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 DX Recordings from New Zealand

My latest experiments: DRM reception from Wellington, New Zealand.

Here are some recordings of stations I have heard from my DX shack. Some are from listening at my former home in Wellington, but most are from my holiday cottage (my present home) at Marahau.

Pirate KIPM, 6925U, heard in Wellington, 2003/08/03		1h 11m
Radio Nacional del Paraguay, 9737v kHz, heard in Wellington, 2002/09/18		15m 4s
6956.7v kHz La Voz de Campesino, Peru, heard in Wellington, 2002/09/01		34m 45s
Galei Zahal, Israel Defence Forces Radio, heard in Wellington on 15785 kHz, 2002/06/08		1h 11m
China Huayi Broadcasting Corporation, Fuzhou, heard in Wellington 2001/11/28		1h 1m
Borderhunter - SW Europirate heard in Wellington		19m 40s
WMAQ, Chicago, IL, 670 kHz		1m 13s
KTNN, 660 kHz, Window Rock AZ		4m 57s
Radio Cultural, Guatemala		2m 10s
Radio Chortis, Guatemala		2m 29s
KXBT 16-40 Solid Gold Soul		5m 43s
KGXL 1650 (inspite of what the id says, this was the expanded band station)		38s
Radio Caroline on shortwave 13720 kHz via Merlin Network One, 28 March 1998. This recording doesn't do justice to the audio quality of the signal here in NZ. Feeding the audio from my AOR AR-7030 into my stereo gave audio quality almost as good as local medium wave & FM stations - and with better programming.		46m 34s
- A higher quality recording of part of the above, including the "Caroline" theme song		5m 50s
- Click here to visit today's Radio Caroline web site
Radio San Marino International		3m 22s
Sunrise Radio on 5840 kHz		48m 32s
Voz Christiana test transmission from Santiago, Chile on 21550 kHz		47m 15s
- id announcement		1m 40s
Cadena Cien FM, Buenos Aires, Argentina, being relayed on 15820 kHz LSB mode, December 1998		31m 20s
SWRS 1998 Christmas broadcast on 11470 kHz SSB		32m 11s
Radio Napa, Cyprus, special Christmas broadcast via Merlin Network One		34m 39s
Radio Blue Star, a Dutch free radio station on 6910 kHz		21m 8s
Radio Free London (RFL) heard on 5805 kHz during Easter 1999 from Marahau, New Zealand, using a Drake SPR-4 receiver		19m 46s
Radio Free London (RFL) again, heard on 15060 kHz during January 2000, in Wellington using an AOR AR-7030 receiver		4m 50s
Radio Nor Andina, Peru, 4460.87 kHz		14m 9s
Radio Transcontinental de America, XERTA, 4800 kHz, Mexico City		22m
ZH-FM, Hamilton, NZ, tropo-skip FM reception as heard at Marahau, Nelson, NZ (~250 miles)		18m 17s
Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 6135 kHz		4m 54s
Radiostantsiya Mayak, Russia, 15410 kHz via Novosibirsk		11m 29s
Stichting Radio-Omroep Suriname (SRS), Paramaribo,on 4850 kHz in 1978		15m 40s
World Music Radio via Meyerton, South Africa		17m
Radio ABC, Denmark, 7570 kHz (seperate page)		3m 33s
KTRK/K-Truck/ARMY 1670 kHz. Test transmissions from the US Army Broadcasting Service transportable AM station prior to its shipment to Bosnia, as heard at Marahau, New Zealand. One of my luckiest DX catches in years - just happened to be in the right place at the right time with good reception. (seperate page)		3m 23s
Some US stations from the '70s:
- KFAB 1110 kHz, Omaha		2m 30s
- KSTP 1500 kHz, St Paul		1m 54s
- WHAM 1180 kHz, Rochester, NY		14m 14s

Some other audio recordings that may stir a memory or two for some people:

Susy Radio: "Susy Calling DXers" from Susy Radio's RSL broadcast in the UK, August 27, 2001		2h 6m
Laser558 recorded from London in 1985 (seperate page)		1h 23m
Radio Caroline recorded from London in 1985		32m 55s
Atlantic 252 recorded from Warrington in 1990		43m 24s
Old interval signals Two sides of a C60 cassette tape		31m 53s 32m 8s
BBC Radio 1 FM		43m 47s
NDXE "Global Radio" promo tape		13m 6s
Assorted stations recorded during an Air New Zealand flight from London Gatwick to Auckland, New Zealand. This starts with recordngs from the terminal at Gatwick Airport, then includes what I could record by holding my Sony up to the plane window. The flight path went from London over Iceland, then over the north polar regions and then headed south over Alberta and Washington, ending as the plane headed into Los Angeles.		1h 22m
Radio Jackie The Sound of SW London - The LP (seperate page)		51m 35s
Hong Kong stations recorded in 1984		29m 52s
GWR FM recorded in Bath, UK, 1990 (I think)		6m
Radio Bristol, UK		9m 27s
Echo FM		39s
Pirate FM Wellington, 98.9 MHz (seperate page)		47m 32s
VOA coverage of the Apollo launch from the joint Apollo/Soyuz space mission, July 15th, 1975		47m
Radio Australia relaying ABC Radio Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy		23m 49s
Rock 99 & KWTO Country 56 studio tapes received by Wellington DXer Paul Edwards		31m
Stations in Perth, Australia, & London, England, 1988		45m
Phoenix, Arizona Four collections of stations recorded in 1981	48m 48m 48m 47m 19s 10m 38s
Radio Ohakea airshow radio on 1377 kHz		5m 7s

Other stuff from my holiday in 1998 (receiver Sony ICF-SW1000T with either built-in whip, or Sony "reel" antenna):

Mt Vernon Bandscan AM band scan from my motel room in Mt Vernon, Washington, USA, 1998		14m 30s
Radio New Zealand International, as heard by a Kiwi tourist (me) in Kelowna, BC, Canada, September 1998. Heard on my Sony SW1000T sitting on the balcony outside my motel room.		9m 47s
Other Kelowna stations		32m
A3Z Tonga heard as my Air New Zealand 767 flew right over this small island in the middle of the Pacific		3m 24s
Laser Hot Hits 6220 kHz recorded in Newtonmore, Scotland		14m 40s
Reflections Europe 6295 kHz as heard in Peebles, Scotland		5m 32s
Other undocumented recordings taped in Scotland	32m 41s 47m 34s

In October & November 2007 I visited Argentina. This was primarily to use my train-spotting anorak and ride the Old Patagaonian Express, but I also took along a little Degen DE1121 receiver/MP3 recorder.

• Recordings made in Argentina

• Recordings made on Rarotonga, Cook Islands

• Recordings

Contributions from other DXers:

Id from WXLE 1385 kHz Canton Island contributed by Chris Martin in Australia. Read more about this station in the article WXLE Memories by David Riquish.		8s
Radio Cook Islands - Local recordings of Radio Cook Islands, 630 kHz, by visiting DXer Guy Atkins in April 1993 can be heard on this seperate page. Thanks to Guy for allowing me to host a copy of his recordings.