In article m,
Fredric J. Einstein wrote:

What I want to hear is programming from a foreign transmitter to my
radio with no mitigating infrastructure (including DRM) in between.


I don't know.... I listen to DRM broadcasts directly from
Junglinster, Luxembourg (there's no "mitigating infrastructure") here
in Detroit. DRM enticed RTL back onto shortwave when they had
previously abandoned it. Same with BBC to North America, Deutsche
Welle to North America, and Radio Sweden.


Unfortunately, relay stations will now be a part of shortwave
broadcasting due to financial constraints and the high cost of land
for the antenna site. Just because a station uses a relay
transmitter doesn't mean that the editorial comment will be affected.

However, it's your choice as to whether you want to listen or not.
You can certainly boycott Radio Sweden or China Radio and listen
exclusively to the huckster Gene Scott since there's no "mitigating
technology" such as relay stations or DRM involved.

DRM uses proprietary codex's, which afford the broadcaster control of
who can listen. There is plenty to listen to on SW without relays. The
Gene Scott comment was stupid.

Strike 1
So lets see you purport to be intelligent enough to put together a setup
that lets you decode DRM but you are totally ignorant of the social
ramifications of this type of system.

Strike 2
Then you make asinine comments about relays.

Strike 3
I was replying to posters preferences in relation my own. You decided to
chine in making fun of my choices. This does not endear you to me and
relegates you to bafoon status.

Do you have any idea what I do about obnoxious people I run into on
Usenet? I ignore them.

Plonk

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Telamon
Ventura, California