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This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has anyone
listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made mention of the
anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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I was there forty two years ago and Saigon was still standing then.One
night I was sitting in a bar in down town Saigon and we heard a low
''woom'' noise.We went down the street to have a look see.Some Vietcong
had set off/thrown a bomb into a movie theater.
cuhulin

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dxAce wrote:

This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has anyone
listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made mention of the
anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Vietnam is relayed via Sackville for English. I've heard the transmitter
at Xuan Mai in Viet, not sure if Xuan Mai has an English broadcast.

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running dogg wrote:

dxAce wrote:


This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has anyone
listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made mention of the
anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Vietnam is relayed via Sackville for English. I've heard the transmitter
at Xuan Mai in Viet, not sure if Xuan Mai has an English broadcast.


I was listening from a tent last weekend with about 500 foot of 12 gauge
wire stuck about 40 feet in a tree. Anyway, I made some pretty good
catches of the Voice of Vietnam.

The following times and frequencies

1000 UTC

English
9840 khz
12020 khz

1100 UTC
English
9840 khz
12020 khz

1230 UTC
English
9840 khz
12020 khz

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Shortwave DX wrote:

running dogg wrote:

dxAce wrote:


This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has
anyone
listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made
mention of the
anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Vietnam is relayed via Sackville for English. I've heard the transmitter
at Xuan Mai in Viet, not sure if Xuan Mai has an English broadcast.


I was listening from a tent last weekend with about 500 foot of 12 gauge
wire stuck about 40 feet in a tree. Anyway, I made some pretty good
catches of the Voice of Vietnam.

The following times and frequencies

1000 UTC

English
9840 khz
12020 khz

1100 UTC
English
9840 khz
12020 khz

1230 UTC
English
9840 khz
12020 khz

There used to be a 15010 frequency that was used to but my latest WRTH
doesn't show it. I think it may have been discontinued. I listened to
the 20th anniversary of the end of the war. It was interesting to say
the least. Actually I remember they had a contest at that time for
people who wrote in.

I think there is a North American broadcast relayed via Sackville
somewhere on 40 meters and 31 meters.

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David wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:59:55 -0400, dxAce
wrote:

This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has anyone
listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made mention of the
anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

You mean Ho Chi Minh City?

no he means properly Saigon the name of the city at that time, just
like our histroy book refer to the fall of Constantople in1453 nand did
not change to Istanbull in the last century when Atatuck (ph) changed
the name given to that anceint city

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Just about to get night time in Ireland now,in about an hour or so,in
Baile Atha Cliath.
cuhulin

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dxAce wrote in
:

This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has
anyone listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made
mention of the anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Remember the images of the embassy when we pulled out? People hanging off
and clinging to the helicopters wanting freedom. That's what Iraq will
look like if the democrats get their way.

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Slow Code wrote:

dxAce wrote in
:

This weekend marks the 31st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Has
anyone listened to the Voice of Vietnam today, and if so have they made
mention of the anniversary?

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Remember the images of the embassy when we pulled out? People hanging off
and clinging to the helicopters wanting freedom. That's what Iraq will
look like if the democrats get their way.

Do you remember the picture of the helicopter on top of the Embassy and the iron
staircase leading up to it?

That very staircase is in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand
Rapids, Michigan:

http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/exhibits/permanent/shuttle-diplomacy.asp

dxAce
Michigan
USA