{"id":30665,"date":"2018-01-31T06:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T10:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30665"},"modified":"2018-01-31T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T10:58:11","slug":"dw-documentary-about-the-south-atlantic-island-of-st-helena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/dw-documentary-about-the-south-atlantic-island-of-st-helena\/","title":{"rendered":"DW Documentary about the South Atlantic island of St. Helena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/St-Helena-QSL-front-1998-e1483892401568.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23230\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/St-Helena-QSL-front-1998-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of you likely know I&#8217;m fascinated by remote islands and communities&#8211;especially the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been an SWL for a few decades you likely also remember the very popular Radio St. Helena day! We&#8217;ve posted several articles about it in the past&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/radio-st-helena-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to read through our archives<\/a>. I <em>really<\/em> miss that annual listening event.<\/p>\n<p>The other day, while browsing sailing videos on YouTube, I uncovered this excellent little documentary about St. Helena via\u00a0Deutsche Welle. Enjoy:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Egzd7PsmNTo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Egzd7PsmNTo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someday I hope to visit the Island of St. Helena&#8211;it&#8217;s been on my bucket list for many years!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong>\u00a0Please comment if you&#8217;ve ever traveled to or lived on St. Helena! Tell your story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you likely know I&#8217;m fascinated by remote islands and communities&#8211;especially the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. If you&#8217;ve been an SWL for a few decades you likely also remember the very popular Radio St. Helena day! We&#8217;ve posted several articles about it in the past&#8211;click here to [&hellip;]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1154],"tags":[328,137,138,6801,4115,4093],"class_list":["post-30665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-travel","tag-deutsche-welle","tag-radio-st-helena","tag-radio-st-helena-day","tag-st-helena","tag-travel","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7YB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":860,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/radio-st-helena-day-2010-has-been-cancelled\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":0},"title":"Radio St. Helena Day 2010 has been cancelled","author":"Thomas","date":"September 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately, Radio St. Helena Day has been canceled for 2010. The following message was received last night from the Radio St. Helena crew: RSH << RSD 2010 Cancelled >> 10 September 2010 ============ Radio St. Helena sincerely regrets to have to inform radio listeners everywhere that Radio St. Helena Day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/sthelenalogo.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23253,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/lennart-reflects-on-radio-st-helena-day-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":1},"title":"Lennart reflects on Radio St. Helena Day history","author":"Thomas","date":"January 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23225,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/giuseppes-recordings-of-radio-st-helena-day-2006-2009\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":2},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s recordings of Radio St. Helena Day 2006 &#038; 2009","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following short recordings of Radio St. Helena day in 2006 and 2009. These recordings were made from his home on Ponza Island, Italy using the Yaesu FRG-7 and FRG-100 and a 30 meter length of wire antenna: Radio St.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2958,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/radio-st-helena-closing\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":3},"title":"Radio St. Helena to go off the air","author":"Thomas","date":"March 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Though this news effects a relatively small number of people on the remote island of St. Helena, it is sad to those of us who enjoyed the annual challenge of catching \u00a0the weak signal of Radio St. Helena on shortwave. In truth, for technical reasons, they have missed recent annual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/RSH-Bumper-Sticker-300x106.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23228,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/richards-1998-st-helena-day-qsl-card\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":4},"title":"Richard&#8217;s 1998 St. Helena Day QSL Card","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Schreiber (KE7KRF), who shares the following: Here [above] is the QSL card I received in 2004 for the 1998 St Helena Day shortwave broadcast. There were, I recall, some staff changes and other issues that delayed many reports from being verified, but resubmitted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/St-Helena-QSL-front-1998-1024x624.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/St-Helena-QSL-front-1998-1024x624.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/St-Helena-QSL-front-1998-1024x624.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/pauls-radio-st-helena-day-announcements\/","url_meta":{"origin":30665,"position":5},"title":"Paul&#8217;s Radio St. Helena Day announcements","author":"Thomas","date":"August 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul Walker, who writes: I am a radio personality here in the USA as well as a SW and MW DX'er. I appeared on the 11092.5 USB during Radio Saint Helena Day 2009 and have several short recordings, which are attached. That's my voice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"radiosthelena","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/radiosthelena.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}