DJ wrote:

Anybody else getting the BBC on a regular basis? Especially in the midwest?
I am interested in news and general interest type programming.

I can usually hear 9825 from Ascension aimed at SAm here in California
on my Yaesu, although it can be quite noisy at times. 9825 at 0200 has
world news. You might be able to get the Asian stream on 9740 in the
morning and on 15280/15360 for a few hours in the afternoon. Timing is
different though, with world news at 0000. 15280/15360 tends to fade out
by 0300 during the winter.

Mark, is west coast SWL difficult anyway? That's what I've heard.

Depends on your definition. We can't get Africans. We can't get DW in
English. But we get lots of Asians, even clandestines like Sound of Hope
from Palau aimed at China. I got a Burmese clandestine once. We can get
the Middle East for a couple hours around sunrise their local time (0300
or so). I would think that places like Australia and up north where
Uncle Arnie is (northern Canada, Alaska, and other northern climes)
would be hardest.



The sad fact is that the BBC has, in just the last year or two, cut out
shortwave broadcasting aimed at North America and you can't get reliable
reception of a lot of the programs in their schedule.

For example, the only time I can pick up their "World of Music", a
half hour of world music by Charlie Gillett is in the dead of
night on a frequency (15360 kHz, from Singapore, aimed at Japan) that
will quit working as the seasons change.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident





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