{"id":19811,"date":"2016-07-11T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19811"},"modified":"2016-06-30T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T15:34:52","slug":"mystery-reel-to-reel-tape-of-shortwave-radio-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/mystery-reel-to-reel-tape-of-shortwave-radio-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mystery&#8221; reel-to-reel tape of shortwave radio broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19861 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel.jpg\" alt=\"Reel-to-reel\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Reel-to-reel-624x353.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago, an <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader (sorry&#8211;I&#8217;m missing your name in my notes!) sent me the following <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c15tnyTueAQ\">YouTube video<\/a>. The video is essentially a review of the Pioneer RT-707 reel-to-reel tape deck. The reviewer is using a &#8220;mystery&#8221; tape of shortwave radio broadcasts in the deck.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll recognize a number of broadcasters in his audio clips:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c15tnyTueAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c15tnyTueAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve actually asked this YouTube reviewer if he would digitize the tape so that I could add it to the <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\">shortwave archive<\/a>. I love lost and found recordings like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago, an SWLing Post reader (sorry&#8211;I&#8217;m missing your name in my notes!) sent me the following YouTube video. The video is essentially a review of the Pioneer RT-707 reel-to-reel tape deck. The reviewer is using a &#8220;mystery&#8221; tape of shortwave radio broadcasts in the deck. You&#8217;ll recognize a number of broadcasters in his [&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":[3,305,43],"tags":[4082,4093],"class_list":["post-19811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-59x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34825,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/shortwave-archive-1979-radio-moscow-mailbag-studio-recordings\/","url_meta":{"origin":19811,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Archive: 1979 Radio Moscow Mailbag Studio Recordings","author":"Thomas","date":"November 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been a shortwave radio listener since the Cold War, you no doubt remember Radio Moscow's Mailbag program with\u00a0Joe Adamov. 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Note that the TheReportOfTheWeek produces a weekly shortwave radio show called VORW International. 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One such contributor is Paul Harner, who has submitted\u00a0a number of recordings the past few months. Paul recently submitted a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Paul's 1976 tape reel containing this Radio Netherlands recording. 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