PTT Voice Mirrors (Part 2): Circa 1970's

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Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:Frequency: variousRecption location: Ancaster, Ontario, CanadaYour receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antennaMode: Single Side BandNotes: 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, Greenland2.  PTT, Papeete, Tahiti3.  AFA, USAF Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA4.  AFI,  USAF McClellan AFB Sacramento, CA, USA5.  Imperial Board of Telecommunications of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa6.  Radiografica Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica7.  International Radio Telephone Service, Havana, Cuba8.  France Cables and Radio Company, Douala, Cameroon9.  French Telecommunications Service, Noumea, New Caledonia10.  AEZ, U.S. Army, Asmara, Ethiopia11.  French Telecommunications Service, Fort de France, Martinique12.  CUW, USAF Aerospace Communications Complex, Lajes AFB, Azores13.  Malgache Republic International Telecommunications Company,        Tananarive, Madagascar14.  French Telecommunications Service, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe15.  France Cables and Radio Company, Niamey, Niger16.  French Telecommunications Service, St. Pierre et Miquelon17.  France Cables and Radio Company, Monrovia, Liberia

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