Author: T Witherspoon

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of The Voice of America made on January 14, 2025 at 0355 UTC on 9775 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Maritime radio HLS Seoul Korea

Date of recording: October 31, 1998

Frequency: 8.725 MHz

Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: Maritime radiotelephone station HLS in Seoul, Korea continued to operate in the late 1990's on shortwave. Instead of a repeating voice mirror, this station played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" over and over so that the receiving station could tune them in. This recording is from October 31, 1998 at Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, and the frequency they were using was 8725 kHz upper sideband. My receiver was a Panasonic RF-3100 hooked up to a long wire antenna.

The station was identified by Richard "RD" Baker, editor of Communications Confidential, in the January 1999 issue of Popular Communications magazine. In his Reader Mailbag section, he wrote:

"Dan Greenall in Ontario, Canada, has been hearing a new (at least to folks in North America) maritime marker on 8725.0 USB: Beethoven's 9th Symphony "Ode to Joy" is repeated. In trying to track this marker down, we sent the call out over the WUN Club's listserver. Costas Krallis in Greece, Fabrizio Magrone in Italy. Alex Wellner and Robin Harwood. both in Australia. all became involved. They soon began logging the marker on other maritime frequencies. Eventually, it was noted on 6513, 8725, 8797, 13161, and 17341. Only one station has those frequencies in common: HLS, Seoul Radio. South Korea. The marker was completely IDed within 32 hours!"

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: China National Radio 1 The Voice of China

Date of recording: January 30, 2023

Starting time: 20:24 UTC

Frequency: 6.125 MHz

Reception location: KiwiSDR in Japan

Receiver and antenna: Self-made YouLoop

Notes: China National Radio signing on with the interval signal and some music. If my sources are correct this sign on only occurs on Mondays. The echo is due to two different transmitters on the same frequency

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Deutsche Welle, Kigali, Rwanda relay 1971

Frequency: 11.965 MHz

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Notes: When this recording was made in 1971, the easiest way to add Rwanda to your "countries heard" totals was to log the Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany) relay in Kigali. The station could be heard quite well here in southern Ontario, Canada even though broadcasts were not directed to eastern North America. My QSL card has them using 11965 kHz, however I am not fluent in German and this recording could possibly have been made on a different frequency. This relay station was closed down in 2015 after 50 years of operation.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City, Philippines

Date of recording: September 28, 1999

Starting time: 1200 UTC

Frequency: 9.505 MHz

Reception location: Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Drake SW-8 and a very long wire antenna

Notes: Here is Radio Veritas Asia in Quezon City, Philippines as recorded at a DX camp in Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada on September 28, 1999. Part of their interval signal is heard along with a station ID in English. They give their frequency as 9505 kHz and the time as 1200 UTC.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Alma Ata, Kazakh S.S.R. 1971

Frequency: 9,380 kHz

Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna

Notes: Here is the interval signal and sign on announcement from Radio Alma Ata in Kazakhstan as heard in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in 1971. They were on 9380 kHz and I was listening on a Hallicrafters S-52 receiver hooked up to an outdoor long wire antenna. Just using an open mike placed in front of the speaker and appears the mike was shut off briefly between the interval signal and the voice announcement.

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 Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of the BBC World Service Dari language service made on July 13, 2024 at 04:35 UTC on 17750 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, notes, and original artwork:

This is part of the Radio Nikkei 1 program (in Japanese), listened by me in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 6055 kHz, on January 18, 2025, between 08:38 and 09:10 (UTC). The content is as follows: 

• Commercial break 

• J-Music Time 

• Recommended Lani-chan 

• Commercial break 

• Cinema: Night on the Silver Screen

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

KWHR, World Harvest Radio from Naalehu, Hawaii: November 10, 1996 on 9,930 kHz

The station was heard in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada giving out its QSL mailing address in South Bend, Indiana.