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| Henrik Klemetz at EDXC Meeting in Tampere with Dario Monferini for Radio Eco Reyes. Year 1992 |
One of the most famous DXers of our time, Henrik Klemetz, has passed away September 21 morning in Sweden. Henrik died in a hospital in the town of Borås as a result of a serious illness. Henrik had lived for years in Colombia, and he was known especially for his unparallelled knowledge about the radio scene in Latin America. In 1989 he wrote a book titled "Latin America by Radio", which was and still is a fabulous guidebook for identifying Latin American stations. In recent years he has not been actively DXing himself, but he has continued to help numerous DXers to identify Spanish-language stations, doing a lot of research, and often discovering the identity of obscure local stations unlisted in any publication. Henrik will be greatly missed among the global DXing community. Henrik also contributed to the DXing.info website, and is featured on this page Clik Here (Mika Makelainen on DXing.info Facebook group)
Iniziativa internazionale per Radio Eco Reyes (1992)
Henrik Kementz amava talmente la radiofonia latinoamericana che nel 1992, insieme a Dario Monferini, DX editor di PlayDX, ideò e lanciò una "
international auction" a favore di Radio Eco Reyes, Bolivia. L'iniziativa prevedeva la vendita di bandierine di stoffa raso
color rosso per raccogliere fondi per aiutare il direttore di Radio Eco Reyes a
trovare i soldi per i problemi di salute del fratello del direttore Gonzalo Espinoza Cortez.
Nella foto sopra, scattata nel 1992 fatta al Meeting EDXC 1992 a Tampere, in Finlandia, si vedono Henrik
Klemetz, a sininistra, e Dario Monferini mentre presentano l'iniziativa.
Ecco
l'adesivo ricordo della auction 1992:
Ed ecco una
riproduzione del bandierino di Radio Eco Reyes (ci scusiamo per la qualità):
