Radio Thailand Newsmagazine in English to Oceania at 1400 UTC. Broadcast at 250 kw from Udon Thani. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Adventist World Radio broadcasting in Western Karen-Pwo to Southeast Asia on 15150 kHz at 1430 UTC. Transmitted at 125 kw from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, David Malins, who notes:
This is a scheduled repeat of "The Media Zoo" tribute to Howard Rose (founder and editor of "The Radio Magazine"), re-airing archive footage of mainly radio discussion that Howard Rose was involved with. Received in South West Herefordshire, United Kingdom, using a Sharp Shortwave Radio Cassette Corder on 5935kHz Shortwave at 2200UTC approx. Presented by Eric Wiltshire in Riga transmitting the program at 100kW power.
Audio is semi-incomplete due to breakages in the tape, but is for the most part complete, with the intro added at the beginning of the recording that was repeated at least twice during the recording.
The recording in the main is full of banter from various broadcasters, discussing radio broadcasting as part of their tribute to the late Howard Rose, who was the founder and editor of the radio magazine - and being a custodian for promoting deregulation of the UK radio industry.
The Amateur Astronomer host: Troy Riedel
Troy Riedel received a unique Christmas gift this year from his son: a one hour block of broadcast time on WBCQ (5,110 kHz). Within a few days, Troy solicited questions and produced a radio show based on his favorite hobby: Amateur Astronomy. He had his show prepared well in advance of the December 30th broadcast time. Most impressive!
Read the full story behind Troy's broadcast on the SWLing Post.
This broadcast of The Amateur Astronomer was recorded in North Carolina on December 30, 2015 starting at 19:57 EST ( December 31, 2015 at 00:57 UTC) on WBCQ 5,110 kHz:
CHU Canada Time Signal station at 1005 UTC. Broadcast at 10 kw from Ottawa. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1103 and a 40 meter longwire.
Voice of Mongolia in Mongolian broadcasting to Southeast Asia. Transmitted at 250 kw from Ulaanbaatar-Khonkhor. The broadcast cuts out several times towards the end. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1103 and a 40 meter longwire.
Voice of Mongolia broadcasting in English to Southeast Asia. Transmitted from Ulaanbaatar-Khonkhor at 250 kw. Interval signal, sign on, news, music, a commentary on climate change in Mongolia, more music and sign off with schedule and addresses. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1103 (the old, good one) and a 40 meter longwire.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who notes:
Radio Canada International recorded on September 13, 1979.
This 26 minute program starts with a ten minute-long news broadcast followed by a program highlighting Canada's rising bank rate, and a story about anorexia nervosa. The recording was made using a cheap GE portable with indoor antenna.
This was probably recorded around 0100 UT likely on the 49 meter band. (5960 kHz?)
Radio National programme "Global Village", featuring the (great) music of Alain Toussaint. Broadcast at 50 kw from Rangitaiki. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Nooelec RTL-SDR with R820T tuner, a Nooelec Ham-it-Up Upconverter, a 10 meter longwire strung inside, and SDR-Radio Console.
A portion of the "All Night Programme" on RNZI, with news at 1500. Broadcasting at 50 kw from Rangitaiki to Oceania. Received and recorded in Sydney, Australia, using a Nooelec brand rtl-sdr with R820T chip (wrapped in foil and copper tape and connected with USB extension cables loaded with ferrites and a powered USB hub), the Nooelec Ham-it-Up HF Upconverter version 1.2, a homebrew indoor broomstick antenna, and SDR Console version 2.3 build 2194.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who sends us his first shortwave recording: HCJB Ecuador.
Tom recorded this broadcast, on 9 MHz starting around 0600 UTC on July 19, 1979 using a GE portable radio. Tom has informed us that he has a number of shortwave recordings on cassette that he will be sharing in the near future. Many thanks, Tom!
SWLing Post reader and SRAA contributor, Frank, writes from Germany:
First let me say that I enjoy your blog a lot.
After a 2005-13 hiatus, I have rediscovered a childhood hobby and your reviews have helped me find my way to the post-Sony portable shortwave radio markets.
First, I obtained my “childhood dream” radio (Sony ICF 2001D), because at the time I made these recordings I was still in school and 1300 DM would have equaled over 1 year of pocket money, so a Supertech SR16HN had to do. I thought I got some fine results with this Sangean-Siemens re-branded receiver then, using a CB half-length antenna, a random wire, and much endurance.
I kept regular logs throughout the years, wrote to 50 international and pirate stations for QSL and compiled this cassette.
A few years before I got that trusty SR16HN, however, I recorded a few number stations (such as G3, Four Note Rising Scale etc) with an ordinary radio cassette recorder, and in 1991 I put them onto this tape as well. The other recordings are done with the same radio placed right in front of the SR 16HN.
Feel free to make use of these recordings. Most of it are the well-known international state-owned shortwave stations of the past; plus European pirates; plus number stations; and at the end, a few (off-topic) local Am and FM stations interval signals.
