The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

Thomas Witherspoon

The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive is a podcast that contains off-air recordings from the shortwaves. These recordings represent the wide variety of stations found on the shortwave, long wave and medium wave radio spectrums (30-30,000 kHz)

  • Voice of Croatia: Two Recordings, 2008 and 2011

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Croatia from 2008 and 2011:

    8 November 2024, 7:00 am
  • Radio Prague: Three Recordings, 1989, 2008, and 2009

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Prague from 1989, 2008, and 2009:

    1 November 2024, 7:00 am
  • Vatican Radio: Three Recordings

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Vatican Radio:

    25 October 2024, 7:00 am
  • Radio Bulgaria: Six Recordings, 2008-2011

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Bulgaria from 2008-2011:

    18 October 2024, 7:00 am
  • Radio Belarus: Two Recordings, 2008 and 2010

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Belarus from 2008 and 2010:

    11 October 2024, 7:00 am
  • Radio-tĂ©lĂ©vision belge de la CommunautĂ© française (RTBF): Three Recordings

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of RTBF:

    4 October 2024, 12:00 pm
  • WRNO (World of Radio Episodes): October 10 & October 24, 1982

    Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes:

    Broadcaster: WRNO

    Date of recording: October 10, 1982

    Starting time: 2300

    Frequency: 11.955 MHz

    Reception location: South Bend, Indiana

    Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001

    Notes: Here are two back-to-back episodes of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio from October 10, 1982 and October 24, 1982. WOR normally aired on WRNO on Sundays at 2330 UTC on 11.955 MHz. A change of frequencies was announced in this first broadcast and might be the actual time and frequency where I recorded these two. These recordings are almost 42 years old and this program is still on the air.

    Some of the program highlights are: Part 1: DX, DX and More DX, Station news, lots of UNIDs (one of my UNIDs is featured), Amateur and utility DX news. Part 2: DX news about many countries, recommended BBC programs, NBC radio cancellations, mediumwave news (mentions of some of my LA mediumwave catches), harmonic DX and TV DX from France.

    27 September 2024, 9:39 am
  • Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine: Circa 1971

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

    Here is a brief recording of Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine from Bangui on 5038 kHz shortwave circa 1971. Reception was made in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where the best reception from African stations was usually late afternoon or early evening local time, just about the time many of these stations were signing off for their broadcast day. Programming was in the French language.

    Broadcaster: Radiodiffusion Nationale Centrafricaine

    Frequency: 5.038 MHz

    Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

    17 September 2024, 9:33 am
  • Radio Afghanistan: Circa 1971

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

    Shortwave transmissions from Radio Afghanistan from Kabul in English were difficult to hear at my location in eastern North America. Here is a brief recording, made sometime in 1971, of the station as they concluded their half hourly English broadcast at 1830 hours UTC on 15.265 MHz in the 19 metre band. The other frequency they used for this transmission is given as 17.775 MHz.

    Broadcaster: Radio Afghanistan

    Date of recording: 1971

    Frequency: 15.265 MHz

    Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

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

    10 September 2024, 9:33 am
  • Radio Ă–sterreich 1: Two Recordings, April and November 2008

    Many thanks to hb9gce for these recordings of Radio Ă–sterreich 1 from 2008:

    30 August 2024, 12:33 pm
  • Nippon No Kaze il bon ue: August 4, 2024

    Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording, along with his original artwork (above), and notes:

    Opening of Japanese government shortwave radio programs aimed at Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK between 1977 and 1983: "Furusato No Kaze" (in Japanese) and "Nippon No Kaze il bon ue" (in Korean). Broadcasted from a transmitter in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and listened in Florianopolis, Brazil.

    23 August 2024, 10:19 am
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