Radio Baghdad: September 26, 1990

"This is an off-the-air recording of shortwave radio station Radio Baghdad made on September 26, 1990.  The political situation was about to lead to the first Iraq war.  This was the European service on a frequency of 13,660 khz. which was aired between 20-22 UTC.  It was recorded in the Boston USA area.  Receiver was a Yaesu FRG-8800 with an indoor wire antenna.  Direct recording into a cassette recorder.

Date of recording: 9/26/1990"

Recorded by Lee Herterich, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive.

Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave