Hot Legs Radio: May 25, 2014

For your listening pleasure: about 20 minutes of pirate radio station, Hot Legs Radio–recorded May 25, 2014 starting around 1:55 UTC.

Hot Legs Radio was broadcasting around 6,925 kHz in AM.

Hot Legs was rather weak and somewhat over-modulated. Indeed, in regular AM mode, I couldn't make out the station ID at all. Fortunately, by turning on the WinRadio Excalibur‘s AM synchronous detector and selecting the less noisy lower sideband, I dug the signal out of the noise. AM sync also helped compensate for the over-modulation.

You’ll hear me re-tune a couple of times in this recording. Hot Legs' signal was a bit of a moving target.  I don’t think it would have been as noticeable in standard AM mode (which is more forgiving of drift), but in AM sync, you’ll hear a tone when the frequency shifts.

Still, I’m quite happy to have caught Hot Legs Radio–a new pirate logging! Hope to hear them on again soon.

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Radio Station of Macedonia, ERT 3: May 23, 2014

For your listening pleasure: three hours, seven minutes of the Radio Station of Macedonia (a.k.a. Voice of Greece/ERT Macedonia 3) recorded on May 23, 2014 starting around 19:00 UTC on 9,420 kHz.

This recording was made using my WinRadio Excalibur receiver and a large horizontal delta loop antenna.

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Radio New Zealand International: May 24, 2014

Road to Mt. Cook, New Zealand by B.muirhead (WikiMedia Commons)

For your listening pleasure: two hours, fifty nine minutes of Radio New Zealand International, recorded on May 24, 2014 starting around 7:59 UTC on 9,700 kHz. This recording was made on a WinRadio Excalibur SDR and a large horizontal delta loop wire antenna.

This recording begins with the The RNZI interval signal: the charming and unmistakable call of the New Zealand Bellbird.

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Radio Romania International, English: May 24, 2014

For your listening pleasure: thirty minutes of Radio Romania International's English Language service.

This broadcast was recorded on May 24, 2014 in eastern North America around 5:30 UTC on 9,700 kHz.

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Ecuadorian Music circa 1976-1978

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Greg Shoom, for this recording of music from the late 1970s. Greg describes the recording:

"This is a compilation of Ecuadorian and perhaps other South American music recorded on shortwave in the late 1970s (1976-1978 time-frame I think). Mostly from HCJB in Quito, Ecuador. I listened regularly to their DX Partyline program back then, and they usually included one piece of Ecuadorian music on each episode. I think most of these songs come from there. Sorry that I don't have any record of station IDs, song titles, dates, times, or frequencies for this recording."

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Voice of America: May 5, 2014

For your listening pleasure: thirty minutes of the Voice of America's English Language service to Africa.

This broadcast was recorded on May 5, 2014 in eastern North America around 20:59 UTC on 15,580 kHz.

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Radio Thailand: May 23, 2014 (day after 2014 military coup)

This morning, I was able to catch the first thirteen minutes of Radio Thailand's English language service on 9,390 kHz shortwave. I was curious if RT would mention the Thailand military coup or at least broadcast a sanctioned message from the military authorities. Yet I heard no mention of the coup whatsoever. And why not? Yesterday, General Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered all domestic TV and radio outlets to halt normal broadcasting and only include content the military provides. 

I was only able to record the first 13 minutes of the RT evening news as we had a powerful thunderstorm that forced me to unplug my external antenna. You'll note the static crashes in the recording.  

The format sounds like a typical RT broadcast, save the lack of national news; instead, the hosts jump straight into global news, mentioning Nigeria, the Philippians, and the economy. Here's the recording:

As a contrast, here is a recording SRAA contributor, Frank, made of Radio Thailand on May 14th, prior to the coup:

It will be interesting to hear how the nature and content of RT's news changes with time while the country is under martial law.

Radio Thailand, English & German: May 14, 2014

For your listening pleasure: one hour of Radio Thailand's English Language service. This broadcast was recorded on May 14, 2014 by SRAA contributor, Frank, in Europe around 19:00 UTC on 9,390 kHz.

This broadcast was transmitted from Udon Thani (250 kW).

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Voice of Korea, English: May 15, 2014

PYONGYANG METRO STATION (ORIGINAL SOURCE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of the Voice of Korea's English language service. 

