The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

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 hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Croatia from 2008 and 2011:

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Prague from 1989, 2008, and 2009:

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Vatican Radio:

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Bulgaria from 2008-2011:

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Belarus from 2008 and 2010:

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of RTBF:

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: WRNO Date of recording: October 10, 1982 Starting time: 2300 Frequency: 11.955 MHz Reception location: South Bend, Indiana Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001 Notes: Here are two back-to-back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from October 10, 1982 and October 24, 1982. WOR normally aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz. A change of frequencies was announced in this first broadcast and might be the actual time and frequency where I recorded these two. These recordings are almost 42 years old and this program is still on the air. Some of the program highlights are: Part 1: DX, DX and More DX, Station news, lots of UNIDs (one of my UNIDs is featured), Amateur and utility DX news. Part 2: DX news about many countries, recommended BBC programs, NBC radio cancellations, mediumwave news (mentions of some of my LA mediumwave catches), harmonic DX and TV DX from France.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Here is a brief recording of Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine from Bangui on 5038 kHz shortwave circa 1971. Reception was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where the best reception from African stations was usually late afternoon or early evening local time, just about the time many of these stations were signing off for their broadcast day. Programming was in the French language. Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine Frequency: 5.038 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Shortwave transmissions from Radio Afghanistan from Kabul in English were difficult to hear at my location in eastern North America. Here is a brief recording, made sometime in 1971, of the station as they concluded their half hourly English broadcast at 1830 hours UTC on 15.265 MHz in the 19 metre band. The other frequency they used for this transmission is given as 17.775 MHz. Broadcaster: Radio Afghanistan Date of recording: 1971 Frequency: 15.265 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Österreich 1 from 2008:

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, along with his original artwork (above), and notes: Opening of Japanese government shortwave radio programs aimed at Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK between 1977 and 1983: "Furusato No Kaze" (in Japanese) and "Nippon No Kaze il bon ue" (in Korean). Broadcasted from a transmitter in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and listened in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, curator of the website Inches Per Second, who shares the following recording and notes: Periodically, I have shared parts of the large collection of shortwave recordings, most of them of Australian programming, which I picked up... somewhere, at some point. I've shared most of it, at this point, but have a few tapes left. I held off on this because the quality is fairly poor, then near the end becomes abysmal, but I thought I should share it, since there is an audience for these recordings. The newscast heard here makes it clear (specifically, the golf results, among other stories) that at least part of this tape is from the second week of March, 1968.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording, images, and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Santa Cruz Bolivia 1996 Date of recording: November 9, 1996 Frequency: 6.135 MHz Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna Notes: Radio Santa Cruz from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia was heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on occasion when propagation favored a North-South path. This brief Spanish language recording was made on November 9, 1996 on 6135 kHz shortwave around 2300 hours UTC. Radio Santa Cruz Brochure

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: VLR-6 Date of recording: December 03, 1972 Starting time: 14:00 Frequency: 6.15 MHz Your location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Notes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: The majority of my vintage shortwave recordings are unfortunately quite brief. This is mostly due to the fact that they were only kept as "proof" of reception and not generally for program content. I can still remember the thrill of hearing Radio Japan in Tokyo for the first time back in 1970. I used to pick them up on 9505 kHz shortwave around dawn local time here in southern Ontario, Canada. This is a recording of their interval signal with bilingual announcement played just prior to sign on. Broadcaster: Radio Japan 1970 interval signal Frequency: 9.505 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Al Quaglieri, who shares the following recordings and notes: These are two episodes of an internet "broadcast" I put together sometime in the early 1990's, I believe:

Olivier Hubert with BBC presenter Cerys Matthews for the BBC Midwinter Broadcast (Source: BAS and BBC) Many thanks to SRAA contributor, TomL, who shares the following recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica, recorded on June 21, 2024 at 21:30 UTC on 11,685 kHz. TomL notes: BBC 2024 Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica. 11685 kHz using AM-Sync (LSB). Location Campton Hills Forest Preserve, St. Charles IL. Loop-On-Ground antenna amplified by Welbrook Medium Aperture preamp, into AirSpy HF+ SDR & laptop using SDR Console 3.2. RTTY station on 11690 kHz prompted recording on the lower sideband. Thunderstorm noise persistent.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan February 21,1999 Date of recording: February 21, 1999 Frequency: 9.165 MHz Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna Notes: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan from Baku, as heard in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 1999 at 0314 UTC on a frequency of 9165 kHz. Using a Drake SW-8 receiver hooked up to a very long wire antenna. Their interval signal is heard at first, followed by sign on in a local language.

Photo: NASA Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nigel Thornbury, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Voice of America (VOA) Date of recording: July 11, 1979 Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900 long wire