Brezhnev greets Gerald Ford upon his arrival at Vozdvizhenka for the Vladivostok Summit on 23 November 1974.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Jack Widner, for the following recording. Jack notes:
R. Tashkent announcing the death of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev during the 1200 UTC English broadcast on 5985 kHz on November 11, 1982 (Brezhnev died Nov 10). After funeral music there was regular programming (approx. 8:09).
Radio Nacional Brasilia broadcasting in Portuguese to Brazil. The recording contains music with the occasional ID. This is very good DX for me, as reception of South American stations is quite difficult in my part of the world. Transmitted at 250 kw from Brasilia. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Live, off-air recording on 25 June 2016 of the last couple of hours or so of the final evening broadcast of Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty) in Russian on shortwave. The recording starts at about 19:22 UTC using the frequency of 5995 kHz. The transmission on this frequency was from a 100 kW transmitter at Lampertheim, Germany, operated by the United States International Broadcasting Bureau, with an antenna beam azimuth of 55°. Just before 21:00 UTC, this transmitter left the air and the receiver was retuned to 9540 kHz for the continuation of the broadcast. The transmission on this frequency was also from a 100 kW transmitter at Lampertheim, with an antenna beam azimuth of 75°. The broadcast ended just before 22:00 UTC.
The recording begins with the program "Vremya Dzhaza" (Jazz Time), moderated by Dmitry Savitsky, in progress. It is interesting that one of the last broadcasts of Radio Svoboda on shortwave included jazz music considering how important jazz was for fostering U.S. culture and lifestyle during the Cold War. At 20:00 UTC, there is a five-minute news bulletin, followed by the program "Kult Lichnosti" (Cult of Personality). It features an interview with Yevgeny Bunimovich, famed Russian poet, mathematician, and politician. At 23:00 UTC, there is another five-minute news bulletin, followed by the program "Itogi Nedeli" (Results of the Week), a discussion of the week's news.
Signal quality at the beginning of the recording (on the frequency of 5995 kHz) is quite good. There is about a minute of silence around 20:00 UTC while the radio is retuned. After the station changes frequency, the signal is not as good. Also, there is now interference in the background from a Chinese station. Between about 21:22 and 21:32 UTC, the Radio Svoboda transmitter is off the air. When it comes back, the signal is a bit stronger and stays that way until the end of the recording.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode initially with 9.09 kHz total bandwidth RF filtering. After the frequency change, the bandwidth was changed to 5.17 kHz.
The Duke of Windsor in 1945
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Ian Holder for the following recording. Ian notes that this recording features the BBC World Service news bulletin which reports on the death of the Duke of Windsor.
This recording was made on May 28, 1972 around 13:00 GMT on 11.75 MHz:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, for the following recording. Paul notes:
The German service of RTL was recorded late on a Saturday/early Sunday morning Europe in either February or March 1982. For those who speak German, there are news headlines that could pinpoint the exact date, so any help given would be greatly appreciated.
If you can help Paul ID headlines in this recording, please comment!
Voice of Tigray Revolution with music and talk to East Africa in Tigrinya/Afar. Transmitted at 100 kw from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Radio Vanuatu broadcasting in Bislama with talk and music. There are some deep fades during the recording before they fade out completely. I have found that the fading is common on this frequency. Transmitted with 10 kw from Port Vila to Vanuatu. Received with an Eton Satellit and Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, who submits the following recording and notes:
In October 1982, I logged my first short wave broadcast station from Peru. It was during a Friday night when I heard Radio Atlantida. The station broadcast on 4790 kHz from Iquitos. This was recorded on a 3" reel-to-reel machine I had purchased at a yard sale that summer.
Voice of Greece with music to Europe at 1900 UTC. Transmitted with 170 kw from Avlis. This is the best reception of this station I've had in ages. Received with a Sangean ATS-909X and a Kestrel active loop in Sydney, Australia.
Radio Fana broadcasting in Oromo to East Africa. Transmitted with 100 kw from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lots of music before ending with the Ethiopian National Anthem at 2100 UTC. Received in Sydney, Australia, with an Eton Satellit and a Sangean reel antenna hanging from the window curtain.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Adam C. Smith who shares the following station ID of pirate radio station, Neptune Radio. This recording was made on October 21, 2001 at 05:15 UTC on 6,955 kHz USB:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner for the following recordings. Paul notes:
Radio Colosal de Neiva (Colombia) was one of the more reliable signals to be found on 60 meters where I live. The station was an affiliate of the TODELAR network, and broadcast on 4945 kHz. Within a year of this recording, Radio Colosal disappeared and the frequency became part of the Caracol network.
