BBC World Service (Carrier and Interval Signal): September 19, 20, and 25, 2025.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recordings of the BBC World Service on 9410 kHz made on September 19, 20, and 25, 2025 at 0458 UTC in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes:

The English feed via Ascension to West Africa operates from 05:00 to 07:00 UTC on several days in late September, featuring something rare: the carrier is switched on, followed by a brief silence and then an interval signal. This sequence occurs every time I hear this transmission sign on, but I have noticed it almost nowhere else on BBC World Service shortwave, which usually just “crash starts” and ends abruptly.

BBC World Service, French to Africa: February 8, 2014

This broadcast originates from the BBC relay on the (very remote) Ascension Island.

For your listening pleasure: the BBC World Service, French language service to Africa. This broadcast was recorded on February 8, 2014 starting around 06:00 UTC on 9,870 kHz. This broadcast originated from the BBC transmitter site on Ascension Island (250 kW).

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BBC World Service: November 16, 2013

Many thanks to SWAA contributor, Frank, for this recording of the BBC World Service English language service.

Frank recorded this broadcast from his home in Europe on November 16, 2013, on 6,005 kHz, starting at 05:00 UTC. This broadcast originates from the BBC relay site on Ascension Island which has a power output 250 kW.

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(Source: Wikimedia Commons)