BBC 6 Music and Asian Network face axe in shake-up

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:34:52 -0800, wrote:

My dad used to say that my name would be in a big book and one day
'they'd' come for me.

No wonder you were a prime suspect in your white van by that oil
refinery!!!

"J G Miller" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:34:52 -0800, wrote:

My dad used to say that my name would be in a big book and one day
'they'd' come for me.

No wonder you were a prime suspect in your white van by that oil
refinery!!!

I remember receiving Irish Nationalist pirate stations at the top end of
MW in the early '70. Don't think they QSLd though ;-)

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Graham.

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alexander.keys1 wrote:

On 3 Mar, 18:10, J G Miller wrote:
On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:05:35 +0100, Martin wrote:
They have always had that via steam radio.

To an extent yes, but that was always regarded as being
somehow unpatriotic and the neighbors, if they found out,
might report you to the police because they actually
believed it was illegal and not covered by the wireless
receiving licence.

The appearance of long wires or large HF arrays in the
back garden usually prompted gossip of being a foreign
agent or just mentally deranged.

Lots of people listened to shortwave in the Cold War, but are only now
admitting to it... it was considered to be a bit naughty at the time,
plenty of SW radio's in the shops then though. You didn't need a
special outside aerial either, plenty stations came in just with the
built-in rod, like you use now for FM or DAB. There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.

Some? There are many, many more than just some. You must remember
that the world is not yet a unified planet. Most countries of the
world have their own views and try still want to impose those views on
the rest of the world. In a lot of cases SW radio is the most viable
way to do that. As far as antennas go, there are thousands of serious
sw listeners around the world and in fact it has becomel quite a
serious hobby for a lot of people, most of which will use a decent
antenna. Inbuilt jobs are only "adequate" for really strong signals at
best. I have a 100+ foot wire in my garden and I can pull in quite
weak signals, even from Australia.

There are still some overthrows from the cold war though, and some
countries still use them today for various reasons. They are the
"numbers stations". Reasons for their use are still not fully
understood but they still sound quite sinister today. Maybe they are
still used for sinister purposes, maybe not ). Still fascinating to
hear though.

MC

On Mar 8, 9:13*pm, J G Miller wrote:
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:34:52 -0800, wrote:
My dad used to say that my name would be in a big book and one day
'they'd' come for me.

No wonder you were a prime suspect in your white van by that oil
refinery!!!

Oh, don't remind me of that episode!

Bill

"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message
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"alexander.keys1" wrote in message
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There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.

Still some ????

There are still hundreds.

There are nowhere as many as there used to be. Several countries have
scaled down their shortwave broadcasting substantially. SRI was shut down a
few years ago. VOA and VoRussia are hard to come by.

On 9 Mar, 00:12, Java Jive wrote:
I don't listen to either of them, but then neither do I listen to most
mainstream radio stations either. *However, I'm much more likely to
listen to Alba or Asian Network than Radio 1 or 1 Extra, or any
commercial station.

I thought BBC Alba was a TV channel?

I suppose you can still "listen" to it.

Cheers,
David.

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"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message ...
"alexander.keys1" wrote in message
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There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.

Still some ????

There are still hundreds.

There are nowhere as many as there used to be. Several countries have scaled down their shortwave broadcasting substantially.
SRI was shut down a few years ago. VOA and VoRussia are hard to come by.

Gosh I can even remember the address without looking it up
SBC
CH-3000
Bern 16
Switzerland

Here's a question: does anyone remember Eddie Startz's program "Happy Station" on Radio Nederland

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"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message
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"alexander.keys1" wrote in message
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There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.

Still some ????

There are still hundreds.

There are nowhere as many as there used to be. Several countries have
scaled down their shortwave broadcasting substantially. SRI was shut down
a few years ago. VOA and VoRussia are hard to come by.

Gosh I can even remember the address without looking it up
SBC
CH-3000
Bern 16
Switzerland

Here's a question: does anyone remember Eddie Startz's program "Happy
Station" on Radio Nederland

were they on drugs? ......

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"Mr Benn" wrote in message
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"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message
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"alexander.keys1" wrote in message
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There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.

Still some ????

There are still hundreds.

There are nowhere as many as there used to be. Several countries have
scaled down their shortwave broadcasting substantially. SRI was shut down
a few years ago. VOA and VoRussia are hard to come by.

Gosh I can even remember the address without looking it up
SBC
CH-3000
Bern 16
Switzerland

Here's a question: does anyone remember Eddie Startz's program "Happy
Station" on Radio Nederland

No, but I listened a lot to his successor on Happy Station.. I think he was
called Tom Meyers.

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Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

To email me remove the letter vee.

Graham. wrote:
"Mr Benn" wrote in message ...
"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote in message ...
"alexander.keys1" wrote in message
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There are still some SW
stations around today, such as China Radio International, which seems
to be blatant pro-PRC propaganda, and Voice of Russia is good for a
non-US view of world events.
Still some ????

There are still hundreds.
There are nowhere as many as there used to be. Several countries have scaled down their shortwave broadcasting substantially.
SRI was shut down a few years ago. VOA and VoRussia are hard to come by.

Gosh I can even remember the address without looking it up
SBC
CH-3000
Bern 16
Switzerland

Here's a question: does anyone remember Eddie Startz's program "Happy Station" on Radio Nederland


Yep and Radio Sweden's address 10 4 10, Stockholm, Sweden