During a 10-country/17-day tour (Cosmos Tours), I got to DX LW, MW in St. Petersburg, Russia 15-17 Sept 2009, a dream fulfilled (MP3 file is 1215 kHz Absolute Radio - 14 transmitters (synchronized) in the UK recorded in St. Petersburg, Russia - 4.8 MB) Note that at least one or more transmitters are not exactly in-synch with the others, so there is that warble/flutter notable in this recording. I noted this all across Eastern Europe too. (MW Reception, and the FM airchecks, were recorded from a Sony ICF-SW7600GR with only loopstick antenna for MW and whip antenna for FM receptions).
Absolute Radio, formerly Virgin Radio, is one of my favourite UK radio stations - audible from Canada to Russia at night when MW-skip conditions allow. Below the Saint Petersburg photography, there is a link to an audio file of Virgin Radio recorded in Manitoba, Canada. (The great tune Absolute Radio was playing in the above audio file was "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun. Thanks to this station, I bought the wonderful CD they put out in 2009 - a hit abroad and in Japan, but never made airplay in North America!)
Toward Helsinki!
Russia is Amazingly Vast!
2) FM radio airchecks in St. Petersburg, Russia, 15 September 2009 (7 MB / 7:37)
3) FM / MW dial scans in St. Petersburg, Russia, 15 September 2009 (8795 KB / (9:21) Using a 1982-era. Realistic 'Portavision' analogue radio.
4) FM / MW dial scans in St. Petersburg, Russia, 16 September 2009 - at 2130 local time. (5394 KB / (5:44) Using a 1982-era. Realistic 'Portavision' analogue radio.
5) Local LW and MW bandscans via my Sony ICF-SW7600GR receiver in St. Petersburg, Russia at about 0700 local time, including local NDB "PU." 7940 kb / over 7 minutes.
http://www.archive.org/details/AmAndFmRadioReceptionInSt.PetersburgRussia. Also available (and also DX/local radio reception from Helsinki, Stockholm, and in the midst of the Baltic Sea, at www.archive.org).
RUSSIA ROCKS!!!
St. Petersburg, Russia, 15 Sept. 2009 - S.P. McGreevy, N6NKS.
Dedicated to Dr. Richard E. Wood, a good friend I met in person August 1986. This is a photo of Richard and his fruit stand in Keaau, Hawaii, Sept. 1986.
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A fascinating country to visit and DX the radio-dials. You can hear Saudi Arabia with just a loopstick antenna (like I did - in my hotel room) facing south in St. Petersburg, Russia - on 1512 and 1521 kHz, albeit weak!)