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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Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Österreich 1 from 2008:By hb9gce
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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 fr…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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 T…
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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:By Al Quaglieri
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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 A…
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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, …
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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 wireBy Nigel Thornbury
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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…
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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:By Paul Walker
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Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Joystick from 2018:By hb9gce
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Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio DARC:By hb9gce
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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 wi…
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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 Cor…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recordings and notes: In 1980 I participated in the AWR Asia DX Contest promoted by the Radio Monitors International program produced by Mr. Adrian Petersen. The program was produced at the AWR Asia studios in Poona (India) and broadcast through the Sri Lanka Broadc…
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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 …
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recording made on February 7, 2024 in McGrath Alaska on 5,975 kHz at 05:21 UTC:By Paul Walker
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 1971 (interval signal) Date of recording: 1971 Frequency: 6.175 Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Southeast Asia was one of the to…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: HJZW Radio Almirante, Riohacha - Colombia Date of recording: October 30, 1978 Starting time: 01:17 Frequency: 1.200 Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, loop antenna Notes: HJZW R Almira…
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Many thanks to Anthony Messina for sharing the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: Voice of Korea Date of recording: January 28, 2024 Starting time: 6pm UTC (1pm EST) Frequency: 13760khz, 9730khz, 7570khz Your location: SDR Your receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR Mode: AM Notes: Recorded via an SDR based in Japan. A collection of recent VOK rec…
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Many thanks to hb9gce for this recording of Radio Austria International from March 12, 1989.By hb9gce
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Romania International DX Mailbag Show Date of recording: January 22, 2024 Starting time: 01:42 UTC Frequency: 7.325 MHz RX location: KiwiSDR in Massachusetts Receiver and antenna: MAG LOOP 80M DIPOLE Notes: This is the DX Mailbag show for…
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Many thanks to hb9gce for these four recordings of Bible Voice Broadcasting.By hb9gce
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Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Adventist World Radio from 2009 through 2021.By hb9gce
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: USSR shortwave broadcasters 1970's Frequency: various Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: Around 1970, there were other stations in the Soviet Union (USSR) that…
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Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Tirana from 1989 through 2013.By Radio Tirana
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Douala, Cameroon Date of recording: March 21, 1983 Starting time: 04:24 UTC Frequency: 4.795 MHz Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Notes: Px: F/E, s/on, IS, IDs, NA…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Trans World Radio Bonaire "The DX Special" circa 1974 Frequency: 11.815 MHz Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna Notes: Trans World Radio from the island of Bonaire in th…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Notes: Radio Rabaul on the island of New Britain, PNG, was a rare visitor to my radio shack in 1971. I was able to make this brief recording (along with one of Radio Bougainville submitted separately) using an open mike in front of the speaker on the Hallic…
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VOA SiTE B Curtain Antenna Array Near Greenville, North Carolina Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: Here are two more [shortwave recordings], which I recently came across. These are both segments of episodes of "The Voice of America Jazz Hour", circa…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Clube de Mocambique 1973 Date of recording: 1970 Frequency: 4.855 MHz Recpotion location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-150A with a long wire antenna Mode: AM Notes: An infrequent visitor to my listening pos…
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COPYRIGHT NDR Live, off-air, three-hour recording of the 70th anniversary broadcast of the special annual Gruss an Bord program from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2023 beginning at 18:00 UTC. The broadcast features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at tw…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Daniel Salo, who shares the following recordings—all made in 2002 in the Boston, MA area—of The Christian Science Monitor broadcast on WSHB.By Daniel Salo
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Wetterdienst Wetterfunksender made in McGrath, Alaska on November 4, 2023:By Paul Walker
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Anthony Messina, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: KCBS Pyongyang Date of recording:Various (2022-2023) Frequency: Various frequencies Reception location: Various locations Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR Mode: AM Notes: This is a collection of recent recordings I made of DPRK SW radio statio…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Free Speech (pirate) Date of recording: December 15, 1996 Starting time: 1330 UTC Frequency: 6.955 MHz Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna Notes: Radio Free Speech w…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes: Broadcaster: American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1970's Date of recording: circa 1970s Frequency: various Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Mode: Single Side Band Notes: Bac…
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Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR WebSDR Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: The 72 Ragchew Net Date of recording: December 07, 2020 Frequency: 7272 kHz Receiver location: Washington DC Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR From Washington DC Mode: Single Side Band Notes: This is my recordin…
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Mark Fahey’s KiwiSDR (WebSDR) Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Free Whatever Date of recording: May 08, 2022 Frequency: 6.955 MHz Receiver and antenna: The NA5B WebSDR Located in Washington DC. Mode: Single Side Band Notes: Here is my recording of radio free whatever on…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Thunder Chicken Radio Date of recording: October 16, 2023 Starting time: 00:13 UTC Frequency: 6.950 MHz Reception location: Columbus, Ohio Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with telescopic antenna Mode: Single Side Band Notes: This is my reco…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Smoky Dog Radio Date of recording: October 16, 2023 Starting time: 00:35 UTC Frequency: 6.27 MHz Reception location: Columbus, Ohio Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with the telescopic antenna. Mode: Single Side Band Notes: Last night I caug…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Saudi International Date of recording: September 04, 2023 Starting time: 9:00 UTC Frequency: 15.120MHz Reception location: Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-310ET, homemade copper beam antenna Notes: This was the Isl…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: R Chinchaycocha, Junín / PRU 4860 kHz Date of recording: July 05, 1978 Starting time: 04:42 UTC Frequency: 4.860 MHz Reception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW - Germany Receiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwire Notes: OBZ4Z R Chin…
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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. …
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Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: Next up, an hour long tape which is sort of peculiar. It starts off and ends up normally enough - just a couple of guys playing guitars - some instrumental duets, some songs with vo…
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The Shepparton transmitter site of ABC/Radio Australia Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 1 was published on the SRAA last week], which I'v…
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Radio Australia’s Shepparton TRansmitting Station Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, who shares the following recording and notes from his excellent website Inches Per Second: For those of you who like it, here are two more entries in the series of Australian Shortwave [Note: Recording 2 will be published on the SRAA next week], which I've…
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: KGEI San Francisco CA USA Date of recording: April 01, 1978 Starting time: 2030 UTC Frequency: 9615 kHz Recpotion location: São José dos Campos SP Brazil Receiver and antenna: Philco Transglobe B481 Longwire 22 mt Notes: Recording o…
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