Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Benjamin Bilyeu, who shares the following recording and notes:
Date of recording: 6/24/2004
Starting time: 2200 UTC
Frequency: 11.635 Mhz
Receiver location: Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 800 with 50 foot long wire outdoor antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Benjamin Bilyeu, who shares the following recording and notes:
A recording I made of RAI (Italy) broadcast 0054 UTC 24 June 2004 on 11.800 Mhz--when they still broadcast to North America. I recorded this broadcast using a Sony dual cassette deck connected to the line out jacks of my Grundig Satellit 800 receiver with 50 foot outdoor longwire antenna.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
Every Saturday night during the early 1980s [in South Bend, Indiana] I would regularly tune to 9580 kHz at 0200 to listen to Radio RSA (Channel Africa as it is now known) to hear DX Corner, their regular DX program. This episode from March 14, 1982 was a look at the brand new hot radio, the Sony ICF-2001. The audio isn't great but should be listenable. I think this was recorded using my new Realistic DX-302. Enjoy!
By Denoel Paris and other photographers [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jack Widner, who shares the following off-air recording and notes:
Radio Bucharest, Romania, on Shortwave New Year's Eve 1989. The beginning is missing. Frequency not logged but was probably 6155 or 11830, time 0200 UTC.
The Ceausescu regime had finally been toppled and executed outside the capital Bucharest. These were heady times; Romania was one of the last of the "Iron curtain" countries to change its Communist government.
But now Ceausescu is out and Romania has its first taste of fresh air. This program reflects that new-found liberalisation. The announcer at 0102 says "FREE Romania" and at 01:12 - 02:33 the American Ambassador Alan Green Jr sends greetings from President GHWB. After that, the majority of the program is traditional music and celebrations of Romanian new year. The two announcers are full of national pride!
There is a slight gap at 11:19 - 11:23. Frequency and contact information are at the end of the program, 25:15.
The picture of Bucharest is the cover of a verification card from 1967 in my possession.
Heard in Pennsylvania, December 1989.
Voice of Korea, DPRK recorded in London, UK on September 3, 2017 at 1338 UTC, on the frequency of 15245 kHz using AirSpy, SpyVerter, SDR# software and a 2 x 6m long wire dipole antenna. The transmitter has a power rating of 200 kW and is located in Kujang, DPRK. North Korea's successful sixth nuclear test is officially announced at 5 minutes, 6 seconds into the recording. Severe jamming can be heard concurrently with the transmission.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recording and notes:
This is an aircheck of Radio Habana Cuba on 6145 from 8/2/17 via a KiwiSDR in Alexandria, VA at 1:15am EDT roughly.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Cap Tux, who shares the following recording and notes:
BBC World Service Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2017. Cerys Matthews (Catatonia) presents music requests and special messages to the staff at the British Antarctic Survey, broadcasting in English, June 21 2017, 2130-2200 GMT on 5985 kHz (transmitter power of 300kW, transmitter location: Woofferton, UK).
Recorded in Scotland using an SDRPlay RSP2 using SDRuno and a homebrew passive Mag Loop
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, for the following recording of Radio Australia. Tom notes:
A program from Radio Australia called Talkback recorded in June 1987. This episode looked at the story of the closing of the Lyndhurst transmitter site. The program was titled "The Lyndhurst Special". I probably recorded this around 0400 UTC or later back when the nighttime frequency of 17795 kHz put in a good signal during the summer months at night. Enjoy.
Location: South Bend, IN, USA
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001
Many thanks to all of the SRAA contributors who have shared their recordings of the final moments of Radio Australia. Below, you'll find a number of recordings from around the world.
If you have a recording you would like to share, please submit it to us and we'll add your recording.
The first SRAA contributor, Mark Fahey, lives near Sydney, Australia. Mark recorded the shortwave service and RA satellite feed simultaneously. Mark shares the following recordings and notes:
Recording 1
This is RA’s final few minutes on shortwave – it was recorded on 17840kHz.
The file picks up the regular program ending, then into a Promo for RA “Pacific Beat” (a Pacific current affairs program), then the classic RA Interval Signal then the transmitter clicks off and the void is heard.
