Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Vivian Gonçalves, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: RÁDIO CANÇÃO NOVA
Date of recording: October 29, 1990
Starting time: 20:57 UTC
Frequency: 1020 kHz
Reception location: Cachoeira Paulista, SP
Receiver and antenna: Yaesu FRG-8800 with an indoor wire antenna. Direct recording into a cassette recorder.
Mode: AM
Notes: edição da Voz do Brasil em 29-10-1990, segunda-feira
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Scott Nelson, who shares the following recording and notes:
Recording of the shortwave station Swiss Radio International on 12.035MHz. Recorded in Pierre, South Dakota, USA, on a Sony ICF-6500W receiver using the built-in telescopic whip. Recording was transferred from its original cassette tape format. Recording includes the sign-on of the English language service, ID, News, and the program DATELINE.
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-6500W with built-in telescopic whip
RX Location: Pierre, South Dakota, USA
Date of recording: 9/29/1990
Starting time: 0356 UTC
Frequency: 12.035MHz
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Lee Herterich, who shares the following recording and notes:
This is an off-the-air recording of shortwave radio station Radio Baghdad made on September 26, 1990. The political situation was about to lead to the first Iraq war. This was the European service on a frequency of 13,660 khz. which was aired between 20-22 UTC. It was recorded in the Boston USA area. Receiver was a Yaesu FRG-8800 with an indoor wire antenna. Direct recording into a cassette recorder.
Date of recording: 9/26/1990
Starting time: 21:15 UTC
Frequency: 13,660 kHz
Reception location: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts USA
Receiver and antenna: Yaesu FRG-8800 with an indoor wire antenna. Direct recording into a cassette recorder.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Recording of Radio Kuwait during the start of the invasion by Iraq. My understanding is that the broadcast originated from the Radio Kuwait transmitter site, which had not yet been occupied by Iraqi forces. Transmission consisted of music and announcements in Arabic. If anyone can translate/summarize some of the announcements, it would be appreciated.
Reception location: Minnetonka, MN
Receiver: ICOM R71A
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:
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, 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
Live, off-air, approximately twenty-minute recording of the Voice of Peace from Baghdad on 29 December 1990 beginning at 21:40 UTC on a shortwave frequency of 11860 kHz. This broadcast originated from a transmitter either in Iraq or Kuwait.
Iraq's Voice of Peace was established in August 1990 to beam programs to American servicemen stationed in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait at the beginning of the month. Programming consisted of music, initially easy-listening music but subsequently changing to a "Top 40" mix, news and commentary in a failed effort to try to demoralize the American troops. Beginning in September 1990, the broadcasts used a female announcer dubbed "Baghdad Betty" by the Americans. Reportedly, Baghdad Betty was replaced by a team of announcers sometime in December 1990. The recording is an example of the news and music programming. It is not known if the female announcer is the famous Baghdad Betty or someone else.
Reception of the broadcast was poor to fair with slight interference and fading. At 21:58 UTC, there is interference splash from WYFR starting up on 11855 kHz. The initial frequency recorded may have been 21675 kHz before switching after a minute or so to 11860 kHz as the radio teletype interference abruptly stops at this point. The recording includes frequent station identifications such as "You are tuned to the Voice of Peace from Baghdad."
The broadcast was received in Hanwell, New Brunswick, Canada, using a Sony ICF-7600D receiver and supplied wire antenna draped around the listening room.
3 October, 1990 [i.e. 4 October East Australian Time]
BBC News & News Hour. (2200-13.30 GMT-15140khz) The program contains news of the first day of a unified Germany and Saddam Hussein's visit to Kuwait.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Radio Berlin International (1400 GMT- 21465khz). Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Other broadcasts on this topic-
https://archive.org/details/EastGermanElectionsNews19Mar90
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Luis Valderas, who shares this short recording: an introduction to Kol Israel's Spanish language service.
This recording was made on a portable Philips radio with telescopic antenna. Though the exact date is unknown, Luis has noted the frequency as 17,630 kHz and time of day as 23:30 UTC:
Many thanks to Keith Perron who has shared this recording of Radio Berlin International's final English language broadcast.
This recording was made on October 2, 1990:
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