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Voice Of America, point-to-point (circa 1970-1971)

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pqgeorge

I recall back in the fall and winter of 1970 and 1971, hearing a "Voice Of America" running "point-to-point" in the 26 to 27 MHz spectrum. Every morning at around 6:45 AM (Eastern, only on Monday through Friday) I heard this loop saying "This is a Voice Of America transmitter, operating point-to-point...........". It was on from 7:00 AM until 1:00 PM Eastern. It was heard on all CB radios of the time on 27.025 (Channel 6) easily.

The funny thing about it was that it was only on the air Monday through Friday (October through April, probably due to changes in propagation during summertime). Does anyone recall the reason for this transmission and where it originated. I do recall that it sounded like it was being jammed with a funny sounding whine.

Any takers? Does anyone have any audio from that time?

73,

Pete (K1XRB) <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
 
I don't know all the details, but I believe VOA and others would feed some relay stations with a point-to-point shortwave transmission, sometimes in Single Sideband. I can remember hearing regular VOA on 27 mHz..I had a set of cheap walkie-talkies that transmitted on Channel 9 (before it was designated as an emergency channel) that were so broad it recieved everything from 25 through 28mHz simultaneously. I can also remember Radio Nederland feeding newscasts to its Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) relays station by shortwave in SSB, all entertainment programming was pre-taped.<P ID="signature">______________
"Your right to know supersedes your right to exist"..Gary Burbank</P>
 
I do recall this certain VOA point-to-point was reduced carrier amplitude modulation, not a full SSB. And yes, those Radio Shack Space Patrol walkie talkies were very "wide band" covering the entire CB band (and then some). I had an Archer walkie-talkie base station which transmitted on Channel 14, but allowed you to manually monitor the 23 channels, selectively. And surprisingly, it was VERY selective and sensitive. The point-to-point station was on 27.025 MHz (Channel 6). WHY? Who knows.... but you could not miss it. At the beginning of the programming I was able to decipher the following statement "This is the Voice Of America in Europe, broadcasting on the shortwave frequencies of the Voice Of America in Washington". I wonder why the signal was jammed with a continuous whine, varying in pitch. Once in a while, you could understand the info over the whine.

> I don't know all the details, but I believe VOA and others
> would feed some relay stations with a point-to-point
> shortwave transmission, sometimes in Single Sideband. I can
> remember hearing regular VOA on 27 mHz..I had a set of cheap
> walkie-talkies that transmitted on Channel 9 (before it was
> designated as an emergency channel) that were so broad it
> recieved everything from 25 through 28mHz simultaneously. I
> can also remember Radio Nederland feeding newscasts to its
> Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) relays station by shortwave
> in SSB, all entertainment programming was pre-taped.
> <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
 
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