The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Thunder Chicken Radio Date of recording: October 16, 2023 Starting time: 00:13 UTC Frequency: 6.950 MHz Reception location: Columbus, Ohio Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with telescopic antenna Mode: Single Side Band Notes: This is my recording of thunder chicken radio on 6.950 MHz, on October 16. I managed to record two pirate radio stations that night, the first one being this station, and then the second one being Smoky Dog Radio. This station was playing some music, and there were some slow scan television pictures, being transmitted as well. Recorded 8:13 PM Eastern

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Smoky Dog Radio Date of recording: October 16, 2023 Starting time: 00:35 UTC Frequency: 6.27 MHz Reception location: Columbus, Ohio Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with the telescopic antenna. Mode: Single Side Band Notes: Last night I caught two pirate radio stations. Here is one of them I recorded. Smokey dog radio was on 6.27 MHz last night. It was a pretty good signal here in Columbus, Ohio. I was also able to receive it on the NA5B WebbSDR in Washington DC, But I thought I would record it with my radio because it had a pretty good signal. I'd say it was a pretty good signal for a pirate. especially for me using a telescopic antenna with my Tecsun PL880. Recorded 8:35 PM eastern (00:35, UTC).

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Saudi International Date of recording: September 04, 2023 Starting time: 9:00 UTC Frequency: 15.120MHz Reception location: Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-310ET, homemade copper beam antenna Notes: This was the Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), This was the Bengali service of Radio Saudi International, Bengali is mainly spoken in North Eastern India and so that's where I pointed the antenna instead of pointing directly as Saudi Arabia.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: R Chinchaycocha, Junín / PRU 4860 kHz Date of recording: July 05, 1978 Starting time: 04:42 UTC Frequency: 4.860 MHz Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Notes: OBZ4Z R Chinchaycocha, Junín, Perú QRG: 4860 kHz QTH: Schwäbisch Gmünd / Southern Germany Rec: 5th July 1978 / 04:42 - ca. 07:15 UTC (GMT) (!) Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000 - 30m longwire Px: S, anns, huaynos, ID SINPO: 34322 Remark: July 5th, 1978 was a very special day - great LA reception with smooth fade-out far beyond sunrise. Picaflor's spellbinding folk song 'María Alejandrina' caused goosebumps (especially from 3:33 in the MP3). Text goes as: "María Alejandrina, what a beautiful woman's name you have. Your name is kindness. Your noble heart ... I would like them to change my bad life for good. She isn't Carmen Rosa, nor Ana María, nor is she Margarita, It's María Alejandrina ..." ID at 14:58 in sound file ('desde Chinchaycocha'), the station's transmitting power in 1978 was 0.5 kW ...

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Denmark Date of recording: 1970 Frequency: 15.165 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Here is Radio Denmark on 15165 kHz shortwave as recorded in 1970. Their interval signal is heard followed by announcement in English, then identification in Danish. Sadly, for most North American listeners, all of their programming was also in Danish in 1970.

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: Next up, an hour long tape which is sort of peculiar. It starts off and ends up normally enough - just a couple of guys playing guitars - some instrumental duets, some songs with vocals. 20 minutes into it, though, a man starts speaking, and introduces a recording of a shortwave broadcast of a speech by the first lady of Guatemala, thanking Ham Radio operators who assisted the country during the then-recent (1976) earthquake. Then follows that shortwave recording, and then the man comes back and shares that he will be providing some recordings of his recent performance with another guitarist. The earlier segment does not appear to be a "live" recording, and at one point, an organist (with one of those beat-box built in drums) joins them. But after the "thank you speech", it seems that we're hearing a club or bar performance. There's no applause, but there is talking in the background. I guess what I find peculiar about it is that the sender put the "interesting" short wave broadcast right in the middle of the tape, in between highlights of his performance. That strikes me as a weird choice.

The Shepparton transmitter site of ABC/Radio Australia Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 1 was published on the SRAA last week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.

Radio Australia’s Shepparton TRansmitting Station Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 2 will be published on the SRAA next week], which I've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: KGEI San Francisco CA USA Date of recording: April 01, 1978 Starting time: 2030 UTC Frequency: 9615 kHz Recpotion location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt Notes: Recording of the program Departiendo con La Juventud presented by Mario Barahona (in memorian). There are 2 programs that were merged: days 01 and 02/04/1978.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes: Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Prior to July 1, 1971, time and standard frequency station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado was giving ID's in Morse code as well as voice every 5 minutes. They were best heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on 10 and 15 MHz.

