{"id":63164,"date":"2025-07-21T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63164"},"modified":"2025-07-21T08:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:08:24","slug":"pauls-treasure-trove-of-1980s-shortwave-interval-signals-and-idents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/pauls-treasure-trove-of-1980s-shortwave-interval-signals-and-idents\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul’s Treasure Trove of 1980s Shortwave Interval Signals and Idents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently received a fascinating message from long-time SWLing Post reader Paul, who has graciously shared a remarkable collection of shortwave radio recordings he made from his home near London in the 1980s. Here\u2019s what he wrote:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/strong><\/em>
\nI have been following your excellent blog for many years. I have noticed that sometimes you feature archive recordings. I have some that might interest you.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

During the 1980s I was listening to shortwave radio from my home near London, in the south east of England. I had a cassette recorder connected to the receiver and taped anything interesting that caught my ear. Little did I know that 40 years later the majority of these stations would have disappeared and I would have the opportunity to share these recordings with the world.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I have put together a collection of five audio files of recordings from many of these international shortwave broadcasters, consisting of IDs and interval signals. The majority of these recordings are in English. I\u2019ve grouped the files geographically:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n