I was wondering the same thing about listenership back in December while
cruising in the western Injun Ocean. 909 (and 4930) from Botswana
thumped in at night on a stock PL380 while on a circuit
Mauritius/Seychelles/Zanzibar/Comoros/Reunion/Mauritius.
Then '60 Minutes' on CBS a week or so back were tut-tutting about
'RT/Russia Today' complete with 'Larry King Live' being available on
cable...
Theo
Burnaby, BC
On 16/01/2018 9:56 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote:
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
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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.
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