Radio Canada International: Sackville, New Brunswick Transmitting Station Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes: BROADCASTER: Radio Canada International DATE OF RECORDING: August 22, 1982 STARTING TIME: 2107 UTC FREQUENCY: 15.325 MHz RX LOCATION: South Bend, Indiana RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Realistic DX-302 NOTES: Here are two more episodes from my collection of recordings of Shortwave Listener's Digest from Radio Canada International, this time from August 22, 1982 and September 04, 1982. Part one program highlights are: a continuation of the discussion of undersea cables, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips part one, a look at clocks for use in SWLing and more DX Tips. Part two program highlights are: a short comment regarding ANARC 1982, Mailbag questions, ANARC 1982 recap with an interview with David Meisel and an item on the New World Information Order, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips. The recording from 9/4/82 is poor due to adjacent-channel QRM.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dennis DeMarco, who shares the following recording and notes: [NOTE: Dennis, please check your SPAM folder, we have been trying to contact you. Thank you!] Broadcaster: Radio Canada International Date of recording: February 13, 1983 Starting time: Unknown Frequency: 11.850 MHz Reception location: Philadelphia, PA Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-120 Notes: Here's "The Shortwave Listeners Digest" from RCI as heard on 2-13-1983 with host Ian McFarland. This audio begins with an RCI newscast and is complete. Radio was Realistic DX-120 with a wire just thrown out of a window.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Ever wonder what it would be like to time travel? Well, just sit back and relax in your favourite armchair, put on the headphones and enjoy the short six and a half minute trip back to 1973. Here is a collection of 23 AM broadcast band radio airchecks / ID's from 23 U.S. states as recorded at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Equipment used was a Realistic DX150A hooked up to a long wire antenna. Please bear in mind these recordings were made using an open mike placed in front of the speaker. For example, WTMJ Milwaukee makes an NBC colour TV announcement (blooper) and you will hear a voice in the background ask "how can that be"? 1. KKJO St. Joseph, MO 1550 2. WCFL Chicago, IL 1000 3. WWWE Cleveland, OH 1100 4. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN 1190 5. WHO Des Moines, IA 1040 6. WLAC Nashville, TN 1510 7. WWL New Orleans, LA 870 8. WBAP Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX 820 9. WSB Atlanta, GA 750 10. WBZ Boston, MA 1030 11. WHAS Louisville, KY 840 12. WWVA Wheeling, WVA 1170 13. WRVA Richmond, VA 1140 14. WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 830 15. KAAY Little Rock, AR 1090 16. WTIC Hartford, CT 1080 17. WBAL Baltimore, MD 1090 18. WJAR Providence, RI 920 19. WVOK Birmingham, AL 690 20. KOMA Oklahoma City, OK 1520 21. WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 620 22. KSL Salt Lake City, UT 1160 23. KFAB Omaha, NE 1110

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Logos - Chazuta - Peru Date of recording: December 20, 2017 Starting time: 1156 Frequency: 4810 kHz Recption location: São Luiz do Paraitinga SP Brazil Receiver and antenna: SDRplay RSPA1 Notes: Recording made in São Luiz do Paraitinga state of São Paulo Brazil. Starts at 1156 UTC. Recording made using an SDRplay model RSPA1 receiver coupled to a G5RV antenna. The program was broadcast in Spanish and Quechua languages.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: R Bucaramanga / CLM Date of recording: July 05, 1978 Starting time: 02:59 Frequency: 4.845 Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Notes: HJGF R Bucaramanga, Colombia QRG: 4845 kHz QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany Rec: 5th July 1978 - 02:59 UTC (GMT) Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Px: S, mx, ID w/QRGs SINPO: 33333 Note: Station was founded in 1934. At 1:23 ID in MP3. Above related page from my old DX logbook, when I was 15 yrs old.

