SWL Digest with Ian McFarland): April 26, 1986 Dec 18, 2025

View from the roof of the RCI Sackville, New Brunswick Transmitting Station (Photo: Thomas Witherspoon)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor William Parmley, who found several cassette tapes with off-air recordings he made in the 1980s. Here are Bill’s notes for this recording:
SWL Digest on Radio Canada International with Ian McFarland, April 26, 1986, plus an excerpt from the same program on the next day, April 27, 1986. Includes a brief telephone interview with me. (40:57)
Radio Canada International (SWL Digest): April 26, 1986 William Parmley Download

BBC World Service (Giotto Space Probe): March 13, 1986 Dec 11, 2025

An image of the Giotto spacecraft during construction (Source: ESA)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor William Parmley, who found several cassette tapes with off-air recordings he made in the 1980s. Here are Bill’s notes for this recording:
BBC transmission live during the encounter of the Giotto space probe with Haley’s Comet, March 13, 1986. (43:45)

Comet Halley at Giotto spacecraft's closest approach (Source: ESA)

BBC World Service (Giotto Space Probe): March 13, 1986 William Parmley Download

BBC World Service (Giotto Space Probe): March 13, 1986 Dec 11, 2025

An image of the Giotto spacecraft during construction (Source: ESA)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor William Parmley, who found several cassette tapes with off-air recordings he made in the 1980s. Here are Bill’s notes for this recording:
BBC transmission live during the encounter of the Giotto space probe with Haley’s Comet, March 13, 1986. (43:45)

Comet Halley at Giotto spacecraft's closest approach (Source: ESA)

BBC World Service (Giotto Space Probe): March 13, 1986 William Parmley Download

Radio Macapa Brasil: Circa Late 1980s Dec 04, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor David Goren, who shares the following recording and notes.
This recording captures Radio Macapá, Brazil, clearly identified several times on the air. David discovered it on a cassette tape.
While the exact date is uncertain, David believes it could be from 1988, though he notes he was still recording to cassette into the early 2000s. The absence of CODAR interference—common on the bands starting in the early 1990s—suggests the recording likely predates that period.
Though not as unusual as some of David’s other finds, this recording remains a fine example of Brazilian shortwave broadcasting and a valuable slice of radio history. Enjoy and feel free to comment with any other details that may help date this recording.
Radio Macapa Brasil: Circa Late 1980s David Goren Download

Radio Australia: September 12, 1970 Nov 27, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second:
Somewhere along the line I managed to acquire a whole bunch of someone's tapes of Australian shortwave broadcasts from the 1960's and 1970's. My un-listened-to tapes in my basement have gotten jumbled around several times over the years, so a lot of collections which were once stacked all in one place are now scattered amongst the stacks down there. And so it is that this week, I found yet another tape of Australian shortwave recordings. The recordings only include the day of the week and the date, not the year, but based on those days and dates, and the contents of the broadcasts, I am surmising the first of these to be from September of 1968 and the other to be from nearly exactly two years later.
The 1970 tape [included here] is considerably clearer in sound quality [than the 1968 recording posted last week].
Radio Australia: September 12, 1970 Bob Purse Download

Radio Australia: September 23, 1968 Nov 20, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second:
Somewhere along the line I managed to acquire a whole bunch of someone's tapes of Australian shortwave broadcasts from the 1960's and 1970's. My un-listened-to tapes in my basement have gotten jumbled around several times over the years, so a lot of collections which were once stacked all in one place are now scattered amongst the stacks down there. And so it is that this week, I found yet another tape of Australian shortwave recordings. The recordings only include the day of the week and the date, not the year, but based on those days and dates, and the contents of the broadcasts, I am surmising the first of these to be from September of 1968 and the other to be from nearly exactly two years later.
The 1968 recording starts off difficult to hear and grows progressively worse - this is not an easy to listen to tape - such are the vagaries of listening to short wave broadcasts. The 1970 tape is considerably clearer in sound quality.
Radio Australia: September 23, 1968 Bob Purse Download

BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2025 Nov 17, 2025

HMCS margaret Brooke off rothera station during the canadian antarctic science research expedition on March 15, 2025 (Courtesy of Dr. kevin wilcox)

A live, off-air, half-hour recording of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2025 beginning at 21:30 UTC.
The broadcast, hosted by Cerys Matthews and which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first BBC broadcast to Antarctica, featured messages and music for the 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 was a message from Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of BAS, who highlighted the construction of the Discovery Building at Rothera, and a very special message from King Charles III, a first for a monarch, highlighting climate change. He said "Each observation, measurement and calculation you undertake adds to the world's understanding of the Earth's fragile systems."
The recording is of the transmission on 12065 kHz from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station. 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 synchronous mode with 5.08 kHz RF filtering. Reception was quite good with little noise or fading and good signal strength. The additional parallel frequencies of 5960 kHz from Al'Dhabbaya, United Arab Emirates, and 9575 kHz from Ascension were heard but not as well as 12065 kHz.
BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2025 Richard Langley Download

