The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem 1971
Date of recording: Circa 1971
Starting time: 2130 UTC
Frequency: 9.625 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: The Israel Broadcasting Authority used to broadcast in various languages on shortwave in the early 1970's. Their English language transmission to Europe could often be heard well here in southern Ontario, Canada between 2045 and 2130 hours UTC on 9625 kHz. Here is a recording made circa 1971 as they concluded their program in English and switched to French at 2130 hours UTC.






















Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem: Circa 1971

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The second recording is also circa 1971. It begins with their interval signal, then sign on announcement in English.






















Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem (Interval Signal): Circa 1971

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Liam Spencer, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Date of recording: July 16, 2025
Starting time: 00:05 UTC
Frequency: 11.780 MHz
Reception location: Berthoud, Colorado, USA
Receiver and antenna: Sihuadon D-808 with telescopic antenna
Mode: AM
Notes: Here's a recording pulled from my radio archive of Radio Nacional da Amazonia from Brazil on the shortwave frequency on 11.780 MHz from July 16th, 2025. What's interesting is that this was recorded on a weekday, and usually, back-to-back music is not heard on weekday evening programming. Along with the announcers who are usually high energy are not in this recording. Around 20 minutes in, I stopped recording and resumed recording at 01:05 UTC until the end of the recording.






















Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: July 16, 2025

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
On March 16, I listened to V32 using the SV1BTL SDR in Athens, Greece. The voice came on at exactly 1800 UTC, but right up to 1759, the bubble jammer was being heard on that frequency. There did not appear to be any jamming during the actual "broadcast". The signal was very strong, averaging 20 dB over 9. At 1823 UTC, there were 12 users listening on this particular SDR, and 8 of them were tuned to 8742 kHz!






















V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 16, 2026

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
I made the following recording (March 15, 2026 at 1822 UTC on 7842 kHz USB)) of V32 using a Kiwi SDR in Alvito, Italy. The "tavajjoh" (3X) announcement comes around the 6:09 mark, after which the numbers seem to run together more, rather than distinct groups of 5.






















V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 15, 2026

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Ghana circa 1971
Frequency: 11.850
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Back in 1971, Radio Ghana from Accra had an external service, this one beamed to North America and the Caribbean on 11.850 MHz shortwave. Here are two brief recordings of their drum interval signal followed by sign on in English.






















Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 (Recording 1)

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Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 (Recording 2)

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