August 21st and 22nd PCJ Radio International will present part 2 of From The Radio Netherlands Archives.
In the first program we played a mix bag of stuff. But in program two the focus will be on news and documentaries. You will hear Ginger Da Silva, Eric Beauchemin, Pete Myers and more.
There will be a special E-QSL issued for this program. PCJ Radio International’s partner stations will receive this program in two parts.
The program will be presented by Paulette MacQuarrie.
Europe: 0600 to 0800UTC – Frequency 7780kHz
August 21, 2016North America: 0100 to 0300UTC – Frequency 7570kHz
August 22, 2016For more information contact PCJ at [email protected]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Mike reviews The Pol Pot Conspiracy
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, who writes:
Neil Ffrench Blake is a former BBC producer and journalist who launched and was Managing Director of Radio 210, first station Mike Read and Steve Wright worked at. He was also involved in psychological warfare radio stations broadcasting to Aden, Afghanistan and managed ones to the Falkland Islands and Cambodia.
The Kindle book The Pol Pot Conspiracy, a work of fiction, but solidly based on autobiographical fact, covers in one of its chapters his work on Radio Atlantico del Sur.
[Radio Atlantico del Sur was] run during the Falklands War using requisitioned BBC transmitters on Ascension and aimed at Argentinian conscripts. [T]he majority of the book [focuses on the] Voice of the Khmer (on the air from 1985 to 1992) and operated by members of the two non-communist factions who were in alliance with the Khmer Rouge and opposing the government set up following the Russian backed Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978.
Radio Atlantico del Sur met opposition in Whitehall particularly from the Foreign Office and from Douglas Muggeridge at the BBC World Service though behind the scenes he says the BBC could not have been more co-operative. This resulted in stories fed to the press about amateur broadcasters speaking the wrong kind of Spanish which Neil asserts are not true.
Voice of the Khmer received covert funding from the CIA, some of which was siphoned off by the corrupt Thai military. It was received worldwide on 6325 [kHz]. Transmitters were in Thailand or just over the Thai-Cambodian border in areas not controlled by the Vietnamese.
Details of the background to the book and link to it on Amazon below.It’s long and perhaps overly detailed in parts but written in a very readable style.
Two links to a summary of the 20 May 1982 programme of Radio Atlantico del Sur and an interim assessment of its programming in the comments:
- Radio Atlantico del Sur: Programming – Interim Assessment
- Radio Atlantico del Sur: Summary of Programme No. 2, 20 May 1982
- The Pol Pot Conspiracy on Amazon.
Thank you for sharing, Mike!
Sticky radios? John shares yet another solution.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Figliozzi, who writes:
Sean at Universal Radio in Reynoldsburg, OH put me on to another terrific product that does the job fabulously and quite easily. It’s called MaxPro Ink/Adhesive Remover and is a citrus-based cleaner/solvent that won’t harm the radio’s plastic casing. You can get it on eBay for around $11 with free shipping:
It took me a total of less than 3 hours to clean both my E1s. I used a lot of paper towels, working a section of the radio at a time, spraying the solvent onto the towels and then rubbing the surface free of the degraded and sticky rubberized coating. After removing the coating, I simply wiped down the radio with a wet paper towel to remove any residual solvent. They are now clean and smooth and look like new with all the white print intact. And my hands didn’t suffer any from contact with the solvent.
A reminder if you do this: It’s important to seek out citrus-based solvents and avoid petroleum based solvents. It was so easy with this product that I wished I had done this a long time ago and wasn’t so nervous about taking it on.
John Figliozzi
Halfmoon, NY
Thank you, John! I just noticed that a few of my rubber-coated receivers are starting to get tacky. I like the idea that this adhesive remover is gentle on the chassis. Click here to search eBay for MaxPro Ink/Adhesive Remover.
We’ve posted a number of solutions for sticky radios. Click here to view past posts.
200m longwire update: rarely heard Radio Tawantinsuyo 6173.9 kHz, Peru, recorded in Oxford, UK
Hi there, I thought I would share my first reception of Radio Tawantinsuyo, from Cusco, Peru, recorded during the inaugural test of my 200 metre longwire antenna. Of course this particular reception could be coincidence, but a very welcome catch in any case. Once again, the Sony ICF-2001D performs very well with this large antenna, but as on previous occasions, the rule is always to ‘choose your battles well’ targeting weak DX signals in uncrowded areas of the Tropical Band and elsewhere on shortwave. More details on the longwire antenna to follow in another post. Recorded at the ‘DX woods’ in Oxfordshire, UK on 31/07/16 at 00:27 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
Direct link to Oxford Shortwave Log reception video of Radio Tawantinsuyo
Clint Gouveia is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. Clint actively publishes videos of his shortwave radio excursions on his YouTube channel: Oxford Shortwave Log. Clint is based in Oxfordshire, England.
Latest Update regarding Radio Australia outage
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Goren, who shares this latest update from ABC Reception advice:
Thank you for your email.
We are working towards restoring the services this coming Friday at 9am Sydney time.
Kind Regards,
ABC Reception Advice
A number of Post readers received this same message (thanks to you all for sharing). I, for one, hope to hear my staple broadcaster back on the air Friday morning. I’ll certainly be listening!
ABC Radio National interviews author of new Marconi biography
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Figliozzi, who shared a link the following radio program via the Shortwave Programs email list. John writes:
Here’s an interesting segment heard recently on ABC Radio National’s and Radio Australia’s “Late Night Live”:
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World is a new biography of Guglielmo Marconi: Nobel Laureate , entrepreneur, inventor and Fascist.
Marconi, the inventor of wireless technology was constantly self inventing and reinventing his life story. One thing is certain , Marconi helped create our modern world of communications and media.
Click here to listen to the full interview on ABC Radio National’s website, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
Click here to view Marconi: The Man Who Networked The World on Amazon.
New RTL-SDR dongles feature HF reception
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Aaron Kuhn, who writes:
[T]he newest v3 http://RTL-SDR.com RTL2832U USB receivers now have HF reception via Direct sampling over the SMA antenna connector directly out of the box with no hardware modding required.
I think this might make it the cheapest, out-of-the-box HF SDR possible at this point.
9:1 balun for longwire puts the whole thing under $50 still http://www.rtl-sdr.com/new-rtl-sdr-blog-units-now-available-in-store-hf-via-direct-sampling-software-switchable-bias-tee-less-noisespurs/ …
Wow! Now you’re making me wish I would’ve waited a few more months before finally purchasing an RTL-SDR. I like the folks over at the RTL-SDR blog, so I purchased their model.
Amazingly, the V3 RTL2832U only costs $24.95 on Amazon.com. What a value! Anyone care to write a review of the HF performance? Please contact us.