Radio Vilnius 1990-1991 (5th Recording): January 13, 1991

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13 January 1991, 23:00 UTC, 9750 kHz

Strong signal on this and other frequencies usually received except 17690 kHz; only background noise on that frequency. However, there was no Radio Vilnius transmission on any frequency. It had been replaced by light classical and contemporary orchestral music. No IS or announcement of any kind. Music was faded out at 29m:03s before ending. During the recording, the receiver was briefly tuned to other Radio Vilnius frequencies to check on signal quality.

Radio Taiwan International, English, January 30, 2015

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Radio Taiwan English programming at 1600 UTC on 13810 kHz to South Asia with 500 kw from Issoudun, France.  News and programming about the upcoming Chinese New Year and Spring season.  Received and recorded with a Degen DE1121 and an indoor homebrew broomstick antenna in Sydney, Australia.

Radio New Zealand International, January 31, 2015

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Radio New Zealand International on 9765 kHz at 1000 UTC.  News, weather and a documentary about the life and death of musician Townes Van Zandt.  Broadcast ends with frequency close, ID and interval signal.  Transmitted at 50 kw from Rangitaiki to Oceania.  Received and recorded with a Degen DE1121 and 40' longwire in Sydney, Australia.

Radio Budapest: August 25, 2009

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The following recording of Radio Budapest was made on August 25, 2009 on 6,150 kHz, beginning around 0112 UTC.

This off air recording comes from a collection of archived recordings by SWAA contributor, Terry Wilson. 

Terry made this and all of his recordings in the Midwestern US on either the Ten-Tec RX-320D or Eton E1XM receivers. He used the recording facility of the Shortwave Log software.  Terry notes that any "QRM includes city power lines, street lights with bad ballasts, household electronics, and interference from Radio Havana Cuba."

Many thanks for sharing these recordings, Terry. For more recordings from this collection, simply follow this tag: Terry Wilson.

You can listen to the full recording below, or download as an MP3 with the link provided.

Radio Slovakia: January 23, 2015

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For your listening pleasure: the English language service of Radio Slovakia–recorded on January 23, 2015 at 1230 UTC on 9,955 kHz.

This broadcast of Radio Slovakia comes by way of the World Radio Network and is relayed by Radio Miami International (WRMI).

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:

Radio Moscow: 25 December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation speech

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One of the advantages of hosting a contributor-driven shortwave radio audio archive, is receiving off-air recordings of defining moments in our world history. This is certainly one of them.

SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, writes:

"I've started to convert some of my old cassette shortwave recordings to mp3 files. I've uncovered a box of about 25 tapes with recordings mostly from 1990 and 1991. This was an interesting era for shortwave. There was the reunification of Germany, the breakups of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq and then the First Gulf War. I monitored some of these events using my venerable Sony ICF-7600D receiver with the supplied wire antenna draped around my home office. I bought this receiver during a trip to Hong Kong (and the P.R.C.) in 1985. It was my first decent shortwave radio and I still have it but it has since been joined by several other receivers.
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[The following] is a recording of President Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation speech as broadcast live by the World Service of Radio Moscow. As the announcer says, "a moment of history in the making." It begins at about the three-minute mark of the recording (at 17:00 UTC). The speech is followed by a program of classical music (filler), the News in Brief at 17:30 UTC, followed by part of the program "Africa as We See It."

Click here to download this recording of Radio Moscow World Service from December 25, 1991 on 17,670 kHz, beginning at 1657 UTC. 

A Tale of Two Cities via Global 24: December 30, 2014

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The company rehearses Treasure Island, the second program in The Mercury Theatre on the Air series, presented July 18, 1938 (Source: Wikipedia)

The company rehearses Treasure Island, the second program in The Mercury Theatre on the Air series, presented July 18, 1938 (Source: Wikipedia)

Tuesday morning, I tuned my WWI era BC-348-Q to Global 24 on 9395 kHz. The signal, via WRMI’s transmitter, was quite strong.

At 2:00 UTC, I heard an announcement that The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of A Tale of Two Cities was about to begin.

Not wanting to miss an opportunity to record this timeless Dicken’s classic, I quickly switched over to the Elad FDM-S2 SDR to record the broadcast live. Fortunately, I captured the full broadcast and the fidelity is almost as good as a local station.

For your listening pleasure this New Year’s Day, please enjoy A Tale of Two Cities by The Mercury Theatre on the Air courtesy of Global 24:

Radio Exterior de España in Spanish: May 19, 2014

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Radio Exterior de España received in London, UK, on the frequency of 9620 kHz.  Amigos de la Onda Corta at 0005.  Transmitted at 320 kW from Noblejas, Spain.  Recorded with Tecsun PL-660 and the built-in telescopic antenna.

Radio Exterior de España, final Spanish language broadcast: October 14, 2014

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank, for sharing this final Spanish language broadcast of Radio Exterior de España. Frank writes:

This is the recording of the last and final shortwave English language transmission of the Spanish Radio - Radio Exterior de Espana, broadcast to Europe. Frequency: 9665 kHz, time: 1900 GMT, date: 14 October 2014 (On October 15th 2014 there was no signal of the station at the same time on 9665 kHz). Although the station was to stream live programming in English on its website, for the moment only podcasts are available and there is no stream availability for English programmes.

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below. Please subscribe to our podcast to receive future recordings automatically.

Radio Ukraine via WMRI: October 3, 2014

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Frank for this recording of Radio Ukraine International. 

This recording was made in Europe on October 3, 2014 at 23:30 UTC on 11.580 MHz. 

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below. Please subscribe to our podcast to receive future recordings automatically.