Recording of Radio Africa Network via WRMI, October 10, 2021
Station: Radio Africa Network
Place of reception: Europe
Frequency: 21525 kHz shortwave
Date: October 10, 2021
Time: 1359 UTC
Transmitter location: Okeechobee, Florida, USA
Transmitter power: 100 kW
Receiver: Kenwood: R-5000
Location of receiver: outdoor
Antenna: 30 meter longwire
Antenna location: outdoor, around 8 meters above Earth level
Recording device: wav portable recorder
Radio Channel 292 recorded in Europe from shortwave frequency of 9670 kHz on Oct. 2, 2021 at 1220 UTC. The transmitter location is in Germany. The power of transmitter is 10 kW. The recording contains part of a programme on radio history. The recording has been made using portable receiver SONY ICF SW1. The receiver was placed outdoor (far away from buildings to limit the man-made interference). During the recording only the internal telescopic 0,5 meter antenna was used. To make the recording old SONY portable cassette tape recorder has been utilised (to evade additional noise usually produced by mp3 portable recorders).
Radio WRMI recorded in Europe from shortwave frequency of 15770 kHz on Oct. 2, 2021 at 1259 UTC. The recording contains "Wavescan"programme of AWR (it is a programme concerning various aspects of shortwave broadcasting and listening).
The recording has been made using portable receiver SONY ICF SW1. The receiver was placed outdoor (far away from buildings to limit the man-made interference).
During the recording only the internal telescopic 0,5 meter antenna was used. The quality of signal shows that also with very simple antenna quite good reception can be achieved when no local noise interference is disturbing the reception.
To make the recording an old SONY portable cassette tape recorder has been utilised (portable wav or mp3 recorders usually produce some noise disturbing the shortwave signal but the old cassette tape recorders are much better in this regard and practically produce no noise interference). At the left side of the receiver SONY ICF SW1 has a special socket for making recordings onto the tape recorders. The level of audio signal output provided on SONY ICF SW1 recording socket seems to be perfectly matching the microphone input socket of cassette tape recorders (I tried two different ones with good results for shortwave recordings). The actual audio quality of SONY ICF SW1 is however much better than the audio of the recording because of poor audio frequency range being recorded on portable casette tape recorders (in this aspect modern mp3 recorders are much better, but using them one must accept some additional noise from recorder, especially annoying when recording weaker shortwave signals).
WEWN Radio broadcasting in English on shortwave frequency of 12065 kHz at 1400 GMT on January 13, 2018. Received in Europe via Twente web SDR receiver located in the Netherlands.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, November 11, 2017, at 1331 GMT on the shortwave frequency of 7570 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea). Recorded in Europe using SONY portable receiver ICF SW 7600G with 33 longwire antenna.
"Just Right" programme broadcasting via Channel 292 in English, recorded on September 7, 2017 at 1800 GMT in Europe (using Twente web SDR receiver located in the Netherlands). Shortwave frequency of 6070 kHz. Transmitter location: Germany, transmitter power: 8 kW. In fact, the actual timing of start of transmissions in Europe is 1800 UTC, not 2100 UTC as the Just Right website shows.
Voice of America in English recorded in Europe (the Netherlands, Twente Web SDR receiver) on September 7, 2017 at 1700 GMT, shortwave frequency of 13590 kHz (Santa Maria di Galeria transmitter, Vatican City, with the power of 250 kW) beamed towards West and Central Africa.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, September 7, 2017, at 1330 GMT on shortwave frequency of 13760 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea). Recorded in Europe (Twente web SDR receiver).
Radio EWTN (WEWN) in English, recorded in Europe (Twente web SDR receiver) on August 12, 2017 at 1300 UTC, shortwave frequency of 15610 kHz (Vandiver transmitter site in the USA, 250 kW transmitter power)
China Radio International in English recorded in Europe at 0700 UTC from the shortwave frequency of 17490 kHz on July 23, 2017; transmitter site: China, Kashgar (Kashi), Sayibage, Xinjiang Uighur; transmitter power: 500 kW
Radio Bangladesh Betar broadcasting towards Europe on the shortwave frequency of 13580 kHz, recorded in the Netherlands (Twente web receiver) at 1745 UTC on July 20, 2017 (transmitter site: Dhaka, Khabirpur in Bangladesh, transmitter power of 250 kW)
WRMI in English recorded in Europe (the Netherlands, via Twente web receiver) on July 19, 2017 at 2100 GMT, shortwave frequency of 15770 kHz (100 kW transmitter)
Saudi Arabia International Radio broadcasting in French, June 4, 2017, at 1443 GMT on shortwave frequency of 17660 kHz (transmitter power of 500 kW, transmitter location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Recording made in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver and 33m lonwire antenna with baloon hung around 4-5 meters above the earth level.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, June 4, 2017, at 1330 GMT on shortwave frequency of 13760 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea). Recording made in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver and 33m lonwire antenna with baloon hung around 4-5 meters above the earth level.
As heared clearly in this recording, the transmitter runs initially with no audio, carrier only, but soon an audio feed is switched on and off, indicating that usually audible annoying hum is not due to a faulty transmitter, but rather because of some problem with audio feed.
Reflections Europe broadcasting in English. Recorded on May 21, 2017 at 1843 UTC, the shortwave frequency of 6295 kHz (probably with the low power of 1 kW; transmitter location is unknown). Recorderded using Twente web SDR receiver located in the Netherlands.
Voice Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran in English on shortwave - recorded May 19, 2017 at 1920 UTC on 9810 kHz in the 31 mb shortwave band. Recorded in Europe using SONY ICF SW 77 receiver with 8 meters wire antenna outdoor
Radio Taiwan International (in the past also using the name “Voice of Free China” – see the sticker scan as of the 90-ties of the XXth century) in Russian received in Europe (Twente web receiver in Holland), June 3, 2016 at 1655 UTC on the shortwave frequency of 11955 kHz.
At the end of the recording you can hear part of AWR’s Arabic programme.
Radio Bangladesh Betar broadcasting towards Europe on the shortwave frequency of 13580 kHz, recorded in the Netherlands (Twente web receiver) at 1744 UTC on May 8, 2017 (transmitter site: Dhaka, Khabirpur in Bangladesh, transmitter power of 250 kW)
Radio EWTN (WEWN) in English, recorded in Europe on May 9, 2017 at 1300 UTC, shortwave frequency of 15610 kHz (Vandiver transmitter site in the USA, 250 kW transmitter power). Recorded via Twente SDR web receiver.
Voice of Korea (North) broadcasting in English, May 8, 2017, at 1330 GMT on shortwave frequency of 13760 kHz (transmitter power of 200 kW, transmitter location: Kujang, North Korea)
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