General Electric
posted by Paul
General Electric is one of the hugely pervasive brands that made its way to South Africa many years ago, in 1894. The company left our shores in 1985 in a stand against apartheid, returning only in 1995 after apartheid had been abolished.I'm not sure how old this radio is. Some of you might remember it from the days of your youth. If you click on the photo you'll see a larger version with a list of countries and cities like Moscow, France and Norway. Surely it's not possible that a radio in South Africa could actually receive a signal from as far away as Moscow?
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Actually, shortwave radio signals with boosters along the way can travel quite a distance. I believe there was service from the UK to Australia, for instance. I did a Google search and found a lot of information, but no one site that addressed all the points, so I'm not including one here.
My family and I used to listen to the BBC, the VOA and a few others on shortwave in South Asia in the late 70s, early 80s.
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@z - Thanks for the investigation z. I'm sure that I recall listening to European radio stations in the 80's. Today it wouldn't be anything special, the world being a global village and all, but back then it was quite astonishing to think that we were listening to radio signals broadcast from Europe.
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