I was an swl in the early 90s and stumbled on 14.313 one evening and was
hooked on it. Much more entertaining than television.

I got to the point of looking forward to a few hours of radio fun every
evening.

Unfortunately, I never made an effort to record the goings-on, and now
wish I had.

Does anyone here have recordings on cassette or other media? If you have
already turned them into mp3 and have them on CDs, I would be happy to buy
copies for any reasonable amount.

If you just have a box of cassettes, and care to loan them to me, I would
be glad to convert them to mp3 format and put them on CDs, and provide you
with copies of the CDs.

It may sound odd, unless you were there, but I think those nightly
festivals are worth preserving, and the boxes of cassettes won't last
forever.

If I could get the 'shows' converted to mp3 (and have permission from the
owner of the tapes), I'd put them on my web site for free download, or
mail CDs at cost to whoever wants them.

If you are interested, and have recordings from a good listening post,
email me at

"bogpeat" wrote in message
news:1123160199.c9a6405beda1cc4cbfdfacd44b6d5b1b@t eranews...
I was an swl in the early 90s and stumbled on 14.313 one evening and was
hooked on it. Much more entertaining than television.

I got to the point of looking forward to a few hours of radio fun every
evening.

Unfortunately, I never made an effort to record the goings-on, and now
wish I had.

Does anyone here have recordings on cassette or other media? If you have
already turned them into mp3 and have them on CDs, I would be happy to buy
copies for any reasonable amount.

If you just have a box of cassettes, and care to loan them to me, I would
be glad to convert them to mp3 format and put them on CDs, and provide you
with copies of the CDs.

It may sound odd, unless you were there, but I think those nightly
festivals are worth preserving, and the boxes of cassettes won't last
forever.

If I could get the 'shows' converted to mp3 (and have permission from the
owner of the tapes), I'd put them on my web site for free download, or
mail CDs at cost to whoever wants them.

If you are interested, and have recordings from a good listening post,
email me at

Thank the Lord for Riley Hollingsworth and greyhound it's (14.313) GONE!)

J

Hi

What is or was 14.313 for those of us down here in Australia like myself
who have never heard of it?

cheers Peter


"Jerry" wrote in message
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"bogpeat" wrote in message
news:1123160199.c9a6405beda1cc4cbfdfacd44b6d5b1b@t eranews...
I was an swl in the early 90s and stumbled on 14.313 one evening and was
hooked on it. Much more entertaining than television.

I got to the point of looking forward to a few hours of radio fun every
evening.

Unfortunately, I never made an effort to record the goings-on, and now
wish I had.

Does anyone here have recordings on cassette or other media? If you have
already turned them into mp3 and have them on CDs, I would be happy to
buy
copies for any reasonable amount.

If you just have a box of cassettes, and care to loan them to me, I would
be glad to convert them to mp3 format and put them on CDs, and provide
you
with copies of the CDs.

It may sound odd, unless you were there, but I think those nightly
festivals are worth preserving, and the boxes of cassettes won't last
forever.

If I could get the 'shows' converted to mp3 (and have permission from the
owner of the tapes), I'd put them on my web site for free download, or
mail CDs at cost to whoever wants them.

If you are interested, and have recordings from a good listening post,
email me at

Thank the Lord for Riley Hollingsworth and greyhound it's (14.313) GONE!)

J

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:21:36 +1000, Peter Berrett wrote:

Hi

What is or was 14.313 for those of us down here in Australia like myself
who have never heard of it?


It was a sort of real life soap opera, that ran every evening for years on
14.313.

I think it started because of the complaints of one operator about the way
a maritime net was being run on that frequency.

It degenerated, as these things usually do, into personal attacks, and
settled into a sort of trench warfare, with a group of regulars on each
side, and a chorus of hecklers, drunks, and people having psychotic
episodes.

As sometimes happens with soap operas, once you got to know the cast and
the general plot, you were hooked; it was by far the best long-running
entertainment I have come across.

The participants probably didn't find it so entertaining: there was a lot
of nastiness, not confined to verbal stuff; but if you were just an
observer, it was great fun.

I think it also resulted in a crackdown by the American regulatory
authorities on amateur radio.

If enough tape-recordings exist, there's probably a goldmine of material
for an aspiring PhD in psychology or sociology.

I'd be happy to convert tapes to mp3 format and put them on my website. If
you have any and care to loan them to me, let me know.