BFBS London: February 16, 1991

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Roberto Ciappi, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: BFBS Special daily broadcast to the British troops in the Persian Gulf area, during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. They were using BBC transmitters in the UK.

Broadcaster: BFBS London

Date of recording: 2/16/1991

Starting time: 0920 UTC

Frequency: 21.59 MHz

Reception location: Northwest Italy

Receiver and antenna: Sony CFD-444S Stereo cassette recorder with telescopic antenna

Radio Romania International: December 23, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:

Date of recording: 12/23/2021

Starting time: 0058

Frequency: 7.325 MHz

Reception location: Hugo, MN

Receiver and antenna: SDRPlay with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic

Notes: Program Information:

0:00 Interval Signal
1:57 Intro
3:00 News
6:45 Story about prime minister in discussion with EU about pandemic
10:05 Story about 1989 uprising
14:35 Personality of the Year
15:50 Music
18:50 Society Today
25:25 Visit Romania
30:00 Sport
32:30 Folk/Christmas Music
44:05 Happenings in Romania
53:25 Music
57:00 Information and Sign off

Radio France International (Mandarin): May 10, 2002

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:

Notes: The content of this recording is a news: North Korean defectors seek asylum from US consulate in Shenyang.

Broadcaster: Radio France Internationale

Date of recording: 5/10/2002

Starting time: 10:00UTC

Frequency: 12.025MHz

Recption location: Shenyang, China

Receiver and antenna: MeiDuo Radio Receiver and Casette Recorder CP6941 with antenna on it

NHK World Radio Japan: November 24, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bachtiar Aditya, who shares the following recording and notes:

Every morning I listen to NHK radio here we can learn Japanese live and listen to Japanese cultural music with enthusiastic announcers. I really like listening to NHK radio since 2010. Here I use a cheap radio for only 4 dollars type Radio international F-100 . The signal is quite good from the Indonesian metro, Especially in the morning

Received : Metro, Lampung, Indonesia .

Broadcaster: NHK World Radio Japan

Date of recording: 11/24/2021

Starting time: 04:35 UTC

Frequency: 17810 kHz Shortwave

Reception location: Metro, Lampung, INDONESIA

Receiver and antenna: Cooper Wire 10 metres outside

Radio Australia: August 15, 1982

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:

Here is a recording of Radio Australia's DX program called Spectrum from August 15, 1982. I believe this was recorded around 0200 UT on 17795 kHz when Australia used to come in well in the evenings here.

Some of the program highlights are:

A roundup of DX news from Bob Padula and Peter Bunn (sp) from the Australina Radio DX Club and interviews with some of the broadcasters gathered at the 1982 ANARC Convention in Montreal. Over-the-phone audio in those days was not too great so the audio is poor in this segment.

Broadcaster: Radio Australia

Date of recording: 8/15/1982

Starting time: 0200 approx.

Frequency: 17.795 MHz

RX location: South Bend, Indiana

Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001 and longwire

Radio Pyongyang (Mandarin Service): April 25, 1999

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:

DPRK's international radio service was named "Radio Pyongyang" until year 2002. Now it is called "Voice of Korea".

In Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages, there are different words to distinguish the north and south.

In English language, word "Korea" may stand for both.

I think the name "Radio Pyongyang" is clear, does not have ambiguity. The name "Voice of Korea", we cannot guess which side it is from.

The radio recording was on the Military Foundation Day in DPRK, 25 April 1999. Its content is the celebration of the festival.

The programmes are political promotion news, editorials, songs and music.

The distance from receiving place Shenyang to Pyongyang is about 374.3KM, to Seoul is about 565.4KM, and to Beijing is about 660.5KM.

The two distances are shorter than to China's capital, it is easier to receive the radio programmes from the Korean Peninsula, and no special equipment is required.

Sometimes in the night, in the mid wave band, the radio transmission from North Korea can "mix" with Shenyang local radio signal, unintentionally interferes the local broadcast.

Broadcaster: Radio Pyongyang

Date of recording: 4/25/1999

Starting time: 11:00

Frequency: 9.445 MHz

Reception location: Shenyang China

Receiver and antenna: Philips Radio Receiver and Casette Recorder AW7509 with antenna on it

Voice of America (Korean Language Service): circa 2002

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:

Frequency: 9.350MHz

Reception location: Shenyang China

Receiver and antenna: MeiDuo Radio Receiver and Casette Recorder CP6941 with antenna on it.

Notes: This is a record of VOA Korean Service on the year 2002, I cannot remember the exact month and day of the record. But I think it is on the second quarter of that year.

The background has serious radio interference from the DPRK.

I do not speak Korean, and I did not invoke machine speech recognition to extract transcriptions. I would like to share, anyone who speaks Korean is welcome to interpret the content of the recording.

Vatican Radio (Portuguese Language Service): August 17, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of Vatican Radio made on August 17, 2021, on 13,380 kHz at 18:00 UTC.

Note that Carlos Latuff, is not only a devoted radio enthusiast, but also a prominent political cartoonist in Brazil and throughout the world. Carlos has kindly included his listening report with his original artwork in the image above. Thank you for sharing, Carlos.

Radio Romania International: July 29, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stewart Killeen, who shares the following recording and notes:

The final show entitled Generation 3.0 at the close of service on Radio Romania International recorded on the 29th July 2021, Dublin Ireland.

