Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

During Sep - Oct 2006:

0400 UTC: 7120 khz
2200 UTC: 13765 khz
0030 UTC: 15280 khz

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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:41:44 -0800, Neil wrote:

Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

I get them fine 24/7

Sirius 141

XM 131

Neil wrote:
Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

Being an SWL since the early 1960's the concept of paying to listen to
the BBC is anathema to me. None the less the BBC have become much less
frequent contributors to the North American SW bands. A local AM (MW)
station here in Santa Barbara features many hours daily of the BBC
satellite feed. KZSB 1290 AM. They only output about 250 watts but I
have heard them as far south as Oxnard.

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Neil wrote:
Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

(Seattle should be close enough.)

Morning 12095 (North Africa)
Afternoon 15400 (Africa track)
Late Afternoon, 15285, maybe 15360 (East/South East Aisa)
Evening 6005, 7120, 7160 (Africa)

Morning 9740, 6195, 5975, 3915 (East/South East Aisa)

Probably the best, this time of year are 9740 and 6195 around
7-9 AM PST.

Go to the web site http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice for the
transmission schedules for each area. I think the quickest way
is to take the link, (under the schedules "enter your city" box),
labeled "Shortwave Update".

Or try 550 kHz, KOAC Corvallis Oregon which broadcasts the
BBC PRI feed from 9 PM to 3 AM PST.

Mark Zenier
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On 29 Nov 2006 09:44:33 -0800, "Chuck" wrote:


Neil wrote:
Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

Being an SWL since the early 1960's the concept of paying to listen to
the BBC is anathema to me. None the less the BBC have become much less
frequent contributors to the North American SW bands. A local AM (MW)
station here in Santa Barbara features many hours daily of the BBC
satellite feed. KZSB 1290 AM. They only output about 250 watts but I
have heard them as far south as Oxnard.

How many months, at 15 per, does it take to equal a decent radio?

Satellite receivers are fifty bucks and the reception is darn near
perfect all the time. Lets one concentrate on the content...

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:41:44 -0800, Neil wrote:

Any of you guys having good reception of BBC in California - times??
freqs??

I haven't been in CA in some years but one of the best frequencies was
9740 kHz in the morning from Singapore.

Of course, BBCWS is available by internet streaming but IMHO once you
get into internet streaming you may decide to go with another BBC
stream which has more of the programs you like.

Not only are the domestic over-the-air stations available on streams
but so are the satellite radio stations. BBC7, for example, runs
repeats of ancient Radio4 dramas, comedy and panel shows including
Goon shows from the '50's. There is also audio on demand.

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Tester wrote:
Of course, BBCWS is available by internet streaming but IMHO once you
get into internet streaming you may decide to go with another BBC
stream which has more of the programs you like.

I don't know how this affects the original poster. but the BBC, once the
one of two stations you could receive anytime day or night in the U.S.
has reduced it's broadcasts to North America. The other was Radio
Moscow. :-)

The radio feeds are as you said are available over the Internet and via
satellite, but I think the real reason is money. Many NPR stations pay
them for the rights to rebroadcast BBC news.

While they are unable to charge end users for their programs (BBC prime
is the exception), if you listen to them on NPR, you will probably donate
to that station and that will encourage them to buy the BBC programing.

Personaly, I'm not very happy with the BBC, to them if you are an Isrishman
who blows up innocent people, you are a terrorist, if you are not Irish,
you are an "activist".

Geoff.

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BBC World News is on two tv channels I get with DirecTV.Once each day at
5:00 PM CST on the PBS tv channel and seveal times each day and night on
the BBC America tv channel.Of couse there are some other foreign news tv
channels I get too as well as American tv news channels.
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It is true the Brits did plant some (but not all) bombs in Northern
Ireland and England and blamed them on the IRA.
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