Admiral Richard E. Byrd (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Here’s an interesting notion; that shortwave was the first medium for “tweeting”.
This article from the Daily Caller throws a modern spin on shortwave, or is that a historic spin on tweeting?? Using the “ancient” reference is maybe a sad indication of how far removed Shortwave is from modern technology!
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New article thanks to Bill Marsh Jnr:
http://www.radiodx.com/articles/dxer-profiles-a-to-e/dudley-carter-tribute/
Westinghouse Electric Company logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This interesting article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette chronicles AM radio… which seems to have started with a bet!
Thanks to Bill Smith from Iowa for sending in this link.
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Photo Credit: Wikipedia
Following on from an earlier post, Bill Smith in Iowa forwarded this link to a video of WLW’s very powerful transmitter.
WLW radio tower (Photo credit: Pez King)
Related articles
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Thanks to Mark Nicholls for posting this link to Radioworld’s 2008 article on the demise of the last of VOA’s wartime transmitting stations.
VOA Delano, California on the West Coast of the USA provided a formidable signal into the Pacific.
Via Bryan Clark reporting on the DX Dialog reflector: The following posted to the DXLD Yahoo Group yesterday by Mike Terry:
The film ‘3 Mile Limit’ about Radio Hauraki New Zealand is now in post production. There is no official Trailer yet but there is this clip on YouTube.
“Auckland Viaduct, October 1966: a group of determined young men defy the police and government and, to the cheering of their fans, launch a coastal ship that has been converted to a pirate radio station which they intend to use to broadcast from the Hauraki Gulf.
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Tagged Hauraki Gulf, Mike Terry, Pirate radio, Radio Hauraki
Russia’s international radio service, the Voice of Russia (Golos Rossii) will stop its shortwave broadcasts on January 1, 2014. According to digit.ru website, the decision to leave shortwave has been taken because of decreased funding. Digit.ru says that ending shortwave transmissions was revealed in a letter from Natalia Zhmay, Deputy Chairman of the Voice of Russia, to Andrew Romanchenko, head of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN), dated August 15. Neither Voice of Russia nor RTRN have officially commented on the matter.
Thanks to Arthur de Maine for the following photos of Merv Branks’ famous “6×3” at Riverton:
Boys brigade tents in use for the annual DXpedition
Tony Magon and Noel Parry carrying out repairs
Merv Branks, Trevor Service & Irene Simpson
Thanks to Paul Aronsen who took the photos.
Tony King has provided this audio clip of KPOA Honolulu… recorded in 1976. Enjoy…
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Tony King provided the following clip of KMVI, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii on 550kHz. Enjoy..
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Tagged KMVI, Maui, Wailuku Hawaii
Radio Caroline SouthComments Off on The Halcyon Days of Offshore Pirate Radio
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Tagged mebo, mi amigo, Pirate radio, radio caroline, radio england, radio london, radio veronica
Thanks to Paul Rawdon for posting the following on the DX League reflector:
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Tagged anniversary, Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican Radio
Radio Cayman was one of the most regular of Caribbean stations heard in New Zealand. The split frequency of 1555kHz gave it solus position and the bird song interval signal prior to the 1100z sign-on was magical to hear. They were also heard signing off around 0500z some days.
Thanks to Tony King, here is their sign-off announcement:
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Following on from the post about the curious case of the jamming of Uncle Scrim, here is a story that appeared in the October 1990 DX Times penned by Barry Williams.
THE JAMMING OF 1ZB
When we talk of jamming we tend to think of the Cold war during the 50s and 6os on shortwave when there was a real battle of the airwaves between the East and the West. However New Zealand had a case of jamming much earlier than than that.
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Tagged Barry Williams, Colin Scrimgeour, New Zealand, Radio jamming, Uncle Scrim
Martin Hadlow has forwarded an interesting article describing the Honolulu radio dial in 1976. DXers will fondly remember Alan Roycroft and recall the comments he used to write on the back of the “Broadcasting Services” QSL cards.
Entitled “Honolulu Radio: A Wasteland”
“The Honolulu Star-Bulletin on February 12th issued it’s second annual survey of radio stations on Oahu. There are 21 stations. The news-paper noted a number of changes which have taken place over the past year. These include: 12 instead of 9 stations broadcasting 24 hours; a reduction in the number of employees the replacement of eight general managers and four major ownership changes. There is apparently a greater number of stations broadcasting the sane format — “Beautiful music, that is. ‘the same pop music, ranging (if that phrase can be used meaningfully) from Golden Oldies to popified mellow rock.‘ Janos Gereben. the reviewer, noted that ‘an astonishing tom of 12 stations‘ are involved in broadcasting a “musical vast wasteland”
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In these days when we’re faced with shortwave stations closing down, it is refreshing to know that some international broadcasters continue to defy the pundits. And so it is that the Chinese international broadcaster (Radio Peking, Radio Beijing, China Radio International) is now celebrating its 50th year of broadcasting in Tamil.
Here is the whole story from the IBN Live website.
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Tagged China, China Radio International, International broadcasting, radio, Tamil, Tamil language
On the occasion of the League’s 60th Anniversary in 2008, the League patron Frank Glen contributed an article “A Great Mob” to the DX Times 60th Anniversary Supplement . The article is now reprinted here on radiodx.com
Frank is a very accomplished author and DXer and it was very fitting that he take over the role of League patron after the passing of previous Patron Jack Fox.
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