Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Peking 1970's
Frequency: 15.060 MHz (likely)
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: A recording of the interval signal ("The East is Red" melody) and sign on in Spanish of Radio Peking in the People's Republic of China in the early 1970's. They were heard regularly on shortwave direct from China in the 19 metre band.
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The provisional results of the 70 MHz CW/SSB Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF+ Contest Robot:
We evaluated 48 different logs coming from 14 different countries.The winner in the Single Op. category is HA8MV with 32 QSOs and …
The provisional results of the 70 MHz CW/SSB Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF+ Contest Robot:
We evaluated 48 different logs coming from 14 different countries.The winner in the Single Op. category is HA8MV with 32 QSOs and …
The provisional results of the 50 MHz CW/SSB Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF+ Contest Robot:
We evaluated 525 different logs coming from 38 different countries.The winner in the Single Op. category is ED5R with 735 QSOs and …
The provisional results of the 50 MHz CW/SSB Contest are available on the IARU R1 VHF+ Contest Robot:
We evaluated 525 different logs coming from 38 different countries.The winner in the Single Op. category is ED5R with 735 QSOs and …
