We’ve just posted yet another excellent recording by Jim Jordan to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. This Cold War recording of Radio Moscow dates back to September 19, 1984.
Jim notes:
A nice Cold War piece from Radio Moscow on the double defection of the Soviet journalist Oleg Bitov. The real story behind it was revealed ten years later [click here to read article].
Also, check out this short mention in the Ukrainian Weekly:
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 4,1984
Jim’s recording was made using a National Panasonic RF-2200 tuned to 9.5 MHz around 08:10 UTC. The location was South Shields, UK.
Click here to download as a (mono) MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
You can listen to more archived shortwave recordings at the SRAA website, or by subscribing to the audio feed via iTunes. You can also listen to the archive on TuneIn radio.
Oops, about giving a girl a lift (last 12 seconds). Don’t think that was RM!
Interesting bit of Cold War history here! I also miss listening to Radio Moscow and those days when only SW radio allowed one to hear the broadcasts from the “other side”. I found the hum here a bit annoying though and reduced it (at the cost of just a few artifacts):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxLhPzLa_KGnQXRPUDl6YUpQeVU/view
73 – John AE5X
It’s not really mono, either. The other thing that needs to be done is split the stereo into two mono tracks and remove the right channel, which contains nothing but noise. Then save what’s left as a single mono track.
Fascinating, but I guess my headphones must be broken because I can hear it only in the right ear….
just FYI — that map showing russia is using pre-WWII borders. but, yeah, i loved radio moscow as a child. was always fascinated that we could hear the ‘voice’ of the soviets over the air like that.
That takes me back. Even the ‘hum’ makes me feel a tad nostalgic.