{"id":13946,"date":"2015-07-05T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13946"},"modified":"2015-07-05T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:27:34","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-wwv-changes-announcement-format-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/shortwave-radio-recordings-wwv-changes-announcement-format-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: WWV changes announcement format,1971"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WWV’s transmitter building in Fort Collins, Colorado (2014)<\/p><\/div>\n

Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a> contributor,\u00a0Brian D. Smith, recently contacted me;\u00a0I was enthused\u00a0when he described the\u00a0recording he was sharing:<\/p>\n

This recording captures the last 5 minutes of WWV’s old format (giving the time every 5 minutes) and the first 5 minutes of the new format (giving the time every 1 minute), which took place on July 1, 1971 UTC.<\/p>\n

Apologies for the less-than-stellar audio quality, but I recorded this as a 15-year-old fledgling SWL with limited knowledge of audio recording techniques. So I simply placed the microphone from my cassette tape recorder next to the speaker on the receiver and hit the record button. The signal quality wasn’t the greatest, either — lots of QSB and QRM — but I still managed to get what I was going for.<\/p>\n

The resulting recording has accompanied me everywhere since then, preserved only on its original cassette, until 2008, when I finally decided it was time to learn how to transfer it onto my hard drive, burn it onto a CD and stop having to rely on the integrity of 37-year-old audio tape.<\/p>\n

Even as a teenager, I regarded the WWV changeover as historic, and felt I should attempt to record it for posterity. Consider yourself posterity!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian received this broadcast on 10 MHz care of\u00a0a\u00a0Hallicrafters S-108, with random length of wire attached to the back of the receiver serving as an antenna. Location was Franklin, Indiana.<\/p>\n

As Brian mentions, the audio quality is a little rough, but this is still quite a treasure of a recording!<\/p>\n

Click here to download as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/WWVChangeoverJuly11971\/WWV%20Changeover%20-%20July%201,%201971.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Again, thanks so much for bringing us\u00a0this recording, Brian! We look forward to any other archived recordings you–or any other readers–may have to share with us here at the Post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortwave Radio Audio Archive contributor,\u00a0Brian D. 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