Episodes
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: The Voice of Armenia, Yerevan circa 1999 Frequency: 9.965 MHz Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna Notes: Here is a recording I made of the Voice of Armenia from Yerevan with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's circa 1999. Somehow, this country managed to elude me in the 1970's and 80's.
Published 05/23/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation November 1996 Frequency: 9.200 MHz Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna Notes: In November 1996, the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation in Omdurman was relatively easy to spot on their out-of-band frequency of 9200 kHz shortwave. In this brief recording, chanting is heard...
Published 05/16/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recordings and notes: In 1980 I participated in the AWR Asia DX Contest promoted by the Radio Monitors International program produced by Mr. Adrian Petersen. The program was produced at the AWR Asia studios in Poona (India) and broadcast through the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Company via transmitters in Ekala and Colombo. Despite the reception being very difficult in South America, I managed to participate in the...
Published 05/10/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Prague: 1970 and 1999 Frequency: 7.345 MHz Reception location: Ancaster and Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 and Drake SW-8 using a longwire antenna Notes: Here is a brief recording of Radio Prague in Czechoslovakia circa 1970. They are heard with their interval signal and announcement in English. The frequency was 7345...
Published 05/03/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording made on February 7, 2024 in McGrath Alaska on 5,975 kHz at 05:21 UTC:
Published 04/26/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 1971 (interval signal) Date of recording: 1971 Frequency: 6.175 Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Southeast Asia was one of the toughest areas to DX in my early years of SWLing from my receiving post in southern Ontario, Canada. Radio Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur on 6175 kHz...
Published 04/19/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: HJZW Radio Almirante, Riohacha - Colombia Date of recording: October 30, 1978 Starting time: 01:17 Frequency: 1.200 Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, loop antenna Notes: HJZW R Almirante Riohacha, CLM QRG: 1200 kHz QTH: Schwaebisch Gmuend / Germany - distance to Riohacha 5.285 mi Px: S, anns, IDs, Vallenato mx, "Guajira" SINPO:...
Published 04/12/24
Many thanks to Anthony Messina for sharing the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: Voice of Korea Date of recording: January 28, 2024 Starting time: 6pm UTC (1pm EST) Frequency: 13760khz, 9730khz, 7570khz Your location: SDR Your receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR Mode: AM Notes: Recorded via an SDR based in Japan. A collection of recent VOK recordings. ...
Published 04/05/24
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Austria International from March 12, 1989.
Published 03/22/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Romania International DX Mailbag Show Date of recording: January 22, 2024 Starting time: 01:42 UTC Frequency: 7.325 MHz RX location: KiwiSDR in Massachusetts Receiver and antenna: MAG LOOP 80M DIPOLE Notes: This is the DX Mailbag show for the week of 22nd of January, 2024. I used a KiwiSDR in Massachusetts.
Published 03/15/24
Many thanks to hb9gce for these four recordings of Bible Voice Broadcasting.
Published 03/08/24
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Adventist World Radio from 2009 through 2021.
Published 03/01/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: USSR shortwave broadcasters 1970's Frequency: various Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Around 1970, there were other stations in the Soviet Union (USSR) that could be found on the shortwaves besides Radio Moscow. Programming on most of these outlets was all in Russian. Radiostansiya Rodina (Homeland) is...
Published 02/23/24
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Tirana from 1989 through 2013.
Published 02/16/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Douala, Cameroon Date of recording: March 21, 1983 Starting time: 04:24 UTC Frequency: 4.795 MHz Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Notes: Px: F/E, s/on, IS, IDs, NA, mx SINPO: 34232 Provincial station in Cameroon's tropical coastal region 'Littoral/Douala', some interruptions after sign on, then sudden...
Published 02/09/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Trans World Radio Bonaire "The DX Special" circa 1974 Frequency: 11.815 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna Notes: Trans World Radio from the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles broadcast on shortwave from 1964 to 1993. They used to put a strong signal into my receiver location in southern Ontario,...
Published 02/02/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Notes: Radio Rabaul on the island of New Britain, PNG, was a rare visitor to my radio shack in 1971. I was able to make this brief recording (along with one of Radio Bougainville submitted separately) using an open mike in front of the speaker on the Hallicrafters S-52. I posted my first recording of Radio Rabaul in April 2022. Recently, I discovered this second short recording I likely made on that...
Published 01/26/24
VOA SiTE B Curtain Antenna Array Near Greenville, North Carolina Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: Here are two more [shortwave recordings], which I recently came across. These are both segments of episodes of "The Voice of America Jazz Hour", circa 1980, each of which features live recordings of Jazz performers in concert in...
Published 01/19/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Clube de Mocambique 1973 Date of recording: 1970 Frequency: 4.855 MHz Recpotion location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna Mode: AM Notes: An infrequent visitor to my listening post in the early 1970's, Radio Clube in Lourenco Marques used a modest 25 kw of power but could occasionally be heard here in southern, Ontario,...
Published 01/12/24
COPYRIGHT NDR Live, off-air, three-hour recording of the 70th anniversary broadcast of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2023 beginning at 18:00 UTC. The broadcast features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at two events in Leer and Hamburg. Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish...
Published 01/07/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Daniel Salo, who shares the following recordings—all made in 2002 in the Boston, MA area—of The Christian Science Monitor broadcast on WSHB.
Published 01/05/24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Wetterdienst Wetterfunksender made in McGrath, Alaska on November 4, 2023:
Published 12/22/23
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: KCBS Pyongyang Date of recording:Various (2022-2023) Frequency: Various frequencies Reception location: Various locations Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR Mode: AM Notes: This is a collection of recent recordings I made of DPRK SW radio stations.
Published 12/20/23
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Free Speech (pirate) Date of recording: December 15, 1996 Starting time: 1330 UTC Frequency: 6.955 MHz Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna Notes: Radio Free Speech was a shortwave pirate radio station heard regularly in the late 1990's here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Here are a few blended airchecks from...
Published 12/15/23
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1970's Date of recording: circa 1970s Frequency: various Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Mode: Single Side Band Notes: Back in the days before the internet, radiotelephone communications were commonplace, and "voice mirrors" such as these from the American Telephone...
Published 12/08/23