[IRCA] Anybody want to go to Cuba?

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, this is DX related - let me explain!

I had lunch today with Rick Lucas, who's just back from a two-week tour 
of Cuba. At least for now, US regulations require that US citizens 
visiting Cuba have an educational purpose for their trip, which 
typically means a lot of "person-to-person" activities like meeting 
farmers and watching dance troupes and such. (Canadians and others can 
go to Cuban resorts and lounge on the beach if they so desire...)

But it occurred to us that if we could get enough DXers and other radio 
folk together, it might be possible to organize a trip that would focus 
on Cuban radio - visiting studios and transmitter sites, interacting 
with Cuban radio people and DXers, meeting with Arnie Coro, and so on.

I'm not going quite so far (yet!) as to bid for a Havana convention in 
2017 or 2018...but I'm curious to find out whether anyone else would be 
interested in a hypothetical week-long trip next winter. If there's 
interest, I'd be willing to reach out to the tour companies that have 
licenses to organize Cuba trips to see what the next steps might be.

So...any interest?



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