I did this exactly once for a ZX Spectrum game, and it didn't work. It turns out the slightest hash or fizzle or cracking on the station messed up the reception

I did this exactly once for a ZX Spectrum game, and it didn't work. It turns out the slightest hash or fizzle or cracking on the station messed up the reception enough to corrupt the download. Something the article mentions but I'd like to re-emphasise: The amount of time it took to record from the radio and subsequently load (or attempt to load) is quite significant. We had to set up the recording, get ready for the announcer to call it, and press record. Then go away for five to ten minutes, hoping (and that's a long time to be on edge), and then rewind, move the tape over, and press play having typed the appropriate LOAD command, only for it to fail. Rotten way to spend an evening that I'd planned for over a week.