{"id":28701,"date":"2017-10-10T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28701"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:08:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:08:32","slug":"from-the-shortwave-archives-radio-rsa-reviews-the-sony-icf-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/from-the-shortwave-archives-radio-rsa-reviews-the-sony-icf-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Shortwave Archives: Radio RSA reviews the Sony ICF-2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve mentioned many times before what a joy it is to curate the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA)<\/a>. Sometimes I’m sent recordings that evoke a flood of memories. SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, just submitted another such recording.<\/p>\n

Tom included the following notes with his Radio RSA – Voice of South Africa recording:<\/p>\n

Every Saturday night during the early 1980s [in South Bend, Indiana] I would regularly tune to 9580 kHz at 0200 to listen to Radio RSA (Channel Africa as it is now known) to hear DX Corner, their regular DX program.<\/p>\n

This episode from March 14, 1982 was a look at a brand new hot radio, the Sony ICF-2001.<\/p>\n

The audio isn’t great but should be listenable. I think this was recorded using my new Realistic DX-302. Enjoy:<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioRSA958014March1982\/RadioRSA-9580-14March1982.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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

\u00a0Thank you, Tom! I think Radio RSA did an admirable job reviewing the ICF-2001!<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> Readers: You can listen to more archived shortwave recordings at the\u00a0SRAA website<\/a>, or by\u00a0subscribing to the audio feed via iTunes<\/a>. You can also listen to the archive\u00a0on TuneIn radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve mentioned many times before what a joy it is to curate the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA). Sometimes I’m sent recordings that evoke a flood of memories. SRAA contributor, Tom Laskowski, just submitted another such recording. Tom included the following notes with his Radio RSA – Voice of South Africa recording: Every Saturday night […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,746,129,43],"tags":[3750,6556,495,3350,4224,6557],"class_list":["post-28701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-recordings","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-icf-2001","tag-radio-rsa","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-2001","tag-tom-laskowski","tag-voice-of-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7sV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19379,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/shortwave-radio-recordings-knls-test-transmission-circa-1983\/","url_meta":{"origin":28701,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: KNLS test transmission circa 1983","author":"Thomas","date":"June 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We've just posted yet\u00a0another excellent recording by Tom Laskowski\u00a0to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. 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