All India Radio: August 20, 2025 Nov 13, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following field recording of All India Radio on 9620 kHz made on August 20, 2025 at 19:34 UTC in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
All India Radio: August 20, 2025 Carlos Latuff Download

Voice of Korea: August 29, 2025 Nov 06, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the Voice of Korea on 11,910 kHz made on August 29, 2025 at 18:51 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes that the recording begins in French then moves to their English language service.
Voice of Korea: August 29, 2025 Paul Walker Download

Radio Gjirokaster: January 1988 Oct 30, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor David Goren, who shares the following recording of Radio Gjirokaster recorded in January 1988. David notes that a column in MT from 1988 reported the frequency as 5057 kHz, although he logged it as 5060 kHz at the time. David was using his Panasonic RF-2900 as a receiver. He has also kindly shared the following photos of his logs and the cassette tape notes.

David notes:
Found this little scrap on an old cassette…it’s the middle of a recording of the Road Gang, the trucking show I was obsessed with at the time…and of course I would tune around during it sometimes and I marked the cassette…I have Gjirokaster and Yerevan in the same segment
Radio Gjirokaster: January 1988 David Goren Download

Radio Gjirokaster: January 1988 Oct 30, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor David Goren, who shares the following recording of Radio Gjirokaster recorded in January 1988. David notes that a column in MT from 1988 reported the frequency as 5057 kHz, although he logged it as 5060 kHz at the time. David was using his Panasonic RF-2900 as a receiver. He has also kindly shared the following photos of his logs and the cassette tape notes.

David notes:
Found this little scrap on an old cassette…it’s the middle of a recording of the Road Gang, the trucking show I was obsessed with at the time…and of course I would tune around during it sometimes and I marked the cassette…I have Gjirokaster and Yerevan in the same segment
Radio Gjirokaster: January 1988 David Goren Download

Voice of Vietnam (French Language Service--80th Anniversary): September 7, 2025 Oct 23, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording and illustrated listening report for this Voice of Vietnam broadcast celebrating their 80th anniversary. This recording was made on September 7, 2025 at 20:39 UTC on 11,885 kHz from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Voice of Vietnam (French Language Service--80th Anniversary): September 7, 2025 Carlos Latuff Download

The Happy Station Show [Vinyl Record - 33 RPM]: 1973 Oct 16, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos, for sharing a recording of this Happy Station Show record.
Nilos notes:
My uncle was one of the founders of DXing in Greece, named Nikos Dendrinos. I found a record of Happy Station in his archive after his death.
Nikos also shared the following photo of his uncle, Nikos Dendrinos:

Thank you, Nikos, for sharing this amazing recording and honoring your uncle’s passion for DXing.
The Happy Station Show [Vinyl Record - 33 RPM]: 1973 Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos Download

The Happy Station Show [Vinyl Record - 33 RPM]: 1973 Oct 16, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos, for sharing a recording of this Happy Station Show record.
Nilos notes:
My uncle was one of the founders of DXing in Greece, named Nikos Dendrinos. I found a record of Happy Station in his archive after his death.
Nikos also shared the following photo of his uncle, Nikos Dendrinos:

Thank you, Nikos, for sharing this amazing recording and honoring your uncle’s passion for DXing.
The Happy Station Show [Vinyl Record - 33 RPM]: 1973 Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos Download

Radiodiffusion du Dahomey: Circa 1971 Oct 09, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion du Dahomey, Circa 1971
Frequency: 4.870 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Prior to 1975, the country of Benin in West Africa was called Dahomey. This recording, made in 1971, is Radiodiffusion du Dahomey in Cotonou signing off for the day. While the signal level on 4870 kHz is only fair at best, the announcement in French can be heard giving frequency information followed by "Ici Cotonou, Radiodiffusion du Dahomey" just before the end of the recording. Reception location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and equipment used was a Hallicrafters S-52 and a long wire antenna.
Radiodiffusion du Dahomey: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download
Also attached is a short recording from the 1990's of Radiodiffusion Nationale du Benin in French with a voice announcement and ID just prior to sign off. Also on 4870 kHz, but using a Panasonic RF-3100 receiver and a long wire antenna in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada.
Radiodiffusion Nationale du Benin: Circa 1990s Dan Greenall Download

