The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

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)

  1. 2d ago

    Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: August 14, 1984

    Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Harner, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Nacional Da Amazonas Date of recording: August 14, 1984 Starting time: 0809z Frequency: 6180 kHz Reception location: St.Louis, MO Receiver and antenna: Icom IC R-71-A Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: August 14, 1984 Paul Harner Download

  2. May 28

    Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem: Circa 1971

    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 Dan Greenall Download 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 Dan Greenall Download

  3. May 21

    Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: July 16, 2025

    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 Lian Spencer Download

  4. Apr 18

    V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 16, 2026

    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 Dan Greenall Download

  5. Apr 11

    V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 15, 2026

    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 Dan Greenall Download

  6. Mar 28

    Radio Ghana: Circa 1971

    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) Dan Greenall Download Radio Ghana: Circa 1971 (Recording 2) Dan Greenall Download

  7. Mar 21

    Radio Farda (Being Actively Jammed): January 28, 2026

    Many thanks to SRAA contributor Jim Jordan, who shares the following recording of Radio Farda being actively jammed. Jim also shares these notes: Broadcaster: Radio Farda Date of recording: January 28, 2026 Starting time: 1700 UTC Frequency: 7.5 MHz Your location: NW UK Your receiver and antenna: Lowe HF 150 plus 50m random Notes: A bit reminiscent of trying to listen to Radio Liberty during the Cold War Radio Farda (Being Actively Jammed): January 28, 2026 Jim Jordan Download

  8. Mar 18

    Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026

    Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station) Date of recording: March 16, 2026 Starting time: 2358 UTC Frequency: 19.052 MHz Receiver location: Thailand Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with Wellbrook loop Mode: Single Side Band Notes: This is a "numbers station" broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, presumably sending encrypted messages to Taiwanese intelligence agents in mainland China, from Taiwan. It appears to follow a set daily schedule, and begins each transmission with the tune of a Chinese folk song played on a flute. This is followed by station ID, given twice, and a few announcements in Mandarin, then a sequence of numbers read in groups of four. An excellent article about this station can be found on the Mount Evelyn DX Report written by Rob Wagner VK3BVW in May 2025. Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station): March 16, 2026 Dan Greenall Download

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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)

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