{"id":43918,"date":"2018-11-20T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T01:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?p=43918"},"modified":"2018-11-26T09:22:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:22:30","slug":"podcast-168-a-time-machine-for-all-the-radio-plus-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/11\/podcast-168-a-time-machine-for-all-the-radio-plus-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #168 &#8211; A Time Machine for All the Radio plus Shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you are like me and you have wished that you could go back in time and spin a radio dial and just listen to and browse the full radio spectrum from another time and place. Our guest on the show, Radio Anthropologist Thomas Witherspoon, is building a website for just such a thing. It&#8217;s called the Radio Spectrum Archive and it is not magic, it uses a piece of technology called a software defined radio that makes recording a full spectrum of Shortwave, AM and even FM radio (if you have the computing power to handle the load) a very real possibility. Thomas Witherspoon is also the primary contributor to The Shortwave Listening Post (<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.swling.com<\/a>) so we are going to learn a few things about the wonder that is shortwave radio on planet earth.<br \/>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7358\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-43918-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_168_Shortwave_Spectrum_Archiving-WEBedit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_168_Shortwave_Spectrum_Archiving-WEBedit.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_168_Shortwave_Spectrum_Archiving-WEBedit.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_168_Shortwave_Spectrum_Archiving-WEBedit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RS_168_Shortwave_Spectrum_Archiving-WEBedit.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('43918-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_43918-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_43918-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?powerpress_embed=43918-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2wB8PCDI4ae4Zy5KQJDnWH\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Radio-Survivor-p1065771\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/feed\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Radio Survivor is a listener-supported podcast. You can support us two ways:<\/h4>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/RadioSurvivor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener payment\">Make a monthly contribution through our Patreon campaign.<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=7H3YPHHFPT8AG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener payment\">Make a one-time or recurring donation with any major credit card via PayPal.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/webstatic\/en_US\/i\/buttons\/cc-badges-ppmcvdam.png\" alt=\"Contribute to Radio Survivor with PayPal or any major credit card\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Show Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AWJwvPdsb70\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/\">The SWLing Post is a community of shortwave radio and amateur radio enthusiasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrumarchive.org\/\">The Radio Spectrum Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/6342?rq=Numbers\">More on the Cuban Number Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/3368\">An Archive of Radio Strange; a shortwave pirate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\/archive\/5095\">An Archive of Radio Casablanca; a shortwave pirate that plays a nostalgic mix of music from the 1930&#8217;s and 1940&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/geek-life\/profiles\/building-a-time-machine-for-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building a Time Machine For Radio<\/a> (Spectrum IEEE)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AWJwvPdsb70\">1986 Radio Spectrum recording<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/radiopreservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Preservation Task Force<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidgoren.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Goren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/03\/13\/podcast-133-preserving-brooklyn-pirate-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast #133: Preserving Brooklyn Pirate Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wavefarm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wave Farm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/07\/17\/podcast-151-the-wave-farm-grows-transmission-arts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast #151: The Wave Farm Grows Transmission Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/07\/26\/radio-station-visit-145-wave-farm-in-acra-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Station Visit #145: Wave Farm in Acra, New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/radio.garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sdr.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDR.hu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2015\/10\/08\/vlog-1-portland-hd-radio-bandscan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland HD Radio Band Scan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/06\/12\/podcast-146-volunteer-radio-from-antarctica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast #146: Volunteer Radio from Antarctica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/11\/20\/alices-restaurant-maintains-spot-on-thanksgiving-radio-dial-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice&#8217;s Restaurant on the Radio Thanksgiving 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you are like me and you have wished that you could go back in time and spin a radio dial and just listen to and browse the full radio spectrum from another time and place. Our guest on the show, Radio Anthropologist Thomas Witherspoon, is building a website for just such a thing. 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