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My DX Highs
First QSL
Radio Sweden in 1976
Prized QSL
Radio Iran which arrived
after the Iranian revolution with rubber stamp marked on face as "Voice
of Islamic Republic of Iran".
Memorable DX Log
AFRTS Diego Garcia in MW
heard in Chandipur DX expedition coming in loud and clear with 555 quality.
Eerie DX announcement
"From Somewhere in the Mediterranean
we are the voice of peace " heard on MW.
Superstitious DX day
When I returned home
after catching a glimpse of the Pope during his Calcutta visit of 1985,
only time in my DX career I found that three QSLs had arrived on
the same day . They were from such exotic places such as Chad and
Niger.
Memorable topical listening
BBC world news announcing
for the first time that Mrs. Indira Gandhi had been assassinated. Radio
Bangladesh domestic service discontinuing regular programming with frequent
announcement during the coup and assassination of President Zia ur Rehman.
FEBA Seychelles discontinuing regular programming with regret announcements
during the takeover by the present President France Albert Rene.
Best DX investigation
Visit to Voice of Tamil Elem
recording studio in the residential suburbs of Madras and visit to its
then office right inside the MLA Hostel in Madras.Published in Asian
DX Review in 1986
Best DX tip
News that AIR Leh in Ladhak
and AIR Port Blair in the Andaman Islands were going to begin shortwave
transmissions (Sweden Calling DXers 1989)
Supratik Sanatani athena_eye@vsnl.com
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