Russ Edmunds’ Mediumwave Airchecks: 1969 - 1978

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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.

TIOS 825 kHz: October 05, 1969
TGJ 880 kHz: October 5, 1969
XEMO 860 kHz: January 12, 1970
CFCN 1060 kHz: January 26, 1970
XERCN 1110 kHz: February 23, 1970
BBC 1214 kHz: February 23, 1970
HIJB 830 kHz: March 2, 1970
KKHI 1150 kHz: April 06, 1970
KFBK 1530 kHz: April 6, 1970
HJCK 1160 kHz: April 14, 1970
YVOZ 1200 kHz: April 20, 1970
HRVW 1172 kHz: April 22, 1970
CMJY 860 kHz: April 20, 1970
XERH 1500 kHz: October 15, 1970
PJD2 1295 kHz: October 18, 1970
YVMF 1120 kHz: December 1, 1970
HRTV 715 kHz: September 30, 1971
PRE3 1180 kHz: October 24, 1971
XEMP 710 kHz: December 6, 1971
KSVC 980 kHz: December 6, 1971
HJES 980 kHz: December 20, 1971
KRDS 1190 kHz: January 10, 1972
KLIF 1190 kHz: January 10, 1972
KKIM 1000 kHz: February 19, 1973
HJHN 960 kHz: April 13, 1973
HIAU 1241.5 kHz: November 15, 1974
KKAA 1560 kHz: December 03, 1974
CFCY 630 kHz: February 3, 1975
KRZI 1580 kHz: March 3, 1978
KCTA 1030 kHz: December 3, 1978

Radio Afghanistan Station ID (English): Late 1970s

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Manfred Reiff, who shares the following recording and notes:

This second [Radio Afghanistan] recording was made at the end of the 1970s during the soviet occupation of Afghanistan when RA programmes were rebroadcasted via Soviet transmitters. In this case it is the english service beamed to several parts of Asia.

The recording was made one some day at 0900 GMT on 15435 kHz. It was a relay via Soviet transmitter.

Radio Afghanistan Station ID (English): Late 1970s
Manfred Reiff

Radio Afghanistan Station ID (English): 1976

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Manfred Reiff, who shares the following recording and notes:

The first [Radio Afghanistan] recording is from 1976. The recording was made with the GRUNDIG Satellit 600 Professional recorder unit prototype I got from my uncle who worked at GRUNDIG as mentioned before.

Date: ?, sometime in 1976

Time: around 1130 GMT/UTC

QRG: 15195 kHz

Listen carefully to this recording. In the background you can hear the VOA Yankee Doodle played before starting its programmes. The programme was broadcast via the BBC Ascencion Island Relay, at 1130 GMT the VOA programme in Spanish for South America began. Later in the recording you can also hear Radio Moscow's ID signal.

Radio Afghanistan Station ID: 1976
Manfred Reiff

Tibet People's Broadcasting Station: January 20, 2004 (Station ID)

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

(Source: xinhuanet.com)

Many thanks to Brett Saylor, who contributed this recording of the Tibet People's Broadcasting Station from Lhasa, Tibet. This is a short recording of the station ID with time pips at the top of the hour (12:00 UTC) and identification including English.

Recorded in Pennsylvania in the eastern United States on January 20, 2004 using a Drake R8 with a longwire external antenna.

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:

Tibet People's Broadcasting Station:
Brett Saylor