Category: THE SHORTWAVE RADIO AUDIO ARCHIVE

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.

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

Broadcaster: Radio 4VEH Cap Haitien Haiti 1970's

Frequency: 9.770 MHz

Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

Notes: The first audio clip is likely a "recording of a recording." Back in the 1970's, some DX programs, notably DX Jukebox (Radio Nederland) and SWL Digest (Radio Canada International) would occasionally play "off the air" recordings of shortwave stations heard by listeners. Such may be the case here.

The second clip is Radio 4VEH in Cap Haitien, Haiti as heard on 9770 kHz in April 1970. The station only ran 2500 watts of power but could be heard most mornings local time. Received using a Hallicrafters S-52 and long wire antenna at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following recording of the Voice of America’s Korean language service made on December 28, 2024 at 1905 UTC on 9,800 kHz. The reception location was McGrath, Alaska:

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

Broadcaster: Radio Cairo circa 1971

Frequency: 9.475 MHz

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

Notes: I don't recall Radio Cairo having an interval signal but this music was heard at the beginning of every broadcast. They used this frequency for as long as I can remember, and I was quite excited to receive their exotic looking QSL. My receiving equipment consisted of a Hallicrafters S-52 hooked up to an outdoor longwire antenna.

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

Broadcaster: La Voix de la Revolution Congolaise, Brazzaville

Date of recording: Circa 1973

Frequency: 4.765 MHz

Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

Notes: One of the more consistent Africans heard in the 60 metre band shortwave during the early 1970's from here in southern Ontario, Canada was La Voix de la Revolution Congolaise from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo on 4765 kHz. Best reception usually occurred at 0430 UTC sign on, or up to an hour before sign off at 2300 hours UTC. This recording is circa 1973, and you will hear part of the anthem followed by identification in French.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Paul Walker, who shares the following field recording of the BBC World Service on 9,410 kHz made on November 25, 2024 in McGrath Alaska.