Roberto Carlos Alvarez-galloso
30 September 2007, Sunday
Before the advent of computers, shortwave radios were the electronic tools for information. Even in today's day and age, the Shortwave Radio has uses that the computer does not. Some events of 1989 tell you the reason.
Shortwave reception was from good to poor in the late 1980's, depending on the radio stations that the person was listening to and the amount of interference. I will concentrate on the shortwave reception in 1989 during certain historical moments.
30 September 2007, Sunday
Before the advent of computers, shortwave radios were the electronic tools for information. Even in today's day and age, the Shortwave Radio has uses that the computer does not. Some events of 1989 tell you the reason.
Shortwave reception was from good to poor in the late 1980's, depending on the radio stations that the person was listening to and the amount of interference. I will concentrate on the shortwave reception in 1989 during certain historical moments.
During the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, I managed to hear Radio Moscow, Radio Tashkent, Radio Vilnius, Radio Yerevan and Radio Afghanistan on my Panasonic RF B60 shortwave radio. The reception from the radio stations inside what was then the USSR were excellent compared to the poor reception from Radio Afghanistan.
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(Source: Aokesh Gupta, New Delhi)
Read more from Merinews at:
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=126684
(Source: Aokesh Gupta, New Delhi)
