Polish Radio (Studio Recording): 1977

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Studio recording of Polish Radio from 1977. The recording opens with the Polish Radio interval signal followed by a documentary called "In Defense of Peace." The program covers Poland during WWII including a few brief excerpts of Polish Radio and German radio, discussion on the start of the cold war, atomic weapons/arms race, Poland's pursuit of peace, etc. Music is interspersed through out the recording.

Radio Juliaca (Juliaca Peru): July 1959

Floating Uros Islands at the Lake Titicaca in Peru photo made by rouichi/ switzerland

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording and notes:

PERU: Radio Juliaca, Juliaca Peru July 1959. 5015 kHz OAX7X OAX7Z The station came on the air this month and this would appear to be a test transmission playing old time western tunes, mix experiments, and regular ID's. This caption was rebroadcast on Keith Glover's Radio Australia's Mailbox programme the same month as an item of interest to DX listeners.

Radio Canada International: January 9, 1982

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Radio Canada International English language shortwave broadcast to Africa that aired on January 9, 1982 including a newscast and the Shortwave Listener's Digest with Ian McFarland. The SWL Digest included Glenn Hauser's look back at shortwave in 1981, report about the Voice of Free China being relayed on WYFR Radio, a taped message from David Monson formerly on Belgium Radio & TV, and an update on the Handicapped Aid Program.

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Polish Radio (Coverage of Airline Crash Killing Poland's President and Others): April 10, 2010

Many thank to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Polish Radio English language external service (recording from Internet feed) of news coverage of an airline crash near the Russian city of Smolensk resulting in the death of 96 people including the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, the former President of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers, the president of the National Bank of Poland, Polish Government officials, 18 members of the Polish Parliament, senior members of the Polish clergy and relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre. The group was arriving from Warsaw to attend an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the massacre, which took place not far from Smolensk. (Details of the crash from Wikipedia)

Radio Australia (Coverage of Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech): August 8, 1974

37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Radio Australia shortwave broadcast with coverage of President Nixon's resignation speech on August 8, 1974.

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Pirate Radio Stations WDOG and Radio Station EFP: September 5, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Richard Lacroix, who shares the following recording and notes:

First off, thank you goes out to John Hudak’s timely post on the ODXA group. Shortly after his post, I was able to quickly tune-in and intercept 2 pirate radio stations on September 5 2020 during the period 00:30 to 02:17 UTC. John’s post read:

“Pirate station WDOG is on 5060kHz. USB right now as I write this – 0027UTC Sept. 5, 2020 (8:27 p.m. EDT Fri. Sept. 4). Fairly good signal, playing various rock and pop songs. Frequent ID’s between songs and sound of dog barking.”

There were in actuality 2 sequential broadcasts. The first from WDOG on 5060.0 kHz USB from an unconfirmed start time until sign-off with “Star-Spangled Banner” played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock at 01:53 UTC.

The second broadcast followed suite by Radio Station EFP, as well on 5060.0 kHz, but this time in AM mode. Radio Station EFP continued to broadcast until approximately 02:17 UTC after which it started to exhibit deep signal path fades and eventually went off-air at 02:17:40 UTC. Armed with the combination of devoted listeners posting reception reports and a radio always at the ready, this made for a very exciting 2 hours of SWL. Included is a 10 minute audio compilation for everyone to enjoy which I stitched together from the 2 plus hours of off-air broadcast recording I saved:

Fall of Saigon Shortwave Coverage: RSA, Radio Netherlands, Radio Japan, Radio Moscow: April 30, 1975

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Shortwave coverage of the fall of Saigon as heard on Radio South Africa (RSA), Radio Nederland, Radio Japan and Radio Moscow on April 30, 1975. Voice of Vietnam coverage has been posted previously.

Date of recording: 4/30/1975

Starting time: Various

Frequency: Various

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Voice of Cap Haitien: circa 1971

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording and notes:

HAITI: Voice of Cap Haitien 9635 kHz recorded in 1971  broadcasting in EE which is unusual but obviously there was a strong EE market at the time.

HCJB: September 9, 1979

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Eddie Malphrus‎, who shares the following recording and notes:

It was 41 years ago today that my letter was read on-air during HCJB's Weekend Passport program. The show aired 2x on Sundays and I listened to the early broadcast - and therefore was ready to record during the evening broadcast. It's still fun to listen back to this brief but memorable moment.

[The recording] includes a puny-sounding "me" at 15 years old, testing the mic on my cassette recorder. I left it in as it was part of my memory. :)

Radio Presidente Balmaceda (Chile): circa 1970s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Presidente Balmaceda  9590 kHz in  Santiago Chile was logged at the time of the Allende crisis in 1971. As a DXer I became attracted to the station because it was heard so well in NZ,and offered them a taped English segment to be played prior to sign off one evening. on a pre arranged date. I recorded Maori vocal items which would be novel to the audience and the tape with my EE announcements was played prior to close down at 0500UTC on that date in July 1971.

