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March 2004, Volume 6, Number 03
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Welcome to the March 2004 edition. We particularly welcome any new subscribers to the Newsletter and invite everyone to participate by sending contributions for future editions of the Newsletter.
I'm looking forward to getting away for a few days next week as I make my 16th visit to the annual Winter SWL Festival in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania. I'll be joining about 200 other radio enthusiasts at the get-together. See what's going on by visiting the event's website. It's up first in this month's "Radio Zone." Hope to see some of you there.
I've decided to add a new Zone to the monthly Radio HF Newsletter. It includes a few interesting things going on each month that most of you might not know about. It will follow the Monthly Special Zone, and is called "The XXX (insert month) Zone." Enjoy.
[In the web edition it will be part of the Monthly Special Zone. — Ed.]Our Monthly Special Zone for March features sites about the Ides of March, St. Patrick's Day and the Final Four-The NCAA Basketball Championship.
Last month's survey question was: Will you (or have you already) purchase a digital broadcasting capable radio receiver?
Forty-one people responded to the question. 16 people said they either have already purchased a digital radio receiver or that they are planning to. The other 25 people seemed to feel quite strongly that digital radio was not for them and have no intentions of spending any money on it. A number of people complained about the lack of a standard system.
With the Internet providing access to thousands of newspapers, magazines, e-zines, from all over the world, we now have access to so much more news, information and entertainment. Our question this month relates specifically magazines; not just newsmagazines, but magazines of all types, on all subjects. What is your favourite magazine?
It can be one you actually purchase on the newsstand, or subscribe to, or it can be one you access through the Internet. If it is a non-mainstream publication that others may have never heard of, please tell us the subject matter, as well as the name. Also, if it is an on-line publication, please supply us with the URL link.
Please send your response by e-mail to hfnewsletter@yahoo.com.
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Thanks to our 11 contributors for the month of March. Let's hear from more of you next month.
Skip Arey, Beverley, New Jersey
Ray Bauernhuber, Whitestone, New York
Ron Bickle, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Al Dudley, Washington, DC
Wilhelm Eilertsen, Oslo, Norway
Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec
Judy Grove, Brasstown, North Carolina
Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Eddie Janusz, Stonington, Connecticut
Ricky Leong, Brossard, Quebec
Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Quebec
Dale Porray, Las Vegas, Nevada
Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Gary Thorburn, Maynard, Massachusetts
Bill Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
Eric Wolfe, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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www.travel-italy.com/ct/episodes/ides.html
Classical Trivia's look at Julius Caesar's big day!
www.stpatricksday.ie/cms/index.html
On March 17th each year, St. Patrick's Day, it seems that the whole world is Irish. This site, based in Dublin, Ireland, focuses on events to mark the day in 2004.
www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens
The official site of the NCAA basketball tournament leading up to the Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.
Just in case you didn't know, here are some events taking place in the month of March:
American Red Cross Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Ideas Month
Music in our Schools Month
National Cheerleading Month
National Lawnmowers Tune-Up Month
Weekly Celebrations:
01–07 National Procrastination Week
07–13 Celebrate Your Name Week
07–13 National Professional Pet Sitters Week
20–27 Anonymous Giving Week
Special Days:
08 International (Working) Women's Day
17 Saint Patrick's Day
On the Lighter Side:
National On-Hold Month
03 Stop the Bad Service Day
10 Learn What Your Name Means Day
14–20 National Spring Fever Week
15 Act Happy Day
16 Lips Appreciation Day
22 International Goof-Off Day
26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Source: groups.ucanr.org/espanol/calendario/
Yaesu FT-817 The Ultimate Backpacker! Multi-Mode Portable Transceiver
The world's first self-contained, battery-powered, multi-mode portable transceiver covering the HF, VHF, and UHF bands! For more than four decades, Yaesu has been a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance multi-mode base station and mobile transceivers, as well as FM handhelds.
Now Yaesu breaks new ground with the introduction of the FT-817: the world's first HF/VHF/UHF self-contained battery-powered multi-mode portable transceiver. Providing up to five watts of power output, the FT-817 is designed for operation on the 160-10 metre HF bands, plus the 6 metre, 2 metre, and 70 cm bands. Whether your preferred operating mode is SSB, CW, AM, FM, Packet, or SSB-based digital modes like PSK31, the FT-817 is ready to join you on your next hiking, camping, or search-and-rescue adventure! The FT-817ND version now also includes the new 60m HF band.
For further details on this radio, please visit the Yaesu FT-817 website.
