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Molvania Poacher

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VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« on: June 14, 2025, 0221 UTC »
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BoomboxDX

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2025, 0651 UTC »
Too bad it took a war to wake up the government to the importance of a radio service like VOA.

But it's better than not waking up to its importance at all.
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radioartisan

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2025, 1407 UTC »
It's amazing.  It's like all these "useless"/"corrupt"/"inefficient"/"broken" government services that are being shutdown served some purpose or had some critical mission.  Who would have known?  ::)
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Molvania Poacher

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2025, 0137 UTC »
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QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
Tecsun S-8800 and Kenwood R-2000, with about 135 feet of wire thrown up in the trees.
eQSLs most appreciated to [email protected].

Ct Yankee

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2025, 1654 UTC »
Not so fast with those Farsi speakers, Poacher.  😬
Time to crank up the Radio Molvania Subterranean Service to get these people back to work and the news out.  You are bunker bomb proof at Monadnock, no?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98peeo
« Last Edit: June 21, 2025, 1706 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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n2avh

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2025, 2324 UTC »
If the VOA starts broadcasts to Canada and Greenland, those people will know things are getting real.
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Molvania Poacher

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2025, 0328 UTC »
Quote from: Ct Yankee on June 21, 2025, 1654 UTC
Not so fast with those Farsi speakers, Poacher.  😬
Time to crank up the Radio Molvania Subterranean Service to get these people back to work and the news out.  You are bunker bomb proof at Monadnock, no?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98peeo

Dear Yankee Running Dog Nutmegger Airwave Pirate,

The staff of Molvania Calling DX Funtime Mailbag and Pennant Club respectfully reminds you that, despite not having a Farsi Service, The Voice of Molvania still carries both an Esperanto Service (on 148.5 Khz, fortnightly, from 1357 to 1413 GMT), and its much celebrated crop reports in both Molvanian and Aromanian (Vlach) (on 3330 khz, each gibbous moon, from 757 to 813 GMT).
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All reception direct-- From my location, radio and antenna.
QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
Tecsun S-8800 and Kenwood R-2000, with about 135 feet of wire thrown up in the trees.
eQSLs most appreciated to [email protected].

East Troy Don

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2025, 0143 UTC »
Quote from: n2avh on June 21, 2025, 2324 UTC
If the VOA starts broadcasts to Canada and Greenland, those people will know things are getting real.

Have to brush up on my West Greenlandic language.
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