Category: THE SHORTWAVE RADIO AUDIO ARCHIVE

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

Broadcaster: Radio Ghana circa 1971

Frequency: 11.850

Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

Notes: Back in 1971, Radio Ghana from Accra had an external service, this one beamed to North America and the Caribbean on 11.850 MHz shortwave. Here are two brief recordings of their drum interval signal followed by sign on in English.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Jim Jordan, who shares the following recording of Radio Farda being actively jammed. Jim also shares these notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Farda

Date of recording: January 28, 2026

Starting time: 1700 UTC

Frequency: 7.5 MHz

Your location: NW UK

Your receiver and antenna: Lowe HF 150 plus 50m random

Notes: A bit reminiscent of trying to listen to Radio Liberty during the Cold War

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

Broadcaster: Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station)

Date of recording: March 16, 2026

Starting time: 2358 UTC

Frequency: 19.052 MHz

Receiver location: Thailand

Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with Wellbrook loop

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: This is a "numbers station" broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, presumably sending encrypted messages to Taiwanese intelligence agents in mainland China, from Taiwan. It appears to follow a set daily schedule, and begins each transmission with the tune of a Chinese folk song played on a flute. This is followed by station ID, given twice, and a few announcements in Mandarin, then a sequence of numbers read in groups of four. An excellent article about this station can be found on the Mount Evelyn DX Report written by Rob Wagner VK3BVW in May 2025.

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

Broadcaster: V32 Persian/Farsi numbers station

Date of recording: March 13, 2026

Starting time: 0226 UTC

Frequency: 7.842 MHz

Receiver location: Israel

Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with MLA-30+ Active antenna

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: Background material obtained via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
This radio signal first started broadcasting on February 28, about 12 hours after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran.

A man's voice can be heard speaking Persian, counting out a series of apparently random numbers. The numbers are read out for varying stretches of time, followed by a pause in which the word tavajjoh -- which translates as "attention" -- is spoken three times. (around the 48 second mark in the attached recording)

Beginning on March 4, the signal started to be jammed, with a cacophonous screech of electronic noise that made it all but impossible to hear the numbers. The original transmission paused for a period of time, then moved to another shortwave frequency.

The transmission, that has been dubbed V32 by at least one group, is called a numbers station, a Cold War-era tool that employs radio transmissions and old-school cryptology to transmit secret messages, usually to spies around the world. It's location is suspected to be somewhere in central Europe.

The attached recording of V32 was made on March 13, 2026 around 0230 hours UTC on 7842 kHz upper sideband USB using a Kiwi SDR located in Israel. I began the recording on 7841.9 kHz, but switched after a few minutes to 7842 kHz. This will account for the change in voice pitch.

Also attached is a brief recording of the jamming signal, or “bubble jammer”, made on March 6, 2026 on 7910 kHz (V32’s original frequency) at 0218 UTC.

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

Broadcaster: Polish Radio External Service (Via WRN and WRMI)

Date of recording: September 26, 2025

Starting time: 02:59 UTC

Frequency: 9.455 MHz

Reception location: Berthoud, Colorado, USA

Receiver and antenna: Sihuadon D-808 with telescopic antenna

Notes: After the withdrawal of most Overcomer Ministry broadcasts in the Summer of 2025. WRMI began relaying the World Radio Network North American stream to fill the empty hours. While this is great for many shortwave listeners, as we get to hear stations that used to broadcast on shortwave again. WRMI isn't making any money from broadcasting the World Radio Network, and it is unknown how long these will last. On September 26th, I recorded the Polish Radio External Service, as they became part of my daily listening thanks to WRMI. I used a cassette tape to record the broadcast. Sometime during the recording, a few seconds of the broadcast were cut as I had to flip over the tape to continue recording.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of Radio Ndarason Internationale on 12,050 kHz made on October 26, 2025 at 1836 UTC in McGrath, Alaska.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program

Date of recording: April 29, 1982

Starting time: Unknown

Frequency: unknown

Reception location: St.Louis, MO

Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001

Notes: This is a partial recording of "Media Network," though most of the program is on this recording. My interest in this specific show was the feature on Radio Luxembourg, This program is not in the Jonathan Marks archive of his "Media Network" shows.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Union, Lima Peru July 1994

Date of recording: July 01, 1994

Starting time: 0730-0815 UTC

Frequency: 6115 kHz

Your location: St.Louis, MO

Your receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A

Mode: Single Side Band

Notes: Radio Union in Lima was a longtime favorite station of mine from the late 1980s through the 1990s. Radio Union was well heard in the overnight hours, and featured salsa, chicha, and huayno music. Long after it left shortwave, I listened to the station online, until it closed down a few years ago.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands 'Media Network' Program

Date of recording: April 23, 1987

Starting time: Unknown

Frequency: Either 6165 or 9590 kHz

Reception location: St.Louis, MO

Receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A

Notes: I recorded "Media Network" using a timer, and reused these tapes weekly. In this case, it became a time capsule. It is also not a show that is on Jonathan Marks' archive site.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: Voice Of America 'Breakfast Show"

Date of recording: August 02, 1975

Starting time: Unknown

Frequency: unknown

Your location: St.Louis, MO

Your receiver and antenna: Multi-Band portable