Re: [IRCA] Slightly OT - the Best film about Shortwave radio in production.

2016-10-13 Thread R. Colin Newell
Awesome story! Could you imagine what young people, of today, will tell their grandchildren when they grow old... "Now Billy, way back in the early part of the 21st Century, I stood in line at the APPLE store for 3 days to get the iPhone 15! Those were the days!!" I am only in my 50's and feel

Re: [IRCA] Slightly OT - the Best film about Shortwave radio in production.

2016-10-13 Thread Richard Allen
Colin: Thanks for the post. A short wave broadcast from the CBC IS (later RCI) station at Sackville was the very first I heard. It was a late Sunday afternoon in winter and I was listening on an old receiver found in the upstairs of my grandmother’s house. The broadcast contained a mailbag p

Re: [IRCA] Slightly OT - the Best film about Shortwave radio in production.

2016-10-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Visiting Sackville, was like the Holy Grail of Shortwave. The staff was always very welcoming, and during the summers, they even hired students as tour guides. Canada once had a proud presence on SW. We even issued stamps honouring RCI, and new transmitters (in the 70s, I think). What a sad los

Re: [IRCA] Slightly OT - the Best film about Shortwave radio in production.

2016-10-13 Thread Stephen Hawkins
Colin, Looks good. Thanks for the info. Steve On 10/13/16 3:03 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca/spectres-of-shortwave/ Was just speaking with the producer - director of this film - a young lady. If there ever was a film that needed to be made, that begged to be m