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. Their interval signal is heard followed by announcement in English, then identification in Danish. Sadly, for most North American listeners, all of their programming was also in Danish in 1970.
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 vocals.
20 minutes into it, though, a man starts speaking, and introduces a recording of a shortwave broadcast of a speech by the first lady of Guatemala, thanking Ham Radio operators who assisted the country during the then-recent (1976) earthquake. Then follows that shortwave recording, and then the man comes back and shares that he will be providing some recordings of his recent performance with another guitarist.
The earlier segment does not appear to be a "live" recording, and at one point, an organist (with one of those beat-box built in drums) joins them. But after the "thank you speech", it seems that we're hearing a club or bar performance. There's no applause, but there is talking in the background.
I guess what I find peculiar about it is that the sender put the "interesting" short wave broadcast right in the middle of the tape, in between highlights of his performance. That strikes me as a weird choice.
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've been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
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 been parceling out from time to time since not long after this blog began. I'm fairly certain the person who recorded these programs lived somewhere in North America, because all of the shows (up until this posting) were from episodes directed at that continent. But additionally, I wonder now if the person lived on the west coast of North America, because he or she made an effort (on the same tape as a show from 9/5/74), to capture Australia Shortwave during a program broadcast towards Asia and the South Pacific. The quality of the connection during that portion is, as you'll hear, quite poor, but it did come in, at a level and quality that I would guess it wouldn't have been received in the eastern half of the continent.
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 of the program Departiendo con La Juventud presented by Mario Barahona (in memorian). There are 2 programs that were merged: days 01 and 02/04/1978.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Prior to July 1, 1971, time and standard frequency station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado was giving ID's in Morse code as well as voice every 5 minutes. They were best heard here in southern Ontario, Canada on 10 and 15 MHz.
Radio Canada International: Sackville, New Brunswick Transmitting Station
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:
BROADCASTER: Radio Canada International
DATE OF RECORDING: August 22, 1982
STARTING TIME: 2107 UTC
FREQUENCY: 15.325 MHz
RX LOCATION: South Bend, Indiana
RECEIVER AND ANTENNA: Realistic DX-302
NOTES:
Here are two more episodes from my collection of recordings of Shortwave Listener's Digest from Radio Canada International, this time from August 22, 1982 and September 04, 1982. Part one program highlights are: a continuation of the discussion of undersea cables, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips part one, a look at clocks for use in SWLing and more DX Tips. Part two program highlights are: a short comment regarding ANARC 1982, Mailbag questions, ANARC 1982 recap with an interview with David Meisel and an item on the New World Information Order, Glenn Hauser's DX Tips. The recording from 9/4/82 is poor due to adjacent-channel QRM.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dennis DeMarco, who shares the following recording and notes:
[NOTE: Dennis, please check your SPAM folder, we have been trying to contact you. Thank you!]
Broadcaster: Radio Canada International
Date of recording: February 13, 1983
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: 11.850 MHz
Reception location: Philadelphia, PA
Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-120
Notes: Here's "The Shortwave Listeners Digest" from RCI as heard on 2-13-1983 with host Ian McFarland. This audio begins with an RCI newscast and is complete. Radio was Realistic DX-120 with a wire just thrown out of a window.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Ever wonder what it would be like to time travel? Well, just sit back and relax in your favourite armchair, put on the headphones and enjoy the short six and a half minute trip back to 1973. Here is a collection of 23 AM broadcast band radio airchecks / ID's from 23 U.S. states as recorded at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Equipment used was a Realistic DX150A hooked up to a long wire antenna. Please bear in mind these recordings were made using an open mike placed in front of the speaker. For example, WTMJ Milwaukee makes an NBC colour TV announcement (blooper) and you will hear a voice in the background ask "how can that be"?
1. KKJO St. Joseph, MO 1550 2. WCFL Chicago, IL 1000 3. WWWE Cleveland, OH 1100 4. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN 1190 5. WHO Des Moines, IA 1040 6. WLAC Nashville, TN 1510 7. WWL New Orleans, LA 870 8. WBAP Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX 820 9. WSB Atlanta, GA 750 10. WBZ Boston, MA 1030 11. WHAS Louisville, KY 840 12. WWVA Wheeling, WVA 1170 13. WRVA Richmond, VA 1140 14. WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 830 15. KAAY Little Rock, AR 1090 16. WTIC Hartford, CT 1080 17. WBAL Baltimore, MD 1090 18. WJAR Providence, RI 920 19. WVOK Birmingham, AL 690 20. KOMA Oklahoma City, OK 1520 21. WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 620 22. KSL Salt Lake City, UT 1160 23. KFAB Omaha, NE 1110
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Logos - Chazuta - Peru
Date of recording: December 20, 2017
Starting time: 1156
Frequency: 4810 kHz
Recption location: São Luiz do Paraitinga SP Brazil
Receiver and antenna: SDRplay RSPA1
Notes: Recording made in São Luiz do Paraitinga state of São Paulo Brazil. Starts at 1156 UTC. Recording made using an SDRplay model RSPA1 receiver coupled to a G5RV antenna. The program was broadcast in Spanish and Quechua languages.
