[IRCA] Mike's DX archive

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been converting some some of my vintage DX cassettes to mp3's. 
Unfortunately some of my cassettes are now unplayable after being stored for 
three decades in less than ideal temperature and humidity conditions, and 
many of them were cheap quailty anyway, e.g.Maxell Low Noise, Radio Shack 
Concertape, or no brand at all.  Some are so old that they have the "Compact 
Cassette" logo printed on the label.

I have uploaded the following at http://www.box.net/shared/fuue3o65ku

Radio Canada International DX Digest, July 1978 - portion of a special 
program hosted by Ian McFarland for the ANARC convention, held at Maison de 
Radio-Canada in Montreal.

Radio Sandino, Nicaragua-7318, July 1979 - Sandanista clandestine station 
heard in midst of revolution that overthrew US-backed tinpot Anastasio 
Somoza.

Federal Radio Corp. of Nigeria-Enugu- 6025, Aug. 8, 1981 - this actually can 
count as Biafra

Nigerian Broadcasting Corp., Lagos -4990, June 29, 1977 - many local ads, 
with prices in naira and kobo.

Voice of "Free" Chile - 15150, Aug. 1977 - some sad propaganda from the 
Pinochet era

"Argentine Annie" - Falklands War propaganda station, April 1982  (I've long 
since lost my paper logbook from 1982.  Does anyone remember this station's 
frequency?)

Radiodiffusion Nationale du Mali-7110, Jan. 1978

WFAT-1620.  Pirate station from New York area, Jan. 1, 1978

KNBI-1530 Norton, KS.  DX test, March 20, 1978

WKMC-1370 Roaring Spring, PA.  Sign-off with SSB, April 3, 1978

KOAM-860 Pittsburg, KS. June 28, 1977

All heard on relatively unsophisticated equipment - Panasonic RF-2200 (which 
I still have), using only the built-in whip, "GYRO" (externally rotating 
ferrite stick), or simple longwire.

This project is still a work in progress.  More vintage DX from the Carter 
and Reagan eras will be uploaded on box.net when I get the chance to listen 
and determine which cassettes are salvageable.

Clips are in Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) format.  Playable with Winamp, and should be 
compatable with other mp3 players.


73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON 

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