Radiodiffusion du Dahomey: Circa 1971 Oct 09, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion du Dahomey, Circa 1971
Frequency: 4.870 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Prior to 1975, the country of Benin in West Africa was called Dahomey. This recording, made in 1971, is Radiodiffusion du Dahomey in Cotonou signing off for the day. While the signal level on 4870 kHz is only fair at best, the announcement in French can be heard giving frequency information followed by "Ici Cotonou, Radiodiffusion du Dahomey" just before the end of the recording. Reception location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and equipment used was a Hallicrafters S-52 and a long wire antenna.
Radiodiffusion du Dahomey: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download
Also attached is a short recording from the 1990's of Radiodiffusion Nationale du Benin in French with a voice announcement and ID just prior to sign off. Also on 4870 kHz, but using a Panasonic RF-3100 receiver and a long wire antenna in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada.
Radiodiffusion Nationale du Benin: Circa 1990s Dan Greenall Download

Radio Canada International [Shortwave Club - Studio Recording]: October 06, 1973 Oct 02, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos, for sharing the following studio recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Rasdio Canada International (Shortwave Club)
Date of recording: October 06, 1973
Notes: This is the anniversary broadcast of the Radio Canada Shortwave Club for the celebration of the “World DX Friendship Year 1973.” The program features Bob MacGregor, announcer of Radio Canada, as well as announcers from Radio Netherlands, London, Stockholm, and New Zealand. Unfortunately, I could not make out their names. All of them are speaking live. Finally, there is an interview from Greece with Nikos Dendrinos, who was also the originator of the anniversary year.
Radio Canada International [Shortwave Club - Studio Recording]: October 06, 1973 Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos Download

Radio Romania International (DX Mailbag): March 4th, 2024 Sep 25, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Romania International
Date of recording: March 04, 2024
Starting time: 01:40 UTC
Frequency: 7.325 MHz
Reception location: Berthoud, Colorado, USA
Receiver and antenna: Unbranded AM, FM, SW receiver with telescopic antenna
Notes: Recording of Radio Romania's DX Mailbag dated Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. This recording was made the following Monday when they repeat the DX Mailbag.
Radio Romania International (DX Mailbag): March 4th, 2024 Liam Spencer Download

Swiss Radio International: Circa 1993 Sep 18, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Emanuele Pelicioli, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Swiss Radio International
Date of recording: Circa 1993
Starting time: 14 CET
Frequency: 6165 kHz
Reception location: Bergamo, Italy
Receiver and antenna: Multiband Radio Fenner
Notes: This recording was originally on tape, I made it in 1993. I don't remember which month. It was from Studio Aperto, the Italian program of Swiss Radio International, which airs on Sunday at 14 CET. They used to read listeners' letters and create mini-games. This was the first time they read one of my letters.
Swiss Radio International: Circa 1993 Emanuele Pelicioli, Download

The Buzzer (UVB-76): August 8, 2025 Sep 11, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Martin Knotek, for sharing the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The Buzzer
Date of recording: August 08, 2025
Starting time: 19:17 UTC
Frequency: 4625 kHz
Your location: Zlin, Czech Republic
Receiver and antenna: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: The Buzzer online 08. 08. 2025 v 19:17 UTC.
You can hear the Russian anthem about halfway through the recording.
The Buzzer (UVB-76) is a mysterious Russian shortwave radio station that has broadcast a constant buzzing sound since the late 1970s, occasionally interrupted by voice messages in Russian, with its true purpose still unconfirmed.
The Buzzer (UVB-76): August 8, 2025 Martin Knotek Download

Republic of Yemen Radio: February 15/April 9, 2025 Sep 04, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Republic of Yemen Radio via Jeddah, Saudi Arabia transmitter
Frequency: 11.935 MHz
Reception location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Receiver and antenna: remote Kiwi SDR
Notes: Two recordings of Republic of Yemen Radio broadcasting in Arabic on 11935 kHz shortwave from a transmitter located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Reported transmitter power is 50 kw.
February 15, 2025 at 1959 UTC, good signal, no hum, received using SDR located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
April 9, 2025 at 1658 UTC, bad hum or buzz on their signal, received using SDR located in Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia
This station has not been heard more recently.
Republic of Yemen Radio: February 15, 2025 Dan Greenall Download Republic of Yemen Radio: April 9, 2025 Dan Greenall Download

