Radio Australia and 8DR Darwin (Coverage of Cyclone Tracy: December 25, 1974

A picture taken by the ESSA-8 satellite that shows Cyclone Tracy on December 25, 1974 (Source: Wikipedia via NASA)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Rawdon, who shares the following recording and notes:

Announcement explaining the reason for a reduced signal strength. Cyclone Tracy put the Darwin transmitter site off air. News bulletin plus other selected items that were broadcast relating to the evacuation of Darwin. Because the local 8DR MW transmitter was damaged a microwave link was set up between Darwin and Shepparton with the programme transmitted back to Darwin on shortwave.

Date of recording: 12/25/1974

Starting time: 2100 UTC

Frequency: 9.58 MHz

Your location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 26 December NZDT

Receiver and antenna: Trio 9R59DSM communications receiver with a random length long wire

Pop Shop Radio: September 12, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Pavick, who shares the following recording and notes:

Edition 1 of Pop Shop Radio as broadcast by Channel 292 in Rohrbach Waal in Germany on 6070 kHz at 1600 UTC to 1700 UTC  on 12 September 2020.

This was a rebroadcast of a show first broadcast on  9 September 2020 at 1800 UTC on same station and frequency.

This recording is 'as received' via the WebSDR at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and as such has all the wonderful static and interference you'd expect.

Show is produced in British Columbia in Canada.

Radio Juliaca (Juliaca Peru): July 1959

Floating Uros Islands at the Lake Titicaca in Peru photo made by rouichi/ switzerland

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording and notes:

PERU: Radio Juliaca, Juliaca Peru July 1959. 5015 kHz OAX7X OAX7Z The station came on the air this month and this would appear to be a test transmission playing old time western tunes, mix experiments, and regular ID's. This caption was rebroadcast on Keith Glover's Radio Australia's Mailbox programme the same month as an item of interest to DX listeners.

Radio Australia (Coverage of Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech): August 8, 1974

37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Radio Australia shortwave broadcast with coverage of President Nixon's resignation speech on August 8, 1974.

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Fall of Saigon Shortwave Coverage: RSA, Radio Netherlands, Radio Japan, Radio Moscow: April 30, 1975

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Shortwave coverage of the fall of Saigon as heard on Radio South Africa (RSA), Radio Nederland, Radio Japan and Radio Moscow on April 30, 1975. Voice of Vietnam coverage has been posted previously.

Date of recording: 4/30/1975

Starting time: Various

Frequency: Various

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Voice of Cap Haitien: circa 1971

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording and notes:

HAITI: Voice of Cap Haitien 9635 kHz recorded in 1971  broadcasting in EE which is unusual but obviously there was a strong EE market at the time.

HCJB: September 9, 1979

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Eddie Malphrus‎, who shares the following recording and notes:

It was 41 years ago today that my letter was read on-air during HCJB's Weekend Passport program. The show aired 2x on Sundays and I listened to the early broadcast - and therefore was ready to record during the evening broadcast. It's still fun to listen back to this brief but memorable moment.

[The recording] includes a puny-sounding "me" at 15 years old, testing the mic on my cassette recorder. I left it in as it was part of my memory. :)

Radio Canada International "Music Shop" clip: circa 1981

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Pete Polanyk, who shares the following short clip and notes:

A very spooky thing happened to me earlier. I was going through some old punk cassettes […] and on the B side of one of them was some shortwave recording from 1981! I haven't been through it all in any detail yet but here's a couple of minutes of Radio Canada International from 1981:

Radio Netherlands service to Biak: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording Radio Nederland Biak made in the 1980s on 7190 kHz and notes:

Biak was Dutch East Indies. It became part of Indonesia. The announcement is :" radio Omroep New Guinea" (new gin ear) and the content I think originated in the Netherlands as transcriptions and shipped to the colony.

Radio Atlantico del Sur (Falklands War British MOD Station): June 10, 1982

Image Source: OnTheShortwaves.com

Many thanks to DRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Atlantico del Sur was a Spanish language radio station operated by the British Ministry of Defense during the Falklands War as part of its psychological operations aimed at Argentine troops. The station broadcast from a BBC transmitter on Ascension Island from May 19 until June 15, 1982. You can hear in the background a jamming transmitter from Argentina throughout the recording.

Starting time: 2300 UTC

Frequency: 9.710 MHz

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

BBC World Service (British Troops Land on Falkland Islands): May 21, 1982

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

BBC shortwave newscast during the Falklands War reporting that British troops have landed on the Falklands Island.

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Radio Netherlands service to Surinam: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of Radio Nederland’s Surinam service made in the 1980s on 4850 kHz:

American Forces Antarctic Network (AFAN) McMurdo: circa 1980s

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of the American Forces Antarctic Network (AFAN) at McMurdo Station recorded in the 1980s on 6012 kHz SSB in New Zealand:

Radio Difusora Nacional de Nicaragua: December 1978

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Shortwave broadcast of Radio Difusora Nacional de Nicaragua in Spanish received in December 1978 on 5945 kHz.

Frequency: 5.945 MHz

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Radio Jamahiriya: May 12, 1982

QSL Image Source: Bruender.de

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Jamahiriya English language shortwave broadcast from Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya consisting of a newscast, Focus on the Jamahiriya (a general look at the cultural, political, social and economic lives in the Jamahiriya) and music. In the background, you can hear the interval signal for Radio Nacional de España.

Frequency: 11815 MHz

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire

Radio Earth on WRNO Worldwide: September 21, 1984

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Earth program on WRNO Worldwide (New Orleans) in 1984 hosted by Jeff White and includes letters from listeners, commercials, music and announcements that Radio Earth broadcasts would be leaving WRNO and moving to Radio Clarin in the Dominican Republic.

Date of recording: 9/21/1984

Starting time: 0300 UTC

Frequency: Unknown

RX location: Minnetonka, MN

Receiver and antenna: ICOM R71A with longwire

The Voice of Free Sahara: February 11, 2002

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Enrique Fernandez, who shares the following recording and notes:

The Voice of Free Sahara, 32 kpbs mp3 ripped from a cassette recording. Received with a Sony 2010 and a 40 meter long wire from the France-Switzerland border in 2002.

There is a clear ID at 1”33”.

Frequency: 7.46 MHz

Date/Time: 11 February 2002 at 2333 UTC

Note that the quality of this recording is rather poor due to tape degradation:

Voice of Malaysia: April 1979

Imgae: Universal Radio

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nigel Thornbury, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Voice of Malaysia

Date of recording: April 1979

Starting time: 0625

Frequency: 6.175

RX location: Singapore

Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900W, random wire

KUSW Worldwide Radio: December 26, 1987

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the folowing recording and notes:

KUSW Shortwave from Salt Lake City, Utah recorded on December 26, 1987 received at 2040 UTC on 17715 kHz. Includes rock music, national commercials, newscast, frequency schedule and announcements by John Florence. Ends with something similar to an interval signal. Music and commercials are scoped.

Broadcaster: WUSW Worldwide Radio

Date of recording: 12/26/1987

Starting time: 2040 UTC

Frequency: 17.715 MHz

RX location: Minnetonka, MN

Receiver and antenna: ICOM R71A with longwire

Voice of America (Apollo 8): December 24, 1968

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stephen Spicer, who shares the following recording and notes:

Reception location: Melbourne, Australia

Receiver and antenna: AWA CR6A with end feed antenna

Notes: A broadcast by Apollo 8 of the first views of the moon in 1968. The broadcast was transmitted by the Voice of America, and received in Melbourne, Australia on an AWA CR6A communications receiver. The transmission frequency and exact time are unknown.