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on December 2, 1984, Antonio Ribeiro da Motta of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga in Brazil heard a broadcast of the
old DX program, Radio Monitors International RMI, from Radio Earth in Santo
Domingo in the Dominican Republic. This
was in the days when the early DX program RMI was produced in the studios of
Adventist World Radio in Poona India AWR-Asia, and by special arrangement,
recordings of the program were made available for broadcast in the Americas
through the broadcast services of Radio Earth.
The broadcasts of Radio Monitors
International were on the air from Radio Clarin in the Dominican Republic for
only a short period of time and Antonio heard this broadcast on 11700 kHz. The QSL card he received was the familiar
multiple entry QSL card, black print on yellow card stock, that was in use at
AWR-Asia in those days. This QSL card
was signed by Violet Peterson, the wife of the program host for Radio Monitors
International. This QSL card was rubber
stamped and endorsed as the first reception report from South America.
As time went by, the 50 kW shortwave
transmitter at Radio Clarin became the first main transmitter for Radio Miami
International, WRMI in Hialeah, Florida.
(AWR Wavescan/NWS 362)