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)
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 13
- Latest publication
- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 4, 2026
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All India Radio: Circa Early 2000s (opens the original)
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: All India Radio Starting time: 0100 Frequency: 10330 Reception location: South Bend, Indiana Receiver and antenna: Sony ICF-2001 Notes: One of the most enjoyable aspects of shortwave listening for me is the amazing variety of music that can be heard from all over the globe. I'm particularly interested in music from the Arab world and the Indian subcontinent. I recorded a large amount of musi
BBC World Service "Calling The Falklands": April 30, 1982 (opens the original)
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Tom Laskowski, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: BBC Date of recording: April 30, 1982 Starting time: 0000 Frequency: 15400 Reception location: South Bend, Indiana Receiver and antenna: Realistic DX-302 Notes: Here is a recording from 1982 of BBC's Calling the Falklands from April 30, 1982 made during the Falklands War. I believe this was recorded around 0000 UT on 15400 kHz and I believe this was from the transmitter location was Ascensio
Radio Algiers International: August 30, 2026 (opens the original)
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Jim Jordan, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Algiers International Date of recording: August 30, 2026 Starting time: 1914 UTC Frequency: 531 kHz Reception location: UK Receiver and antenna: Lowe HF 150 plus 50m random Notes: Not shortwave but medium wave. If you are in search of international broadcasters, using English, sometimes you have to ski off piste. Radio Algiers International: August 30, 2026 Jim Jordan Download
Radio Payam: July 10, 2026 (opens the original)
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Payam Date of recording: July 10, 2026 Starting time: 2049 UTC Frequency: 15.615 MHz Receiver location: Qatar Receiver and antenna: KiwiSDR with MLA-30+ loop antenna Notes: A station called Radio Payam (Radio Message) has been heard recently on 15615 kHz transmitting from Woofferton, UK, with content critical of the Iranian government. The broadcasts are in Persian, and their schedule s
Radio Peking: Circa 1970's (opens the original)
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes: Broadcaster: Radio Peking 1970's Frequency: 15.060 MHz (likely) Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna Notes: A recording of the interval signal ("The East is Red" melody) and sign on in Spanish of Radio Peking in the People's Republic of China in the early 1970's. They were heard regularly on shortwave direct from China in the 19 me
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