Part 1 of the BATC Convention for Amateur TV 2025 is taking place today, the 3 August, at Midland Air Museum in Coventry. The doors are open from 10am to 4pm. The Convention includes show and tell, test and fix-it, and bring and buy. Kings Lynn Amateur Radio Club Rally is also taking place today, […]
Members of the Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece, SZ1A are operating special event station SX17ASTRO until the 8 August. The station is active to celebrate the 17th Panhellenic Expedition of Amateur Astronomers. A number of certificates are available for working the station. For details of these and more information about the station, visit tinyurl.com/SZ1A2025 […]
Michel, F5LRL is active as CN2DX from near Kenitra, Morocco until the 20 August. He is operating CW, SSB and FT8 on the 40 to 6m bands. QSL via Michel’s home call. Special callsign LA100A is active throughout 2025 to mark the 100th anniversary of the first amateur radio two-way contact between Norway and the […]
The UK Six Metre Group Summer Marathon started on Saturday 3 May and ends today, the 3 August. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is your four-character locator. Today, the 3 August, the RSGB 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange […]
Banbury Amateur Radio Society has a net on 144.5125MHz FM most evenings. Members are meeting on Wednesday from 7pm. For more information visit banburyares.co.uk On Wednesday Bishop’s Stortford Amateur Radio Society has its net, starting at 8pm, on 145.5625MHz. bsars.org On Thursdays the Bittern DX Group has a net around 145.400MHz. On Sundays, Bracknell Amateur Radio Club […]
On Sundays, Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club has a net on 1.860MHz from 9.30am, followed by an SSB net on 144.260MHz at 10.30am. The Club has weekday nets taking place from 4pm on 145.450MHz, except Wednesday when the net takes place via GB3DN. Later on Wednesdays, there is a net from 8pm on 144.260MHz. […]
The next meeting of Aberdare and District Amateur Radio Society will be held on Friday 8 August at Hirwaun YMCA Hall, CF44 9RB from 6pm. Ian Miles 2W0IWM, info@aberdareradio.club Aberkenfig and District Amateur Radio Club has its weekly meeting on Wednesday from 7pm at Tondu Railway Club, Station Approach, Bridgend. The club is an approved […]
During the Summer 2025 term, the Electronics Club at Heritage School in Cambridge became the ‘Heritage School Electronics & Radio Club (G7HSC)’ and had a term full of radio-related activity. The club previously looked at making electronic circuits, with a focus on understanding the roles of individual components and how to use them in combination. […]
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Watson, who shares the following recording. Paul notes:
“During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the southeast of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.”
This recording is part of a five-part compilation series Paul has created, grouping international shortwave broadcasters by region. The majority of the clips are in English and feature interval signals, station IDs, and sign-ons/offs—a rich snapshot of shortwave radio during its Cold War-era heyday.
This particular compilation focuses on: Asia & the Pacific
All recordings were made during the 1980s, most in the first half of the decade. While frequencies and exact dates aren’t provided, Paul has kindly included timestamps noting when each broadcaster appears in the audio. These are listed below for easy reference.
We’re grateful to Paul for sharing this excellent audio time capsule, and for his efforts to preserve and document the golden era of international broadcasting.
VER20250725, Version entity is Crete, SV9 Download: [ CTY-3524 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: GB1DAA is Shetland Islands, *GM/s IT9ACJ/I/BN is Sicily, *IT9 9M4LHD is East Malaysia, 9M6 DL1SLH/XYL is Fed. Rep. of Germany, … Continue reading →