Radio Sweden Saturday Show (Studio Recording): 1981

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following studio recording of the Radio Sweden Saturday show. Note that the exact date is not known, but the year is 1981:

John Shepherd's 'Space Cruise 1' Broadcast (Studio Recording): August 14, 1996

On the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive we occasionally post recordings that were never broadcast over shortwave radio. We enjoy highlighting unique broadcast recordings that we can safeguard and share, knowing they’ll never be lost to time…or, indeed, space.

2 story tall ULF transmitter system and other high voltage equipment

John Shepherd is the engineer, visionary, and voice behind “Space Cruise–1,” a broadcast by Project S.T.R.A.T. Earth Station One. This was an ultra-powerful maverick transmitting station once based in rural Michigan, USA, which, for nearly three decades, broadcast original radio shows into outer space. The highly-directional signal, according to John, reached a distance roughly twice that of the moon, and, not unlike the 1970s Voyager spacecraft’s “golden record,” shared the hope that it might be intercepted by intelligent beings from other worlds. John selected music as his primary broadcast vehicle, and his varied playlist drew on such genres as electronica and Afro-Pop.

Project S.T.R.A.T. studio

John and his project have been featured in numerous news stories; most recently, his personal story was featured in the Netflix documentary short John Was Trying to Contact Aliens.

Project S.T.R.A.T. studio

We reached out to John to ask if he had made any studio recordings of his undeniably original shows. He very kindly replied that he was in possession of one studio recording made in 1996. John digitized the recording for us and has enthusiastically supported it being shared here on the archive.

John included an image of his original show notes and playlist below:

Here is the studio recording of “Space Cruise–1,” originally broadcast into space on August 14, 1996.

John Shepherd also kindly included the following synth/sound tracks he created which he plans to use as sound beds for future work:

We plan to broadcast John’s recording over shortwave radio in partnership with WRMI in the fall of 2020. Once an off-air recording of that broadcast has been made, it, too, will join the SRAA.

Many thanks, John, for sharing your work with this world, too.

Click here to read about Project S.T.R.A.T.

Click here to read John's bio.

Click here to read about John’s early years and work.

1980 ANARC Convention Broadcasters Forum (Live Recording): July 20, 1980

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcasters forum at the 1980 ANARC (Association of North American Radio Clubs) convention held in Irving, CA. Panelists included George Wood, Radio Sweden; Tony King, Radio New Zealand; David Monson, Belgian Radio and TV; Alfonso Montelegre, Radio Netherlands; Ian McFarland, Radio Canada International; Bob Zonati, Swiss Radio International; and Clayton Howard, HCJB. Also participation from Glenn Hauser, World of Radio.

Please note this is not an off-air/aircheck recording, rather a live recording from the convention floor in Irvine, California, USA.

Radio Canada International "Music Shop" clip: circa 1981

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Pete Polanyk, who shares the following short clip and notes:

A very spooky thing happened to me earlier. I was going through some old punk cassettes […] and on the B side of one of them was some shortwave recording from 1981! I haven't been through it all in any detail yet but here's a couple of minutes of Radio Canada International from 1981:

Radio Netherlands service to Biak: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording Radio Nederland Biak made in the 1980s on 7190 kHz and notes:

Biak was Dutch East Indies. It became part of Indonesia. The announcement is :" radio Omroep New Guinea" (new gin ear) and the content I think originated in the Netherlands as transcriptions and shipped to the colony.

Radio Atlantico del Sur (Falklands War British MOD Station): June 10, 1982

Image Source: OnTheShortwaves.com

Many thanks to DRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Atlantico del Sur was a Spanish language radio station operated by the British Ministry of Defense during the Falklands War as part of its psychological operations aimed at Argentine troops. The station broadcast from a BBC transmitter on Ascension Island from May 19 until June 15, 1982. You can hear in the background a jamming transmitter from Argentina throughout the recording.

Starting time: 2300 UTC

Frequency: 9.710 MHz

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

BBC World Service (British Troops Land on Falkland Islands): May 21, 1982

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

BBC shortwave newscast during the Falklands War reporting that British troops have landed on the Falklands Island.

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Radio Netherlands service to Surinam: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of Radio Nederland’s Surinam service made in the 1980s on 4850 kHz:

American Forces Antarctic Network (AFAN) McMurdo: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of the American Forces Antarctic Network (AFAN) at McMurdo Station recorded in the 1980s on 6012 kHz SSB in New Zealand:

The Voice of Peace Radio Ship Inaugural Broadcast with Abie Nathan: May 19, 1973

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Aircheck of the start of the Voice of Peace radio ship. Voice of Peace was an offshore radio station that broadcast in the Middle East for 20 years from the former Dutch cargo vessel MV Peace, anchored off the Israeli coast on East Mediterranean. Founded by Abie Nathan and the New York-based Peace Ship Foundation, the station broadcast almost continuously between 19 May 1973 and November 1993. With sounds of the creaking ship, Abie Nathan talks about the struggles, challenges and problems to get the Voice of Peace on the air in an emotional broadcast.

Note: The tape was recorded in the Middle East and was provided to me. Unfortunately, what was previously recorded on the tape did not erase when the broadcast was recorded. You will hear in the background Angie by the Rolling Stones, whistling and a talking played at half speed and double speed -- none of these were part of the broadcast. We did our best to edit and filter out those background sounds.

Frequency: 1.539 MHz