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www.swlfest.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The largest gathering of shortwave, AM/FM and scanner hobbyists in North America takes place every March in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, at the Winter SWL Festival. Here is their website. Radio HF will be there. It's not too late to register. Hope to see many of you there.
www.tracyyoung.tv
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
An ambitious undertaking featuring information on radio, TV, satellite, scanners, Internet radio, old time radio, etc.
www.radiosite.ca
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The first organization in Canada to serve the needs of the all producers of radio programming, regardless of whether they are volunteer or professional. Members come from the entire spectrum of radio experiences -- campus/community, commercial, public and the CBC. Others are sound artists using old and new media as outlet of expression. CSIRP's goal is simple -- to connect the talents of radio and audio producers across the country and from around the world... enabling them to share ideas, learn new skills, and build a community of producers.
www.canadianvintageradio.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The Canadian Vintage Radio Society, and its bimonthly publication, Canadian Vintage Radios, is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, collection and enjoyment of antique radios and related items. Regular features include: start to finish restoration projects, biographies of famous Canadian radio personalities, regional reports on activities, technical discussions of specific radio repair problems, new product reviews, some radio-related historical fiction as well as classifieds ads and an up-to-date radio collectors events calendars. The Society also has a Yahoo Chat and Discussion group.
www.roger.beckwith.btinternet.co.uk/bh/menu.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
On these pages are pictures of old BBC radio equipment and memories from the people who used it, edited by Roger Beckwith.
www.bossradioforever.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
"Boss Radio" was the name chosen to promote a new programming format on AM radio station KHJ, Los Angeles in May 1965. Although this all happened nearly 40 years ago, the introduction of the new format remains a rarity in the history of radio broadcasting because nothing quite like it has ever happened again. Since 1996, this site has been the most objective source for unique insider perspectives on the radio programming efforts of Bill Drake, Gene Chenault and others starting in California in the 1960s. This site is dedicated to the memory of Roger Christian, Robert W. Morgan, and The Real Don Steele, stars of 93/KHJ.
wayback.net
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
A site for those who remember and those who are just discovering the great shows from radio's golden age. The purpose of these pages is to share a form of entertainment that has, sadly, passed into the shadows of history. The buttons on the right hand side will take you to information pages about some of the programs which Wayback has restored and encoded into mp3 format. The buttons on the left hand side will take you to other sites or information of interest to collectors of old time radio programs.
osiris.teccart.qc.ca/berliner/
Via: Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Quebec
This bilingual site features a museum located in the heart of St-Henri/Montreal which has been open to the public since January 24, 1996. The Musée des ondes Emile Berliner is different from most in that it is one of the rare institutions dedicated to the history of technology of the sound.
www.public.asu.edu/~chrisdon/research/index.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Why is this in the "Radio Zone"? The site has a nice collection of historical articles, essays, papers on Canadian broadcasting, including CFCF radio and TV.
www.faqs.org/faqs/radio/monitoring/shortwave-faq/
Via: Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec
If you're just starting out in shortwave listening or been away for awhile, here are the answers to most of your questions. This is brought to you by the folks at the 'rec.radio.shortwave' newsgroup. It is an easy read and good advice, with links.
support.radioshack.com/support_tutorials/communications/swave-0.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The ads from Radio Shack say "If you have questions, we have answers." Well, here is how Radio Shack will try to answer you if you have questions about shortwave radio! Check out the list of stations and frequencies on the page. I wonder where this came from?
www.shohola.com/kd3fg/
Via: Ron Bickle, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Tom Gibson, WA3HWY, has put together an incredible program of communications and technology related activities at this camp in the Poconos. Since 1972, more than 3600 boys have learned how to operate a broadcast console at Camp Shohola. Although they now use computers for production and audio editing, they still teach tape splicing, dubbing and multitracking techniques. Camp Shohola was the first summer camp to teach radio broadcasting and continues with the finest and most up-to-date instruction including: play by play sports broadcasting and news gathering using remote broadcasting equipment, weather forecasting, announcing, console operation and modern digital production techniques.
www.radiointel.com
Via: Ricky Leong, Brossard, Quebec
Of this site, Ulis Fleming, the webmaster says "The shortwave hobby has so many eccentric but yet intelligent people. It is either a global fraternity or dysfunctional family. I haven't figured out which. This is more than my home page but hopefully a tool for SWLs to use while tuning around. Russ K3PI, my Radio Amateur 'elmer' from my childhood, and I hope to work up some reviews of radios and accessories. It is our goal to have fun with this. It's a great match! Russ is more interested in MW DXing and I have always been drawn to the world above 1700 kHz but not exceeding 30 MHz."
www.classaxe.com/dx/
Via: Al Dudley, Washington, DC via Worldwide Utility News
If you are interested in DXing NDBs, or non-directional beacons, this site is an excellent resource for information on the subject, including downloadable NDB web logs.