WYFR: May 2, 1974 Aug 28, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WYFR Scituate MA transmitter
Date of recording: May 02, 1974
Frequency: 17.785 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with long wire antenna
Notes: Your Family Radio, WYFR is heard here via their Scituate, Massachusetts transmitter on May 2, 1974 at 2200 hours UTC on 17785 kHz shortwave.
The station has a very colorful history:
W2XAL (1927–1929)
W1XAL (1929–1939)
transmitter moved from Boston to Scituate, MA in 1936
WRUL (1939–1966)
WNYW (1966–1973)
WYFR (1973-2013)
transmitter moved to Okeechobee, FL in 1977
transmitter purchased by WRMI in December 2013
WYFR: May 2, 1974 Dan Greenall Download

BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2024 Aug 22, 2025

COURTESY BAS

A live, off-air, half-hour recording of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2024 beginning at 21:30 UTC. The broadcast, hosted by Cerys Matthews, featured messages and music for the 47 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; Olivier Hubert, a former chef at Rothera and the Halley VI research station; and Nadine Frontier, a marine biologist at King Edward Point; and Allie Clement, an ocean scientist at Rothera. 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 on 11685 kHz from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station. The sender had a registered power of 300 kW with antenna beam 182 degrees. The transmission was received on a Belka-DX receiver with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna outdoors in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in pseudo-synchronous (AM2) mode with 50 Hz - 2.7 kHz bandwidth. Reception was quite good with little noise or fading and very good signal strength. The additional parallel frequencies of 9585 kHz from Woofferton and 9870 kHz from Ascension were heard but not as well as 11685 kHz. There was a break in transmission at about the 21-minute mark in the recording for approximately one minute. A studio quality, slightly longer, podcast version is available on the BBC World Service website.
BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2024 Richard Langley Download

Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Eastern Europe & USSR: Circa 1980s Aug 21, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: Eastern Europe and USSR
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana (0)
BELARUS: Radio Minsk (1.18)
BULGARIA: Radio Sofia (1.41)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Radio Prague (2.29)
ESTONIA: Radio Tallin (2.50)
GERMANY (EAST): Radio Berlin Int (3.49)
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest (5.22)
LATVIA: Radio Riga (6.31)
LITHUANIA: Radio Vilnius (7.14)
POLAND: Radio Polonia (8.30)
ROMANIA: Radio Bucharest (9.37)
UKRAINE: Radio Kiev (10.41)
USSR: Radio Moscow World Service (12.17)
Radio Station Peace & Progress (13.35)
Radio Station Rodina (13.59)
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia (14.21)
Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Eastern Europe & USSR: Circa 1980s Paul Watson Download

NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2024 Aug 17, 2025

copyright NDR

Live, off-air, three-hour recording of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2024 with an introductory "warm-up" segment beginning shortly after 18:00 UTC with Gruss an Bord itself starting at 19:00 UTC. The "warm-up segment" featured reports on seafaring, its economic relevance, and everyday life at sea. Gruss an Bord features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at an event in Hamburg. Unlike for the past several years, there was no event in Leer.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Hamburg event was recorded on 8 December in the Duckdalben International Seamen's Club and was hosted by Birgit Langhammer and Ocke Bandixen. Music was provided by the Swedish-South African duo "Fjarill." The broadcast was primarily in German with some greetings in other languages.
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 at Nauen, Germany; Moosbrunn, Austria; Issoudun, France; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Okeechobee, Florida, U.S.A.; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The frequencies (kHz) were:
6030 (via Issoudun) for the Northeast Atlantic,
6080 (via Tashkent) for Europe,
9635 (via Moosbrunn) for the Indian Ocean,
11650 (via Issoudun) for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,
13830 (via Nauen) for the Southern Atlantic, and
15770 (via Okeechobee) for the Northwest Atlantic
The "warm-up" segment was not carried on the NDR Info Spezial network, which broadcast the children's program Mikado instead. And as the Moosbrunn transmitter took the feed from the NDR Info Spezial network, the "warm-up" segment didn't go out on this shortwave transmitter.
The recording is of the transmission on the frequency of 11650 kHz for the full three hours.
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 fairly good for the most part with a bit of noise at times.
NDR - Gruss an Bord: December 24, 2024 Richard Langley Download

Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Western Europe: Circa 1980s Aug 14, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: Western Europe
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule, and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
AUSTRIA: Radio Austria International (0)
CYPRUS: Cyprus Broadcasting Company (1.40)
DENMARK: Radio Denmark (3.09)
FINLAND: Radio Finland (4.29)
FRANCE: Radio France Internationale (5.30)
GERMANY (WEST): Deutsche Welle (6.30)
GREECE: Voice of Greece (7.53)
ITALY: RAI (9.24)
MALTA: Radio Mediterranean (11.00)
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands (12.21)
NORWAY: Radio Norway (13.34)
PORTUGAL: Radio Portugal (15.34)
SPAIN: Spanish Foreign Radio (16.32)
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden (18.17)
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International (19.53)
Red Cross Broadcasting Service (20.38)
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC World Service (21.49)
Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Western Europe: Circa 1980s Paul Watson Download

Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Africa and Middle East: Circa 1980s Aug 07, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: Africa and the Middle East
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule, and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
ALGERIA: Radio Algiers (0)
EGYPT: Radio Cairo (1.03)
IRAN: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2.33)
IRAQ: Radio Baghdad (4.17)
ISRAEL: Kol Israel (6.33)
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait (8.00)
LEBANON: Voice of Lebanon (9.29)
LIBYA: Radio Jamariyah (10.18)
NIGERIA: Radio Nigeria (12.15)
QATAR: Qatar Broadcasting Service (13.53)
SAUDI ARABIA: Broadcasting Service of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (14.21)
SOUTH AFRICA: Radio RSA (15.45)
SYRIA: Radio Damascus (17.37)
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey (18.40)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE Radio (19.50)
Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Africa and Middle East: Circa 1980s Paul Watson Download

Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Asia & Pacific: Circa 1980s Jul 31, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: Asia & the Pacific
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule, and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
Afghanistan: Radio Afghanistan (0)
Australia: Radio Australia (1.55)
Bangladesh: Radio Bangladesh (3.18)
China: Radio Peking (4.23)
India: All India Radio (6.16)
Japan: Radio Japan (7.29)
Korea (North): Radio Pyongyang (9.02)
Korea (South): Radio Korea (12.26)
Malaysia: Voice of Malaysia (14.22)
New Zealand: Radio New Zealand (15.49)
Pakistan: Radio Pakistan (16.13)
Saipan: KFBS & KYOI (16.44)
Taiwan: Voice of the Free China (18.14)
Tajikistan: Radio Dushanbe (19.01)
Uzbekistan: Radio Tashkent (19.22)
Vietnam: Voice of Vietnam (20.16)
Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – Asia & Pacific: Circa 1980s Paul Watson Download

Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – The Americas: Circa 1980s Jul 24, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: The Americas
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule, and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
Bonaire: Trans World Radio (3.31)
Brazil: Radio Nacional do Brasil (4.32)
Canada: Radio Canada Int (6.58)
Chile: Voice of Chile (8.48)
Colombia: Radio Nacional (11.06)
Radio Sutatenza (12.00)
Cuba: Radio Havana (12.48)
Dominican Republic: La Voz del CID (14.20)
Radio Clarin (15.01)
Ecuador: HCJB (15.43)
Grenada: Radio Free Grenada (17.36)
Nicaragua: Voice of Nicaragua (18.42)
USA: Voice of America (19.54)
Radio Earth (20.33)
KCBI (21.39)
WHRI (22.13)
WRNO (22.38)
WYFR (22.49)
UN Radio (23.22)
Venezuela: Radio Turismo (24.48)
Radio Tachira (25.31)
YVTO (26.06)
Shortwave Broadcast Compilation – The Americas: Circa 1980s Paul Watson Download

Radio Taiwan International (Test Broadcast in French) Jul 12, 2025

Photo of Taipei Photo by TangChi Lee

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Kanwar Sandhu, who shares the following test broadcast recording of Radio Taiwan International recorded on June 29, 2025, at 1730 UTC on 11995 kHz:
Radio Taiwan International (Test Broadcast in French) Kanwar Sandhu Download

All India Radio: Circa 1971 Jul 05, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, for sharing the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: All India Radio 1971
Frequency: 11.810 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: This transmission to southeast Asia from the general overseas service of All India Radio was heard surprisingly well in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada on 11810 kHz shortwave back in 1971. Their familiar interval signal is heard at first, followed by sign on in English.
All India Radio: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

WREC (Radio Free East Coast) Pirate Radio/Interval Signal: August 31, 1997 Jun 28, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WREC Radio Free East Coast Pirate 1997
Date of recording: August 31, 1997
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Some pirate radio stations used to use an interval signal. This is a recording of shortwave pirate broadcaster WREC Radio Free East Coast beginning a broadcast on August 31, 1997. It was made in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada and you will hear an interval signal followed by a song "Yo ho, yo ho A Pirate's Life for Me", then station identification. Receiving equipment was a Panasonic RF-3100 hooked up to a longwire antenna and the station was heard on 6955 kHz.
WREC (Radio Free East Coast) Pirate Radio/Interval Signal: August 31, 1997 Dan Greenall Download

Voice of Nigeria (Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation): Circa 1971 Jun 21, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Nigeria, Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation 1971
Frequency: 7.275 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is a recording of the distinctive rapid drum beat interval signal used by the Voice of Nigeria in Lagos on shortwave, made sometime in 1971. A voice announcement follows, as they begin a program in the French language. In the second recording, you will hear their interval signal, anthem, and sign on in English. This recording was made circa 1971 on 7275 kHz.
Recording 1 - Voice of Nigeria (Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation): Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download Recording 2 - Voice of Nigeria (Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation): Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

