Here are some recordings of various shortwave broadcasters, most of which are no longer present on the dials, as heard from West Michigan during the late 1980s.  The receiver used was a GE World Monitor #7-2990A.  Enjoy! BFBS British Forces Broadcasting Service – 17.695 Mhz – August 29th, 1990 A 31 minute clip of BFBS with a nice strong signal featuring music and messages for British troops serving in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf for Operation Granby. KUSW – 17.715 Mhz – 2118 UTC – December 26th, 1987 Another very clean recording from the upper end of the shortwave...