Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
XERH Radio Tricolor Mexico City, Mexico 1970 on 11,880 kHz
This station was often heard with a good signal in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in Spanish with the jingle "La RH, La RH Radio Tricolor"
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: XERH Radio Tricolor, Mexico City 1970
Frequency: 11.880 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: XERH from Mexico City, Mexico could often be heard here in southern Ontario, Canada in the Spanish language using the jingle "La RH, La RH, Radio Tricolor" to identify. They were using 11880 kHz shortwave in 1970 when this brief recording was made, and typically played "musica ranchera."
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
The majority of my vintage shortwave recordings are unfortunately quite brief. This is mostly due to the fact that they were only kept as "proof" of reception and not generally for program content.
I can still remember the thrill of hearing Radio Japan in Tokyo for the first time back in 1970. I used to pick them up on 9505 kHz shortwave around dawn local time here in southern Ontario, Canada. This is a recording of their interval signal with bilingual announcement played just prior to sign on.
Broadcaster: Radio Japan 1970 interval signal
Frequency: 9.505 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
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 kHz.
The second recording was made June 22, 1999 at 1727 hours UTC on 21745 kHz, with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's, as the external service of Czech Radio.
In 1970, I received a beautiful cloth bookmark from Radio Prague, and I gave it to my mother as she liked to read, and I felt it would be a way to include her in my newfound hobby of shortwave listening. She used it for the next 46 years, and I recovered it in 2016 after her passing, still in amazingly good condition.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Denmark
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 15.165 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is Radio Denmark on 15165 kHz shortwave as recorded in 1970. Their interval signal is heard followed by announcement in English, then identification in Danish. Sadly, for most North American listeners, all of their programming was also in Danish in 1970.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: ORTF Paris France 1970
Date of recording: 1970
Frequency: 9.620 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here is the interval signal of the ORTF in Paris, France circa 1970. In my early days of shortwave listening, their nice clear French language announcement was good practice prior to tackling weaker African signals in the often static ridden tropical bands.
Photo by Brett Jordan
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Here is Radio Kuwait circa 1970, signing on in English with their interval signal, chimes, and giving their frequency information. They were transmitting on 15345 kHz to Europe at 1600 hours UTC. This recording was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada using a Hallicrafters S-52 receiver and a long wire antenna. Only used an open mike next to the speaker for this.
Broadcaster: Radio Kuwait
Starting time: 1600
Frequency: 15.345 MHz
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Juventud, Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1970
Frequency: 4.900 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Back in the 1970's, many Venezuelan radio stations could be heard throughout the 60 metre band. 5 of these regularly logged here in southern Ontario belonged to La Cadena Venezolana de Radiodifusion. They were Radio Yaracuy, Radio Lara, Radio Universo, Radio Barquisimeto and Radio Juventud, the latter of these recorded in late 1970 on 4900 kHz identifying their AM, SW and FM stations by call letter and frequency in Spanish. Lead in music is the tune "The Age of Aquarius." They were all good verifiers and the cards were quite similar in design.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Russ Edmunds, who has kindly shared another collection of mediumwave airchecks (click here to check out all of his contributions).
Russ notes that the reception location was Parsippany, NJ (in a garden apartment) using a Hammarlund modified HQ-150 and a 4' air core amplified loop.
Russ also shares details about each recording in the following table. All recordings have been embedded below:
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Russ Edmunds (WB2BJH), for sharing this collection of mediumwave airchecks dating from 1969 to 1978. (Click here to check out all of Russ’ contributions.)
If you’ve subscribed to the SRAA podcast, you might only automatically download the first of these recordings. I would encourage you to view and listen to all 29 recordings on this dedicated Shortwave Radio Audio Archive post.
Click here to download a spreadsheet with full details of each clip.
Radio Peking (6 November 1970). Commentary on establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy; message from China to Soviet Union.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Information on China-Italy relations-
Comment of American VP Spiro Agnew from the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRTS).
AFRTS began during WW2 to bring network shows to US troops in various parts of the world via shortwave and recordings. Later TV shows were added and the service continues-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network
Recorded from shortwave by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Spiro Agnew information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew
Shortwave coverage from Radio Moscow of the Soviet October Revolution Parade (7 November 1970). The military parade celebrated the October Revolution beginning in 1918 and continued until 1990 (the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991).
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Sound- fair
More information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution
The October Crisis occurred in Canada in 1970 with the kidnap and murder of cabinet minister Pierre Laporte at the hands of the FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front).
Information on the October Crisis-
Shortwave broadcast from Deutsche Welle (13 August 1970)- German-Soviet Treaty.(aka The Treaty of Moscow 1970)
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Information on the German- Soviet Treaty-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Moscow_(1970)
https://diplomacy.state.gov/berlinwall/www/archive/IMG025.html
01 Armed Forces Radio & Television Service(AFRTS 8 Sept.1970)- The highjacking situation
02 Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) (8 Sept.1970)
03 Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) (11 Sept.1970)
04 VOA Evacuation announcement (25 Sept.1970)- Ian Holder:"It was a coincidence that I happened to have the recorder running while I was tuned to the Voice of America when this "evacuation from Jordan" announcement was made".
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.
Information on the 1970 highjackings in Jordon-
http://middleeast.about.com/od/terrorism/a/dawson-field-hijackings.htm
Radio Moscow (8 August 1970). Propaganda broadcast discussing German-Soviet Treaty, Northern Ireland, Vietnam and the Middle East
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
Radio Moscow (shortwave) January 1970.
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia
(Sound fair)
Radio Peking- Sunday April 26, 1970
09-30 GMT. 19 metres
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder,
Brisbane, Australia.
China's first satellite information-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_I
Other broadcasts-
https://archive.org/details/@i_holder
Other broadcasts-
Shortwave broadcast from Radio Japan to Australia.
Sunday 22 March 1970 between 10-00 and 11-00 GMT.
17855 khz
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder,
Brisbane, Australia
Other broadcasts-
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