Radio Bangladesh Betar broadcasting towards Europe on the shortwave frequency of 13580 kHz, recorded in the Netherlands (Twente web receiver) at 1745 UTC on July 20, 2017 (transmitter site: Dhaka, Khabirpur in Bangladesh, transmitter power of 250 kW)
WRMI in English recorded in Europe (the Netherlands, via Twente web receiver) on July 19, 2017 at 2100 GMT, shortwave frequency of 15770 kHz (100 kW transmitter)
Rothera Research Station (BAS photo)
Two live, off-air, half-hour recordings of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2017 beginning at 21:30 UTC. The broadcast features special messages and music for the staff of the British Antarctic Survey overwintering in Antarctica.
The first recording is of the transmission on a frequency of 7360 kHz from the BBC's Ascension Island relay station (250 kW transmitter power, antenna beam 207 degrees). The transmission was received on a Tecsun PL-880 receiver with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in AM mode with 5 kHz RF filtering. Reception was fairly good with some atmospheric noise.
The second recording is of the transmission on a frequency of 5985 kHz from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station (300 kW transmitter power, antenna beam 184 degrees). The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in USB mode (to avoid potential adjacent-channel interference) with 2.40 kHz RF filtering. Reception of the broadcast was very good with occasional atmospheric noise.
The program started very slightly late for both transmissions with the first or first two words ("This is") missing.
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
Saudi Arabia International Radio broadcasting in French, June 4, 2017, at 1443 GMT on shortwave frequency of 17660 kHz (transmitter power of 500 kW, transmitter location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Recording made in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver and 33m lonwire antenna with baloon hung around 4-5 meters above the earth level.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, June 4, 2017, at 1330 GMT on shortwave frequency of 13760 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea). Recording made in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver and 33m lonwire antenna with baloon hung around 4-5 meters above the earth level.
As heared clearly in this recording, the transmitter runs initially with no audio, carrier only, but soon an audio feed is switched on and off, indicating that usually audible annoying hum is not due to a faulty transmitter, but rather because of some problem with audio feed.
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
Reflections Europe broadcasting in English. Recorded on May 21, 2017 at 1843 UTC, the shortwave frequency of 6295 kHz (probably with the low power of 1 kW; transmitter location is unknown). Recorderded using Twente web SDR receiver located in the Netherlands.
Voice Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran in English on shortwave - recorded May 19, 2017 at 1920 UTC on 9810 kHz in the 31 mb shortwave band. Recorded in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver with 8 meters wire antenna outdoor
Radio Taiwan International (in the past also using the name “Voice of Free China” – see the sticker scan as of the 90-ties of the XXth century) in Russian received in Europe (Twente web receiver in Holland), June 3, 2016 at 1655 UTC on the shortwave frequency of 11955 kHz.
At the end of the recording you can hear part of AWR’s Arabic programme.
Live, off-air recordings of the special Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcasts in English of the two rounds of the 2017 French presidential election on 24 April and 8 May 2017, both from 06:00 to 06:58 UTC. The broadcasts were transmitted from the TDF (Télédiffusion de France) facility at Issoudun, France, on 11905 kHz with a transmitter power of 500 kW and an antenna beam direction of 170°, towards Africa.
The programs, special editions of "Paris Live," were devoted to the results of the first and second (run-off) rounds of the presidential election. The daily broadcast of "Paris Live" is the only RFI broadcast in English still transmitted by RFI on shortwave.
The broadcasts were received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 5.09 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. Reception for the two broadcasts varied from fair to good with some noise and fading.
Radio Bangladesh Betar broadcasting towards Europe on the shortwave frequency of 13580 kHz, recorded in the Netherlands (Twente web receiver) at 1744 UTC on May 8, 2017 (transmitter site: Dhaka, Khabirpur in Bangladesh, transmitter power of 250 kW)
Radio EWTN (WEWN) in English, recorded in Europe on May 9, 2017 at 1300 UTC, shortwave frequency of 15610 kHz (Vandiver transmitter site in the USA, 250 kW transmitter power). Recorded via Twente SDR web receiver.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, May 8, 2017, at 1330 GMT on shortwave frequency of 13760 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea)
WRMI broadcasting in English on shortwave frequency of 11580 kHz with a programme "Viva Miami" ( Okeechobee, Florida, USA transmitter site, transmitter power of 100 kW). Recorded via Holland's Twente web SDR receiver on May 6, 2017 at 2300 GMT
Radio France International in English recorded in Europe on May 6, 2017 at 0600 GMT, the shortwave frequency is 11905 kHz (transmitter location: Issoudun, France; transmitter power: 500 kW)
Voice of America in English recorded in Europe (the Netherlands, Twente Web SDR receiver) on May 5, 2017 at 1700 GMT, shortwave frequency of 15580 kHz (Botswana's Selebi-Phikwe transmitter site, power of transmitter: 100 kW)
Here is a shortwave recording of "Bye, bye Sitkunai", programme commemorating Sitkunai, Lithuanian broadcasting center currently subjected to close-down procedures (also known due to its mediumwave transmissions of foreign stations, including Radio Liberty in Russian on 1386 kHz with a power of 75kW).
The transmission recorded is a broadcast beamed on April 16, 2017 at 1800-1900 GMT via ERV transmitter site on 7465 kHz with the power of 100 kW, 330 degr towards NoEurope.
Recording made using Twente web SDR receiver located in the Netherlands, Europe
Off-air recording of the live broadcast "Radio Nederland Wereldomroep 70 jaar" by former staff members of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep from an original outside broadcast van at the Schagen Car Museum as transmitted by Shortwave Service (shortwaveservice.com) in Euskirchen, near Bonn, Germany, using several transmitters at Kall-Krekel, Germany, on 15 April 2017 from 09:00 to 16:00 UTC. The recording is in two parts: the first, from 09:00 to 13:00 UTC on 6005 kHz and the second from 13:13 to 16:00 UTC on 3985 kHz. Both transmitters have a power of 1 kW with essentially non-directional antennas.
The program, celebrating the 70th anniversary of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (RNW), was produced and presented by former employees and is mostly in Dutch but with several English segments including archive material from Radio Nederland. After a couple of minutes of setting up, the RNW interval signal can be heard before the actual broadcast begins as was the case for all RNW broadcasts and it ends, also according to custom, with "Het Wilhelmus," the Dutch national anthem. There is a gap in the recording between 13:00 and 13:13 UTC after switching frequencies and there are some occasional audio dropouts during the broadcast. A report on the broadcast (in Dutch) can be found here:
http://www.mediapages.nl/nieuws-actueel/3180-foto-s-radio-nederland-70-jaar.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 5.09 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. Reception varied during the seven hours from very good to fair with some noise and fading.
The Voice of Turkey recorded shortly after the "official," though contested, April 16 2017 referendum. The following recording starts around 2315 UTC and begins with the end of the English language service (at marker 14:00). The German language service follows. This recording was made on 9830 kHz with a WinRadio Excalibur and sky loop antenna in North Carolina, USA.
Here is an additional recording of the referendum results broadcast by Richard Langley. This Voice of Turkey broadcast recording begins a minute or so before 22:00 UTC on a frequency of 9830 kHz. The signal originates from a 500 kW transmitter in Emirler, near Ankara, Turkey, and was beamed 310° to Europe and North America. By the way, the announced broadcast schedule at the beginning of the broadcast was incorrect while that at the end of the broadcast was correct.
The broadcast was received indoors on an Eton Grundig Field BT receiver with its built-in whip antenna in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in AM mode with narrow-band RF filtering. Reception was generally good with some radio-teletype interference at the start of the broadcast.
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