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.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Romania International DX Mailbag Show
Date of recording: January 22, 2024
Starting time: 01:42 UTC
Frequency: 7.325 MHz
RX location: KiwiSDR in Massachusetts
Receiver and antenna: MAG LOOP 80M DIPOLE
Notes: This is the DX Mailbag show for the week of 22nd of January, 2024. I used a KiwiSDR in Massachusetts.
Many thanks to hb9gce for these four recordings of Bible Voice Broadcasting.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: USSR shortwave broadcasters 1970's
Frequency: various
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Around 1970, there were other stations in the Soviet Union (USSR) that could be found on the shortwaves besides Radio Moscow. Programming on most of these outlets was all in Russian.
Radiostansiya Rodina (Homeland) is heard here with their interval signal and identification in Russian sometime in 1971. Shortwave frequency was likely 7100 kHz.
Radiostansiya Atlantika broadcast to the Soviet fishing fleet circa 1970.
Radiostansiya Mayak (lighthouse) could also be heard on various frequencies during the early 1970's.
Radio Station Peace and Progress, the Voice of Soviet Public Opinion, had some English language programs.
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Tirana from 1989 through 2013.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Trans World Radio Bonaire "The DX Special" circa 1974
Frequency: 11.815 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna
Notes: Trans World Radio from the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles broadcast on shortwave from 1964 to 1993. They used to put a strong signal into my receiver location in southern Ontario, Canada. The station also used to air a program called "The DX Special", hosted by Al Stewart, which appears to have been produced in their Monte Carlo studio. I recently came across a short recording I made circa 1974, where I happened to catch the end of one of these programs.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Daniel Salo, who shares the following recordings—all made in 2002 in the Boston, MA area—of The Christian Science Monitor broadcast on WSHB.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: KCBS Pyongyang
Date of recording:Various (2022-2023)
Frequency: Various frequencies
Reception location: Various locations
Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR
Mode: AM
Notes: This is a collection of recent recordings I made of DPRK SW radio stations.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Free Speech (pirate)
Date of recording: December 15, 1996
Starting time: 1330 UTC
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Free Speech was a shortwave pirate radio station heard regularly in the late 1990's here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Here are a few blended airchecks from their Christmas Special broadcast on December 15, 1996 around 1330 hours UTC. This was on 6955 kHz and the announcer was "Bill O. Rights."
Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR WebSDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The 72 Ragchew Net
Date of recording: December 07, 2020
Frequency: 7272 kHz
Receiver location: Washington DC
Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR From Washington DC
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is my recording of The 72 Ragchew Net. This net is conducted every week on 7272 MHz. Recorded around 1150 UTC (11:50 AM). Recorded using the NA5BWebSDR from Washington DC. This webSDR covers shortwave, but also some VHF.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Thunder Chicken Radio
Date of recording: October 16, 2023
Starting time: 00:13 UTC
Frequency: 6.950 MHz
Reception location: Columbus, Ohio
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with telescopic antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is my recording of thunder chicken radio on 6.950 MHz, on October 16. I managed to record two pirate radio stations that night, the first one being this station, and then the second one being Smoky Dog Radio. This station was playing some music, and there were some slow scan television pictures, being transmitted as well. Recorded 8:13 PM Eastern
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Smoky Dog Radio
Date of recording: October 16, 2023
Starting time: 00:35 UTC
Frequency: 6.27 MHz
Reception location: Columbus, Ohio
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with the telescopic antenna.
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Last night I caught two pirate radio stations. Here is one of them I recorded. Smokey dog radio was on 6.27 MHz last night. It was a pretty good signal here in Columbus, Ohio. I was also able to receive it on the NA5B WebbSDR in Washington DC, But I thought I would record it with my radio because it had a pretty good signal. I'd say it was a pretty good signal for a pirate. especially for me using a telescopic antenna with my Tecsun PL880. Recorded 8:35 PM eastern (00:35, UTC).
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Denmark
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 15.165 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is Radio Denmark on 15165 kHz shortwave as recorded in 1970. Their interval signal is heard followed by announcement in English, then identification in Danish. Sadly, for most North American listeners, all of their programming was also in Danish in 1970.
The Shepparton transmitter site of ABC/Radio Australia
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second:
For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 1 was published on the SRAA last week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
Radio Australia’s Shepparton TRansmitting Station
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second:
For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 2 will be published on the SRAA next week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
Radio Canada International: Sackville, New Brunswick Transmitting Station
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
BROADCASTER: Radio Canada International
DATE OF RECORDING: August 22, 1982
STARTING TIME: 2107 UTC
FREQUENCY: 15.325 MHz
RX LOCATION: South Bend, Indiana
RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Realistic DX-302
NOTES:
Here are two more episodes from my collection of recordings of Shortwave Listener's Digest from Radio Canada International, this time from August 22, 1982 and September 04, 1982. Part one program highlights are: a continuation of the discussion of undersea cables, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips part one, a look at clocks for use in SWLing and more DX Tips. Part two program highlights are: a short comment regarding ANARC 1982, Mailbag questions, ANARC 1982 recap with an interview with David Meisel and an item on the New World Information Order, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips. The recording from 9/4/82 is poor due to adjacent-channel QRM.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dennis DeMarco, who shares the following recording and notes:
[NOTE: Dennis, please check your SPAM folder, we have been trying to contact you. Thank you!]
Broadcaster: Radio Canada International
Date of recording: February 13, 1983
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: 11.850 MHz
Reception location: Philadelphia, PA
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-120
Notes: Here's "The Shortwave Listeners Digest" from RCI as heard on 2-13-1983 with host Ian McFarland. This audio begins with an RCI newscast and is complete. Radio was Realistic DX-120 with a wire just thrown out of a window.
Image source: http://www.theradiohistorian.org/
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: KGEI San Francisco CA USA
Date of recording: April 01, 1978
Starting time: 2030 UTC
Frequency: 9615 kHz
Recotion location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt
Notes: Recording of the program Departiendo con La Juventud presented by Mario Barahona (in memorian). There are 2 programs that were merged: days 01 and 02/04/1978.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WTWW “The Voice of Freedom”
Date of recording: 4/25/2022
Starting time: 23:13 UTC
Frequency: 5.085 MHz
Reception location: Columbus Ohio
Receiver and antenna: My Tecsun PL880 with just the telescopic antenna
Notes: My recording of WTWW, the voice of freedom on 5085 MHz from April 25, 2022. The reception was pretty good here in Columbus in this recording. With just the telescopic antenna the station comes in pretty good.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: RAE
Date of recording: 10/30/2022
Starting time: 0200 UTC
Frequency: 5.85 MHz
Recption location: Hugo, MN
Receiver and antenna: Airspy HF+ and Youloop
Notes:
Off air recording of RAE Argentina to the World broadcast on WRMI on 5.85 Mhz on October, 30, 2022. Recorded in Hugo, MN.
Program details
00:00 Introduction and info
02:30 News
08:30 Sports
09:30 Feature about Carlos Gardel the best Tango dancer in the world
27:30 News recap
29:00 Sign-off
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