Trans World Radio: Circa 1990s Jun 14, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Trans World Radio, Meyerton, South Africa 1990's
Frequency: 7.215 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Trans World Radio used to air some of it's programs via the SENTECH transmitter at Meyerton, South Africa. Here is a recording of the station in the late 1990's, including identification in English but no transmitter site given. This was made from my receiving post in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada, likely on 7215 kHz shortwave. This transmitter was shut down in March 2019.
Trans World Radio: Circa 1990s Dan Greenall Download

Radio Baghdad (Interval Signal): Circa 1971 Jun 07, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Baghdad, Iraq
Date of recording: Circa 1971
Frequency: 15.400 MHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Another bird call interval signal. Even though Radio Baghdad in Iraq may have had a program beamed to North America in the early 1970's, they were not easily heard at my receiving post in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. This may have had to do with their choice of frequencies used. This recording begins with their mechanical nightingale interval signal, followed by identification in the Arabic language.
Radio Baghdad: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download Radio Baghdad: Circa 1971 (Cleaned Audio) Dan Greenall Download

Vatican Radio (Pope Francis Funeral in French and English): April 26, 2025 May 31, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Vatican Radio made on April 26, 2025.
The first recording, pre-funeral in French, was recorded at 07:36 UTC on 17520 kHz:
Vatican Radio (Pope Francis Pre-Funeral in French): April 26, 2025 Paul Walker Download
The second recording, made during the funeral in English, was recorded at 08:18 UTC on 17540 kHz:
Vatican Radio (Pope Francis Funeral in English): April 26, 2025 Paul Walker Download

RAI Italian Radio and Television, Rome: Circa 1971 May 24, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: RAI Italian Radio and Television, Rome 1971
Frequency: 6.010MHz
RX location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: RAI, Italian Radio and Television from Rome, had an interval signal that was described as a mechanically generated chirping canary, mechanical nightingale and even an Italian Sparrow. The station broadcast on a number of different frequencies in English (my QSL has them on 6.010 MHz), however in this recording, that was made circa 1971, the station identification is given in Italian.
RAI Italian Radio and Television, Rome: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Botswana: Circa 1983 May 17, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Botswana 1983
Frequency: 4.845 MHz
RX location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Botswana used to be famous for their "barnyard" interval signal. While my recording, from 1983, only captures a few seconds of the cowbells, it does include their full national anthem and sign on announcements in Setswana (presumed) and English.
Radio Botswana: Circa 1983 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Australia: July 27, 1986 May 17, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Tom Laskowski, for sharing the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Australia
Date of recording: July 27, 1986
Starting time: 0300
Frequency: 17.795 MHz
RX location: South Bend, Indiana
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF 2001
Notes: Here is a recording of Radio Australia's DX program called Talkback from July 27, 1986. I believe this was recorded around 0300 UT on 17795 kHz when Australia used to come in well in the evenings here.
Some of the program highlights are:
Review of the 1986 ANARC Convention, which was held in Montreal, Canada. Hosted by Radio Canada International, it attracted over 200 attendees. New Zealand's Arthur Cushen was the Guest of Honor for the event.
Radio Australia: July 27, 1986 Tom Laskowski Download

WRMI: January 10, 2024 May 10, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WRMI
Date of recording: January 10, 2024
Starting time: 2000 hours UTC
Frequency: 5.925 MHz
Reception location: Columbus, Ohio
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with bilt-in telescopic antenna
Notes: Here's a recording from WRMI from Okeechobee Florida on 5.925 MHz on January 10th, 2024.
WRMI: January 10, 2024 Bryce Belcher Download

BBC in English: May 9, 2025 on 9410 kHz May 09, 2025

BBC World Service in English received in Europe on shortwave frequency of 9410 kHz at 0504 GMT May 9, 2025 using domestic 40-years old shortwave receiver "JS" (with double frequency conversion design) running on bateries. Antenna: 5 meter wire outdoor put on trees. Recorded using old SONY cassette recorder TCM 500V model.
The transmission recorded originated from the BBC Atlantic Relay Station in Ascension Island The station made its first shortwave radio transmission on July 3rd, 1966
BBC in English on 9410 kHz, May 9, 2025 Download

