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28-08-2008
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Abie Nathan, the well known Israeli peace pioneer died yesterday at the age of 81. He operated a pirate radio station ship called "The Voice of Peace" which broadcasted peace messages and music round the clock. | ||
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| Believe it when I see it Admin.  Real name: Rolf Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 5 My System: Pace Sky HD, DM7000s, CubeRevo 3000HDPVR, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Televes H45 Digital Spectrum analyser. | Didn't know much about this man, but had heard of him, here's a little more information for those who are interested.  _http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJW0VLaP2gyA9M-xggT-BabhcBFgD92QQOPG2 | ||
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| Site administrator  Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S  The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Heres the final pic of poor old MV Peace _http://www.offshore-radio.de/peace12.jpg sunk 15 miles off the Israeli coast 28/11/1993 at 19.33 local time.  | ||
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| The Consumate Dreamer  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: Somewhere where the Sauer is Kraut and the Wurst is Brat
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Blog Entries: 5 My System: I bet on red. If I lose, I double the bet on red again. I continue with this until I lost everything.  Muhuhuhahahahahaaaaarrrgggh | RIP Abie I remember listening to the station, had the best music in the 70ies... Their station announcement was something like "This is the voice of peace broadcasting on 1540 Megaherz or 101 on your FM dial" Happy days... | ||
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The frequencies were 1540 Kilohertz AM and 100 MHz FM | |||
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
Very sad indeed but invokes lots of happy memories A pioneer indeed, I spent many an hour driving a tractor up and down a 1.6Km field listening to Abie. Sadly missed fondly remembered | ||
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