The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive
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The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)
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United States
Description:
The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)
Twitter:
@swlingdotcom
Language:
English
Website:
http://shortwavearchive.com/
Email:
thomas@swling.com
Episodes
Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF): Three Recordings
10/4/2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of RTBF:
Duration:00:01:52
WRNO (World of Radio Episodes): October 10 & October 24, 1982
9/27/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WRNO
Date of recording: October 10, 1982
Starting time: 2300
Frequency: 11.955 MHz
Reception location: South Bend, Indiana
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001
Notes: Here are two back-to-back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from October 10, 1982 and October 24, 1982. WOR normally aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz. A change of frequencies was announced in this first broadcast and might be the actual time and frequency where I recorded these two. These recordings are almost 42 years old and this program is still on the air.
Some of the program highlights are: Part 1: DX, DX and More DX, Station news, lots of UNIDs (one of my UNIDs is featured), Amateur and utility DX news. Part 2: DX news about many countries, recommended BBC programs, NBC radio cancellations, mediumwave news (mentions of some of my LA mediumwave catches), harmonic DX and TV DX from France.
Duration:01:02:22
Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine: Circa 1971
9/17/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Here is a brief recording of Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine from Bangui on 5038 kHz shortwave circa 1971. Reception was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where the best reception from African stations was usually late afternoon or early evening local time, just about the time many of these stations were signing off for their broadcast day. Programming was in the French language.
Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine
Frequency: 5.038 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Afghanistan: Circa 1971
9/10/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Shortwave transmissions from Radio Afghanistan from Kabul in English were difficult to hear at my location in eastern North America. Here is a brief recording, made sometime in 1971, of the station as they concluded their half hourly English broadcast at 1830 hours UTC on 15.265 MHz in the 19 metre band. The other frequency they used for this transmission is given as 17.775 MHz.
Broadcaster: Radio Afghanistan
Date of recording: 1971
Frequency: 15.265 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Radio Österreich 1: Two Recordings, April and November 2008
8/30/2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Österreich 1 from 2008:
Duration:00:01:14
Nippon No Kaze il bon ue: August 4, 2024
8/23/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, along with his original artwork (above), and notes:
Opening of Japanese government shortwave radio programs aimed at Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK between 1977 and 1983: "Furusato No Kaze" (in Japanese) and "Nippon No Kaze il bon ue" (in Korean). Broadcasted from a transmitter in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and listened in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Duration:00:30:02
Radio Australia: March, 1968
8/16/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, curator of the website Inches Per Second, who shares the following recording and notes:
Periodically, I have shared parts of the large collection of shortwave recordings, most of them of Australian programming, which I picked up... somewhere, at some point. I've shared most of it, at this point, but have a few tapes left. I held off on this because the quality is fairly poor, then near the end becomes abysmal, but I thought I should share it, since there is an audience for these recordings. The newscast heard here makes it clear (specifically, the golf results, among other stories) that at least part of this tape is from the second week of March, 1968.
Duration:00:55:06
Radio Santa Cruz: November 9, 1996
8/9/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording, images, and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Santa Cruz Bolivia 1996
Date of recording: November 9, 1996
Frequency: 6.135 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Santa Cruz from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia was heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on occasion when propagation favored a North-South path. This brief Spanish language recording was made on November 9, 1996 on 6135 kHz shortwave around 2300 hours UTC.
Radio Santa Cruz Brochure
Duration:00:00:01
VLR-6: December 3, 1972
8/2/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Sarah Boucher, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: VLR-6
Date of recording: December 03, 1972
Starting time: 14:00
Frequency: 6.15 MHz
Your location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Notes: Nightly sign off of VLR-6 announcement by Mary Adams, followed by the then-national anthem
Duration:00:01:34
Radio Japan (Interval Signal): Circa 1970
7/26/2024
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
Duration:00:00:01
Shortwave Audio Online: Early Internet Audio Show on Shortwave Listening (2 Episodes)
7/19/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Al Quaglieri, who shares the following recordings and notes:
These are two episodes of an internet "broadcast" I put together sometime in the early 1990's, I believe:
Duration:00:19:18
BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: June 21, 2024
7/12/2024
Olivier Hubert with BBC presenter Cerys Matthews for the BBC Midwinter Broadcast (Source: BAS and BBC)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, TomL, who shares the following recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica, recorded on June 21, 2024 at 21:30 UTC on 11,685 kHz.
TomL notes:
BBC 2024 Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica. 11685 kHz using AM-Sync (LSB). Location Campton Hills Forest Preserve, St. Charles IL. Loop-On-Ground antenna amplified by Welbrook Medium Aperture preamp, into AirSpy HF+ SDR & laptop using SDR Console 3.2. RTTY station on 11690 kHz prompted recording on the lower sideband. Thunderstorm noise persistent.
Duration:00:28:26
Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan: February 21, 1999
7/5/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan February 21,1999
Date of recording: February 21, 1999
Frequency: 9.165 MHz
Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario
Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna
Notes: Radio Dada Gorgud, the Voice of Azerbaijan from Baku, as heard in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 1999 at 0314 UTC on a frequency of 9165 kHz. Using a Drake SW-8 receiver hooked up to a very long wire antenna. Their interval signal is heard at first, followed by sign on in a local language.
Duration:00:00:01
Voice of America (Skylab Re-entry Coverage): July 11, 1979
6/28/2024
Photo: NASA
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Nigel Thornbury, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Voice of America (VOA)
Date of recording: July 11, 1979
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900 long wire
Duration:00:09:39
Foreign AM Broadcast Band DX: Circa 1970's
6/21/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Foreign BCB DX 1970's
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 or Realistic DX-150A and a longwire antenna
Notes: Although I did not focus much on foreign broadcast band (medium wave) DXing in the 1970's, I did manage to save a few brief recordings of a handful of stations logged from my location in southern Ontario, Canada.
1. Radio Margarita, La Asuncion (Isla Margarita) Venezuela 1020 kHz
2. Radio Clarin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 860 kHz
3. XEMO, Tiajuana, Mexico 860 kHz
4. Radio Sutatenza, Bogota, Colombia 810 kHz
5. XERF, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico 1570 kHz (ID given by well known personality Paul Kallinger)
Duration:00:00:03
Radyo Pilipinas: May 24, 2024
6/14/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of Radyo Pilipinas, recorded in McGrath, Alaska, on May 24, 2024 at 19:28 UTC on 12,120 kHz:
Duration:00:01:51
Radio Joystick (Austria) 2018
6/7/2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Joystick from 2018:
Duration:00:00:44
Radio DARC (Austria) 2018
5/31/2024
Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio DARC:
Duration:00:04:18
Voice Of Armenia (Interval Signal): Circa 1999
5/23/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The Voice of Armenia, Yerevan circa 1999
Frequency: 9.965 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: Here is a recording I made of the Voice of Armenia from Yerevan with their interval signal and multi-lingual ID's circa 1999. Somehow, this country managed to elude me in the 1970's and 80's.
Duration:00:00:01
Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation: November 1996
5/16/2024
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation November 1996
Frequency: 9.200 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Notes: In November 1996, the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation in Omdurman was relatively easy to spot on their out-of-band frequency of 9200 kHz shortwave. In this brief recording, chanting is heard followed by time pips on the hour. Announcements are in Arabic. According to the 1996 Passport to World Band Radio, this particular transmission is listed as Republic of Sudan Radio.
Duration:00:00:01