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Offline East Troy Don

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Cold War Radio history.....
« on: October 26, 2022, 2058 UTC »
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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2022, 2118 UTC »
Thank You for sharing.

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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2022, 0031 UTC »
sno-isle library has three "on order" with "4 holds" (moi is #4). Lookin' fwd. to an interestin' readin' for shore.
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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2022, 0127 UTC »
I guess I'll become #5 in the queue at Sno-Isle!

Fun fact: In part due to listening to shortwave during the Cold War years as a teen, I really focused on Cold War history while I was minoring in it at college.
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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2022, 1640 UTC »
A fascinating time in world history.  Best book I ever read on it was "The Fifty Years War" by Richard Crockatt.   When I moved from Wisconsin to Florida back in 1997 I (regrettably) donated my hardcover copy to my old High School history dept. with about  40 other history books.   When I moved back to Wisconsin a few years later I decided to resurrect my library and looked futilely for years for any copy with no success.   When i read your post I searched again and found it ! :
In Paperback
For $94.95.   "OUCH'!
https://www.routledge.com/The-Fifty-Years-War-The-United-States-and-the-Soviet-Union-in-World-Politics/Crockatt/p/book/9780415135542
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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2022, 1825 UTC »
The Cold War was definitely a lively time for SW fans. 24 hours of Radio Moscow World Service (much of the programming was actually pretty interesting). I never heard Radio Tirana. Mostly Firedrake from China. Voice of Vietnam relayed via Cuba.

The Woodpecker. The Buzzsaw. And of course AFRTS, VOA, and the rest.

I once heard some Soviet hams who were transmitting from Franz Josef Land, which is pretty far north. The Americans were all trying to get them in the logbook.

Interesting times.
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Re: Cold War Radio history.....
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2022, 1454 UTC »
In Paperback
For $94.95.   "OUCH'!

Only if your silly enough to buy from the publisher.

The Cold War was definitely a lively time

Yeah, but some Cold War events still remain secret:
Official British government documents regarding Crabb's disappearance are not scheduled to be released until 2057
Most times & frequencies posted are only an approximation.

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Re: Cold War Radio history..... Got in late, but got to hear it, still.
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2022, 1929 UTC »
I consider myself a late arrival into shortwave listening, Spring 1981. Thatīs when I was gifted a Realistic DX-40 AM / FM / 4 - 22MHz SW, portable. Local AM station was a 1kW over 3 miles away and no local FM stations, at the time. Closest station was a 40M CW neighbor. So, that portable and a 75ft longwire went well for listening back then. However, it was the height of the Cold War era, and lots of stations to check-out. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/radioshack_realistic_dx_40_12_775.html
I was asked, yet another weird question, of how I would like to be buried, when I finally bite the big one. The answer was actually pretty easy. Face-down, like a certain historical figure in the late 1980's, (I will not mention who, but some of you will get it, and that's enough.) Why??? It would be a burial that will satisfy everyone: (1) My enemies will say that it will show me where to go. (2) On the same point, I can have my enemies kiss my butt. (3) It will temporarily give someone a place to park a bicycle. See??? A WIN / WIN for everyone.