ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores relembram o 50ª Aniversário da invasão da Checoslováquia e os perigos que correram com a sua resistência

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

50th anniversary of invasion of Czechoslovakia

At approximately 11 pm on August 20, 1968 forces of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and other Warsaw pact members invaded Czechoslovakia,
radio amateurs played their part in the resistance

Radio amateurs put their lives in danger to transmit information about the
invasion to the outside world and their technical expertise was invaluable
to keep small broadcast stations on the air.


Czechoslovaks carry their national flag past a burning Soviet tank in Prague


Radio Prague recently published an obituary for radio amateur and world
renowned expert on short-wave radio *Oldřich Číp* who passed away in July
aged 87.
Beginning in 1959 and for more than 25 years, Oldřich produced a weekly
English-language program "Radio Prague Calling All Radio Hobbyists".

Following the Soviet invasion Oldřich used his technical expertise to aid
the "free Czechoslovak Radio," putting himself in danger in an effort to
provide factual news and information about the events taking place. Thanks
to the large number of smaller facilities of Czechoslovak Radio scattered
all over Prague and complicated infrastructure that connected them, they
were able to continue broadcasting for quite some time.
https://www.radio.cz/en/section/special/
czech-short-wave-radio-expert-oldrich-cip-dies-at-87

National Public Radio (NPR) reports that following the Soviet invasion
*"Information flowed through an improvised network of Amateur Radio buffs"*
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=93719386&t=1534686904963
*Frank Melville W2AQK* was one of those who received messages from fellow
Czechoslovak radio amateurs, download the report from
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/38561

Czechoslovakian station calling for help during the Soviet invasion Aug
20/21, 1968. Loosely translated it says Czechoslovakia being invaded by the
USSR, and asks world for help, uses the psuedo callsign of OK1CSSR
https://soundcloud.com/user-644758299/czechoslovakian-station-calling-for-help-during-the-russian-invasion

Czech Radio Club - Český radioklub
"Radio amateurs took advantage of the brief period of cosmetic
liberalization in 1968 (the so-called Prague Spring) to establish a new
magazine of their own, Radioamatersky zpravodaj - Amateur Radio Report.
This magazine managed to survive and was even published after 1989 as the
magazine of the Czechoslovak Radio Club until the dissolution of the
Czechoslovak federation when it folded."
https://www.crk.cz/ENG/AMAE

Radio Free Europe
How Listeners Thwarted Radio Jamming In Czechoslovakia
https://pressroom.rferl.org/p/6724.html
https://coldwarradios.blogspot.com/2018/08/radio-free-europe-operating-in-safe.html
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