
The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive
The Radio Heritage Foundation is pleased to provide a mirror of this fascinating audio archive site.
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)
We are providing this mirror as a backup service. There are much better descriptions of the recordings in the Archive itself at https://shortwavearchive.com/ and we encourage you to visit and contribute there.
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- Thunder Chicken Radio (Pirate): October 16, 2023by T Witherspoon on December 1, 2023 at 16:24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: Thunder Chicken RadioDate of recording: October 16, 2023Starting time: 00:13 UTCFrequency: 6.950 MHzReception location: Columbus, OhioReceiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with telescopic antennaMode: Single Side BandNotes: This is my recording of thunder chicken radio on 6.950 MHz, on October 16. I managed to record two pirate radio stations that night, the first one being this station, and then the second one being Smoky Dog Radio. This station was playing some music, and there were some slow scan television pictures, being transmitted as well. Recorded 8:13 PM Eastern
- Smoky Dog Radio (Pirate): October 16, 2023by T Witherspoon on November 24, 2023 at 16:18
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bryce Belcher, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: Smoky Dog RadioDate of recording: October 16, 2023Starting time: 00:35 UTCFrequency: 6.27 MHzReception location: Columbus, OhioReceiver and antenna: Tecsun PL880 with the telescopic antenna.Mode: Single Side BandNotes: Last night I caught two pirate radio stations. Here is one of them I recorded. Smokey dog radio was on 6.27 MHz last night. It was a pretty good signal here in Columbus, Ohio. I was also able to receive it on the NA5B WebbSDR in Washington DC, But I thought I would record it with my radio because it had a pretty good signal. I’d say it was a pretty good signal for a pirate. especially for me using a telescopic antenna with my Tecsun PL880. Recorded 8:35 PM eastern (00:35, UTC).
- Radio Saudi International: September 4, 2023by T Witherspoon on November 10, 2023 at 10:22
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Angelo Prieto, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: Radio Saudi InternationalDate of recording: September 04, 2023Starting time: 9:00 UTCFrequency: 15.120MHzReception location: Miami, Florida, U.S.A.Receiver and antenna: Tecsun PL-310ET, homemade copper beam antennaNotes: This was the Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), This was the Bengali service of Radio Saudi International, Bengali is mainly spoken in North Eastern India and so that’s where I pointed the antenna instead of pointing directly as Saudi Arabia.
- Radio Chinchaycocha: July 5, 1978by T Witherspoon on November 3, 2023 at 15:32
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Gert Irmler, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: R Chinchaycocha, Junín / PRU 4860 kHzDate of recording: July 05, 1978Starting time: 04:42 UTCFrequency: 4.860 MHzReception location: Schwäbisch Gmünd, BW – GermanyReceiver and antenna: Grundig Satellit 2000, 30m longwireNotes: OBZ4Z R Chinchaycocha, Junín, PerúQRG: 4860 kHzQTH: Schwäbisch Gmünd / Southern GermanyRec: 5th July 1978 / 04:42 – ca. 07:15 UTC (GMT) (!)Rx, Ant: Grundig Satellit 2000 – 30m longwirePx: S, anns, huaynos, IDSINPO: 34322Remark: July 5th, 1978 was a very special day – great LA reception with smooth fade-out far beyond sunrise. Picaflor’s spellbinding folk song ‘María Alejandrina’ caused goosebumps (especially from 3:33 in the MP3). Text goes as:”María Alejandrina, what a beautiful woman’s name you have.Your name is kindness. Your noble heart …I would like them to change my bad life for good.She isn’t Carmen Rosa, nor Ana María,nor is she Margarita, It’s María Alejandrina …”ID at 14:58 in sound file (‘desde Chinchaycocha’), the station’s transmitting power in 1978 was 0.5 kW …
- Radio Denmark Interval Signal: circa 1970by T Witherspoon on October 27, 2023 at 11:24
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: Radio DenmarkDate of recording: 1970Frequency: 15.165 MHzReception location: Ancaster, Ontario, CanadaReceiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antennaNotes: 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.
The Radio Heritage Foundation’s Mirror of Recent Audio Files
Date headings indicate when we added the files to our mirror, not the original publication date.
2023-12-02
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2023-10-28
- Radio Denmark (777.0K)
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2023-09-29
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- WWV pre-1971 (766.0K)
2023-09-15
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2023-09-08
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- Time station VNG 1971 (846.4K)
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2023-07-27
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- WWV pre-1971.m4a (766.0K)
2023-07-13
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2023-06-29
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2022-12-31
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2022-06-08
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2022-05-16
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2022-05-09
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2022-04-29
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2022-04-09
2022-04-03
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2022-03-24
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2022-03-22
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2022-03-06
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2022-03-04
2022-02-27
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2022-02-04
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2021-11-22
2021-11-20
- ELWA-Monrovia-Liberia-11930khz-0625-Jan24-1979 (1.2M)
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2021-11-19
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2021-11-18
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2021-11-17
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2021-11-13
2021-11-04
2021-11-03
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2021-10-24
2021-10-22
2021-10-16
2021-10-15
2021-10-12
2021-10-09
2021-10-07
2021-09-21
- Radio Metallica Worldwide July 29, 1997 (1) (10.3M)
- ShanwickRadio-5.501MHz-05August2021-0935UTC (13.8M)
2021-09-13
2021-09-06
- 01 WRMI – Radio Slovakia Intl Christmas Eve Show – 5.85Mhz – 25-Dec-2020 0030UTC (22.5M)
- 11615kHz Numbers Station Mon Apr 26, 2021 0218UTC (1) (5.6M)
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- 1962 Revisited (24.3M)
- 1980 ANARC Convention Broadcast Forum (49.5M)
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- ABC Radio Ray Briem 15Dec1984-0806UT (102.7M)
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- ANTARCTICA AFAN 6012 SSB 80 s (1.8M)
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- HAITI Vox de Cap Haitien 9635 in EE 70s (1.6M)
- HCJB 09-09-1979 (1.4M)
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- KCBS 9665khz Fri Jan 1, 2020 in Korean 2313UTC (5.9M)
- KGEI 6-26-41-9.530MHz-1300UTC (7.7M)
- KSKO via WRMI 24Dec2020 5.95MHz 2300 (82.7M)
- KUSW-17.715MHz-26December1987-2040UTC (8.5M)
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- Pirate Audio Station Compilation – 5060 kHz (2020-09-05) (4.7M)
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- Radio Canada International 1981 (1.2M)
- Radio Canada International Special Arctic Listener s Corner – 12-27-1987 (47.4M)
- Radio Clarin-11.700MHz-12December1978-0300UTC (25.9M)
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- Radio Jamahiriya-11815MHz-12May1982 (18.5M)
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- RadioSwedenSaturdayShow-March-1978 (27.7M)
- Radio Australia Coverage Nixon Resignation Speech 8-8-1974 (2.5M)
- Radio Moscow -03December1978-0720UTC (56.5M)
- Radio Moscow Joe Adamov Inpressions of United States December 1980 (8.9M)
- Radio Moscow Moscow Mailbag 1979 8 (13.5M)
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- Radio Sweden Saturday Show-1981 (21.2M)
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