Re: [IRCA] Anybody want to go to Cuba?

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Knowing how communist countries work, I doubt access to transmitter
facilities.  Studios, yes, however....Walt

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One question, would the Cuban officials  allow tours of stations,
> especially transmitter sites?
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
> > To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > From: scott@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:07:27 -0400
> > Subject: [IRCA] Anybody want to go to Cuba?
> >
> > 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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