nordheim wrote:BunnyRabbit wrote:nordheim wrote:twitchcoe wrote:I really love how each of the sounds are just a little bit different than the one that came before it.. Different static sounds or interference. Almost as if we were actually tuning in to the station itself, waiting to hear the chime of the BoC Transmission about to list off our next set of orders..
they were definitely broadcast via ham or shortwave or even portable fm tuner in some manner and then re-recorded. being into shortwave for a decade and understanding some fidelity issues attributed to broadcasting leads me to this.
You think? Cool. I was wondering that too.
Is it true that interference is quite common on SW, so some of the other artefacts could be genuine stuff from the ether?
totally, interference is everywhere in radio signals. when you think of whats going on via physics, its kind of remarkable it works as well as it does. 3 meter waves from 8000 miles away, bouncing off of the atmosphere!? huh?! yet it works. its amazing stuff. i highly recommend getting a little radio or two and listening late at night. can be spooky. a small artifact i recorded months ago to illustrate what kind of interference, static, and tuning in between frequencies can sound like: http://soundcloud.com/geometrie/inabewyreyesberchaswunk
are there any beginner/cheaper radios you'd recommend?
yeah, i love older grundig shortwaves. any $100 one will essentially get you something you can use for over a decade very well. i have a grundig s350 and an icom icr-20, which is what that sample was recorded from.
