Thanks Don,
Ohh the memories, - 73 wolfy df5sx
in December 1978 we were pressured on the frontier on highway CA1 to take
carry Guatemaltecs Security Forces members with our rental Chevrolet car
between San Cristóbal de las Casas MEX and Huehuetenango GTM.
Their luggage were most modern machine guns ... few days later ...
re-Radio Sandino, Nicaragua, after some 40 years passed.
I came across to that revolutionary voice in mid December 1978
in Atitlan and Antigua Central America.
Noted Radio Sandino for the first time on shortwave approx. 7325 kHz on my
South African made Barlow Wadley set. This happened during a 5 weeks touring
journey to Cozumel, Belize, Chichicastenango, Antigua and Lake Atitlan in
Guatemala.
In Antigua we suffered a sudden earthquake-terremoto on an early December
1978 morning, and left the hotel sleeping room expressly. We were sit down
on the terrace and looked worried to the tall active vulcano on the
horizon.
I switched on the Barlow Wadley set and came across of Radio Sandino
broadcast - for the very first time - on approx. 7325 kHz around
7 to 9 a.m. local Guatemala time.
When back to Europe, I informed Arne Skoog at Radio Sweden DXers program
broadcast of this revolutionary radio station which did originate in
Nicaragua and across the Costa Rican border district. Item appeared on
Radio Sweden's SCDX bulletin # 1516 on Jan 23, 1979.
North American DXers noted Radio Sandino around 7588 kHz in March 1979
[stn wandered from 7315 to 7702 kHz].
See report on p604-605 in WRTH 1983 by George Wood.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Moore via Hard-Core-DX"
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 11:27 PM
Subject: [HCDX] La Voz de Atitlan Guatemala
I saw this article in the New York Times today about an American priest who
was killed by military death squads in Guatemala in 1981. Long time DXers
may remember this event. Among other killed in that period was the manager
of La Voz de Atitlan. The first link is to the NYT article. The second
recounts my later visits to the town. In 1987 I got stuck there overnight
during a month when the death squads were active.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/world/americas/stanley-rother-priest-martyr.html
http://www.pateplumaradio.com/central/guatemala/atitlan.html
Don Moore
Radio & Latin American website: http://www.pateplumaradio.com/
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