Radio Symban: April 26, 2025 May 03, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Ian Pillar, who shares the following recording of Radio Symban made on April 26, 2025 on 2368 kHz at 06:10 UTC via a Kiwi SDR and loop antenna in New South Whales, Australia. Ian notes:
Notes: Low Power Radio Symban Back On Shortwave From Sydney NSW Radio Symban Also Broadcast On FM With 24-hour Greek Programming. Some interesting photos found here.
Radio Symban: April 26, 2025 Ian Pillar Download

Radio Tahiti: Circa 1971 Apr 26, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Tahiti 1971
Frequency: 15.170MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Tahiti was a very popular station with shortwave listeners back in the 1970's. Their island type music was very listenable and the station often put a decent signal into eastern North America with their 20 kw of power on 15170 kHz. The late Dr. Richard E. Wood reported in the Communications Handbook for 1972 that this frequency was activated on April 10, 1971. I made this recording of their sign off announcements in French, closing song and La Marseillaise sometime in 1971.

Radio Tahiti: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Tahiti: Circa 1971 Apr 26, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Tahiti 1971
Frequency: 15.170MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Tahiti was a very popular station with shortwave listeners back in the 1970's. Their island type music was very listenable and the station often put a decent signal into eastern North America with their 20 kw of power on 15170 kHz. The late Dr. Richard E. Wood reported in the Communications Handbook for 1972 that this frequency was activated on April 10, 1971. I made this recording of their sign off announcements in French, closing song and La Marseillaise sometime in 1971.

Radio Tahiti: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

The Voice of America: January 14, 2025 Apr 07, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of The Voice of America made on January 14, 2025 at 0355 UTC on 9775 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:
The Voice of America: January 14, 2025 Paul Walker Download

Radio Dardasha - Bible Voice BCN: May 24, 2021 Mar 21, 2025

Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Dardasha - Bible Voice BCN from May 24, 2021:
Radio Dardasha Bible Voice BCN; 9,490 kHz; 5:44pm, May 25, 2021; Arabic hb9gce

Maritime Radio HLS Seoul Korea: October 31, 1998 Mar 14, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Maritime radio HLS Seoul Korea
Date of recording: October 31, 1998
Frequency: 8.725 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Maritime radiotelephone station HLS in Seoul, Korea continued to operate in the late 1990's on shortwave. Instead of a repeating voice mirror, this station played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" over and over so that the receiving station could tune them in. This recording is from October 31, 1998 at Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, and the frequency they were using was 8725 kHz upper sideband. My receiver was a Panasonic RF-3100 hooked up to a long wire antenna.
The station was identified by Richard "RD" Baker, editor of Communications Confidential, in the January 1999 issue of Popular Communications magazine. In his Reader Mailbag section, he wrote:
"Dan Greenall in Ontario, Canada, has been hearing a new (at least to folks in North America) maritime marker on 8725.0 USB: Beethoven's 9th Symphony "Ode to Joy" is repeated. In trying to track this marker down, we sent the call out over the WUN Club's listserver. Costas Krallis in Greece, Fabrizio Magrone in Italy. Alex Wellner and Robin Harwood. both in Australia. all became involved. They soon began logging the marker on other maritime frequencies. Eventually, it was noted on 6513, 8725, 8797, 13161, and 17341. Only one station has those frequencies in common: HLS, Seoul Radio. South Korea. The marker was completely IDed within 32 hours!"
Maritime Radio HLS Seoul Korea: October 31, 1998 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Erena Dimtse: May 15, 2021 Mar 07, 2025

Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Erena Dimtse from 2021:
Radio Erena Dimtse; 9,720 kHz; 17:24, May 15, 2021; Tigrinya hb9gce

China National Radio 1 (Sign On): January 30, 2023 Feb 24, 2025

KiwiSDR (Photo by Mark Fahey)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: China National Radio 1 The Voice of China
Date of recording: January 30, 2023
Starting time: 20:24 UTC
Frequency: 6.125 MHz
Reception location: KiwiSDR in Japan
Receiver and antenna: Self-made YouLoop
Notes: China National Radio signing on with the interval signal and some music. If my sources are correct this sign on only occurs on Mondays. The echo is due to two different transmitters on the same frequency
China National Radio 1 (Sign On): January 30, 2023 Liam Spenser

Deutsche Welle (Kigali, Rwanda Relay): Circa 1971 Feb 17, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Deutsche Welle, Kigali, Rwanda relay 1971
Frequency: 11.965 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: When this recording was made in 1971, the easiest way to add Rwanda to your "countries heard" totals was to log the Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany) relay in Kigali. The station could be heard quite well here in southern Ontario, Canada even though broadcasts were not directed to eastern North America. My QSL card has them using 11965 kHz, however I am not fluent in German and this recording could possibly have been made on a different frequency. This relay station was closed down in 2015 after 50 years of operation.
Deutsche Welle (Kigali, Rwanda Relay) Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

