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Old July 8th 06, 05:49 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Matt J. McCullar Matt J. McCullar is offline
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Default Radio America for Swan Island back in the 1960's

Tom Kneitel wrote an excellent article about R. Americas and R. Swan in
_Electronics Illustrated_ in the 1960s. He and editor Bob Beason actually
visited Swan Island when the stations were still on the air and Kneitel
actually mentioned the controversy of the transmitters' supposed location
(though he did not mention Stanbury by name). Kneitel reported on (and
printed pictures of) the transmitters, the island, and the people living and
working there. Kneitel wrote at the time that he had no doubt that the
whole operation was a front for the CIA, working against Castro, and in fact
not long after his article appeared the stations went off the air (I've read
elsewhere on the 'Net that the tranmitters were sent to Vietnam).

I have scans of Kneitel's article. E-mail me if interested.

Matt J. McCullar
Arlington, TX