New Icom Receiver Website
Icom America, Inc. and PerCon Corporation announce a new website for your scanning enjoyment! Icomreceivers.com is the site you want to go to download date for the memory channels of your ICOM computer-programmable receiver. The IC-PCR100, IC-PCR1000, IC-R2, IC-R3, IC-R10, IC-R8500, and IC-R75 are supported on the site. Future ICOM radios will be added as well. You can find the website at www.icomreceivers.com.
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www.prnewswire.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Here you can access breaking news from tens of thousands of organizations around the globe, add your news to the world's most comprehensive news and information distribution network, and interact with experts about our services.
www.memeorandum.com
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Memeorandum presents a distinctly readable and relevant hourly synopsis of the latest on-line news and opinion, combining weblog commentary with traditional news reports.
www.axisoflogic.com
Via: Eric Wolfe, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
This is a new website recently started, for the political junkies. It is comprised of an all-volunteer group of writers and editors who are committed to publishing news and commentary that is often not presented in the major news outlets.
www.universalmetropolis.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Universal Metropolis is a culmination of life expression through the Internet, web media and the arts, towards the inevitable state in which we're all one big planet. Universal Metropolis was founded in 1993 as an experiential resource for its founder, Spencer Ansley, better known on-line as Sea. UM has since dabbled in live events, music production and literature authoring, and embraced the Internet professionally in the late-1990s. Universal Metropolis currently operates several web media outlets, including a magazine, a radio station and numerous other side projects and features. The organization is now based in Toronto, Ontario.
www.presidentmatch.com
Via: Judy Grove & Rachel Baughn, Brasstown, North Carolina
This is an interesting website ... it allows you to take a "test", for lack of a better word, which identifies what is important to you and how you feel on political/world/socio-economic issues. After taking the test, the website "picks" the presidential candidate most closely matched to your desires. I matched 100% with candidate Kucinich -- someone I barely heard of, so you see how unlikely my aspirations are!
www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet
Via: Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Quebec
Eternal Egypt is a French, English and Arabic site, full of information about the country of Egypt.
ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/viewer/flash/flash.html
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Great balls of fire! No, it's not images from Mars that have caught our fancy, but fiery portraits of our very own sun provided by NASA. That's right, as twin rovers romp around the red planet snapping up interplanetary postcards, the sun sends real-time greetings of its own in extreme UV imaging. What exactly is extreme UV light? It's the electromagnetic portion of the color spectrum between ultraviolet and X-ray that is not visible to the naked eye. UV imaging allows the volatile surface and textured weather patterns of our nearest and dearest hydrogen ball to be displayed without damaging our fragile peepers. Zoom, pan, and familiarize yourself with the surface of the sun, or take a look at detailed illustrations of its interior. Finally, don't miss movies of coronal mass ejections (aka magnetic blobs spewing from the sun's exterior), solar flares, and gigantic waves that roll over its surface. Why not soak up some sun?
www.healthfinder.gov
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
The U.S. federal government has a great website that organizes lots of health information. A huge health library covers a multitude of subjects: prevention and wellness, diseases and conditions, alternative medicine and featured topics. If you're ill or know someone who is, you'll also find access to medical dictionaries, health journals, prescription drug information, clinical trials and on-line checkups.
www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/milestones_list.html
Via: Ray Bauernhuber, Whitestone, New York
This is historical information on numerous milestones in the development of technology, communications, etc.
New publications from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
ARRL Periodicals 2003 on CD-ROM.
ARRL's popular journals are available on fully-searchable CD-ROMs. Every word and photo published throughout the year is included!
SEARCH the full text of every article by entering titles, call signs, names — almost any word.
- QST — the official membership journal of ARRL
- NCJ — the National Contest Journal
- QEX — the Forum for Communications Experimenters
SEE every word, photo (including color images), drawing and table in technical and general-interest features, columns and product reviews, plus all advertisements.
PRINT what you see, or copy it into other applications.
WEB LINKS appearing in any article can be used to launch your existing Web browser to view additional information (feature available for versions beginning with 1996).
