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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)

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

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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
Show notes

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

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