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BBC World Service interval signals 1980-1, four notes tuned to B B B E.
Recorded by Jerry Johnston, 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
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