System Requirements:
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• Macintosh PowerPC, MAC OS software version 8.6(*), 9.0.4, 9.1, or OS X(*) *Some features may not be available due to OS limitations
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www.betteraccounting.co.uk/Bookmarks.htm
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
This site could probably be a source of enough material to fill this Newsletter for the next couple of years. Creator Dave, of Leicester, UK, has compiled this list of Internet links on various subjects. A good site for a long, cold, dreary winter day!
members.aol.com/lshauser/phlcomix.html#top
Via: Skip Arey, Beverley, New Jersey
A collection of comic strips with philosophy as a theme.
www.fun-with-words.com
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay. Playing with words and language is both entertaining and educational. Here you can have plenty of fun with words with over 500 pages of word puzzles, games, amazing lists, and fun facts.
www.findsounds.com/index.html
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Find Sounds is a specialized search engine for sound effects and musical instrument samples. Unlike some other multimedia search services that help you find songs, radio broadcasts or other types of recorded content on the web, Find Sounds is limited to simple sounds and short samples. All of these sounds are from freely available, non-restricted web pages, and that means you can both listen to and download them to your own computer.
www.ifoce.com/index.php
Via: Gary Thorburn, Maynard, Massachusetts
I think the name on this one says it all. Check it out, but not on a full stomach!!
www.feathersite.com//Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html
Via: Eddie Janusz, Stonington, Connecticut
Massive amounts of information on poultry, much of which is aimed at the breeder and enthusiast, but contains literally hundreds of pictures of chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc., some of the most beautiful and exotic birds on the planet. With Bird Flu in the news, I guess this appropriate!
groups.msn.com/VE1LV/translabradorhighway.msnw?Page=1
Via: Dale Porray, Las Vegas, Nevada
Last month's link broke down just after sending out the Newsletter, so you would not have found these great photos from the link provided. But, Dale has found another source for them from a group page by William Rodd, VE1LV.
www.farmshow.com
Via: Bill Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
Over the past 25 years our editors have logged millions of miles in search of latest new farm products and "made it myself" ideas born in farm workshops. Much of what we've found is included at this site.
Ferrell's Confidential Frequency List, 13th Edition by Kevin Nice
Printed in August 2003, an affordable guide to the fascinating world of shortwave non-broadcast listening, or utility stations. Includes: aero, coast, fax, press, fixed, embassy, military, Volmet, maritime and time stations. This book is organized by frequency (1605–30,000 kHz) and also includes a full reverse callsign list. PW Publishing. Perfect bound, 586 pages. $43.00 Canadian. For complete ordering information, please contact Radio H.F. See Radio H.F. contact information for mailing address, telephone or fax numbers, or e-mail address.
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Note: all times given are in local time. Check with the local contact person for any last-minute changes or corrections. For obvious logistical reasons, only Canadian events, or those of particular interest to Canadians (e.g., Dayton Hamvention), are listed. Compiled by Vernon Ikeda, VE2MBS, Pierrefonds, Quebec and Radio Amateurs of Canada.
Montréal, Québec, Saturday 06 March
UMS Annual Fleamarket. Location: Centre Roussin, 12125 Notre Dame E, Montréal. Times: vendors 07:00, public 09:00. Admission: $5, tables $10. Talk-in VE2RXW 146.700-. Reservations: (514) 521-7765, e-mail: hamfest@ve2ums.ca. Website: www.ve2ums.ca.
Radio H.F. will be there!
New Westminster, British Columbia, Sunday 07 March
Burnaby Amateur Radio Club Swap Meet. Location: Royal Westminster Regiment Armories, 530 Queens Avenue, New Westminster (Corner of Queens Ave. and Sixth St.). Times: vendors: 08:30, public 10:00–14:30. Admission: $5, tables $20 (in advance) plus admission. Talk-in: VE7RBY 145.350-. Information and reservations: Bob Kungl VE7KW, (604) 524-9177, e-mail: VE7KW@rac.ca, or Lou Beaubien VE7CGE, (604) 291-1569. Website: www.qsl.net/ve7bar/.
Brampton, Ontario, Saturday 20 March
HAMEX 2004. Location: Brampton Fall Fairgrounds, Heart Lake Road corner of Old School Road. Times: public 09:00–13:00, seminars 1300–1800. Talk-in VE3PRC 146.880-. Admission: $6, tables $25/$30. Information: (905) 453-6096, e-mail: ham-ex@sympatico.ca. Website: www.peelarc.org/.
Laval, Québec, Saturday 27 March
Hamfest Laval-Laurentides 2004. Location: Polyvalente Georges Vanier, 3995 boul. Lévesque est, Saint Vincent de Paul (Laval), (new location!). Times: vendors 07:00, public 09:00. Admission: $5, tables $10. Talk-in: VE2REL 147.315+. Information and reservations: (514) 708-8033, e-mail: hamfest@ve2crl.qc.ca. Website: www.ve2crl.qc.ca/hamfest.htm.
Radio H.F. will be there!
