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Andover Radio Amateur Club has a net on Sundays on 70.475MHz, starting at 11am. There is also a net on 145.275MHz on Mondays at 8pm. From 8pm on Thursday, there is a net on GB7KT. More details are available at arac.org.uk Mal, G8FHI, mal.g8fhi@btinternet.com Banbury Amateur Radio Society has a net on 144.5125MHz FM most […]
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Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Deutsche Welle and Radio Berlin International 1970's
Date of recording: Circa 1970
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: During the height of the Cold War, shortwave broadcasts from both West and East Germany could be heard here in southern Ontario, Canada.
Radio Berlin International, the Voice of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) signing on with their interval signal and ID for their English language program to Great Britain and Ireland circa 1970.
Radio Berlin International (Interval Signal): Circa 1970
Dan Greenall
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