[HCDX] Wantok Radio PNG MP3

2005-05-30 Thread cafe-swl
Don Moman has graciously given me a fabulous recording of Wantok Radio, Papua New Guinea from a recently. It is available by popping over to espresso.ts.uvic.ca Colin Newell Victoria, B.C. Canada Drake R8 - Kenwood R2000 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005

[HCDX] CBC Podcast on the subject of shortwave cuts and regional broadcasting

2012-06-28 Thread cafe-swl
http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2012/06/27/uvic-quidditch-search-and-rescue-and-cbc-cuts/ 24 minutes long - Interview includes emotional chat with former director of Radio Canada International A brilliant listen. Colin - Editor - www.dxer.ca Victoria B.C. Canada VA7WWV ---[Start

[HCDX] Free 4th of July weekend DXer promotion

2012-07-02 Thread cafe-swl
Happy Canada day and pending 4th of July weekends to all our readers on the HCDX list! RCI's former celebrity writer/broadcaster Ian McFarland and I send along our best wishes! And during this weekend - at the link http://www.dxer.ca/cd-store we will be offering a variety of FREE downloads from

[HCDX] Testing the Alinco DX-R8 Receiver

2012-05-02 Thread cafe-swl
Short youtube snippet of the Alinco DX-R8 receiver tuned to Brazil on 11780khz. Just received a sample unit from a Canadian vendor - seems to have pretty rich features at the price point - Will be testing it up against the venerable R8 Drake, the Kenwood R2000 and an assortment of portables.

[HCDX] 1st QSL in 25 years... albeit electronic

2005-08-25 Thread cafe-swl
From KCBM - Southern California on 6990Khz USB / Aug 20, 2005, 0525UTC in 3 days via PRN Website and e-mail Seriously - I think it was 1980ish when I last received a QSL card. This was a bit of a treat. The whole idea of getting them electronically seems kind of rad. Thanks to Dr. Walter

[HCDX] 3330khz Spanish puzzle

2005-10-29 Thread cafe-swl
There is a Spanish speaking station underneath CHU Ottawa: 0412 UTC Peru or Bolivia I suppose. Colin Newell Victoria, B.C. Canada Drake R8 - Wellbrook ALA100 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from