Audio Postcard 002 – Shortwave Listening

Welcome to the second in my Audio Postcard series — brief sonic captures from unusual vantage points.

About This Recording

This entry moves from riverside calm to radio static: a session of shortwave listening, recorded with a portable receiver as it drifted through amateur transmissions, number stations, and fading bursts of static melody. It’s an ode to the lingering mystery of the airwaves.

Listen Now

Recording Details

• Location: Home studio + hand‑held shortwave receiver
• Duration: 5 minutes
• Recorded: February 2026
• Equipment: Tecsun PL‑660 radio, Zoom L6
• DAW: Audacity
• Platform: Samply

Notes

There’s a meditative quality in tuning between voices — the liminal signals that flicker and vanish. Each fragment of sound is a postcard from an unseen place, carried by ionospheric currents instead of mail.

Closing Thoughts

Shortwave soundscapes remind me how communication used to depend on mystery. Signals crossed oceans without certainty, and part of their charm is that they still do.