Current posts on this blog are QSLs (verifications from radio stations) and, often, audio of their station identifications, from around the world. These are mostly stations heard on medium-wave (AM) over long distances, often from Cape Point, south of Cape Town, with my friend, Vashek Korinek. But also included are other QSLs received over a 50-year participation in the hobby, with comments about the station, the area, the politics or the economics.
Sunday 17 April 2011
Poland still smouldering about Smolensk
Last week Poland marked the anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster when 96 people including President Lech Kaczynski perished. The disaster produced a brief period of political unity in Poland but this has disintegrated into acrimony, with Kaczynski's brother accusing the opposition-led government of Donald Tusk of capitulation to the Russians concerning the cause of the crash. The Russians say the the Polish aircrew must take all the blame, accepting no responsibility on its side for air traffic control problems at the airport. Poland's model economy has also had a bit of a shock when it was revealed the imports of mainly second-hand cars from Germany have been hugely under-recorded meaning that its current account deficit is far larger than reported. The QSL is from Warsaw 1 on long-wave, heard in London in 2004. ;- ptgt@ ' '
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