Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Pavick, who shares the following recording and notes:
Starting time: 2230 UTC
Frequency: 1.440
Reception location: Kirkwall, Orkney
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2003 with whip antenna
Notes: Aircheck of Radio Luxembourg from late October 1990 (recorded Sep 25, 1990)
Note: The following recording is Part 2, click here for Part 1:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Pavick, who shares the following recording and notes:
Starting time: 2230 UTC
Frequency: 1.440
Reception location: Kirkwall, Orkney
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2003 with whip antenna
Notes: Aircheck of Radio Luxembourg from late October 1990 (September 25, 1990 recording date)
Note: The following recording is Part 1, click here for Part 2:
QSL card from HCJB
Live, off-air, approximately 45-minute recording of English programming from HCJB, the Voice of the Andes, on 26 June 1994 beginning just before 03:00 UTC on 9745 kHz. The signal was beamed to North America from the HCJB transmitter facility at Pifo near Quito, Ecuador, using a 100 kW transmitter.
The recording begins with the final minute or so of the "Musical Mailbag" program hosted by Curt Cole with Michaelene Tetteh, Giselle Russell, Gail Pfeffer, and Ralph Kurtenbach. The interval signal and station identification then precede the time pips for 03:00 UTC. Next, "HCJB World Radio News" is presented by Ralph Kurtenbach including items about World Cup soccer, Haiti, and Rwanda. This is followed by "DX Partyline" with Rick and Lisa McVicar. The episode featured an article on the difference between UTC and GMT by Prof. Richard Langley of the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada (me). The recording ends just before the program concludes.
Reception of the broadcast was quite good. At times, some slight co-channel interference can be heard from, presumably, Radio Bahrain (Islamic chanting), and adjacent channel interference from Radio Moscow International / Voice of Russia on 9750 kHz.
The broadcast was received in Hanwell, New Brunswick, Canada, using a JRC NRD-535D receiver operated with a 6 kHz IF filter and with a random-length wire antenna draped around the listening room.
Live off-air recording of the last approximately one hour of programming from the Europe 1 longwave station on 31 December 2019 beginning at 21:30:42 UTC on the frequency of 183 kHz. The signal originated from a 750 kW transmitter (perhaps operating at 375 kW; one of two capable of a joint power of 1500 kW) located between the villages of Felsberg and Burus in the municipality of Überherrn in Saarlouis, Germany, about 1 km from the French border.
Europe 1 is a primarily news and talk station owned by Lagardère Group with programming originating in Paris. It has an extensive FM network covering France and will soon be on DAB+. The longwave station has operated for the past few years using one or two of a pair of 750 kW transmitters and a two-mast antenna originally designated as the reserve antenna (the original four-mast antenna and the old transmitter in the original transmitter hall were all decommissioned following an antenna mast accident). The new transmitting facility was operated remotely by BCE (Broadcasting Center Europe) from Luxembourg.
The final hour of programming was the phone-in help program "Antenne Libre" with Olivier Delacroix.
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 9.00 kHz RF filtering.
Two live, off-air, two-hour recordings of the special annual Gruss an Bord broadcast from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2019 beginning at 19:00 UTC. The broadcast features Christmas music and greetings for mariners around the world and a church service. The Christmas greetings were recorded at two events on the second Advent Sunday (8 December) in Leer and on the third Advent Sunday (15 December) in Hamburg.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Leer event featured the Bingumer Shanty Choir and Anne-Fleur Schoch and her band while the Hamburg event also featured Anne-Fleur Schoch and her band. At about 21:00, there was a church service from St. Maria Magdelena Catholic Church in Bochum-Wattenscheid. The broadcast was primarily in German with some greetings in English, Filipino, and Indian languages as well as German. Several songs in English, too. A news bulletin (in progress when recording began) preceded the first program segment for a few minutes.
