Radio Atlantico del Sur (Falklands War British MOD Station): June 10, 1982

Image Source: OnTheShortwaves.com

Many thanks to DRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Atlantico del Sur was a Spanish language radio station operated by the British Ministry of Defense during the Falklands War as part of its psychological operations aimed at Argentine troops. The station broadcast from a BBC transmitter on Ascension Island from May 19 until June 15, 1982. You can hear in the background a jamming transmitter from Argentina throughout the recording.

Starting time: 2300 UTC

Frequency: 9.710 MHz

RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire