Alfons and the Magic Christmas Tree read by Clayton Howard: December 1974

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Rawdon, for the following recording and notes:

[This is] a recording of a story featured on HCJB’s DX Party Line hosted by Clayton Howard. As far as I remember it was recorded in December 1974. It’s a short story from SPEEDX about the reception of Tristan Da Cunha and St Helena.

SPEEDX ran from 1971 until a declining membership forced its closure in 1995 archived copies of its monthly bulletin can be found here: https://worldradiohistory.com/Speedx.htm

Radio Clarin (Dominican Republic): December 12, 1978

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Tom Gavaras, who shares the following recording and notes:

Radio Clarin (Dominican Republic) with This is Santo Domingo with Rudy Espinal broadcast in 1978. This English language broadcast includes music from the Dominican Republic, talk about a recent power outage, SPEEDX (Society for the Preservation of the Engrossing Enjoyment of DXing) magazine, ANARC (Association of North American Radio Clubs) convention at Radio Canada International in Montreal, and a NASWA (North American Shortwave Association) DX Report with Glenn Hauser.

Date of recording: 12/12/1978

Starting time: 0300 UTC

Frequency: 11.700 MHz

Recption location: Plymouth, Minnesota

Receiver and antenna: Hammarlund HQ-180, longwire