Back in '92, I asked the Intourist guide about a visit to the radio & TV
centre in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East. At first she was OK with
it, but on the group's return from Irkutsk didn't seem so enthusiastic..
and it never took place! The route in from the airport passed a whole
bunch of HF antennas but what exactly they were was a mystery. The
touring around Irkutsk never went to the west so nowhere close to the
Angara site.
Theo
On 4/9/2016 12:14 AM, Walter Salmaniw wrote:
Knowing how communist countries work, I doubt access to transmitter
facilities. Studios, yes, however....Walt
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Patrick Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
One question, would the Cuban officials allow tours of stations,
especially transmitter sites?
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:07:27 -0400
Subject: [IRCA] Anybody want to go to Cuba?
Yes, this is DX related - let me explain!
I had lunch today with Rick Lucas, who's just back from a two-week tour
of Cuba. At least for now, US regulations require that US citizens
visiting Cuba have an educational purpose for their trip, which
typically means a lot of "person-to-person" activities like meeting
farmers and watching dance troupes and such. (Canadians and others can
go to Cuban resorts and lounge on the beach if they so desire...)
But it occurred to us that if we could get enough DXers and other radio
folk together, it might be possible to organize a trip that would focus
on Cuban radio - visiting studios and transmitter sites, interacting
with Cuban radio people and DXers, meeting with Arnie Coro, and so on..
I'm not going quite so far (yet!) as to bid for a Havana convention in
2017 or 2018...but I'm curious to find out whether anyone else would be
interested in a hypothetical week-long trip next winter. If there's
interest, I'd be willing to reach out to the tour companies that have
licenses to organize Cuba trips to see what the next steps might be.
So...any interest?
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