Radio Australia: March, 1968

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, curator of the website Inches Per Second, who shares the following recording and notes:

Periodically, I have shared parts of the large collection of shortwave recordings, most of them of Australian programming, which I picked up... somewhere, at some point. I've shared most of it, at this point, but have a few tapes left. I held off on this because the quality is fairly poor, then near the end becomes abysmal, but I thought I should share it, since there is an audience for these recordings. The newscast heard here makes it clear (specifically, the golf results, among other stories) that at least part of this tape is from the second week of March, 1968.

Radio Santa Cruz: November 9, 1996

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording, images, and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Santa Cruz Bolivia 1996

Date of recording: November 9, 1996

Frequency: 6.135 MHz

Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna

Notes: Radio Santa Cruz from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia was heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on occasion when propagation favored a North-South path. This brief Spanish language recording was made on November 9, 1996 on 6135 kHz shortwave around 2300 hours UTC.

Radio Santa Cruz Brochure

VLR-6: December 3, 1972

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: VLR-6

Date of recording: December 03, 1972

Starting time: 14:00

Frequency: 6.15 MHz

Your location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Notes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem

Radio Japan (Interval Signal): Circa 1970

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

The majority of my vintage shortwave recordings are unfortunately quite brief. This is mostly due to the fact that they were only kept as "proof" of reception and not generally for program content.

I can still remember the thrill of hearing Radio Japan in Tokyo for the first time back in 1970. I used to pick them up on 9505 kHz shortwave around dawn local time here in southern Ontario, Canada. This is a recording of their interval signal with bilingual announcement played just prior to sign on.

Broadcaster: Radio Japan 1970 interval signal

Frequency: 9.505 MHz

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2024

/

Olivier Hubert with BBC presenter Cerys Matthews for the BBC Midwinter Broadcast (Source: BAS and BBC)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, TomL, who shares the following recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica, recorded on June 21, 2024 at 21:30 UTC on 11,685 kHz.

TomL notes:

BBC 2024 Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica. 11685 kHz using AM-Sync (LSB). Location Campton Hills Forest Preserve, St. Charles IL. Loop-On-Ground antenna amplified by Welbrook Medium Aperture preamp, into AirSpy HF+ SDR & laptop using SDR Console 3.2. RTTY station on 11690 kHz prompted recording on the lower sideband. Thunderstorm noise persistent.

Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan: February 21, 1999

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan February 21,1999

Date of recording: February 21, 1999

Frequency: 9.165 MHz

Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario

Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna

Notes: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan from Baku, as heard in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 1999 at 0314 UTC on a frequency of 9165 kHz. Using a Drake SW-8 receiver hooked up to a very long wire antenna. Their interval signal is heard at first, followed by sign on in a local language.

Foreign AM Broadcast Band DX: Circa 1970's

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:

Foreign BCB DX 1970's

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 or Realistic DX-150A and a longwire antenna

Notes: Although I did not focus much on foreign broadcast band (medium wave) DXing in the 1970's, I did manage to save a few brief recordings of a handful of stations logged from my location in southern Ontario, Canada.

1. Radio Margarita, La Asuncion (Isla Margarita) Venezuela 1020 kHz

2. Radio Clarin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 860 kHz

3. XEMO, Tiajuana, Mexico 860 kHz

4. Radio Sutatenza, Bogota, Colombia 810 kHz

5. XERF, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico 1570 kHz (ID given by well known personality Paul Kallinger)

Voice Of Armenia (Interval Signal): Circa 1999

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: The Voice of Armenia, Yerevan circa 1999

Frequency: 9.965 MHz

Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna

Notes: Here is a recording I made of the Voice of Armenia from Yerevan with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's circa 1999. Somehow, this country managed to elude me in the 1970's and 80's.

Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation: November 1996

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation November 1996

Frequency: 9.200 MHz

Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna

Notes: In November 1996, the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation in Omdurman was relatively easy to spot on their out-of-band frequency of 9200 kHz shortwave. In this brief recording, chanting is heard followed by time pips on the hour. Announcements are in Arabic. According to the 1996 Passport to World Band Radio, this particular transmission is listed as Republic of Sudan Radio.

"AWR Historical" (Cassette Recordings, Parts 1 & 2): Circa 1980

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recordings and notes:

In 1980 I participated in the AWR Asia DX Contest promoted by the Radio Monitors International program produced by Mr. Adrian Petersen. The program was produced at the AWR Asia studios in Poona (India) and broadcast through the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Company via transmitters in Ekala and Colombo. Despite the reception being very difficult in South America, I managed to participate in the contest and got eighth place. As a prize, I got a cassette called AWR Historical. And it is this material that I would like to share with my friends at Shortwave Archive.

Radio Prague Interval Signals: Circa 1970 and 1999

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Prague: 1970 and 1999

Frequency: 7.345 MHz

Reception location: Ancaster and Thamesford, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 and Drake SW-8 using a longwire antenna

Notes:

Here is a brief recording of Radio Prague in Czechoslovakia circa 1970. They are heard with their interval signal and announcement in English. The frequency was 7345 kHz.

The second recording was made June 22, 1999 at 1727 hours UTC on 21745 kHz, with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's, as the external service of Czech Radio.

In 1970, I received a beautiful cloth bookmark from Radio Prague, and I gave it to my mother as she liked to read, and I felt it would be a way to include her in my newfound hobby of shortwave listening. She used it for the next 46 years, and I recovered it in 2016 after her passing, still in amazingly good condition.

Radio Malaysia (Interval Signal): Circa 1971

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 1971 (interval signal)

Date of recording: 1971

Frequency: 6.175

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Notes: Southeast Asia was one of the toughest areas to DX in my early years of SWLing from my receiving post in southern Ontario, Canada. Radio Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur on 6175 kHz made it through one morning in 1971 with their interval signal, then a very lengthy pause (about 35 seconds) before announcement in an Asian dialect. The lack of QRM and QRN helped to make this reception possible. For this, I was rewarded with their very attractive QSL card.

HJZW Radio Almirante (Riohacha, Colombia): October 30, 1978

/

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: HJZW Radio Almirante, Riohacha - Colombia

Date of recording: October 30, 1978

Starting time: 01:17

Frequency: 1.200

Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany

Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, loop antenna

Notes: HJZW R Almirante Riohacha, CLM

QRG: 1200 kHz

QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany - distance to Riohacha 5.285 mi

Px: S, anns, IDs, Vallenato mx, "Guajira"

SINPO: 24432

Extremely rare recording of that Colombian AM broadcaster - confirmed as 'first time logged in Germany' by our national ADDX association.

The famous 'Alltime DX list' of the 'Medium Wave Circle' contains following entry: "HJBZ Ondas del Riohacha, Riohacha, Colombia (ex

HJZW R Almirante) (not listed in 2020 WRTH) - first log in the UK 11/78; NG" - Hey! My officially confirmed log is from Oct. 1978 :))

Voice of Korea: Three Recordings, January and February 2024

/

Many thanks to Anthony Messina for sharing the following recordings and notes:

Broadcaster: Voice of Korea

Date of recording: January 28, 2024

Starting time: 6pm UTC (1pm EST)

Frequency: 13760khz, 9730khz, 7570khz

Your location: SDR

Your receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR

Mode: AM

Notes: Recorded via an SDR based in Japan. A collection of recent VOK recordings.

Audio Block
Double-click here to upload or link to a .mp3. Learn more