PTT Voice Mirrors (Part 2): Circa 1970's
/Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Frequency: various
Recption location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Your receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes:
Point to point stations were commonly found on shortwave in the 1970's outside of the normal SWBC bands. They could often be heard transmitting a repeating test message so a receiving station could tune them in prior to conducting radiotelephone traffic.1. Radio Telephone Circuit, Godthaab, Greenland
2. PTT, Papeete, Tahiti
3. AFA, USAF Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA
4. AFI, USAF McClellan AFB Sacramento, CA, USA
5. Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
6. Radiografica Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
7. International Radio Telephone Service, Havana, Cuba
8. France Cables and Radio Company, Douala, Cameroon
9. French Telecommunications Service, Noumea, New Caledonia
10. AEZ, U.S. Army, Asmara, Ethiopia
11. French Telecommunications Service, Fort de France, Martinique
12. CUW, USAF Aerospace Communications Complex, Lajes AFB, Azores
13. Malgache Republic International Telecommunications Company,
Tananarive, Madagascar
14. French Telecommunications Service, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
15. France Cables and Radio Company, Niamey, Niger
16. French Telecommunications Service, St. Pierre et Miquelon
17. France Cables and Radio Company, Monrovia, Liberia