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 quite youthful - but honestly... if the young
people today are the leaders and thinkers of the future heaven help us!
 :-)

Your story is so sweet I am going to forward it to former CBC RCI Host Ian
McFarland!

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Richard Allen 
wrote:

> 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 program hosted by Earle Fisher,
> and the frequency was 11.72 Mc/s.  Surprising what I still remember!   I
> became a regular listener of the service until the end.
>
> Interestingly, while I was stationed in England a few years later, I heard
> my first trans-Atlantic medium wave DX from CBA-1070, Sackville.
>
> The QSL cards from those two broadcasts are among my most treasured.
>
> Richard Allen.
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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 program hosted by Earle Fisher, and the 
frequency was 11.72 Mc/s.  Surprising what I still remember!   I became a 
regular listener of the service until the end.

Interestingly, while I was stationed in England a few years later, I heard my 
first trans-Atlantic medium wave DX from CBA-1070, Sackville. 

The QSL cards from those two broadcasts are among my most treasured. 

Richard Allen.
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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 loss.   Another great visit was to RCI's monitoring base outside of
Ottawa.   Another great place, with racks of Racal receivers, and all sorts
of exotic antennae outside.  Those were the days!   73,Walt Salmaniw

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Stephen Hawkins  wrote:

> 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 made...
>> this was it - a 2 hour documentary on the RCI Transmitter site in
>> Sackville, New Brunswick,
>> Canada -- coming soon.
>>
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