{"id":6059,"date":"2013-03-26T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2013-04-01T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T13:57:56","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Alcaravan Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6072\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6072\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6072 \" alt=\"The Alcaravan Radio transmitter site is located south of Bogata.\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio.jpg 308w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Alcaravan-Radio-78x100.jpg 78w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Alcaravan Radio transmitter site is located SSW of Bogata in Puerto Lleras.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On March 19th, I was able to record a\u00a0particularly strong signal from Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. Alcaravan Radio\u00a0broadcasts domestically on medium wave and also on 5.91 MHZ shortwave, from 23:30-12:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen their output power listed anywhere from 1,000 &#8211; 5,000 watts; a puny amount by international standards, but more than enough to cover their target area of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>There are very few details about Alcaravan Radio on the Internet. If anyone can add more details about this station, feel free to comment below.<\/p>\n<p>This is a four hour <a title=\"Podcast feed\" href=\"http:\/\/ia601701.us.archive.org\/26\/items\/AlcaravanRadio5.91MHz19Mar130345Z\/AlcaravanRadio-5.91MHz-19Mar13-0345Z.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">recording<\/a> and contains about three hours of music.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download the full recording\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/AlcaravanRadio5.91MHz19Mar130345Z\/AlcaravanRadio-5.91MHz-19Mar13-0345Z.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the recording as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/AlcaravanRadio5.91MHz19Mar130345Z\" height=\"30\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 19th, I was able to record a\u00a0particularly strong signal from Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. Alcaravan Radio\u00a0broadcasts domestically on medium wave and also on 5.91 MHZ shortwave, from 23:30-12:00 UTC. I have seen their output power listed anywhere from 1,000 &#8211; 5,000 watts; a puny amount by international standards, but more than [&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":[56,1557,746,1167],"tags":[1814,4118,4106,737],"class_list":["post-6059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-podcast","category-recordings","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-alcaravan-radio","tag-podcast","tag-recordings","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1zJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10488,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/shortwave-radio-recordings-alcaravan-radio-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6059,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Alcaravan Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, August 8, I was able to record Alcaravan Radio out of Puerto Lleras,\u00a0Columbia. 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Click here to listen to an\u00a0Alcarav\u00e1n Radio recording I made several years ago.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlcaranRadio-QSL.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/alcaravan-radio-christmas-qsl\/","url_meta":{"origin":6059,"position":2},"title":"Alcaravan Radio Christmas QSL","author":"Thomas","date":"December 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Rafael Rodr\u00edguez R.,\u00a0QSL Manager for Alcaravan Radio, for sharing this\u00a0Christmas QSL Card:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alcaravan Radio QSL Card Christmas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AlcaravanRadio.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11858,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/seasons-greetings-from-alcaravan-radio-and-radio-romania-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":6059,"position":3},"title":"Season&#8217;s Greetings from Alcaravan Radio and Radio Romania International","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's always fun to receive Christmas and New Year's greetings from two of my favorite shortwave stations: Alcaravan Radio and Radio Romania International.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TARJETA 2014 E","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TARJETA-2014-E.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6233,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/alcaravan-radio-qsl-and-photos-of-transmitter-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":6059,"position":4},"title":"Alcaravan Radio QSL and photos of transmitter site","author":"Thomas","date":"April 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"After posting this recording of Alcaravan Radio a few weeks ago, I sent in a reception report to\u00a0the station--within a day, I received this QSL\u00a0along with photos of the station's transmitter and antenna site (see below). 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