Comments on: Did you ever listen to Radio Canada International? http://va3qv.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/did-you-ever-listen-to-radio-canada-international/ My view on the world of AMATEUR RADIO- "Rambling on" so to speak Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob VE3MPG http://va3qv.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/did-you-ever-listen-to-radio-canada-international/#comment-9119 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:55:14 +0000 http://va3qv.wordpress.com/?p=10638#comment-9119 I did listen to RCI first in the winter of 1970 while I was in Germany and Austria – the October crisis was in progress at the time and being an SWL I always had a shortwave radio with me. The second time was when I was posted to CZ land in 1990; RCI as well as the BBC was an important source of stable and credible news from the other side of the Iron Curtain. Another Canadian icon bites the dust, a result of fiscal cutbacks and lack of foresight by bureaucrats.

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