by Dan Greenall
Attention all SWL’s! For those of you with a little extra free time over the holiday season, I would highly recommend having a look at two books that were written by a couple of very respected DXer’s from the past. They are both available on the Internet Archive and their respective links can be found below.
Shortwave Voices of the World by Dr. Richard E. Wood (1969)
I have mentioned this one before, but in case you missed it, you will find it here.
https://archive.org/details/shortwave-voices-of-the-world-richard-wood-ed-1-pr-1-1969
The World in My Ears by Arthur T. Cushen (1979)
Newly uploaded, this one comes in two parts. Part One describes his early days and how his listening began, while Part 2 gets into the hobby in general.
https://archive.org/details/the-world-in-my-ears-part-1/the%20world%20in%20my%20ears%20part%201/
Happy reading!
Arthur T, Cushen
https://swling.com/blog/2020/05/remembering-arthur-cushen/#comments
https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm98/bm980411.htm
https://www.google.com/maps/place/212+Earn+Street,+Georgetown,+Invercargill+9812,+New+Zealand/@-46.4231434,168.3629465,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0xa9d2c4f5ab7c03d3:0xe21200821831732d!8m2!3d-46.4232017!4d168.3631303!16s%2Fg%2F11kprwrb81?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D It would appear subsequent to his death any space for aerials has been built out
Bar Radio New Zealand Pacific and the now defunct Radio Australia you could not be further from the HF broadcasters of the world!
Thanks. This is all very nostalgic. ‘Shortwave Voices of the World’ was the book I happened to pick up at my local public library in the early 1970s, and there was no turning back.
Looking forward to reading these once Archive dot org gets back in operation.
Dan,
As an unrepentant, not-in-the-twelve-step-program enthusiastic reader, thank you!
And, Merrrrrrry Christmas!
Cheers, Jock
Your links are out of commission.
Thanks. Internet archive experienced a temporary outage. Seems to be back online now
Thanks, downloading now!