The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)
Radio Dardasha - Bible Voice BCN: May 24, 2021
Mar 21, 2025
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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
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Maritime Radio HLS Seoul Korea: October 31, 1998
Mar 14, 2025
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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
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Radio Erena Dimtse: May 15, 2021
Mar 07, 2025
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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
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China National Radio 1 (Sign On): January 30, 2023
Feb 24, 2025
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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
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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
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Radio Veritas Asia (Quezon City, Philippines): September 28, 1999
Feb 10, 2025
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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
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Radio Alma Ata (Kazakh S.S.R.): Circa 1971
Feb 03, 2025
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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
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XERH (Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico): Circa 1970
Jan 27, 2025
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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
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BBC World Service (Dari Language Service): July 3, 2024
Jan 20, 2025
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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
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Radio Nikkei 1: January 18, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
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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
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