Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recordings and notes:
Broadcaster: ETLF, Radio Voice of the Gospel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date of recording: 3/23/1971
Frequency: 11.890 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Here are two brief recordings from Radio Voice of the Gospel, station ETLF, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the first one, from 1971, there is significant QSB (fading) but they are in the clear. Listen for their four note drum interval signal, ID in English, and mention of the date Tuesday 23rd of March.
The second recording, also in English, is from the early 1970's during a transmission to West Africa in the 25 metre band where they are heard signing off.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Netherlands
Date of recording: 9/12/1978
Starting time: Unknown
Frequency: Unknown
Reception location: St. Cloud, MN
Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-5900W using a whip antenna
Notes: Radio Netherland's shortwave transmission announcing the death of Pope John Paul I in 1978. I had tuned in to listen to DX Juke Box and heard that the show was being preempted due to the unexpected passing. Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church for only 33 days, the shortest in papal history.
Live, off-air, three-hour recording of the special annual Gruss an Bord broadcast from German broadcaster NDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, on 24 December 2022 beginning at just after 18:00 UTC. The broadcast features music and greetings to and from mariners around the world. The Christmas greetings were recorded at two events on the third Advent Sunday (11 December) in Leer and on the fourth Advent Sunday (18 December) in Hamburg.
Relatives and friends had the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a happy holiday and a happy new year. The Leer event featured the Bingumer Shanty Choir and Anne-Fleur Schoch and her band while the Hamburg event featured Beatles experts Stefanie Hempel and The Silver Spoons. The broadcast was primarily in German with some greetings in English, Filipino, and Portuguese as well as German. A number of songs in English, too. A news bulletin (in progress when recording began) precedes the program for a few minutes.
In addition to being carried on the NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial networks, the broadcast was transmitted around the world on shortwave using transmitters in Nauen (NAU), Germany; Issoudun (ISS), France; Tashkent (TAC), Uzbekistan; and Okeechobee, Florida (RMI), U.S.A.; and was organized by Media Broadcast.
The schedule was: 1800-2100 on 6030 ISS 250 kW / 251 deg to North/East Atlantic 1800-2100 on 6080 TAC 100 kW / 301 deg to West/Central Europe 1800-2100 on 9740 NAU 250 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean - West 1800-2100 on 11650 ISS 250 kW / 148 deg to Indian Ocean - SoAf 1800-2100 on 13725 NAU 250 kW / 205 deg to Southern Atlantic 1800-2100 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to North/West Atlantic RMI, Radio Miami International, experienced a power outage and was off the air for about the first two hours of the broadcast.
The recording is primarily of the transmission on the frequency of 11650 kHz for about the first two hours and 6030 kHz for the third hour as the signal degraded on 11650 kHz.
The program was received outdoors on a Tecsun PL-880 receiver with a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in AM mode with 2.3 kHz filtering. Reception was good for the most part on both recorded frequencies although, as previously mentioned, signal quality on 11650 kHz degraded during the second hour of the broadcast necessitating the switch to 6030 kHz. There was some adjacent channel interference on 11650 kHz at times. Also, there was about a one-minute dropout of the 11650 kHz frequency around the start of the second hour of the broadcast. The last minute or so of the broadcast on 6030 kHz was interfered with by a co-channel digital transmission from Radio Romania International.
The following recording of Paul Walker's Christmas Special on KSKO was recorded on a live relay from WRMI on 5900 kHz on Friday, December 24, 2022 starting around 00:10 UTC.
This recording was made on the U Twente WebSDR in the Netherlands.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
"You are tuned to ABC Radio in Papua New Guinea; 9PA, VLT, and VLK..." This is the announcement from VLT4, the Australian Broadcasting Commission station in Port Moresby on 4890 kHz shortwave, on May 3, 1971 at 1100 hours UTC. A musical request program is ending, then station ID as above and into ABC national news. This was before independence in PNG. The station used a 10 kw transmitter on this frequency and could sometimes be heard in eastern North America with a readable signal.
Broadcaster: VLT4 ABC Radio Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
Date of recording: 5/3/1971
Starting time: 1100
Frequency: 4.890
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
"You are tuned to ABC Radio in Papua New Guinea; 9PA, VLT, and VLK..." This is the announcement from VLT4, the Australian Broadcasting Commission station in Port Moresby on 4890 kHz shortwave, on May 3, 1971 at 1100 hours UTC. A musical request program is ending, then station ID as above and into ABC national news. This was before independence in PNG. The station used a 10 kw transmitter on this frequency and could sometimes be heard in eastern North America with a readable signal.
Broadcaster: VLT4 ABC Radio Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
Date of recording: 5/3/1971
Starting time: 1100
Frequency: 4.890
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following pirate radio recordings and notes:
Audio recordings of numerous Shortwave Radio Pirates recorded around Halloween 2022. This is typically the most active time of the year for Shortwave Radio Pirates.
Location: Hugo, MN
Receiver and antenna: Sdr Play with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic
Mode: Single Sideband
Please note that pirate radio broadcasts often contain adult language.
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: The Voice of Christmas (pirate radio)
Date of recording: 12/8/1996
Starting time: 1610 UTC
Frequency: 6955 kHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Pirate radio station The Voice of Christmas as heard in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada on December 8, 1996 at around 1610 hours UTC. The frequency was 6955 kHz USB.
Here are a few blended airchecks with Christmas music and frequent station ID's by the Pirate Elf stating they are "the only pirate radio station broadcasting from the North Pole." P.O. Box in Providence, Rhode Island given for reception reports. Concludes with their "interval signal" tune.
