"Tyas_MT" wrote in message
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"Dan Graves" wrote in message
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I'm trying to come up with some ideas for recording radio broadcasts
from 2-4 hours long. What would be some options for doing this?

I've seen the VersaCorder from CCrane. Are these any good?

Some other ideas I've thought of, a

- Recording through the computer to a large HD in MP3 format. Then,
burn to CD. (Although, my car CD player doesn't play MP3s...)
I've got a program designed for just that... it records directly to mp3,
can
even have time scheduled recordings... forget what it's called (total
recorder pops in my head, but not sure). I used it several years ago.
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- Are there any dual-cassette decks that will record on BOTH cassette
drives (and has auto-reverse)?
Mine would, but it got struck by lightning. Still doesn't give you a lot
lot
of time (120min or longer cassettes are really too thin, they get tangled
up
in the works too easy in car stereos)

As someone said, you could use a vcr.. I've even seen (somewhere) a gadget
that records just audio to VHS tapes... promised like 20 hours of high
quality audio.

When I wanted long long recordings several years ago, I have an old Sony
reel to reel stereo tape deck. For talk (slow speed mono) I can put it in
a
half track mode... (records left channel only one way, left channel only
the
other on auto reverse, right channel forward, then right channel back.) I
forget how long it will record like that. I have not used that in a
while...
last used to record an all day seminar... then digitized it and put it on
a
site in RM format.. was huge. Beasts like that are hard to find though.

I'd go for record in mp3 to computer, and if you want to listen in car,
convert to music CD's as appropriate... cd's are not too expensive. If you
go through a lot invest in some cd-rw's...



Good advice, but I'd go one further. Get a CD player for your car that
recognizes MP3 format (JVC makes some excellent ones, which are very
reasonably priced), and burn your CDs in MP3 format. One CD in that format
will hold several hours of programming.

-- Stinger