[v7arcssbnet] [V7ARC] Voice of America 80th Anniversary

[Steve Schaarschmidt]

ROCK ON, Doug!!!
73,
 = Steve KØCI
    c/o V7ARC

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 10:24 PM Douglas Ducote <douglas.r.ducote at gmail.com>
wrote:

> With regards to WA6IFI's email:
>
> Amateur Logic TV did an extended tour of the Bethany Relay VOA site in
> Ohio and posted a 45 minute video on YouTube. I believe the fella's name is
> George Thomas, W5JDX. He has a very strong background in broadcast
> engineering and does a pretty good job of pointing out some amazing
> transmitter related points without going full nerd. The video is worth
> looking up and watching - make sure to have a good sized cup of coffee.
>
> Off topic, but still related to broadcast history and VOA - Randy, K7AGE,
> did a video tour of WLW. He included some information about the period of
> time that the station ran 500,000W. That power level led to an
> injunction being filed by the Canadian government. The connection is that
> WLW's owner/designing engineer was one Powel Crosley, Jr. Mr. Crosley was
> later solicited by the US government to help design VOA stations for
> counter-propaganda operations against AXIS powers in WW2. My best guess at
> a paraphrase of the solicitation would go something like this: "Mr.
> Crosley, you built a hell of a flamethrower at WLW. Could you please help
> us build something even more ridiculous to talk over Adolf's lunacy
> anywhere in the world from Ohio?"
>
> I think I'll be re-watching both of those videos this week...
>
> 73,
> Doug
>
> *Douglas R. Ducote*, CBTE
> doug at ad0tp.net
> 719-496-8446
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 11:08 AM Lee Davis <leed383rr at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I worked the station W8O yesterday on 20 m. That station is located in
>> Cincinnati Ohio.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lee
>>
>> > On Feb 16, 2022, at 1:02 AM, Steve Schaarschmidt <shakeastick at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Village Seven,
>> >
>> > As I mentioned on the Saturday-night 2-meter SSB net, I've been
>> listening
>> > to 40- and 20-meter SSB on a Heathkit SB-300 in the living room for a
>> few
>> > days now...
>> >
>> > Here's a bit of news that I heard just by browsing the 'fone bands
>> today:
>> >
>> > The Voice of America shortwave broadcasting service is 80 years old as
>> of
>> > this month.
>> > Three special-event amateur stations - W3V, W8O and W4A - are operating
>> > this weekend (Feb 19-20, 2022) in celebration of this anniversary.
>> >
>> > In case links get blocked,
>> > please look for wc8voa [dot] org [slash] voa80 [slash]
>> > for details.
>> > Or, search for Voice of America 80th Anniversary as I did.
>> >
>> > Seems like a cool thing to look for!
>> > If you work any of these special event stations, please tell us!
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > = Steve KØCI
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