Iroquois, Ontario, Saturday 10 April
Iroquois A.R.C. 9th Annual Flea Market. Location: Iroquois Civic Centre. Times: vendors 08:00, public 09:00–12:00. Admission: free, tables $10. Talk-in: VE3IRO 145.290-. Table reservations/Information: Gordon Knights VE3UGW, (613) 657-3640, e-mail: ve3ugw@ripnet.com. Website: web.ripnet.com/~ve3ugw.
Radio H.F. will be there!
LaSalle (Montréal), Québec, Saturday 17 April
Montreal Hamfest and Fleamarket. Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 212 (LaSalle), 7771 Bouvier, corner of Shevchenko. STM Bus 109. Times: vendors 07:30, public 08:30–12:00. Admission: $4. Talk-in: VE2RED 147.270+. Information: James R. Hay VE2VE, (514) 697-7205, e-mail: ve2arc@rac.ca. Website: www.marc.qc.ca/fest/fest.html.
Radio H.F. will be there!
Oshawa, Ontario, Saturday 17 April
Whitby Hamfest. Location: Jubilee Pavillion, 55 Lake View Park, Oshawa. Times: vendors 07:00, public 09:00–13:00. Admission: $5, tables $10. Talk-in: VE3WOM 147.150+. Information: Betty Huider, 87 Thickson Road, North Whitby, ON LIN 3P7 (905) 579-1800, e-mail: ve3blh@rac.ca. Website: w.a.r.c.tripod.com.
Whitby, Ontario, Saturday 24 April
Durham Region Hamfest. Location: Iroquois Park Recreation Centre, Victoria Street, corner of Henry Street. Times: vendors 07:30, public 09:00–13:00. Admission $6, tables $25 (includes 1 admission). Talk-in: VE3SPA 147.375+. Information/Reservations: Peter Henry VA3PWH (905) 436-9236, e-mail: va3pwh@sympatico.ca. Website: va3pwh@sympatico.ca.
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The Resources Zone:
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The following is a listing of clubs, groups, nets and radio broadcasts which I either operate, present, or am actively involved in.
CIDX is Canada's national radio monitoring club, serving radio hobbyists since 1962. This is CIDX's 42nd year of serving its members. Our monthly newsletter, Messenger, covers all aspects of the radio monitoring hobby. Sample copies of recent issues are available for $2.00 each, in Canada or the U.S., or $3 elsewhere. Membership is open to radio hobbyists worldwide. Visit the CIDX website (www.anarc.org/cidx/) for complete information, as well as special features and website profiles, or to get a membership application.
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Top of this section | Canadian International DX Club | International Radio Report | Radio Canada International
The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 MHz FM in Montreal, is available on the Internet at www.ckut.ca, Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern time (1430 UTC Apr.–Oct., 1530 UTC Nov.–Mar.). Now in its 16th year on the air, co-hosts Sheldon Harvey and Bill Westenhaver present this weekly half-hour of news, information and developments in radio broadcasting. Check out the CKUT website for the station's complete list of unique programmes.
You can also listen to recent International Radio Reports whenever you like. Thanks to one of our longtime listeners, Ricky Leong, archived editions of some of the programmes are available on demand at members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/. Also, you can send your comments to the International Radio Report by e-mail to radioreport@yahoo.com.
The Resources Zone:
Top of this section | Canadian International DX Club | International Radio Report | Radio Canada International
You can also hear Sheldon Harvey on his bi-weekly "CIDX Report" on Radio Canada International, Canada's international shortwave broadcaster, on the Maple Leaf Mailbag show, with host Ian Jones. Check out the Radio Canada International website (www.rcinet.ca) for complete details of times and frequencies, or go directly to the new Maple Leaf Mailbag website. RCI also has a free e-mail news service available which issues daily bulletins of news and information from and about Canada. See the instructions on the RCI website if you wish to subscribe. When you travel abroad, take Canada with you, with Radio Canada International on shortwave.
Special note for RCI Mailbag fans: A Yahoo Group for fans of the RCI Maple Leaf Mailbag programme has been formed. By joining up, you can share information and comments about the programme, plus chat on-line with other members, and even the hosts of the show! The URL is groups.yahoo.com/group/mapleleafmailbag/.That's all for this month. Radio H.F. operates as a mail-order, telephone, and on-line business, with the many products, great prices, and personalized service.
Your input is always welcome. Please feel free to send along your comments about the Newsletter, as well as any material you have to contribute, to me by e-mail at hfnewsletter@yahoo.com. Remember that you can find all previous issues of this newsletter at www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/index.html (right here! — Ed.).
Best wishes and 73 from Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW
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