{"id":10733,"date":"2014-09-06T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T00:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2014-09-06T20:34:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T00:34:28","slug":"nothing-on-the-bands-check-out-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/nothing-on-the-bands-check-out-the-shortwave-radio-audio-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing on the bands? Check out the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7925\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SWRAA-Shortwave-Archive-iTunes-Logo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alas! Lately,\u00a0the sun has been playing tricks on those of us who\u00a0enjoy\u00a0the magic of radio wave propagation. Due to solar disruptions in the ionosphere, propagation has been fickle, albeit with a few good openings. And it&#8217;s not likely to get any better or more predictable over the next couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not hearing a lot on the bands, fear not: as history demonstrates, this solar interference\u00a0will soon end, and conditions will again improve. But in the meantime, this is the <em>perfect<\/em>\u00a0opportunity to listen to some of the hundreds of recordings in the <a title=\"SRAA\" href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the recordings and subscribing to the podcast is 100% free, and entirely void of any advertising. The fact is, I pay for this site out of my own pocket. \u00a0Not only does it serve as a historical record of radio, but it&#8217;s\u00a0for\u00a0listeners like us\u00a0to enjoy. \u00a0We already have over 600 podcast subscribers, and invite you to subscribe&#8211;as well as to\u00a0contribute\u00a0content in the form of your own radio\u00a0recordings.<\/p>\n<h2>Great content, great contributors<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking of contributors, check out some of <strong>Dan Robinson<\/strong>&#8216;s recent offerings\u00a0to the archive; many of these are <em>very<\/em> rare recordings, and all date back to the 1970s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/spj3t7kszqt0ql8nepvyw5psvcvrgr\">Israel Radio and Radio Cairo: 1973 Yom Kippur War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/fgb1l0zzj4z65uaqu1xllnwrtm6hp0\">Yemen Radio (Aden), circa 1970s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/0apfewgxgjsnsk3c1z8yjkv8ajvnfd\">Voice of Saudi Arabia, test transmission, circa 1970s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/ggt2pcl1v5pap6e79yu8ym2qdl2w4t\">Radio Mexico (XERMX), circa 1970s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/vds18pnivcwe58ptvueyxxi9v5bkp3\">Radio Madagascar English Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/q2vti9lcf5potnaz51mn0yr8vb0tbn\">Radio Mali Bamako (International Service 16 Meters), circa 1970s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/jzkgccn2osp3me3sygnp02nxcty8th\">Moroccan Radio &amp; Television System &#8211; Rabat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/c627upr54typku7lju272lwzxwd3yb\">Radio Turks &amp; Caicos VSI8, circa 1970&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/boy8k5c4wsbd6ljw3ey2ntky77lo5m\">Radio Tahiti, English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brilliant stuff! I hope you will spend some time listening to these great recordings on the archive, and perhaps even join the many contributors by submitting your own recordings, too. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alas! Lately,\u00a0the sun has been playing tricks on those of us who\u00a0enjoy\u00a0the magic of radio wave propagation. Due to solar disruptions in the ionosphere, propagation has been fickle, albeit with a few good openings. And it&#8217;s not likely to get any better or more predictable over the next couple of days. 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