Another spat is brewing in the Falkland Islands. Argentina has banned boats flying the Falklands flag from entering its ports and succeeded in persuading Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay (its Mercosur partners) to do the same. Britain has taken a dim view of this. It's not that important really; after all there are only about 25 boats that fly the Falklands flag and they could swap that for the British flag and enter these ports without problems. We are coming up to the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war when Britain under Maggie Thatcher repelled an Argentine invasion force. The confrontation comes just a few weeks after the UK announced plans to create a Marine Protection Zone on 1 million sq km
around the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, aimed at greater protection for killer whales, penguins, walruses and seals. Although South Georgia is about 800 miles from the Argentine coast, Argentina responded angrily that this was an invasion of its sovereignty. It's amazing that these two countries, UK and Argentina, can get so upset about these tiny islands. The QSL is one of my best - Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service, heard in Cape Town on short-wave 90mb in 1972. It was one of those beautiful things: the station was playing record requests and I knew several of the songs played. Heard using a Trio 9R-59 receiver with a 30m wire antenna in the garden in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
Another spat is brewing in the Falkland Islands. Argentina has banned boats flying the Falklands flag from entering its ports and succeeded in persuading Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay (its Mercosur partners) to do the same. Britain has taken a dim view of this. It's not that important really; after all there are only about 25 boats that fly the Falklands flag and they could swap that for the British flag and enter these ports without problems. We are coming up to the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war when Britain under Maggie Thatcher repelled an Argentine invasion force. The confrontation comes just a few weeks after the UK announced plans to create a Marine Protection Zone on 1 million sq km
around the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, aimed at greater protection for killer whales, penguins, walruses and seals. Although South Georgia is about 800 miles from the Argentine coast, Argentina responded angrily that this was an invasion of its sovereignty. It's amazing that these two countries, UK and Argentina, can get so upset about these tiny islands. The QSL is one of my best - Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service, heard in Cape Town on short-wave 90mb in 1972. It was one of those beautiful things: the station was playing record requests and I knew several of the songs played. Heard using a Trio 9R-59 receiver with a 30m wire antenna in the garden in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
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