In addition to being carried on the NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial networks, the broadcast was transmitted around the world on shortwave using transmitters in Nauen (NAU), Germany; Moosbrunn (MOS), Austria; Issoudun (ISS), France; and Gavar (ERV), Armenia; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The schedule for 1900-2100 UTC was:
6030 kHz ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to West/Central Europe
6080 kHz NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
9570 kHz MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East
9740 kHz NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
9800 kHz ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Waters near South Africa
11650 kHz ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic
and for 2100-2300 UTC:
6145 kHz NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to Northern Atlantic
6155 kHz ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to West/Central Europe
9590 kHz ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Waters near South Africa
9675 kHz MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean Eastbound
9740 kHz NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West
9830 kHz ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to Southern Atlantic
The first recording is of the transmission on the frequency of 6080 kHz between about 19:00 and 21:00 UTC. The second recording is of the transmission between about 21:00 and 23:00 UTC on the frequency of 6145 kHz. Near the beginning of the second recording, some other frequencies were tried to confirm the best one.
The transmissions were received outdoors 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 2.3 kHz RF filtering. Reception was quite good for both two-hour segments although the second one got slightly noisy as time progressed.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tim Harrold, who shares the following recording and notes:
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution, a recording of "Austrian Shortwave Panorama", Radio Austria International's weekly DX programme presented by David Hermges. This was a special edition broadcast a few days after Romania's 1989 revolution originally broadcast on 31st December 1989 (although this recording is of a repeat from sometime in 1990). Contains off-air recordings of Radio Bucharest and Radio Free Europe (in English, Romanian and other languages) recounting the events of the revolution. (Sent via The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive)
Frequency: 13.730 MHz
Reception location: Birmingham, UK
Receiver and antenna: Toshiba portable, telescopic antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Timm Breyel, who shares the following recording and notes:
Lao National Radio at 14.00 UTC on 6.130 kHz, 10 May 20112. An English language broadcast of Domestic and Regional News followed this station identification, which was presented by the same female announcer.
Broadcaster: Lao National Radio
Date of recording: 5/10/2012
Starting time: 14.00 UTC
Frequency: 6.130 kHz
Recption location: Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun S-2000 / 1/4 wave
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Timm Breyel, who shares the following recording and notes:
CBC Radio Nord Quebec @ 22.30 UTC / 29.10.12 / 9.625 kHz. Record message includes music clip, station ID and announcer presenting news in Native American language.
Broadcaster: CBC Radio Nord Quebec
Date of recording: 10/29/2012
Starting time: 00.00 UTC
Frequency: 9.625 kHz
Reception location: Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun S-2000/ 1/4 wave
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Timm Breyel, who shares the following recording and notes:
National Radio of Kampuchea @ 918 kHz (MW) heard at 23.00 UTC in West Malaysia. Strong reception up to 00.00 UTC; signal was faintly heard up to 05.00 UTC.
Date of recording: 4/19/2012
Starting time: 23.00 UTC
Frequency: 918 kHz
Reception location: Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Receiver and antenna: Tecsun S-2000/ internal ferrite
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Mark Nelson, who shares the following recording and notes:
Super Rock KYOI was a short-wave radio station located at Saipan island in the Pacific region from 1982 to 1989. The station broadcast rock and pop music to China, Japan, USSR, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. This recording includes rock music, IDs, and address. It was originally recorded to cassette tape using a Sony ICF6500W receiver. My location was Minot, North Dakota.
Starting time: 1425
Frequency: 11.900
Receiver location: Minot, North Dakota, USA
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF6500W with random wire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
Here are two back to back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from April 11 and April 25, 1982. WOR aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz plus one other time slot.
Some of the program highlights are
Part 1: Monitoring the Falkland Islands situation, Adrian Peterson presents a feature of the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service, discussion of the close-down of Radio New Zealand's SW service (note the "Russian Woodpecker" during the RNZ segment), news about Radio CBN, Bolivian radio news, an item about the highest transmitter in the world, Radio Quince de Septiembre being jammed, illegal SW broadcasts to Cuba.
Part 2: A new shortwave station to begin broadcasting during the World's Fair in Knoxville, TN, Radio New Zealand still on the air (mention of me getting a letter from the Prime Minister of New Zealand), Radio Moscow special programming for May Day, Radio Nacional do Brazil schedule, CBC's Morningside program, Radio Ghana back on the air, items from Review of International Broadcasting, items on equipment suppliers Radio West and Shortwave Horizons (Canada), Directory of World Band Radio from Sony, audio clip from Radio Solidarity from Poland, Athens Greece radio hoax.
Frequency: 11.955
Reception location: South Bend, IN
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jerry Johnston, who shares the following recording from his extensive collection off interval signals.
Duration: 2:07
Filename: Bangkok-Meteorological-Radio_Thailand.mp3 (1.27 MB)
Bitrate Mode: vbr Channel Mode: mono Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Received By: Jerry Johnston
Receiving Location: Maywoods Environmental Laboratory DXpedition, Crab Orchard, Kentucky, USA
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jerry Johnston, who shares the following recording from his extensive collection off interval signals.
Duration: 0:34
Filename: BBC_England_(Bow-Bells).mp3 (319.35 kB)
Bitrate Mode: vbr Channel Mode: mono Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Received By: Jerry Johnston
Receiving Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Duration: 0:33
Filename: BBC_England_(Four-notes-B-B-B-E).mp3 (317.23 kB)
Bitrate Mode: vbr Channel Mode: mono Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Received By: Jerry Johnston
Receiving Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jerry Johnston, who shares the following recording from his extensive collection off interval signals.
Filename: All-India-Radio-(AIR)_India.mp3 (1.1 MB)
Bitrate Mode: vbr Channel Mode: mono Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Received By: Jerry Johnston
Receiving Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jim Nail, who shares the following recording and notes:
This station was a regular into Louisville, Kentucky. It's been off the air for many decades.
You can find other great recordings on my YouTube Channel: W4OXB's Vintage DX Audio Recordings
Frequency: 1.160 MHz
Receiver location: Louisville, Kentucky USA
Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-129x, 4 foot square indoor box loop antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
WTCN-AM (Minneapolis, MN) "Twin Cities at Night" interviews by Bill Diehl on Sputnik 1 with calls from listeners including one listener playing audio from Sputnik 1 as heard on his shortwave on 20005 kHz. Sputnik 1 audio can be heard about 4:20 into the recording. FYI ... Bill Diehl was very well known for being a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper, a rock-and-roll disc jockey on WDGY-AM in the 1960s, and a popular announcer on WCCO-AM afterwards. Bill passed away in 2017. WTCN-AM is known today as WWTC-AM. Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957, orbiting for three weeks before its batteries died, then silently for two more months before falling back into the atmosphere.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following recording and notes:
One of Glenn Hauser’s more interesting “extra” programs to me over the years was his radio 1981 summer vacation recordings to South Dakota (near the Nebraska border).
Attached is the entire WRNO recording of that program (which aired on Sep 8, 1984). This was before he “air numbered” the programs.
Station KINI web site (station active today) : https://www.rosebudmedianetwork.com/
Stream : http://listen.streamon.fm/kini
The UTwente SDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Davi Sousa, who shares the following recording of Radio Romania International and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Romania International
Date of recording: 7/29/2019
Starting time: 1900
Frequency: 9.61 MHz
Receiver location: The Netherlands
Receiver and antenna: Web SDR at University of Twente with miniwhip antenna
Notes: Program in Spanish from Radio Romania International to Spain
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, John McMullan, who shares the following recording and notes:
Shortwave aircheck of ALT UNIVERSE TOP 40, recorded from its broadcast on Channel 292, 7440 kHz on June 29, 2019.
Date of recording: 6/29/2019
Starting time: 11:00 UTC
Frequency: 7.440
Your location: USA
Receiver and antenna: WEBsdr (The Netherlands)
Notes: Mild static from the beginning and throughout. Fades and digital skips periodically.
The UTwente SDR
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Davi Sousa, who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea and notes:
Date of recording: 7/29/2019
Starting time: 1900
Frequency: 13.76 MHz
Receiver location: The Netherlands
Your receiver and antenna: Web SDR at University of Twente with Mini-Whip antenna
Notes: Spanish program from Voice of Korea to Europe
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