BBC Hausa (Interval Signal): February 7, 2024
/Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording made on February 7, 2024 in McGrath Alaska on 5,975 kHz at 05:21 UTC:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording made on February 7, 2024 in McGrath Alaska on 5,975 kHz at 05:21 UTC:
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.
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 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.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Canada International Interval Signal Series 1970's
Date of recording: Circa 1970s
Frequency: 9.625 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 or Realistic DX-150A and a longwire antenna
Notes: Back in the early 1970s, Radio Canada International ran a very popular interval signal series on their SWL Digest program. This was hopefully to help DXer's identify that sought after station. I recall recording a few of these programs, and while going over one of my old cassette tapes recently, I came across a segment where they were presenting a number of African interval signals. Subsequently, I have uncovered five additional segments, or at least, portions of them. As these were originally recorded with an open mike to the speaker of the receiver, some room noise (voices) may be detected, as well as small amounts of unedited material near the ends of some of the segments. These were recorded at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, likely on 9625 kHz.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Korea, Seoul
Frequency: 15.575 MHz
Reception location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal of Radio Korea in Seoul as received in Brantford, Ontario, Canada circa 1983 on 15575 kHz shortwave. Bilingual identifications are heard followed by sign on in English. I was always happy to hear a strong clear signal from that part of the world.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: ORTF Paris France 1970
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 9.620 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal of the ORTF in Paris, France circa 1970. In my early days of shortwave listening, their nice clear French language announcement was good practice prior to tackling weaker African signals in the often static ridden tropical bands.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Nacional del Paraguay
Frequency: 9.735
Recption location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: It was always a treat to find Radio Nacional del Paraguay in Asuncion on 9735 kHz. and listen to their amazing music typical of that part of South America. This recording was made in early 1997 but is of unfortunately short duration. Announcements including station identification are in Spanish.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Korea
Date of recording: 7/13/2022
Starting time: 20:00
Frequency: 11635 kHz
Note that this recording was made via a remote web-based SDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares this recording of Deutsche Welle made on June 11, 2022 at 1515 UTC on 15195 kHz. The reception location was McGrath Alaska and receiver an ATS-25 paired with a loop antenna.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Here is Radio Kuwait circa 1970, signing on in English with their interval signal, chimes, and giving their frequency information. They were transmitting on 15345 kHz to Europe at 1600 hours UTC. This recording was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada using a Hallicrafters S-52 receiver and a long wire antenna. Only used an open mike next to the speaker for this.
Broadcaster: Radio Kuwait
Starting time: 1600
Frequency: 15.345 MHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Recorded on February 21, 1999, this is the Qatar Broadcasting Service from Doha signing on with their interval signal and announcement in Arabic. They were using 7210 kHz and a little amateur radio interference can be heard as one might expect. Receiver location was Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Broadcaster: Qatar Broadcasting Service
Date of recording: 2/21/1999
Starting time: 0245 UTC
Frequency: 7.210 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a long wire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Probably my favourite interval signal of all time, the Song of the Coconut Islands, used by Radio Republik Indonesia stations. Here we have Jakarta on 15150 kHz signing on April 11, 1998. Their signal had to travel over 15800 km to get to my receiver in southern Ontario, Canada, so there is a little flutter which is expected. Receiving equipment consisted of a Panasonic RF-3100 portable hooked up to a long wire antenna.
Broadcaster: Radio Republik Indonesia Jakarta
Date of recording: 4/11/1998
Frequency: 15.150
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Rarely logged here, the interval signal from Radio Madagasikara broadcasting from the island of Madagascar, as heard in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada on February 18, 1997 at sign on around 0258 hours UTC on 5010 kHz shortwave. Their national anthem is played followed by announcements which are of unfortunately low modulation. The receiver used was a Panasonic RF-3100 portable and a longwire antenna.
Broadcaster: Radio Madagasikara
Date of recording: 2/18/1997
Starting time: 0258
Frequency: 5.010 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Some of my old audio cassette tapes from the 1970's contain unedited material from my shortwave listening activities that has never been labelled or properly organized. Upon playing one such cassette, I found this recording of radio station FEBA Seychelles. After cross checking this with some entries in my old log book, I discovered it was made on February 22, 1973 around 1800 hours UTC on a frequency of 11955 kHz. My receiver was a Realistic DX150A and a longwire antenna. Receiver location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. A part of their interval signal "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is played in this recording.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Trans World Radio, Swaziland
Date of recording: 11/2/1996
Starting time: 0358
Frequency: 4.750 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal of Trans World Radio in Swaziland as received here in Ontario, Canada on November 2, 1996. If you could hear this station well, it was likely a good time to try for other more difficult catches.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, for the following recording and notes:
Notes: Another short clip from an old 1971 cassette tape, La Voix du Zaire in French with multiple station ID's. In the 1970's, I typically recorded stations in the hope of catching a station identification and a few details for a reception report. This one did help me get a nice QSL letter from the station.
Date of recording: 11/20/1971
Frequency: 15.245 MHz
RX location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Vietnam Interval Signal.
This was recorded on 11,885 kHz, July 24, 2021 at 19:00 UTC in McGrath, Alaska.
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.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jerry Johnston, who has kindly shared his collection of airchecks with the archive. The following recording and notes originally appeared on Jerry’s website.
Sebele, Botswana
1981-01-02 0357 GMT 4845 kHz
10 kWCow bells and cows mooing interval signal.
Duration: 0:58
Filename: 19810102_0357_Radio-Botswana_Botswana_4845.mp3
Bitrate Mode: vbr Channel Mode: mono Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Received By: Jerry Johnston
Receiving Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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