{"id":10488,"date":"2014-08-09T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2014-08-09T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:58:05","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Alcaravan Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6236\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/casa-trans.-antena-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6236\" class=\"wp-image-6236 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/casa-trans.-antena-AM.jpg\" alt=\"casa trans. antena AM\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/casa-trans.-antena-AM.jpg 550w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/casa-trans.-antena-AM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/casa-trans.-antena-AM-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alcaravan Radio\u2019s antenna site and transmitter house.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Yesterday, August 8, I was able to record <em>Alcaravan Radio<\/em> out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. <em>Alcaravan Radio<\/em>\u00a0broadcasts domestically on medium wave and also on 5.91 MHZ shortwave, from 23:30-12:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Though typical summer conditions meant for a higher noise levels, Alcaravan&#8217;s 1 kW signal still punched through the static and made for pleasant listening. In this recording, I was using the <a title=\"A review of the WiNRADiO WR-G31DDC \u201cExcalibur\u201d software defined radio (SDR)\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/a-review-of-the-winradio-wr-g31ddc-excalibur-software-defined-radio-sdr\/\">WinRadio Excalibur<\/a>, but I listened for a couple of hours on the <a title=\"The Elad FDM-S2 SDR: Unboxing, installing, and a first recording\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/the-elad-fdm-s2-sdr-unboxing-installing-and-a-first-recording\/\">Elad FDM-S2<\/a>\u00a0as well&#8211;both did an equally good job while connected to my large sky loop antenna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">To be clear, 1 kW is low output power by international broadcasting standards. <em>Alcaravan Radio<\/em> was not audible on the Tecsun PL-660 nor the Sony ICF-SW7600GR, though I have heard them on portables in the past during the late fall and winter months. Still, you might be able to snag them on a portable when summer conditions are favorable!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><a title=\"Download the full recording\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioAlcaravan5.91MHz08AUG140530Z\/RadioAlcaravan-5.91MHz-08AUG14-0530Z.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the recording as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/RadioAlcaravan5.91MHz08AUG140530Z\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alcaravan Radio QSL and photos of transmitter site\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/alcaravan-radio-qsl-and-photos-of-transmitter-site\/\">Click here to view an Alcaravan Radio QSL and transmitter site images<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, August 8, I was able to record Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. Alcaravan Radio\u00a0broadcasts domestically on medium wave and also on 5.91 MHZ shortwave, from 23:30-12:00 UTC. Though typical summer conditions meant for a higher noise levels, Alcaravan&#8217;s 1 kW signal still punched through the static and made for pleasant listening. In this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,442,3,746,43,1167],"tags":[1814,1864,1865,4118,4106],"class_list":["post-10488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-music","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-alcaravan-radio","tag-alcaravan-radio-qsl","tag-alcaravan-radio-transmitter-site","tag-podcast","tag-recordings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Ja","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6059,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Alcaravan Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On March 19th, I was able to record a\u00a0particularly strong signal from Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. Alcaravan Radio\u00a0broadcasts domestically on medium wave and also on 5.91 MHZ shortwave, from 23:30-12:00 UTC. I have seen their output power listed anywhere from 1,000 - 5,000 watts; a puny amount by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Alcaravan Radio transmitter site is located south of Bogata.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":29686,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/alcaravan-radio-and-la-voz-de-tu-conciencia-christmas-card\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":1},"title":"Alcarav\u00e1n Radio and La Voz de tu Conciencia Christmas card","author":"Thomas","date":"December 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received Alcarav\u00e1n Radio's annual Christmas and New Year eQSL card: I enjoy tuning in\u00a0Alcarav\u00e1n Radio--they're one of many low power shortwave broadcasters in South America that make shortwave listening and music discovery so fun! Click here to listen to an\u00a0Alcarav\u00e1n Radio recording I made several years ago.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6233,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/alcaravan-radio-qsl-and-photos-of-transmitter-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":2},"title":"Alcaravan Radio QSL and photos of transmitter site","author":"Thomas","date":"April 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"After posting this recording of Alcaravan Radio a few weeks ago, I sent in a reception report to\u00a0the station--within a day, I received this QSL\u00a0along with photos of the station's transmitter and antenna site (see below). Many thanks to Alcaravan's QSL manager,\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R., for the prompt response! These would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"(Click to enlarge)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/QSL-electronica_TW1-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/alcaravan-radio-christmas-qsl\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":3},"title":"Alcaravan Radio Christmas QSL","author":"Thomas","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R.,\u00a0QSL Manager for Alcaravan Radio, for sharing this\u00a0Christmas QSL Card:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alcaravan Radio QSL Card Christmas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11858,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/seasons-greetings-from-alcaravan-radio-and-radio-romania-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":4},"title":"Season&#8217;s Greetings from Alcaravan Radio and Radio Romania International","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's always fun to receive Christmas and New Year's greetings from two of my favorite shortwave stations: Alcaravan Radio and Radio Romania International.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TARJETA 2014 E","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21773,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/oxford-shortwave-log-200-metre-beverage-antenna-initial-reception-tests\/","url_meta":{"origin":10488,"position":5},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: 200 metre Beverage antenna &#8211; initial reception tests","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I have finally deployed the Medium Wave Circle-design 200 metre Beverage antenna (schematic diagram above) at the woods I use in Oxford, UK. 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