Frank recorded this broadcast of VOK from his home in Europe on May 15, 2014, on 11,645 kHz, starting at 16:00 UTC, using a Kenwood R-5000 receiver and a Wellbrook ALA 1530+ antenna.

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Voice of Turkey, English: May 14, 2014

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of the Voice of Turkey English language service.

Frank made this recording on 9,830 kHz at 22:00 UTC, May 14th, 2014. Frank used his Kenwood R-5000 and Wellbrook ALA 1530+ to capture this broadcast.

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HCJB 45th Anniversary Program: December 25, 1976

HCJB radio station staff in 1946, including engineer Clayton Howard (front row left), co-founder Clarence Jones (front row right) and future HCJB president Abe Van Der Puy (front row, fourth from left) -- Source: Wikipedia

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Greg Shoom, for this 1976 recording of HCJB's 45th Anniversary. This is a special program was broadcast on Christmas Day of 1976 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the founding of HCJB.

Greg made this recording from Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on December 25, 1976 at 02:30 UTC on 6095 kHz. 

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Radio Nacional de Brasilia: April 20, 2014

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Greg Shoom, for this recording of Radio Nacional de Brasilia.

Greg made this recording on April 20, 2014 at 03:03 UTC on 6,180 kHz. Greg used his Kaito KA1103 portable radio with built in telescopic antenna to capture this broadcast.

Greg comments:

"This recording has the distinctive sound of shortwave - distortion of the signal from its passage through the Earth's ionosphere, interference from a station on an adjacent frequency, the sound of natural static, and the whine of a heterodyne in the background. Stations like this from Latin America used to be much more common. It's good to hear that Brazil still has a presence on shortwave."

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Radio Sultante of Oman, English: April 24, 2014

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of Radio Sultante of Oman English language service.

Frank made this recording on April 24, 2014 at 14:30 UTC on 15,140 kHz. Frank used his Kenwood R-5000 and Wellbrook ALA 1530+ to capture this broadcast.

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Radio Exterior de Espana: Aircheck April 25, 2014

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Chris for this short Radio Exterior de España (REE) aircheck

Chris made this recording on April 25, 2014 at 00:55 UTC on 6,055 kHz. You'll hear a classic Flamenco tune from 1971 and sign off with the REE interval signal. The recording was made with an Eton E1 and smartphone microphone recording app.

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Voice Of Iran, English: April 24, 2014

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of the Voice of Iran English language service. 

Frank recorded this broadcast from his home in Europe on April 24, 2014, on 7,315 kHz, starting at 19:20 UTC. He used a Kenwood R-5000 receiver and Wellbrook ALA 1530+ antenna.

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Wolverine Radio: April 27, 2014

For your listening pleasure: 1 hour and 7 minutes of pirate radio station, Wolverine Radio–recorded April 27, 2014 starting around 1:10 UTC.

Wolverine was broadcasting on 6,945 kHz in the upper side band. Typical of Wolverine, lots of music variety which spans the decades and no commentary other than station ID throughout.

I decoded Wolverine’s SSTV QSL (see right) with Chris Smolinski's SSTV app for iPhone.  As you'll hear, overall signal strength and audio fidelity were excellent.

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Voice of Turkey, English: April 23, 2014

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of the Voice of Turkey English language service. 

Frank recorded this broadcast from his home in Europe on April 23, 2014, on 9,785 kHz, starting at 18:30 UTC. 

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MAC Shortwave: April 27, 2014

For your listening pleasure: over one hour of the pirate radio station, MAC Shortwave. 

I recorded this broadcast on April 27, 2014 starting around 00:05 UTC, on 6,950 kHz AM. This broadcast features host "Jimmy Stewart" who plays a set of big band music. 

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All India Radio, English: April 21, 2014

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of All India Radio. 

Frank recorded this broadcast from his home in Europe on April 21, 2014, on 7,550 kHz, starting at 17:45 UTC. 

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Wolverine Radio: April 20, 2014

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Greg Shoom, for this recording of the pirate radio station, Wolverine Radio. Greg comments:

"This is the last 25 minutes of a broadcast of shortwave pirate Wolverine Radio. I stumbled across it a few minutes earlier. This was recorded on a Sony digital audio recorder."

Greg recorded this broadcast in Harrowsmith, Ontario, Canada on April 20, 2014, on 6,945 kHz USB, starting at 02:20 UTC. He used a Kaito KA1103 receiver with its built-in telescopic antenna.

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