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February 19th 06, 12:12 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the
South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? |
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February 19th 06, 12:18 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
running dogg wrote: I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Radio Free Bougainville, it ran on cocoanut oil dxAce Michigan USA |
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February 19th 06, 12:36 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
dxAce wrote:
running dogg wrote: I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Radio Free Bougainville, it ran on cocoanut oil dxAce Michigan USA Yeah, them. Know anything else about it? |
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February 19th 06, 12:44 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
running dogg wrote: dxAce wrote: running dogg wrote: I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Radio Free Bougainville, it ran on cocoanut oil dxAce Michigan USA Yeah, them. Know anything else about it? They later became Radio Independent Mekamui. dxAce Michigan USA |
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February 19th 06, 01:08 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
I've posted a short recording of Radio Free Bougainville, from the time I
heard them at a Grayland, WA DXpedition. The date was June 16, 1993, and the time was 1120 UTC. Listen for the two IDs in Pidgin: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/R_Free_Bougainvile.MP3 (84 kB file size) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA SDR-1000 blog: www.sdr-1000.blogspot.com "dxAce" wrote in message ... running dogg wrote: dxAce wrote: running dogg wrote: I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Radio Free Bougainville, it ran on cocoanut oil dxAce Michigan USA Yeah, them. Know anything else about it? They later became Radio Independent Mekamui. dxAce Michigan USA |
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February 19th 06, 01:19 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
Hmm... the file wasn't loading so I changed the file name. Try this:
http://www.guyatkins.com/files/rfbougainville.mp3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Guy Atkins" wrote in message . .. I've posted a short recording of Radio Free Bougainville, from the time I heard them at a Grayland, WA DXpedition. The date was June 16, 1993, and the time was 1120 UTC. Listen for the two IDs in Pidgin: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/R_Free_Bougainvile.MP3 (84 kB file size) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA SDR-1000 blog: www.sdr-1000.blogspot.com "dxAce" wrote in message ... running dogg wrote: dxAce wrote: running dogg wrote: I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Radio Free Bougainville, it ran on cocoanut oil dxAce Michigan USA Yeah, them. Know anything else about it? They later became Radio Independent Mekamui. dxAce Michigan USA |
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February 19th 06, 01:22 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
Guy Atkins wrote: I've posted a short recording of Radio Free Bougainville, from the time I heard them at a Grayland, WA DXpedition. The date was June 16, 1993, and the time was 1120 UTC. Listen for the two IDs in Pidgin: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/R_Free_Bougainvile.MP3 (84 kB file size) Though I don't have a sound card, that must be nice. Don't believe I ever heard them here. They ran something like 80 watts, did they not? dxAce Michigan USA |
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February 19th 06, 03:12 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
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"Guy Atkins" wrote: I've posted a short recording of Radio Free Bougainville, from the time I heard them at a Grayland, WA DXpedition. The date was June 16, 1993, and the time was 1120 UTC. Listen for the two IDs in Pidgin: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/R_Free_Bougainvile.MP3 (84 kB file size) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA SDR-1000 blog: www.sdr-1000.blogspot.com A little hard to make out but it sure tastes good! Greg |
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#9
February 19th 06, 01:36 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
"running dogg" wrote in message ... I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Yeah, it was Gilligan's Island. |
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February 19th 06, 03:25 AM
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Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?
FDR wrote:
"running dogg" wrote in message ... I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Yeah, it was Gilligan's Island. Off-topic: ever notice how the Gilligan's castaways supposedly remained plump and groomed after years on the island? You'd think that they'd look like Tom Hanks in Castaway-dirty, unkempt and rail thin. Yet another unrealistic TV show from the 60s. |
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