WWV Station sign at WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Myke Dodge Weiskopf, who shares the following recording and notes: BROADCASTER: WWV DATE OF RECORDING: December 08, 1991 STARTING TIME: 0218 FREQUENCY: 5000 kHz RECEPTION LOCATION: Rockford, Illinois, USA RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Unidentified boombox NOTES: NIST Radio Station WWV as it sounded on 8 December 1991 at 0218 UTC. Due to the high cost of maintaining the aging drum-based voice announcement machines, NIST implemented a digital voice announcement system in 1991. The new male voice, belonging to Eric Smith, started at WWV on 13 August. The voice of WWVH belonged to Johanna Stahl. The voices were sorely lacking in high EQ at first, but were sharpened with an audio filter on 27 August. The modification did not help, and after months of equipment failures and complaints about the poor quality, NIST retired both voices on 11 August 1992. An excerpted version of this recording is found on "At the Tone: A Little History of NIST Radio Stations WWV & WWVH." This unedited version is being shared by special arrangement for the Shortwave Archive.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Time signal station VNG Lyndhurst Victoria Australia Date of recording: December 13, 1971 Frequency: 4.500 MHz Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Mode: AM Notes: Recorded on December 13, 1971, here is the announcement given by station VNG in Lyndhurst, Victoria, Australia transmitting with 10 kw on 4.5 MHz shortwave. This station was active from 1964 to 1987. Receiving location was Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Amazingly, the recording was made on a cheap Demonstration Musicassette that had tape placed over the ends so it could be reused. It still plays today and was used to produce this digital version. The announcement is given twice and goes: "This is an Australian Post Office standard frequency and time signal transmission from VNG, Lyndhurst, Victoria on 4.5, 7.5, or 12 Megahertz." This was given during the 15th, 30th, 45th and 60th minute of each hour according to their QSL card.

Live off-air recording of some of the last day of programming from the Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) Radio 1 longwave station on 14 April 2023 beginning at 11:55 UTC on the frequency of 252 kHz. The signal originated from a transmitter located at Clarkestown/Summerhill, County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland, reported to operate with a power of 150 kW during the day (and 60 kW during the night). The transmitter was capable of operating at 300 kW. The station used a 248-metre high single-mast antenna. RTÉ Radio 1 is a general-interest, news, talk, and music station. It now uses FM, satellite, streaming, and cable services. The recording starts with the final minutes of the "Louise Duffy Show," followed by the "RTÉ News at One" (which featured reports on U.S. Pres. Joe Biden's visit to Ireland) and then the first 13 minutes or so of "Liveline," an interview and phone-in chat show. The recording ends with an announcement of the shutdown of the longwave service. Reception of the 252 kHz signal was reasonably good but it suffered from slight co-channel interference from a station in Algeria and local noise at the reception site. RTÉ Radio 1 programming on 252 kHz ended at 23:03 UTC on 14 April 2023 and was replaced with a repeated announcement of the cessation of broadcasting on longwave and information about other ways to hear RTÉ Radio 1. It begins with the RTÉ Radio 1 interval signal "O’Donnell Abú." Examples of the announcement are included in the second three-and-a-half-minute recording which starts at about 12:34 UTC on 15 April 2023. In this recording, most of the interference has been removed by an audio filtering technique. The closedown announcements ended on 18 April 2023 at 09:59 UTC and the transmitter then fell silent. The broadcasts were received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in synchronous AM mode with 5.08 kHz RF filtering.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: The Hurricane Watch Net Date of recording: September 27, 2022 Starting time: 14:38 UTC Frequency: 14.325 mhZ Reception location: Washington DC Receiver and antenna: The NA5B webSDR from Washington DC Mode: Single Side Band Notes: My recording of the hurricane watch net daytime on one, 4.325 MHz. This was recorded one day before hurricane Ian destroyed the west coast of Florida. This was recorded using the NA5B WebSDR in Washington, DC.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Việt Anh Phạm, who shares the following recording and notes: Date of recording: May 21, 2023 Starting time: 1530 UTC Frequency: 15.67 MHz Reception location: Northern Vietnam. Receiver and antenna: TECSUN PL-380 with long wire Notes: An audio recording of Wavescan- the international DX program from World Adventist Radio on May, 21st, 2023. It is produced by WRMI in FL, USA. This recording was made by connecting the mic in port of my Android phone to my radio (Tecsun PL-380) tuned to 15670 kHz with a 5-meter-long wire as an antenna. The signal was transmitted from KSDA- Guam with a power of 100 kW. My radio has a band-width changing function so I used it to optimize audio quality, which resulted in the audio being muffled a little bit at the beginning. QTH: Northern Vietnam Note that the frequency announcement at the beginning did not match with the actual frequency I tuned to.