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

"Matt J. McCullar" wrote:

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).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Islands

Makes reference to transmitters being moved to Vietnam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Swan

This one makes reference to the Radio Swan transmitter being previously used by
Radio Free Europe before being installed on Swan Island and then its being sent
to South Vietnam.

dxAce
Michigan
USA