Friday, January 28, 2011
A good source and comments on the loss of BBC
http://www.wrth.com/updates_new.asp
This is one of the best and probably the only one still in production for those in shortwave,commerical or tv dxing. If you travel or just sitting at home listening to radio or TV this is the best of the books to check out. I managed to find the last and probably only copy of Passport to world band radio in singapore, it was the last one to be produced. Shortwave and Ham have alternative items, such as CQ, Popular Communications and Monitoring times magazines. These mags have almost everything inside, from the latests catches to some of the latests radio products on the market. Whether your in to the brand new items or just wanting to tinker with old fashion radios from the 1940s, they got the info.
Radio is a great hobby and hold no boundries when it comes to information and world sports, or news of that country. For example CRI has a program about people in china, from scientists to politics or even some on the economy. There is also programs from Radio Australia
Recently a great friend of mine through various groups is Marie Lamb from world harvest radio, a comment came out via another friend Arnie who mentioned that BBC will lose 30m people or listeners, what they might not realize shortwave and radio alone is many countries only source of info. For example in the 36 yrs I been listening to shortwave its been mainly at sea on ships. In the early days we had no Internet and satellite TV was unheard of. In many countries this is still true, and the only real source of hearing programs that BBC produces, such as Digital Planet, was via there broadcasts. In the past few days for example Egypt has cut off its internet services to the world and as a result those who were listening to programs from streaming like VOA or BBC would lose the benefits of what was going on in the world. This is what we in america call freedom of knowledge. The right to know whats going on in the world, like freedom of the press.
Protests should be sent to these stations and let them know that BBC streams are good if you can afford it but its not Radio and only Radio can cross boundries and provide information that many enjoy. Its real radio not internet radio.
Right now in my shack I am listening to
13362 khz AFN Guam at 02:30 utc
12090 khz BBC/WS 02:40 utc
These are free to hear as compared to internet radio which many places can't afford to pay for, thats money that simply don't have the money to pay for it. Its money they use for food or rent or if there lucky to buy a TV to listen to it. I went to one place where people still gather in front of a neighbors Radio to listen to world events and some the same with TV.
This is one of the best and probably the only one still in production for those in shortwave,commerical or tv dxing. If you travel or just sitting at home listening to radio or TV this is the best of the books to check out. I managed to find the last and probably only copy of Passport to world band radio in singapore, it was the last one to be produced. Shortwave and Ham have alternative items, such as CQ, Popular Communications and Monitoring times magazines. These mags have almost everything inside, from the latests catches to some of the latests radio products on the market. Whether your in to the brand new items or just wanting to tinker with old fashion radios from the 1940s, they got the info.
Radio is a great hobby and hold no boundries when it comes to information and world sports, or news of that country. For example CRI has a program about people in china, from scientists to politics or even some on the economy. There is also programs from Radio Australia
Recently a great friend of mine through various groups is Marie Lamb from world harvest radio, a comment came out via another friend Arnie who mentioned that BBC will lose 30m people or listeners, what they might not realize shortwave and radio alone is many countries only source of info. For example in the 36 yrs I been listening to shortwave its been mainly at sea on ships. In the early days we had no Internet and satellite TV was unheard of. In many countries this is still true, and the only real source of hearing programs that BBC produces, such as Digital Planet, was via there broadcasts. In the past few days for example Egypt has cut off its internet services to the world and as a result those who were listening to programs from streaming like VOA or BBC would lose the benefits of what was going on in the world. This is what we in america call freedom of knowledge. The right to know whats going on in the world, like freedom of the press.
Protests should be sent to these stations and let them know that BBC streams are good if you can afford it but its not Radio and only Radio can cross boundries and provide information that many enjoy. Its real radio not internet radio.
Right now in my shack I am listening to
13362 khz AFN Guam at 02:30 utc
12090 khz BBC/WS 02:40 utc
These are free to hear as compared to internet radio which many places can't afford to pay for, thats money that simply don't have the money to pay for it. Its money they use for food or rent or if there lucky to buy a TV to listen to it. I went to one place where people still gather in front of a neighbors Radio to listen to world events and some the same with TV.
Monday, January 24, 2011
PSK31 and shortwave Catches
Its been a while since I last posted here but it was due to the problem of my frequent travels lately, been mostly to India and Cambodia and some short stops in Hong Kong. The last spot was between October till December.
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