As I said, this collection I made shortly after the Wende/reunification period, when all former-GDR state broadcasters changed their names, sometimes more than once.
Please continue your good work on the blogs! Weather permitting I am often outside cycling and always have the tiny Sony ICF 100 with me (which I call my then-student’s dream radio of the later 90ies).
SRAA contributor, Brian Smith, writes:
Want to know what shortwave radio sounded like in 1974? This 55-minute recording, recovered from a cassette, was never intended to be anything but "audio notes": I was an 18-year-old shortwave listener who collected QSL cards from international stations, and I was tired of using a pen and a notepad to copy down details of the broadcasts. I wanted an easier way to record what I heard, and my cassette tape recorder seemed like the perfect means to accomplish that goal.
But it wasn't. I soon discovered that it was simpler to just edit my notes as I was jotting them down — not spend time on endless searches for specific information located all over on the tape. To make a long story shorter, I abandoned my "audio notes" plan after a single shortwave recording: This one.
Still, for those who want to experience the feel of sitting at a shortwave radio in the mid-1970s and slowly spinning the dial, this tape delivers. Nothing great in terms of sound quality; I was using a Hallicrafters S-108 that was outdated even at the time. And my recording "technique" involved placing the cassette microphone next to the radio speaker.
Thus, what you'll hear is a grab bag of randomness: Major shortwave broadcasting stations from Canada, Argentina, Spain, Germany and Albania; maritime CW and other utility stations; and even a one-sided conversation involving a mobile phone, apparently located at sea. There are lengthy (even boring) programs, theme songs and interval signals, and brief IDs, one in Morse code from an Italian Navy station and another from a Department of Energy station used to track shipments of nuclear materials. And I can't even identify the station behind every recording, including several Spanish broadcasts (I don't speak the language) and an interview in English with a UFO book author.
The following is a guide, with approximate Windows Media Player starting times, of the signals on this recording. (Incidentally, the CBC recording was from July 11, 1974 — a date I deduced by researching the Major League Baseball scores of the previous day.)
Guide To The Recording
00:00 — CBC (Radio Canada) Northern and Armed Forces Service: News and sports.
07:51 — RAE (Radio Argentina): Sign-off with closing theme
09:14 — Department of Energy station in Belton, Missouri: "This is KRF-265 clear."
09:17 — Interval signal: Radio Spain.
09:40 — New York Radio, WSY-70 (aviation weather broadcast)
10:22 — Unidentified station (Spanish?): Music.
10:51— Unidentified station (English): Historic drama with mention of Vice President John Adams, plus bell-heavy closing theme.
14:12 — Unidentified station (Spanish?): Male announcer, poor signal strength.
14:20 — Unidentified station (Spanish): Theme music and apparent ID, good signal strength.
15:16 — Unidentified station (foreign-speaking, possibly Spanish): Song, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep."
17:00 — Deutsche Welle (The Voice of West Germany): Announcement of frequencies, theme song.
17:39 — Unidentified station (English): Interview with the Rev. Barry Downing, author of “The Bible and Flying Saucers.”
24:36 — One side of mobile telephone conversation in SSB, possibly from maritime location.
30:37 — Radio Tirana (Albania): Lengthy economic and geopolitical talk (female announcer); bad audio. Theme and ID at 36:23, sign-off at 55:03.
55:11 — Italian Navy, Rome: “VVV IDR3 (and long tone)” in Morse code.
Voice of Vietnam broadcasting in English to Europe at 2030 UTC. Transmitted at 100 kw from Hanoi-Sontay. Received and recorded with a Degen DE1121 and an indoor homebrew broomstick antenna in Sydney, Australia.
The remaining 3 hours and 20 minutes of the special overnight broadcast during the cyclone. Ends with the "Morning Devotion". Transmitted at 10 kw from Honiara. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Grundig S450DLX and an indoor homebrew broomstick antenna.
Continuing the special extended coverage of Tropical Cyclone Pam and its effect on the Solomons. Transmitted at 10 kw from Honiara. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Grundig S450DLX and an indoor homebrew broomstick antenna.
Special coverage of Tropical Cyclone Pam and the damage it has caused in the Solomons. They usually sign off at 1200 and resume at 1900 but they stayed on all night to cover the cyclone. Transmitted at 10 kw from Honiara. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1103 and 40' longwire.
NBC East New Britain broadcasting to Papua New Guinea on 3385 kHz at 1130 UTC. Transmitted at 10 kw from Rabaul. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Grundig S450DLX and 40' longwire.
Better reception of 3945 kHz this evening. Includes music, several clear ID's and the "Tourist Long Place Program". Broadcast at 10 kw from Port Vila. Recording ends with sign off and national anthem at 1210 UTC. Received in Sydney, Australia with a Degen DE1103 and 40' longwire.
Radio Vanuatu received in Australia on the frequency of 3945 kHz. Music programming and sign off with national anthem at 1217 UTC. Transmitted at 10 kw from Port Vila.
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