Radio Thailand's Newsmagazine in English at 1400 UTC. Broadcasting to Oceania at 250 kw from Udon Thani. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Pop music from RTM Sarawak broadcasting on 9835 kHz. Transmitted at 100 kw from Kajang. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Bangladesh Betar broadcasting in English to South Asia on 15105 kHz at 1230 UTC. Transmitted at 250 kw from Dhaka. News, sport, and music. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Radio Hargeisa Somaliland broadcasting to East Africa on 7120 kHz at 1500 UTC. Transmitted at 100 kw from Hargeisa. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel W31MS active loop antenna.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who notes:
Radio Canada International recorded on November 2, 1981. This is another from my archive of old recordings of Radio Canada International's Shortwave Listeners Digest. This contains part three of Larry Magne's interview with Perry Ferrel from Gilfer Shortwave, Glenn Hauser's DX tips and an item from Jonathan Marks about HAP. Recorded using my Sony ICF-2001 likely on 15.325 MHz around 2100 UTC. Again, the audio quality isn't the greatest. Enjoy!
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.
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 October 26, 1981. This is another from my archive of old recordings of Radio Canada International's Shortwave Listeners Digest. This contains part two of Larry Magne's interview with Perry Ferrel from Gilfer Shortwave (part one aired on October 19, 1981, see previous program) and Glenn Hauser's DX tips. Recorded using my Sony ICF-2001 likely on 15.325 MHz around 2100 UTC. The audio quality isn't the greatest. Enjoy!
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.
All India Radio programming in Telugu. Broadcast at 500 kw from Bangalore to SEA. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Nooelec RTL-SDR (an early one with the R820T tuner), a newly homebrewed planar disk antenna, and SDR-Radio Console.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who notes:
Another episode of RCI's SWL Digest, this one from October 19, 1981.
This broadcast was recorded in South Bend, IN, USA, on October 19, 1981 starting at 2100 UTC on 15,325 kHz. The receiver used was a Radio Shack DX-302
A poster of RCI's propagation map which was found hanging in the foyer of the RCI Sackville transmitting site. This photo was taken by Thomas Witherspoon in June, 2012; only months before the site was shut down.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who notes:
My first contribution of many recordings I have of Radio Canada International's Shortwave Listener's Digest hosted by Ian McFarland.
The first 12 1/2 minutes is Bonsoir Africa. The recording was made using a cheap GE portable. The audio quality isn't great but it's still very nostalgic listening to a program I recorded 34 years ago.
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.
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.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Brian Smith, who notes:
Beginning in 1990, Radio St. Helena was known for transmitting an international shortwave radio broadcast only once a year -- and sometimes not even that -- on a frequency of 11092.5 kHz USB. I managed to hear its 2006 broadcast to North America for about an hour on Nov. 4 and 5 UTC (straddling the 0000 hour).
Because of its relatively low power, it was never an easy catch in the American Midwest. That's why this recording, which lasts just over an hour -- I spliced together both sides of a cassette -- captures a signal quality that is merely fair at best. But that was typical of Radio St. Helena, whose 1 kw signal in 2006 (it was 1.5 kw in the 1990s) seldom packed much of a punch.
I was listening on the borrowed rig of a now-deceased friend, Mike Koss, W9SU, and have long since forgotten the type of radio (probably a ham rig) he let me use. However, if memory serves, it was attached to a Beverage antenna that stretched across his 10-acre property in the heart of Indianapolis.
Mike deserves the lion's share of the credit for the creation of this recording.
Thanks for sharing such a rare recording, Brian!
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.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Terry Wilson, who shares this recording of Radio Bulgaria from January 24, 2012 on 7,400 kHz starting around 0148 UTC:
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