Recording 2
The file starts at exactly the same time as the first file, but in this example we are monitoring the Network Feed from Intelsat 18 at 180.0 degrees east (above the equator right on the international date line). This satellite feed is the way Radio Australia gets to the network of FM Transmitters they have scatted around the Pacific Region (which is why they feel they don’t need shortwave anymore for – most populated areas of Radio Australia’s target area now is covered by a network of Radio Australia FM transmitters).
Ian P notes:
Recorded from A Global Tuner in Broome, WA, Australia
Receiver: Icom PCR-1000 Antenna: Discone
Last 30 Minutes Of Radio Australia On Short Wave
Phil Brennan writes:
I managed to catch the last 45 seconds of the NT ABC broadcast on 5025 kHz. Unfortunately it's from my phone and not of great quality, but it may be the only recording of it given the time of day and propagation conditions.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Dan Hawkins writes:
I set up the 909X (also my favorite travel radio) on a chair in a backyard and ran the little ANT-60 reel-up antenna up to a pear tree. This is a recording of Radio Australia Pacific Service on 17840 kHz that includes the last top of the hour newscast at midnight, 1-31-2017 UTC. It includes promos, an ID and a news story on the shortwave closure. Less than a hour later there was no more RA on shortwave. RA came in very well for northern California on several frequencies. Conditions were fantastic for this one considering the 7,800 mile transmission distance. Birds and traffic are also heard in this hand-held field recording. I didn’t bring the tripod. I’ll miss Radio Australia, but I still have excellent reception of RNZI.
Last Apollo flight to the Moon.
Voice of America (VOA) shortwave coverage.
Broadcast begins Thursday [Australian time]
Dec. 7 1972 at 02-30 GMT.
Information on the mission of Apollo 17-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17
http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-real-story-of-apollo-17-and-why-we-never-went-ba-1670503448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Cernan
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, for the following recording and notes:
African music program followed by an interview. Recorded onto cassette tape via a Tecsun PL-880 transferred onto Audacity. QTH (location of recording) was Haddon Heights, NJ USA at 12:30am EST 12-12-16
Radio Peking (6 November 1970). Commentary on establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy; message from China to Soviet Union.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Information on China-Italy relations-
Mystery still surrounds the 1941 flight from Germany to Britain by Nazi Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess. After the Nuremberg Trials, Hess finished his days as the only inmate of Spandau Prison in West Berlin.
BBC World Service (26 April 1974).
Information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Australia
Comment of American VP Spiro Agnew from the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRTS).
AFRTS began during WW2 to bring network shows to US troops in various parts of the world via shortwave and recordings. Later TV shows were added and the service continues-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network
Recorded from shortwave by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Spiro Agnew information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew
Shortwave coverage from Radio Moscow of the Soviet October Revolution Parade (7 November 1970). The military parade celebrated the October Revolution beginning in 1918 and continued until 1990 (the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991).
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Sound- fair
More information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution
The October Crisis occurred in Canada in 1970 with the kidnap and murder of cabinet minister Pierre Laporte at the hands of the FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front).
Information on the October Crisis-
Shortwave broadcast from Deutsche Welle (13 August 1970)- German-Soviet Treaty.(aka The Treaty of Moscow 1970)
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Information on the German- Soviet Treaty-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Moscow_(1970)
https://diplomacy.state.gov/berlinwall/www/archive/IMG025.html
01 Armed Forces Radio & Television Service(AFRTS 8 Sept.1970)- The highjacking situation
02 Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) (8 Sept.1970)
03 Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) (11 Sept.1970)
04 VOA Evacuation announcement (25 Sept.1970)- Ian Holder:"It was a coincidence that I happened to have the recorder running while I was tuned to the Voice of America when this "evacuation from Jordan" announcement was made".
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Information on the 1970 highjackings in Jordon-
http://middleeast.about.com/od/terrorism/a/dawson-field-hijackings.htm
Radio Moscow (8 August 1970). Propaganda broadcast discussing German-Soviet Treaty, Northern Ireland, Vietnam and the Middle East
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Indo-Pakistan War (1971)
Shortwave transmissions from All India Radio during the Indo-Pakistan War (1971)
01 All India Radio (Thursday 16 Dec. 1971) 20-00 GMT
02 All India Radio (Friday 17 Dec. 1971) 20-00 GMT
03 All India Radio (Saturday 18 Dec. 1971) 20-00 GMT
Information on the Indo-Pakistan War (1971)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971
Off-air recordings by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
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