{"id":52464,"date":"2022-04-15T07:05:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T11:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52464"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:29:54","slug":"sam-searches-for-the-radio-prague-forward-left-interval-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/sam-searches-for-the-radio-prague-forward-left-interval-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam searches for the Radio Prague Forward Left interval signal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Sam Ward, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am looking for a nice studio version of the old Radio Prague Forward Left interval signal that they used during their communist days. I just like that interval signal very much, and I’d really love to have a nice clean copy of that famous sixties and seventies interval signal.<\/p>\n

I know Arthur Cushen had a really nice studio version of that interval signal and I should have asked him for a copy, but we lost touch with each other, and then he passed away. What a truly amazing fellow he was.<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers: If you have a nice studio copy of the Radio Prague Forward Left interval signal, please comment<\/a>. I would be happy to amend this post with the audio, share it with the SRAA, and make sure Sam gets a copy. Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, Sam, you’re right: Arthur was an amazing fellow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE 19 April 2022: Check out this post and recordings by Mike Barraclough which contain the interval signal.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sam Ward, who writes: I am looking for a nice studio version of the old Radio Prague Forward Left interval signal that they used during their communist days. I just like that interval signal very much, and I’d really love to have a nice clean copy of that famous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[222,9766,9767,9768],"class_list":["post-52464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-prague","tag-radio-prague-forward-left","tag-radio-prague-interval-signal","tag-sam-ward"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dEc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52524,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/radio-prague-1965-20th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-czechoslakia-7-record\/","url_meta":{"origin":52464,"position":0},"title":"Radio Prague: 1965 20th Anniversary of the Liberation of Czechoslakia 7″ record","author":"Thomas","date":"April 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, who shares the following partially in response to Sam's search for the Radio Prague's Forward Left interval signal: In 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia Radio Prague offered their listeners a free copy of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Radio-Prague-LP-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45759,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/reading-an-interval-signal-in-the-waterfall\/","url_meta":{"origin":52464,"position":1},"title":"Reading an interval signal in the waterfall","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been doing a lot of SWLing with the new Icom IC-705. I suppose I've not much to post here other than to simply say: I think Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a's interval signal looks brilliant on the '705 waterfall. I captured this at the end of their scheduled broadcast around\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":221,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/between-broadcasts-exploring-interval-signals\/","url_meta":{"origin":52464,"position":2},"title":"Between Broadcasts-Exploring Interval Signals","author":"Thomas","date":"July 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Lately, I've been listening to a plethora of shortwave broadcasts as I'm about to review several new radios. 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This is the \u201cinterval signal\u201d (more accurately, a placeholder with a musical station identifier) for the Compa\u00f1\u00eda Telef\u00f3nica Nacional de Espa\u00f1a (CTNW) from Madrid, Spain. 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