I get a kick out of those anmts. The guy who recorded them LONG ago is no longer with us - Frank Oliver. The U. S. Information Service is long gone as are 'cultural centers.' And the zip on the address given - 20547 - hasn't been used in decades.
Oh well, it's not like anybody's actually listening ... except us DXers. ;-) Bill Whitacre IBB Monitoring Washington, DC --- On Jan 16, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Mark Connelly [email protected] [CapeDX] wrote: > > Recent recording (UTC 0259 / 15 JAN) of 1530 VOA Sao Tome at sign-on. Man > with announcement "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing on." > then Yankee Doodle music; mostly over WCKY. > https://app.box.com/s/3h5ykp9zxyqd9ta3xkdou8385yemqqvi > > A couple of days earlier I had the other end of VOA 1530's broadcast day. > WJDM (NJ) sign-off announcement in English, mention of Cantico Nuevo program. > VOA Sao Tome then is audible with its sign-off announcement right after. 13 > JAN at 2200 UTC / 5 p.m. EST. > https://app.box.com/s/x4orxy5sh633244vn0otgnmdz35ggjky > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION > South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA > (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) > > Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus > See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/ > > Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., > null 270 deg.) > See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
