SIBC broadcasting to the Solomon Islands with 10 kw from Honiara. This recording contains music, a feature about how much salt should be in a healthy diet, the news in Pijin (26:09), and then some lovely choral devotional songs. There is some mild adjacent channel noise from Radio Rebelde blasting away on 5025 kHz. Received and recorded with a Degen DE1121 and 40 foot longwire in Sydney, Australia.
A beautiful signal from the Voice of Greece this morning. Broadcast with 170 kw from Avlis. Music programming until the news at 2000. Received with a Sony ICF-SW7600GR and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Zambia NBC Radio 1 broadcasting in various languages to Southern Africa. Transmitted with 100 kw from Lusaka. Received with a Sangean ATS-909X and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Radio Taiwan Internationl broadcast in English to Indonesia. Transmitted with 250 kw from Paochung. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Brezhnev greets Gerald Ford upon his arrival at Vozdvizhenka for the Vladivostok Summit on 23 November 1974.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jack Widner, for the following recording. Jack notes:
R. Tashkent announcing the death of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev during the 1200 UTC English broadcast on 5985 kHz on November 11, 1982 (Brezhnev died Nov 10). After funeral music there was regular programming (approx. 8:09).
Radio Nacional Brasilia broadcasting in Portuguese to Brazil. The recording contains music with the occasional ID. This is very good DX for me, as reception of South American stations is quite difficult in my part of the world. Transmitted at 250 kw from Brasilia. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Voice of Tigray Revolution with music and talk to East Africa in Tigrinya/Afar. Transmitted at 100 kw from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Radio Vanuatu broadcasting in Bislama with talk and music. There are some deep fades during the recording before they fade out completely. I have found that the fading is common on this frequency. Transmitted with 10 kw from Port Vila to Vanuatu. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Voice of Greece with music to Europe at 1900 UTC. Transmitted with 170 kw from Avlis. This is the best reception of this station I've had in ages. Received with a Sangean ATS-909X and a Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Radio Fana broadcasting in Oromo to East Africa. Transmitted with 100 kw from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lots of music before ending with the Ethiopian National Anthem at 2100 UTC. Received in Sydney, Australia, with an Eton Satellit and a Sangean reel antenna hanging from the window curtain.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, for the following recordings. Paul notes:
Aside from HCJB, Radio Quito was the first signals I ever received from Ecuador. The station would reach the midwestern USA in the evening hours.
On a Saturday evening in May 1985, Radio Quito was playing an enjoyable mix of cumbia and salsa music and I decided to roll tape. The first half hour was recorded on a cassette, and the last hour was recorded on an open reel machine. To reduce interference I recorded the station in single sideband instead of AM. While I am not completely sure of the date, I believe this was recorded on 4 May 1985. The recording starts at around 0130z/UTC and ends with their sign-off at 0300z/UTC.
Almost an hour of great music from Radio Oromiya. Transmitted in Afar Oromo with 100 kw to East Africa from Addis Ababa-Gedja, Ethiopia. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1121 and Kestrel loop antenna.
ZMH286 Gulf Harbour Radio reporting weather and sailing conditions and communicating with yachts sailing in the South Pacific. Broadcast at 1915 UTC Monday to Saturday, from May to November. Transmitted from Whangaparaoa, New Zealand, kw unknown. In association with Yachts in Transit, http://www.yit.nz/gulf-harbour-radio. There are some deep fades during the transmission. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Sangean ATS-909X and PK's mag loop antenna.
Radio Romania International's half hour in English to Western Europe at 2030 UTC. Transmitted with 300 kw from Galbeni, Romania. Received with a Degen DE1121 and Kestrel loop antenna in Sydney, Australia.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jim Jordan, who shares this recording of Radio Moscow from September 19, 1984. This recording was made using a National Panasonic RF-2200 tuned to 9.5 MHz around 08:10 UTC. The location was South Shields, UK.
Jim notes:
A nice cold war piece from Radio Moscow on the double defection of the Soviet journalist Oleg Bitov.
The real story behind it was revealed ten years later here: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/he-came-he-saw-he-couldnt-take-it-he-was-a-soviet-defector-with-a-story-to-sell-and-duff-hart-davis-1383974.html
Channel Africa's program "Africa Rise and Shine" with news, current affairs, and sport. Noise level improves a couple of minutes into the recording. Transmitted with 250 kw from Meyerton, South Africa. Received with a Sangean ATS-909X and PK's magnetic loop antenna in Sydney, Australia.
KBS World Radio on 9570 kHz ending the broadcast in Indonesian and starting the English broadcast to Southeast Asia. There was some mild adjacent channel interference for the first half hour so I have recorded with the narrow filter engaged. The program includes news, Seoul travel tips, a Korean language lesson, Sounds of Korea traditional music, Quarterly Quiz competition and sign off. Broadcast at 100 kw from Kimjae, South Korea. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1121 and a Kestrel active loop antenna.
Radio Nigeria Kaduna broadcasting in Hausa to West Africa. Transmitted with 100 kw from Kaduna-Jarji, Nigeria. Lots of great music until 2055, when CNR 2 signs on and drowns them out. Received in Sydney, Australia, using a Degen DE1121 and a Kestrel active loop antenna.
Radio Oromiya broadcasting in Afar Oromo to East Africa. Transmitted at 100 kw from Addis Ababa-Gedja, Ethiopia. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1103 and a Kestrel active loop antenna. The recording includes ID at 1900. The signal was good and the noise low and I was enjoying the music until the batteries died. I quickly put a fresh set in but the Degen decided to spit the dummy and wouldn't work again that morning. The noise has been too high since then to attempt another recording.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who notes:
Radio Canada International recorded on December 7, 1981. This is another from my archive of old recordings of Radio Canada International's Shortwave Listeners Digest. This episode contains discussion of a new mediumwave and longwave broadcasting plan; Who's on the Air featuring Azad Kashmir Radio presented by Adrian Peterson; DX News with Glenn Hauser. An item in the DX news mentions the return of Radio Uganda's North American Service. I logged this a few days later and am also including a recording.
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