Date of recording: 7/29/2021

Starting time: 2149UTC

Frequency: 13.645 MHz

Receiver location: Dublin, Ireland

Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-660

China Radio International: July 8, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Stewart Killeen, who shares the following recording and notes:

Excerpt from the Round Table China talk show broadcast on China Radio International at 7.419 MHz 08 July 2021 at 22:00 UTC (Dublin, Ireland)

Broadcaster: China Radio International

Date of recording: 7/8/2021

Starting time: 22:08 UTC

Frequency: 7.419 MHz

Reception location: Dublin, Ireland

Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-660

Kol Israel: September 12, 2001

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dave Zantow, for sharing the following recording and notes:

Kol Israel (15:01)

September 12, 2001 at 0400 UTC

15640 kHz

Receiver used was a Japan Radio Co. NRD-545 (Sync on and 10 kHz bandwidth). One can hear minor DSP artifacts (burps) mixed in the background. Of course a common trait for the NRD-545.

BBC World Service: September 12, 2001

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following recording and notes:

BBC World Service (16:49)

September 12, 2001 at 0000 UTC on 5975 kHz

Receiver used was a Japan Radio Co. NRD-545 (Sync on and 10 kHz bandwidth). One can hear minor DSP artifacts (burps) mixed in the background. Of course a common trait for the NRD-545.

KBS World Radio (Spanish Language Service): April 30, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording and notes:

KBS World Radio in Spanish to Latin/North America on 15,575 kHz starting at 0216 UTC.

The signal was so good I recorded it in 5 kHz audio

Receiver and Antenna used: Tecsun PL-880, DXE preamp and Doxytronics tunable loop

Reception location: McGrath, Alaska

WRNO: August 8, 1982 and September 12, 1982

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:

Here are two back to back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from August 8 and September 12, 1982. WOR normally aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz.

Some of the program highlights are:

Part 1: An expert's view of Cuban broadcasting (Ronald Schatz), Cuban interference to US AM stations, the beginning of AM stereo in the US, new Canadian MW station proposals, SW program notes, items on Radio Quince de Septiembre and Radio Venceremos, La Voz del CID, Radio Tachira Venezuela, a new RRI station from Padang on 6812 kHz.

Part 2: DX from Cape Verde, LRA36 from Antarctica, Argentina, Brazil, mediumwave auroral conditions with good conditions to Cuba and Venezuela, WCCO 830 kHz silent period, Peru and Bolivia SW DX tips, item on Radio New Zealand, Vatican Radio Latin mass, followup on DXing harmonics.

Starting time: 2300

Frequency: 11.855

Your location: South Bend, Indiana

Your receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001.

Voice of America (Sign-On Issues): January 11, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:

The VOA had an apparent issue with their sign on. The interval signal was played twice, then an ID for Radio Free Europe and then an Asian language programing was joined in progress.

Date of recording: 1/11/2021

Starting time: 1900 UTC

Frequency: 9.8 MHz

RX location: Hugo, MN

Receiver and antenna: SDRplay with a wire loop attic antenna

ZD8VR Volcano Radio: May 5, 1979

Image source: Gary Deacon

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:

ZD8VR Volcano Radio 1602 AM Closedown 5 May 1979/AFRTS Accession Island Sign Off

Gary Deacon recorded [this audio]. It has end of jazz show, sign off announcement, station ID and incomplete GSTQ by local gender neutral band.

Receiver and antenna: 1950's Siera domestic valve receiver and 20 metre longwire antenna.

Recording by Gary Deacon

Click here for Gary’s full post.

"1962 Shortwave Listening Revisited" Mix Tape

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Lee Herterich, who shares the following recording and notes:

1962 shortwave listening revisited.

Shortwave listening tape recordings from 1962. Included are the BBC, Montreal, Italy, Radio Moscow, Austria and the voice of America. The recording begins and ends with the BBC's Holiday Music Hall.

Receiver location: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts USA

Receiver and antenna: Lafayette KT-200 receiver and folded dipole antenna

KGEI: June 26, 1941

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

KGEI General Electric shortwave station in San Francisco, CO. Recording consists of end of Musical Rambling from the National Broadcasting Company, KGEI identification, newscast including extensive war reports including news on German attack on Russia, British offensive in Africa, American government moving cautiously in supporting the USSR, German attacks on merchant ships, Sweden allows Russian troops to cross their territory, British aircrafts shot down over Italy, etc. Plus stock market reports and commodity quotations, KGEI sign off.

Recording provided by broadcast historian, Todd Kosovich.

Starting time: 1700 UTC

Frequency: 9.530 MHz

Radio Tawantinsuyo (Peru): 1970s

Old QSL from Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cuzco, Peru

Thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Robinson for these notes and audio of Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cuzco, Peru

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Rising early in the morning was a regular activity of DX’ers who wanted to hear the more difficult stations from Latin America that used to fill the shortwave bands. One of those was Radio Tawantinsuyo, located in Cuzco, Peru. The station was on 6,175 khz in the 49 meter band but was more often heard on variable frequencies as low as 6,173 khz. This recording of the station sign on brings back so many memories for DX’ers who focused on South America.

BBC World Service (Death of Fidel Castro): November 26, 2016

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Scott G., for the following recording and notes:

BBC World Service Reporting on the death of Fidel Castro. Believe these broadcasts were targeted to Africa, but reception was good into Europe that morning. I was listening to these using my home receiver in East Anglia, England, but due to local interference, started recording them using the Twente SDR.

Broadcaster: BBC

Date of recording: 11/26/2016

Starting time: 0700 UTC

Frequency: 11.770 & 12.095

Location: University of Twente, Netherlands

Receiver and antenna: SDR, Mini-Whip antenna