Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Pete Polanyk, who shares the following short clip and notes:
A very spooky thing happened to me earlier. I was going through some old punk cassettes […] and on the B side of one of them was some shortwave recording from 1981! I haven't been through it all in any detail yet but here's a couple of minutes of Radio Canada International from 1981:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording Radio Nederland Biak made in the 1980s on 7190 kHz and notes:
Biak was Dutch East Indies. It became part of Indonesia. The announcement is :" radio Omroep New Guinea" (new gin ear) and the content I think originated in the Netherlands as transcriptions and shipped to the colony.
Image Source: OnTheShortwaves.com
Many thanks to DRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Radio Atlantico del Sur was a Spanish language radio station operated by the British Ministry of Defense during the Falklands War as part of its psychological operations aimed at Argentine troops. The station broadcast from a BBC transmitter on Ascension Island from May 19 until June 15, 1982. You can hear in the background a jamming transmitter from Argentina throughout the recording.
Starting time: 2300 UTC
Frequency: 9.710 MHz
RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota
Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
BBC shortwave newscast during the Falklands War reporting that British troops have landed on the Falklands Island.
RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota
Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of Radio Nederland’s Surinam service made in the 1980s on 4850 kHz:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tony King, who shares the following recording of the American Forces Antarctic Network (AFAN) at McMurdo Station recorded in the 1980s on 6012 kHz SSB in New Zealand:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Aircheck of the start of the Voice of Peace radio ship. Voice of Peace was an offshore radio station that broadcast in the Middle East for 20 years from the former Dutch cargo vessel MV Peace, anchored off the Israeli coast on East Mediterranean. Founded by Abie Nathan and the New York-based Peace Ship Foundation, the station broadcast almost continuously between 19 May 1973 and November 1993. With sounds of the creaking ship, Abie Nathan talks about the struggles, challenges and problems to get the Voice of Peace on the air in an emotional broadcast.
Note: The tape was recorded in the Middle East and was provided to me. Unfortunately, what was previously recorded on the tape did not erase when the broadcast was recorded. You will hear in the background Angie by the Rolling Stones, whistling and a talking played at half speed and double speed -- none of these were part of the broadcast. We did our best to edit and filter out those background sounds.
Frequency: 1.539 MHz
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Shortwave broadcast of Radio Difusora Nacional de Nicaragua in Spanish received in December 1978 on 5945 kHz.
Frequency: 5.945 MHz
RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota
Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following studio recording.
Tom notes that Kim Andrew Elliott, formerly of VOA, is also mentioned in this recording.
Tom Gavaras’ QSL card reply from the Voyager team.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording, QSL card (above), and notes:
Rutan Model 76 Voyager Experimental Aircraft was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. The flight took off from Edwards Air Force Base's runway in the Mojave Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended 9 days later on December 23, setting a flight endurance record. This shortwave recording is a sample of some of the communications between Dick Rutan and his ground crew including a debate if Dick should walk out of the aircraft after it lands.
Note: Best estimate for date of recording is December 22, 1986
RX location: Minnetonka, MN
Receiver and antenna: ICOM R71A
QSL Image Source: Bruender.de
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Radio Jamahiriya English language shortwave broadcast from Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya consisting of a newscast, Focus on the Jamahiriya (a general look at the cultural, political, social and economic lives in the Jamahiriya) and music. In the background, you can hear the interval signal for Radio Nacional de España.
Frequency: 11815 MHz
RX location: Plymouth, Minnesota
Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire
QSL Image courtesy of the BDXC.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tim Harrold, who shares the following recording and notes:
A recording of the English programme from Radio Berlin International, made on 1st July 1990, the day of economic unification of East and West Germany, three months before political reunification (which also meant the end of RBI itself). Changes on 1st July included the end of border controls, the introduction of the Deutschmark into the GDR and a farewell to the Ostmark, all of which are covered in the broadcast. Some of the programme is inaudible due to interference.
Date of recording: 7/1/1990
Frequency: 9.730 MHz
RX location: Birmingham, Uk
Receiver and antenna: Toshiba portable, telescopic antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Radio Earth program on WRNO Worldwide (New Orleans) in 1984 hosted by Jeff White and includes letters from listeners, commercials, music and announcements that Radio Earth broadcasts would be leaving WRNO and moving to Radio Clarin in the Dominican Republic.
Date of recording: 9/21/1984
Starting time: 0300 UTC
Frequency: Unknown
RX location: Minnetonka, MN
Receiver and antenna: ICOM R71A with longwire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Note: Radio Moscow's Moscow Mailbag with Joe Adamov from 1979 (studio tape). Listening to the questions, such as the first one, makes you wonder if people sent in questions like that to hear if Joe would actually answer them, or if some questions were made up at Radio Moscow for political purposes. Probably both.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Notes: Radio Moscow's Moscow Mailbag with Joe Adamov from 1979 (studio tape).
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Ray Briem Show on DXing and Shortwave Listening aired on the ABC Talk Radio Network. The show features many shortwave recordings/interval signals plus interviews with Stewart MacKenzie (American Shortwave Listener's Club), Dr. Richard E. Wood (well known DX-er), Tom Meijer (Radio Netherland’s Happy Station program), Arthur T. Cushen (well known blind DX-er), Glenn Hauser (Review of International Broadcasting/World of Radio), Ian McFarland (Radio Canada International’s Shortwave Listener’s Digest), H. D. Norman (NDXE Radio which never made it on the air), Joe Costello (Owner of WRNO Worldwide) and callers. The recording has popping sounds that were not able to be fully filtered out.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Enrique Fernandez, who shares the following recording and notes:
The Voice of Free Sahara, 32 kpbs mp3 ripped from a cassette recording. Received with a Sony 2010 and a 40 meter long wire from the France-Switzerland border in 2002.
There is a clear ID at 1”33”.
Frequency: 7.46 MHz
Date/Time: 11 February 2002 at 2333 UTC
Note that the quality of this recording is rather poor due to tape degradation:
Imgae: Universal Radio
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nigel Thornbury, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of Malaysia
Date of recording: April 1979
Starting time: 0625
Frequency: 6.175
RX location: Singapore
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900W, random wire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the folowing recording and notes:
KUSW Shortwave from Salt Lake City, Utah recorded on December 26, 1987 received at 2040 UTC on 17715 kHz. Includes rock music, national commercials, newscast, frequency schedule and announcements by John Florence. Ends with something similar to an interval signal. Music and commercials are scoped.
Broadcaster: WUSW Worldwide Radio
Date of recording: 12/26/1987
Starting time: 2040 UTC
Frequency: 17.715 MHz
RX location: Minnetonka, MN
Receiver and antenna: ICOM R71A with longwire
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Enrique Fernandez, who shares the following recording and notes:
The Voice of Free Sahara, 32 kpbs mp3 ripped from a cassette recording. Received with a Sony 2010 and a 40 meter long wire from the France-Switzerland border in 2002. After the news bulletin in Spanish, there is a clear ID at 5”45.
Frequency: 7.46 MHz
Date/Time: 24 February 2002 at 2300UTC
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