Category Archives: Music

Shortwave Radio Recordings: Voice of Greece

For your listening pleasure: almost three hours of music–ranging from modern to folk–and a little Greek commentary, from the Voice of Greece. Recorded today, May 13, 2013 on 9.42 MHz starting around 01:52 UTC. Click here to download the full recording, … Continue reading

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Myke shares 2012 season of ShortWaveMusic

Myke, over at ShortWaveMusic, has made his entire 2012 season of ShortWaveMusic freely downloadable on SoundCloud. This series was recorded from December 31, 2011 – January 16, 2012 throughout the West African country of Mali. The series contains some remarkable field recordings taken from … Continue reading

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: The Mighty KBC

The Mighty KBC broadcast again early this morning (from 00:00-02:00 UTC) on their new summer frequency of 9,925 kHz. Their signal from Nauen, Germany was packing 125 kW–it was amazingly strong into North America. As we’ve come to expect, the KBC’s Giant … Continue reading

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Radio Panik injects shortwave audio into mixes

I recently discovered that the radio show L’etranger, on Radio Panik, 105.4 in Brussels, used shortwave radio recordings of pirate radio and numbers stations, from the SWLing Post and other sources, in one of their mixes of eclectic music and sound clips. The … Continue reading

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Rádio Nacional da Amazônia

Last night, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia had a booming signal into North America on 11,780 kHz. Rádio Nacional’s AM signal was very wide; I actually opened up the filter on my SDR to 16 kHz to record this broadcast. In truth, … Continue reading

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Boards Of Canada puzzle: shortwave numbers?

SWLing Post readers: I received the following email request today. Sounds fun and intriguing.  Perhaps you can help solve this mystery… Hello, readers of The SWLing Post, and please forgive the intrusion. I admittedly know very little about shortwave radio, … Continue reading

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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio Australia Jazz Notes

For your listening pleasure: thirty minutes of Radio Australia’s Jazz Notes. This broadcast was recorded today at 13:30 UTC on 9,580 kHz.  As on most mornings, the signal out of Shepparton, Australia, was very strong; the audio fidelity was, in consequence, … Continue reading

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Shortwaveology #2 now on SoundCloud

Radio producer and shortwave radio artist, David Goren, has recently posted his 2008 production of Shortwaveology #2 on Soundcloud. If you like the sonic texture of the shortwaves, you’ll love this recording: Perhaps if we badger David enough–say, on his Facebook page, … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Ronin Shortwave

If you can’t tell from the number of recordings I posted today, last night was a busy night for pirate radio. I heard no less than five pirates: AATW Radio, Red Mercury Labs Radio, Rave On Radio, Black Cat Radio … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: All Along The Watchtower Radio

One short pirate broadcast I caught last night was All Along The Watchtower Radio. AATW Radio’s USB signal on 6.955 MHz started around 00:24 UTC (23 March 2013). The (robo voice) host, Alex Jobs, played a great mix of music … Continue reading

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