Sadly, when you tune across the SW Bands these daysyou don't hear very much. It seems that the Internet hasreplaced many of those wonderful high-power stationsthat used to fill those airwaves.. -BL
From: B J va6bmj@gmail.com To: Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] The Russian Woodpecker
On 12/7/16, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
Those who remember the Russian Woodpecker that could decimate the Amateur Radio Bands back in the 1980’s might be interested to know there is a new Film on NETFIX called “The Russian Woodpecker”!
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Ah, the good old Woodpecker..... I was just an SWL when it was in its prime during the 1980s. Many a time I cursed it because it interfered with reception of a certain program or denied me a possible DX catch.
It became as much a legend on the bands as those infamous numbers stations.
73s
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