{"id":23253,"date":"2017-01-10T07:54:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T11:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23253"},"modified":"2017-01-10T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T11:54:17","slug":"lennart-reflects-on-radio-st-helena-day-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/lennart-reflects-on-radio-st-helena-day-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennart reflects on Radio St. Helena Day history"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Lennart Weirell<\/a>, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

\n

Some Radio St. Helena History<\/h1>\n

The idea to put St. Helena on the shortwave map came up in conjunction with the preparations for the Nordic Championships in DX-ing in 1990 arranged by Stora Tuna DX-klubb.<\/p>\n

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The two Swedish dx-ers Jan Tun\u00e9r and John Ekwall wanted to add a special station into the competition. John was also the person behind the shortwave transmission from Radio Syd in Gambia in 1984.<\/p>\n

The first shortwave transmission from St. Helena took place in the evening of 1990-10-06. I participated myself in the competition, but I did not manage to hear the station at that time. The response for the Radio St Helena was so good that they decided to continue once a year with what was known as Radio St. Helena Day.<\/p>\n

In 1993 I managed to hear the station and I got it verified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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More about Radio St Helena can be found at http:\/\/www.sthelena.se\/radioproject\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lennart also included scans of Radio St. Helena’s 1993 newsletter (click on each page to enlarge).<\/p>\n

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\nThank you for sharing this with us, Lennart. Honestly, much of these hidden, fascinating bits of radio history would be lost and forgotten if it weren’t for folks like you and our other contributors who share them with the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who shares the following: Some Radio St. Helena History The idea to put St. Helena on the shortwave map came up in conjunction with the preparations for the Nordic Championships in DX-ing in 1990 arranged by Stora Tuna DX-klubb. The two Swedish dx-ers Jan Tun\u00e9r and John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288,43],"tags":[3520,137,5809,138,5810],"class_list":["post-23253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-lennart-weirell","tag-radio-st-helena","tag-radio-st-helena-1993","tag-radio-st-helena-day","tag-radio-st-helena-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-633","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50785,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/dx-philately-stamps-of-radio-stations-by-continents-and-countries-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":23253,"position":0},"title":"DX-Philately: Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents and Countries","author":"Thomas","date":"November 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who shares the following announcement: DX-Philately: Stamps of Radio Stations by Continents and Countries The 6th edition of one of the most complete listing of radio and DX related stamps is now available and now used by stamp collectors in 8 countries\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grimeton-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":820,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/radio-st-helena-day-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":23253,"position":1},"title":"Radio St. Helena Day 2010","author":"Thomas","date":"August 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[UPDATE: Radio Saint Helena Day 2010 has been canceled. 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