Von: BueschelW@web.de im Auftrag von Wolfgang Bueschel ...

very first time. Gary Walters, the station manger, and Tony Moore from R
St. Helena were at the waterfront all day with the RSH mobile studio van
and interviewed many people. The St. Helena Herald newspaper (Apr 01,
pp.1,12-13,24 ) reported on the special event that saw 2195 of the 2439
passengers of the QM2 "invade" St. Helena for the day.
One of the passengers was Mr. Joe Buch of West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Once ashore, Joe walked straight over to the RSH van and introduced
himself to a very surprised Gary Walters. Joe Buch is 72, has been an
amateur radio operator since 1952, has the US HAM call-sign N2JB (as in
Joe Buch ), is a keen radio listener, and is a fan of R St. Helena. Joe
made an audio recording of his interview with Gary Walters, and this can
be listened to on the above mentioned web page of the RMRC. During the
interview, Joe Buch made some good public relations for the
internationally appreciated RSH broadcast on shortwaves known as Radio St.
Helena Day. Both Gary and Tony said that they were quite amazed at meeting
someone who actually had heard the RSD shortwave broadcasts. Thanks go to
Joe Buch (N2JB) , Bruce Salt (ZD7VC), and Gary Walters (Radio St. Helena)
for providing and giving permission to use various material used in this
article.
More information can now be found on the web pages of the Rhein-Main Radio
Club (RMRC) of Frankfurt in Germany. The web address is and
the link to "St. Helena Info" (in English) can be found on the left side
of the page.
(Robert Kipp-D, dswci DXW June 30)
I visited St. Helena on March 30 aboard the Queen Mary 2 which visited the
island for the very first time. I went straight from the launch to the
Radio St. Helena broadcast van where I was interviewed and got a big plug
in for the annual shortwave broadcast.
Several photos, and the audio of my interview are at
The station is targeting the first Saturday in October for the annual
Radio Saint Helena Day on 11092.5 kHz. They are hoping that propagation
will be better on the earlier date.
(Joe Buch-FL-USA, swprograms; WDXC Contact)
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