Radio Veritas Asia (Quezon City, Philippines): September 28, 1999 Feb 10, 2025

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City, Philippines
Date of recording: September 28, 1999
Starting time: 1200 UTC
Frequency: 9.505 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna
Notes: Here is Radio Veritas Asia in Quezon City, Philippines as recorded at a DX camp in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada on September 28, 1999. Part of their interval signal is heard along with a station ID in English. They give their frequency as 9505 kHz and the time as 1200 UTC.
Radio Veritas Asia (Quezon City, Philippines): September 28, 1999 Dan Greenall Download

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.
Radio Alma Ata (Kazakh S.S.R.): Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

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"
XERH (Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico): Circa 1970 Dan Greenall Download

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:
BBC World Service (Dari Language Service): July 3, 2024 Paul Walker Download

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
Radio Nikkei 1: January 18, 2025 Carlos Latuff Download

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.
KWHR (World Harvest Radio): November 10, 1996 Dan Greenall Download

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.
Radio 4VEH (Recording of Recording): Circa 1970s Dan Greenall Download
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.
Radio 4VEH: Circa 1970's Dan Greenall Download

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:
Voice of America (Korean Language Service: December 28, 2024 Paul Walker Download

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.
Radio Cairo: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

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.
Voix De La Revolution Congolaise Brazzaville: Circa 1973 Dan Greenall Download

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.
BBC World Service: November 25, 2024 Paul Walker Download

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.
Voice of America: November 25, 2024 Paul Walker Download

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.”
KBS World Radio: December 4, 2024 Carlos Latuff Download
Bonus Radiofax:
Kyodo News English Edition radiofax on the same topic, Dec 4, 2024, 12pm UTC, 16970 kHz.

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.”
KBS World Radio: December 4, 2024 Carlos Latuff Download
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.
KWHR (World Harvest Radio) Naalehu Hawaii: November 10, 1996 Dan Greenall Download

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."
XERH Radio Tricolor: Circa 1970 Dan Greenall Download

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
A Voz do Brasil: October 29, 1990 Vivian Gonçalves Download

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:
Voice of Croatia; 9,830 kHz; 10:00, July 10, 2008; Croatian / English hb9gce Voice of Croatia; 3,985 kHz; 04:00, October 10, 2011; Croatian hb9gce

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:
Radio Prague; 15,110 kHz; 15:00, December 3, 1989; Czech hb9gce Radio Prague; 7,345 kHz; 07:30, February 18, 2008; German hb9gce Radio Prague; 11,600 kHz; 08:30, September 21, 2009; Czech hb9gce

Vatican Radio: Three Recordings Oct 25, 2024

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Vatican Radio:
Vatican Radio; 6,185 kHz; 06:00, December 15, 2007; Finnish hb9gce Vatican Radio;11,740 kHz; 10:10, June 6, 2010; multilingual ID hb9gce Vatican Radio; 11,620 kHz; 16:25, May 18, 2021; English hb9gce

Radio Bulgaria: Six Recordings, 2008-2011 Oct 18, 2024

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Bulgaria from 2008-2011:
Radio Bulgaria; 11,700 kHz; 12:30, January 28, 2008; English hb9gce Radio Bulgaria; 7,400 kHz; 04:30, September 16, 2008; Bulgarian hb9gce Radio Bulgaria; 7,200 kHz; 06:30, September 16, 2008; English hb9gce Radio Bulgaria; 5,900 kHz; 05:30, November 16, 2009; Bulgarian hb9gce Radio Bulgaria; 11,600 kHz; 06:00, July 17, 2010; German / French hb9gce Radio Bulgaria; 9,600 kHz; 06:40, September 25, 2011; English hb9gce

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 Belarus; 7,390 kHz; 19:57, November 13, 2008; German hb9gce Radio Belarus; 7,255 kHz; 05:00, January 24, 2010; Belarusian hb9gce

Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF): Three Recordings Oct 04, 2024

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of RTBF:
Radio 4 International (RTBF); 9,925 kHz; 17:00, December 3, 1989; French hb9gce RTBF 1; 621 kHz; 04:12, October 13, 2009; French hb9gce RTBF International; 9,970 kHz; 04:30, March 28. 2008; French hb9gce

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.
WRNO (World of Radio Episodes): October 10 & October 24, 1982 Tom Laskowski Download

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
Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

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 Afghanistan: Circa 1971 Dan Greenall Download

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:
Radio Österreich 1; 6,155 kHz; 08:00, April 29, 2008; German hb9gce Download Radio Österreich 1; 13,730 kHz; 07:57, November 12, 2008; German hb9gce Download

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