{"id":11899,"date":"2015-01-01T11:31:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11899"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:14:38","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-a-tale-of-two-cities-via-global-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/shortwave-radio-recordings-a-tale-of-two-cities-via-global-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: A Tale of Two Cities via Global 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elad-FDM-S2-FrontPanel\"<\/a>Tuesday morning, I tuned my WWII era BC-348-Q<\/a> to Global 24<\/a> on 9395 kHz. The signal, via WRMI’s transmitter, was quite strong.<\/p>\n

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The company rehearses Treasure Island, the second program in The Mercury Theatre on the Air series, presented July 18, 1938 (Source: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

At 2:00 UTC, I heard an announcement that The Mercury Theatre on the Air<\/em> radio play of A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> was about to begin.<\/p>\n

Not wanting to miss an opportunity to record this timeless Dicken’s classic, I quickly switched over to the\u00a0Elad FDM-S2<\/a>\u00a0SDR to record the broadcast live. Fortunately, I captured the full broadcast and the fidelity is\u00a0almost as good as a local station.<\/p>\n

For your listening pleasure this New Year’s Day, please enjoy A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> by\u00a0The Mercury Theatre on the Air <\/em>courtesy of Global 24<\/a>:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/TaleOfTwoCitiesG249.395MHz30DEC14\/TaleOfTwoCities-G24-9.395MHz-30DEC14.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download the recording as an MP3.<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy New Year, everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday morning, I tuned my WWII era BC-348-Q to Global 24 on 9395 kHz. The signal, via WRMI’s transmitter, was quite strong. At 2:00 UTC, I heard an announcement that The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of A Tale of Two Cities was about to begin. 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