UNID (RU) 1690v AM 0522 UTC 28 NOV 2022

[Shortwave_Listener]

S7 with the Tambov, Russia KiwiSDR. QRM from other stations.

0522 UTC-Man singing and playing guitar, sounds like a home recording or the station operator
0523 UTC-Long talk in Russian by a man (not the operator?)
0524 UTC-Next song in the same style
0528 UTC-Talking in Russian (not the operator?)
0529 UTC-Next song in the same style
0531 UTC-A professionally recorded song
0532 UTC-Talking in Russian (not the operator?)
0534 UTC-Back to the original style of music
0536 UTC-Talking in Russian (not the operator?)
0537 UTC-Next song in the same style
0540 UTC-Signal getting very weak, it is daylight in Tambov now
0541 UTC-Signal back up (of course, right after I stop the recorder), continuing with the same format

I always like hearing these stations playing this kind of music, the amateur recordings. I know many of the Russian “Organ Grinder” pirates in the past (USSR) would play their own guitar and sing on their station. It seems sometimes they still do! After listening to a few songs from this station, it seems it is not the operator playing the songs himself (although I have heard that before). Maybe Magnitizdat recordings?


“Organ Grinder” playing music for his radio station.