Twin Cities Radio Compilation Capitol Insurrection: January 6, 2021

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

This is a compilation of radio broadcast from Twin Cities, Minnesota radio stations when the news of the January 6 US Capitol storming was first mentioned.

Time stamps for the following stations and their time of broadcast:

00:00 WCCO 1:07 CST

01:24 KTLK 1:08 CST

02:08 KYCR 1:20 CST

03:31 WLOL 2:04 CST

06:43 WWTC 2:08 CST

09:39 KDIZ 3:06 CST

First 10 Minutes Of Amateur Radio Field Day 2021 (20M Band Scan): June 26, 2021

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

Notes: A scan of the phone portion of the 20 Meter Amateur Radio band during the first ten minutes of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field day June 26, 2021. Field day is the biggest Amateur Radio operating event of the year.

Broadcaster: Amateur Radio

Date of recording: 6/26/2021

Starting time: 1800

Frequency: 20 Meters

Reception location: Hugo, MN

Receiver and antenna: SDRplay RSPdx with wire loop around perimeter of attic

Mode: Single Side Band

JOUF-AM (C-Quam Stereo): March 23, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following audio clip and notes:

Notes: Short recording of JOUF-AM heard in full C-Quam Stereo. Note the wide stereo separation that C-Quam can achieve. Shame it never fully took off in the U.S or most other places.

Date of recording: 3/23/2021

Starting time: 11:27PM EST, UTC unknown

Frequency: 1.314mHz

Receiver location: Via Japanese KiwiSDR

Receiver and antenna: Via Japanese SDR

Wolverine Radio (Shortwave Pirate) Clip: December 25, 2021

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

Audio recording of Shortwave Pirate going by Wolverine Radio. This was recorded December 25, 2021 at 0056UTC on 6969khz in Hugo, MN. The broadcast consists of a few minutes of the Barenaked Ladies song Testing One Two Three being play and then a male voice announcing a frequency change.

Broadcaster: Wolverine Radio (Pirate)

Date of recording: 12/25/2021

Starting time: 0056 UTC

Frequency: 6.96 MHz

Your location: Hugo, MN

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

Mode: Single Side Band

Radio Romania International: December 23, 2021

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

Date of recording: 12/23/2021

Starting time: 0058

Frequency: 7.325 MHz

Reception location: Hugo, MN

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

Notes: Program Information:

0:00 Interval Signal
1:57 Intro
3:00 News
6:45 Story about prime minister in discussion with EU about pandemic
10:05 Story about 1989 uprising
14:35 Personality of the Year
15:50 Music
18:50 Society Today
25:25 Visit Romania
30:00 Sport
32:30 Folk/Christmas Music
44:05 Happenings in Romania
53:25 Music
57:00 Information and Sign off

NHK World Radio Japan: November 24, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bachtiar Aditya, who shares the following recording and notes:

Every morning I listen to NHK radio here we can learn Japanese live and listen to Japanese cultural music with enthusiastic announcers. I really like listening to NHK radio since 2010. Here I use a cheap radio for only 4 dollars type Radio international F-100 . The signal is quite good from the Indonesian metro, Especially in the morning

Received : Metro, Lampung, Indonesia .

Broadcaster: NHK World Radio Japan

Date of recording: 11/24/2021

Starting time: 04:35 UTC

Frequency: 17810 kHz Shortwave

Reception location: Metro, Lampung, INDONESIA

Receiver and antenna: Cooper Wire 10 metres outside

Dimtsi Weyane (Tigrinya language, Clandestine): October 21, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following short recording and translation, along with his artwork above:

Dimtsi Weyane, 17750 kHz, broadcasting in Tigrinya language to Tigray region in Ethiopia, from Issoudun, France.

Region is facing a civil war since November 2020.

Signal received at Catacumba Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 21, 2021, 16h57 (UTC).

This recording was translated my Saba Tsen'at Mah'deromt via Twitter:

KCBS Sinuiju (North Korea) 873 kHz: October 21, 2021

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

873 kHz KCBS Sinuiju, North Korea at 1633UTC on Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 with instrumental North Korean music. Signal held out pretty decently for over 6 minutes. 250KW 3500 miles.

Receiver location: McGrath, Alaska

Receiver and antenna: C.Crane CC Skywave and Gary DeBock 5" FSL antenna

Shannon VOLMET: August 5, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stewart Killeen, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: Shannon Volmet - SIGMET. A Shanwick Radio broadcast from the North Atlantic Communications Centre, providing meteorological information for aircraft in flight within the Shanwick area of international airspace (northeast part of the Atlantic).

Name: Stewart Killeen

Date of recording: 8/5/2021

Starting time: 0935UTC

Frequency: 5.501MHz

Reception location: Dublin, Ireland

Teceiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-660

Mode: AM

Rádio Nacional da Amazônia (Frequency Announcement): July 14, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following frequency announcement recording of Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, recorded on 11,780 kHz. The date of the recording is July 14, 2021 (time not noted) and reception location was McGrath, Alaska.

Vatican Radio (Portuguese Language Service): August 17, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of Vatican Radio made on August 17, 2021, on 13,380 kHz at 18:00 UTC.

Note that Carlos Latuff, is not only a devoted radio enthusiast, but also a prominent political cartoonist in Brazil and throughout the world. Carlos has kindly included his listening report with his original artwork in the image above. Thank you for sharing, Carlos.

Radio Romania International: July 29, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stewart Killeen, who shares the following recording and notes:

The final show entitled Generation 3.0 at the close of service on Radio Romania International recorded on the 29th July 2021, Dublin Ireland.

Date of recording: 7/29/2021

Starting time: 2149UTC

Frequency: 13.645 MHz

Receiver location: Dublin, Ireland

Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-660

China Radio International: July 8, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stewart Killeen, who shares the following recording and notes:

Excerpt from the Round Table China talk show broadcast on China Radio International at 7.419 MHz 08 July 2021 at 22:00 UTC (Dublin, Ireland)

Broadcaster: China Radio International

Date of recording: 7/8/2021

Starting time: 22:08 UTC

Frequency: 7.419 MHz

Reception location: Dublin, Ireland

Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-660

HF Aviation Traffic (Spirit Airlines 558): May 11, 2021

Image by Moritz Mentges

Image by Moritz Mentges

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares this bit of HF aviation traffic he recently recorded. Matt notes

Air to ground communications between Spirit 558 and New York. A phone patch was established to allow the aircraft to talk to a doctor on the ground about a person who had a seizure while on board the flight.

Date of recording: 5/11/2021

Starting time: 0256 UTC

Frequency: 8.933

Reciever location: Hugo, MN

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

Mode: Single Side Band

Radio Echo One (Italian Pirate Radio): March 15, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Rosa Sanese, who shares the following recording and notes:

About a month and a half after the previous radio listening recording that I published, here is a new audio file that I got listening to "Yoga Network" (the one that many years ago in Bologna broadcast in medium waves on AM 1503 kHz—?), re-transmitted by "Radio Echo One" in the afternoon of May 15, 2021 on 1710 kHz. I received the station with my Tecsun PL-600 receiver.

UNID Russian Numbers Station: April 26, 2021

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of a Russian language numbers station. Paul recorded this on April 26, 2021 at 0218 UTC in McGrath, Alaska, on 11,615 kHz.

Feel free to comment if you can ID this particular station.