Live, off-air recording of the last three hours of "Referendum 2016" broadcast by BBC Radio 4 Longwave (LW) on 24 June 2016 beginning shortly after 03:00 UTC on a frequency of 198 kHz from the 500 kW transmitter at Droitwich, near Worcester, England.
Reception was only fair with a lot of atmospheric noise (QRN) due to thunderstorms in the vicinity of the receiving station. Conditions improved slightly towards the end of the recording period. Radio 4 LW broke away from "Referendum 2016" for the "Shipping Forecast" segment between 05:20 and 05:30 UTC. The recording ends with the Greenwich Time Signal (the Six Pips) and the introduction of the "Today" program.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.09 kHz RF filtering.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Adam C. Smith who shares the following Station ID of Rizzo Radio. This recording was made on January 31, 2001 at 02:29 UTC on 27,555 kHz USB:
Receiver location was Federal Way, WA, USA. Receiving equipment used was a Grundig Satellit 800 w/60' random wire.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Mark Hist, who notes the following:
Thanks for alerting shortwave listeners to the British Antarctic Survey broadcast. It felt very poignant listening to a broadcast aimed at such a small number of people, with the voices of their loved ones being launched around the world.
I was able to record the broadcast from only 100 miles away from the Woofferton transmitter, so needless to say the quality and strength was very good. I imagine hearing that broadcast buried in the noise from far away with those happy birthday songs and best wishes must have been very emotional for its intended audience.
I enclose a short segment from my 30 minute recording, plus a photo (above) taken the next day of my set up (it was dark at the time of the recording).
I also recorded the broadcast from Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada. I wrote a post about this on the SWLing Post (click here to read). The following is my recording from 7360 kHz. Reception was not nearly as strong as that of Mark, above:
Note that we collected over 30 recordings--from accross the globe. You can listen to and browse them on the SWLing Post by clicking here.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, for the following recordings. Paul notes:
Aside from HCJB, Radio Quito was the first signals I ever received from Ecuador. The station would reach the midwestern USA in the evening hours.
On a Saturday evening in May 1985, Radio Quito was playing an enjoyable mix of cumbia and salsa music and I decided to roll tape. The first half hour was recorded on a cassette, and the last hour was recorded on an open reel machine. To reduce interference I recorded the station in single sideband instead of AM. While I am not completely sure of the date, I believe this was recorded on 4 May 1985. The recording starts at around 0130z/UTC and ends with their sign-off at 0300z/UTC.
This morning, I was very curious about the results of the Brexit vote, so I turned to one of the only stations that is strong enough to punch through the noise here at our vacation condo: Radio Australia.
The following recording starts a few minutes prior to the top of the hour ABC news headlines at 12:00 UTC on 9580 kHz on June 24, 2016 (the morning after the Brexit vote and the resignation announcement of Prime Minister David Cameron.
The recording is rather poor as propagation was dismal and the level of RFI significant. Still, this is such an important event, I wanted it in the shortwave archive. Receiver used was the Sony ICF-SW55 in Beaupré, Québec, Canada:
Two live, off-air, half-hour recordings of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2016 beginning at 21:30 UTC. The broadcast features music requests and special messages for the staff at the British Antarctic Survey.
The first recording is of the transmission on a frequency of 7360 kHz from the BBC's Ascension Island relay station (250 kW transmitter power, antenna beam 207 degrees). The transmission was received on a Tecsun PL-880 receiver with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in AM mode with 5 kHz RF filtering. Reception was good with some atmospheric noise. The interruption in the audio around the 11-minute mark was due to a check of other parallel frequencies.
The second recording is of the transmission on a frequency of 5985 kHz from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station (300 kW transmitter power, antenna beam 184 degrees). The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 5.17 kHz RF filtering. Reception of the broadcast was good with some noise cracks.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Adam C. Smith who shares the following recording of pirate radio station, Purple Nucleus Of Creation. This recording was made on October 27, 2001 at 00:09UTCon 6,928 USB:
Almost an hour of great music from Radio Oromiya. Transmitted in Afar Oromo with 100 kw to East Africa from Addis Ababa-Gedja, Ethiopia. Received in Sydney, Australia, with a Degen DE1121 and Kestrel loop antenna.
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