Shortwave radio recordings
“Shortwave radio recordings” is a small collection of recordings of various HF and VHF transmissions. These have been hanging around since I recorded them using my Icom IC-R20 radio scanner back in the mid-late noughties. I’m not sure how much interest these will be to other people. But considering Garfnet’s 30th anniversary is only just around the corner, 2025-08-18, and we do cover quite a lot of radio stuff here, I thought it would be fun to dig these out of the archives and make them accessible to all.
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- All India Radio
- BBC World Service (Budapest) 95.8 MHz
- BBC World Service 5.975 MHz
- Budapest Ferihegy H 132.375 MHz
- Budapest Volmet 127.400 MHz
- China Radio International 6.210 MHz
- China Radio International AM
- Lincolnshire Poacher (clip) 6.95870 MHz USB
- Lincolnshire Poacher (long) 6.95870 MHz USB
- Lincolnshire Poacher 6.95870 MHz USB
- London Volmet 128.6 MHz
- Radio Bulgaria
- Radio Netherlands News 5.950 MHz
- Radio Slovakia Ident 5.92 MHz
- Radio Slovakia BBC Interview 5.92 MHz
- Unknown Ident 1 3.950 MHz
- Unknown Opening 1 3.950 MHz
- Vatican Radio Ident 5.98 MHz
- VOA Diamond Lens Story 5.955 MHz
- Voice of Russia 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia Announcement 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia Ident 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia Timelines with Esther Winters 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia Cooperation for Victory 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia News and Views 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia Russian by Radio 6.240 MHz
- Voice of Russia AM
- Voice of Turkey AM
- Voice of Vietnam 5.955 MHz
- Voice of Vietnam 5.955 MHz
- Voice of Vietnam 5.955 MHz
Downloadable tracks
- All_India_Radio_20071223.mp3
- BBC_World_Service_(Budapest)_95,8MHz_FM_World_Today_75th_edition_20071218t2310.mp3
- BBC_World_Service_5,975MHz_AM_20071219t0331.mp3
- Budapest_Ferihegy_H_132,375MHz_AM_20071218T2230.mp3
- Budapest_Volmet_127,400MHz_AM_20071218T2241.mp3
- China_Radio_International_6,210Mhz_AM_20071220t0130.mp3
- China_Radio_International_AM_20071217.mp3
- Lincolnshire_Poacher_(clip)_6,95870_MHz_USB_20071223t0145.mp3
- Lincolnshire_Poacher_(long)_6,95870_MHz_USB_20071223.mp3
- Lincolnshire_Poacher_6,95870_MHz_USB_20071223_.mp3
- London_Volmet_128,6MHz_AM_20071214T2130.mp3
- Radio_Bulgaria_20071214.mp3
- Radio_Nederlands_News_5,950_Mhz_AM_20071223.mp3
- Radio_Slovakia_ident_5_92MHz_AM_20080124t1958.mp3
- Radio_Slovakia_working_with_BBC_interview_5_92MHz_AM_20080124t1950.mp3
- unknown_ident_1_3950MHz_AM_20080125t2000.mp3
- unknown_opening_1_3950MHz_AM_20080125t2000.mp3
- Vatican_Radio_ident_5_98MHz_AM_20080124t2000.mp3
- VOA_Diamond_Lens_story_by_Fitzjames_OBrien_5_955MHz_AM_20080126t0250.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_AM_20080126t0310.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_AM_announcement_20080128t0258.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_AM_ident_20080128t0259.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_AM_Timelines_with_Esther_Winters_20080128t0240.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_Cooperation_for_Victory_20080128t0300.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_News_and_Views_20080128t0300.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_6_240MHz_Russian_by_Radio_20080128t0320.mp3
- Voice_of_Russia_AM_20071214T1850.mp3
- Voice_of_Turkey_AM_20071219T0340.mp3
- Voice_of_Vietnam_5_955MHz_AM_20080126t1730.mp3
- Voice_of_Vietnam_5_955MHz_AM_20080126t1740.mp3
- Voice_of_Vietnam_5_955MHz_AM_20080126t1745.mp3
To save these files to your hard drive, right click (GNU/Linux & Windows users) or control key + click (MacOS users) on the track you wish to save and select “save as” or similar from the context menu. Please also bear in mind these are recorded on a hand-held radio scanner, often under somewhat suboptimal conditions. So the sound quality is a tad variable. 🙂
