{"id":19379,"date":"2016-06-12T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19379"},"modified":"2016-06-12T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T17:37:36","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-knls-test-transmission-circa-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/shortwave-radio-recordings-knls-test-transmission-circa-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: KNLS test transmission circa 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A.4towers3antennas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve just posted yet\u00a0another excellent recording by Tom Laskowski<\/a>\u00a0to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. I thought a number of Post<\/em> readers might appreciate this one.<\/p>\n

Tom\u00a0notes:<\/p>\n

KNLS – Anchor Point, Alaska, from what I believe is a test transmission on August 1, 1983. According to Wikipedia, KNLS signed on the air July 23, 1983. The program consists of the sign-on ID in English and Russian then is mostly a mix of Big Band music. This recording is 31 minutes long.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tom’s receiver was a Sony ICF-2001 and he started recording at 09:00 UTC on 11.820 MHz. His location, at the time, was South Bend, Indiana (USA).<\/p>\n

Click here to download the recording as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/KNLS11.82001August19830900\/KNLS-11.820-01August1983-0900.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

You can listen to more archived shortwave recordings at the SRAA website<\/a>, or by subscribing to the audio feed via iTunes<\/a>. You can also listen to the archive on TuneIn radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve just posted yet\u00a0another excellent recording by Tom Laskowski\u00a0to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. I thought a number of Post readers might appreciate this one. Tom\u00a0notes: KNLS – Anchor Point, Alaska, from what I believe is a test transmission on August 1, 1983. According to Wikipedia, KNLS signed on the air July 23, 1983. 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