The Bell System 6955 USB 1100 UTC 23 AUG 2025

[Ct Yankee]

Very good reception, slight noise
1100 YL phone conversation, old recorded phone message, busy signal
1101 YL "Hello, hello." "What number were you dialing?" ""I'm sorry we are unable to complete your call as dialed"
1102  Part of recordings "This is a recording from Waterville Valley, New Hampshire "
1106 "This is a recording from Tallahassee, Florida"
1107 Various phone related conversations some were live and some pre-recorded, dialing tones, busy signals
1111 "Please deposit 40 cents for the first three minutes"
1114 "Try your call again later"
1116 "You can find every business in town in the New York Telephone Yellow Pages"
1118 OM "You have been listening to The Bell System", recordings continue including WWV ID
1121 WWV ID Fort Collins, Colorado
1124 "This is a recording from _________, New York"
1127 "Hang up and call again"
Thanks for unique programing, time for breakfast and soccer.

[ChrisLobdell]

1103 "special operator may I help you" ... phone noises S9
1110 WWV ID ...!
1118 ID "you have been listening to The Bell System ... this is The Bell System"
1128 "Now is a good time to brighten your home with colored telephones"...
1144 OTA

[jackroberts]

1107 a mosaic of telephone operator recordings
1110 including WWV Fort Collins Colorado
Good Night Nurse, someone put in a lot of work on this!
1116 time to order an extension telephone
1118 "You have been listening to the Bell System.  This is the Bell system"
1119 WWV again
It's fascinating in a John Cage-ian way!
1121 WWV again
1123 please deposit 15 cents more
1124 be a good party line neighbor
1128 now is a good time to brighten your home with colored telephones
1129 this is a recording in Ashboro North Carolina
1134 one in French
1139 if you're building or remodeling, be sure to tell your telephone man


Receiver: ATS25 SDR
Antenna:  loop atop a 25-foot mast
Location:  southern Maine
SINPO:  45454
Please EQSL to jaroberts1914@gmail.com

[ChrisSmolinski]

1112 Various telephone system recordings. Excellent signal

[J. Carlos Pérez Montero]

Broadcaster: The Bell System
Listening date: 23 August 2025
Listening time: 11:15 to 11:44 UTC time
Frequency: 6955 USB
SINPO: 45544
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Active Low Noise HF
Details of the programme listened to:
1115 Telephone sounds with voices
New York pages
15 cents
1144 OTA

I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: laradioymuchomas@gmail.com

Thank you for your show.

[Andrew Yoder]

Good signal with layers of dial tones, old telephone systems messages, hanging up sounds, "hellos" etc. Very interesting (and weird) stuff to hear on the radio


Thanks for the eQSL!

[N2MLP]

SDR RECORDING

S-9 + 10
Sounds like telephone chatter

[Ron Hunsicker]

Via a recording, many days later.  35453 in Wyomissing at 1142.  Yeah, all the stuff that the other folks wrote.  I am amazed that these recordings exist somewhere (or someone took the time to duplicate them).

Ron