The 72 Ragchew Net: December 7, 2020

Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR WebSDR

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: The 72 Ragchew Net

Date of recording: December 07, 2020

Frequency: 7272 kHz

Receiver location: Washington DC

Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR From Washington DC

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: This is my recording of The 72 Ragchew Net. This net is conducted every week on 7272 MHz. Recorded around 1150 UTC (11:50 AM). Recorded using the NA5BWebSDR from Washington DC. This webSDR covers shortwave, but also some VHF.

Pirate Radio WFDR: December 24, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:

A shortwave pirate radio station calling itself WFDR which broadcast on Christmas Eve December 24, 2020 at 2259UTC on 6920 kHz.

The broadcast was as follows:

- Franklin Roosevelts Christmas Speech in 1942

- Winston Churchill Speech

- Christmas Music

Date of recording: 12/24/2020

Starting time: 2259

Frequency: 6.92 MHz

RX location: Hugo, MN

Receiver and antenna: Sdr Play with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic

Mode: Single Side Band

Voice of Korea: December 27, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker who shares the following recording of the Voice of Korea made on December 27, 2020 starting at 2251 UTC in McGrath, Alaska, on 9650 kHz. Paul notes:

This also includes the dead air when once service ends and another begins.

Radio Thailand (English): December 28, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker who shares the following recording of Radio Thailand made on December 28, 2020 starting at 0000 UTC in McGrath, Alaska, on 13,750 kHz. Paul notes:

An entire hour including sign on, interval signal/station song and it includes the azimuth change they make at 0030UTC and the abrupt sign off for the 0100 service on 13750 in Thai at another azimuth.

Welle370 Special Celebrating 100 years of radio in Germany: December 22, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Steffen Schultz, who shares the following recording and notes:

This is a recording of the Welle370 special program to celebrate 100 years of radio broadcasting in Germany. In 1920, test transmissions began from the "Funkerberg" in Königs Wusterhausen, resulting in a Christmas broadcast on December 22. To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of this broadcast, Königs Wusterhausen based Welle370 aired this show on their own low-power 810 kHz mediumwave tx as well as on a local FM station. For international listeners the program was broadcasted via the Moosbrunn shortwave facilities in Austria.

Date of recording: 12/22/2020

Starting time: 1259

Frequency: 5.960

RX location: Wittstock, Brandenburg, Germany

Receiver and antenna: Tecsun S8800E with telescopic antenna

Radio Slovakia International (Three-Part Christmas Show): December 25-27, 2020

Cabin near Liptovska Mara, Slovakia (Photo by Ostap Senyuk)

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recordings and notes:

This is a collection of the 2020 Christmas Broadcasts of Radio Slovakia International. They were all recorded in Hugo, MN on 5850 kHz via WRMI at 0030UTC on December 25, 26, and 27, 2020

Christmas Eve broadcast Program Information: The origin of the word for Christmas in Slovak, baking a Christmas cake, and some music

Christmas Broadcast Program Information: Advent eco calendar, visit to an animal shelter, vegan Christmas foods, and some music. The signal got kind of rough towards the end.

Boxing Day Broadcast Program Information: Performance of Slovak fairy tale "A Tale of Twelve Months", Music

Hobart Radio International Christmas & New Year Special: December 20, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:

Hobart Radio International Christmas and New Years Special for 2020. This was recorded December 20, 2020 at 0030UTC on WRMI 7730 kHz in Hugo, MN using an SDRPlay SDR.

Program Information:

Music: Donald Trump (mash up) - Elton John - Boney M - Kate Bush - Band Aid Comedy: Santa Is Indian! / Jack Dee hates Christmas shopping.

KSKO Christmas Special (rebroadcast) via WRMI: December 24, 2020

For your listening pleasure: KSKO Christmas Special broadcast via WRMI on 5950 kHz starting at 2300 UTC on December 24, 2020.

Gruß an Bord NDR: December 24, 2020

For your listening pleasure: NDR - Gruß an Bord ("Greetings on board") Part 2 recorded on December 24, 2020 from 2100-2300 UTC on 6145 kHz.

China Radio International: December 19, 2020

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:

China Radio Plus Broadcast recorded December 19, 2020 at 1502 on 15700khz in Hugo, MN. The transmitter did not seem to be turned on until 1502 despite the scheduled start time of 1500.

00:00 News

03:35 Footprints - About the Gaokao

28:27 I Love Podcasts - "Why We Love the Song Dynasty" and "Ties From the West"

Receiver location: Hugo, MN

Receiver and antenna: Sdr Play with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic

Voice of Korea: October 3, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jared Dancel, who shares the following recording and notes:

First 20 minutes of broadcast from Voice of Korea. The news portion includes a letter (heard in the 14 minute mark) from the North Korean leader Kim-Jong Un to the US President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, which at the time, were recovering from the coronavirus.

Date of recording: 10/3/2020

Starting time: 10:01

Frequency: 11.735Mhz

Location: Tarlac, Philippines

Receiver and antenna: Tescun R9012 with telescopic antenna

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.

Voice of America (French Language Service): June 17, 2020

The following recording of the Voice of America French language service to Africa was recorded on June 17, 2020 at 21:00 UTC on 9740 kHz at a remote KiwiSDR site in the arctic region of Finland.

Voice of Greece: March 21, 2020

The following recording of the Voice of Greece was made on March 21, 2020 starting around 22:45 UTC on 9.420 MHz. This recording was made with a WinRadio Excalibur and skyloop antenna. Reception location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

Hobart Radio International via WRMI: January 26, 2020

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Zach Rutledge, who shares the following recording and notes:

This broadcast includes a news segment on the aftermath of the wildfires in Australia, as well as music from Hot Chip and Men At Work. Plus, in place of Jordan's World Of Radio, they play a track from a Monty Python album. This broadcast highlights the higher than average fidelity of WRMI's transmitter on 5850 kHz, and was recorded with an ~8 kHz wide audio bandwidth for improved fidelity.

Broadcaster: Hobart Radio International (via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida)

Date of recording: 1/26/2020

Starting time: 0830

Frequency: 5.850

Reception location: Baldwin County, Alabama, USA

Receiver and antenna: SDRPlay RSP-1, SDRUno, W6LVP active loop antenna