Hi all I live up in the west hollywood hills -- if i get an eton e1, do
you think i'll be able to receive bbc broadcasts ?

"tom k in L.A." wrote in message
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Hi all I live up in the west hollywood hills -- if i get an eton e1, do
you think i'll be able to receive bbc broadcasts ?

Possibly an Asia/Oceana broadcast.

If BBC is all you are interested in, why not just listen online?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

Click on Open BBC Radio Player. Let it install the WMP active X control
and listen static free 24 hours a day.

Mike

In article , "Mike"
wrote:

"tom k in L.A." wrote in message
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Hi all I live up in the west hollywood hills -- if i get an eton e1, do
you think i'll be able to receive bbc broadcasts ?

Possibly an Asia/Oceana broadcast.

If BBC is all you are interested in, why not just listen online?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

Click on Open BBC Radio Player. Let it install the WMP active X control
and listen static free 24 hours a day.

I don't think that will work on the Eton E1.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

"Telamon" wrote in message
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I don't think that will work on the Eton E1.

Wow. What a brilliant, incisive comment.

The point being, if all he is interested in is BBC, there is little point in
buying a $500 radio. His current computer is more than enough.

Mike

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wrote:

"Telamon" wrote in message
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I don't think that will work on the Eton E1.

Wow. What a brilliant, incisive comment.

The point being, if all he is interested in is BBC, there is little point in
buying a $500 radio. His current computer is more than enough.

My brilliant and incisive comment pertains to the fact that this is
rec.radio.shortwave

He has a computer and Internet connection or he could not post to the
news group.

Why listen to low bit rate audio on the Internet anyway.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

On 29 Dec 2006 14:13:23 -0800, "tom k in L.A."
wrote:

Hi all I live up in the west hollywood hills -- if i get an eton e1, do
you think i'll be able to receive bbc broadcasts ?

9740 in the morning is about it. (Unless you get an XM attachment for
the E-1. The World Service is on 24/7. Fee required.)

Telamon wrote:


Why listen to low bit rate audio on the Internet anyway.
--
Telamon
Ventura, California
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Why? Let me count the ways:
1. The bbc streams at about 20k and sounds very good
2. It is free from fading, static, interference, and hiss.
3. The bbc web site offers a wide variety of programs.
4. It is free.
5. It is available 24/7

"ve3..." wrote:

Telamon wrote:


Why listen to low bit rate audio on the Internet anyway.
--
Telamon
Ventura, California
""""""""""""'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Why? Let me count the ways:
1. The bbc streams at about 20k and sounds very good
2. It is free from fading, static, interference, and hiss.
3. The bbc web site offers a wide variety of programs.
4. It is free.
5. It is available 24/7

But it sure as hell ain't shortwave!

You may run along now.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message
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"ve3..." wrote:

Telamon wrote:


Why listen to low bit rate audio on the Internet anyway.
--
Telamon
Ventura, California
""""""""""""'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Why? Let me count the ways:
1. The bbc streams at about 20k and sounds very good
2. It is free from fading, static, interference, and hiss.
3. The bbc web site offers a wide variety of programs.
4. It is free.
5. It is available 24/7

But it sure as hell ain't shortwave!

No, it's better than shortwave!

Look, I'm a long time shortwave listener. Been listening since the 60s,
when America was referred too as "running dog capitalists" by Radio Moscow -
and Radio Moscow didn't have commercials! I have dozens of radios here.
Grundigs, Tecsuns, Drake, Scott and Zenith antique tube radios, Panasonics,
Hallicrafters, Sears, etc.

The OP was interested in BBC. I took this to mean he was *only* interested
in BBC. If that is indeed the case, he does not need a $500 radio. His
computer will work fine.

BTW, BBC is not a "low bitrate" stream. 20K for voice is plenty. It
sounds better than *any* shortwave radio, and is available 24/7, static,
hiss and drift free.

Just another option for the OP to consider.

Mike

dxAce wrote:
"ve3..." wrote:

Telamon wrote:


Why listen to low bit rate audio on the Internet anyway.
--
Telamon
Ventura, California
""""""""""""'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Why? Let me count the ways:
1. The bbc streams at about 20k and sounds very good
2. It is free from fading, static, interference, and hiss.
3. The bbc web site offers a wide variety of programs.
4. It is free.
5. It is available 24/7

But it sure as hell ain't shortwave!

You may run along now.

dxAce
Michigan

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Are you saying that shortwave radio is an obsolete method of program
delivery?
Get an internet radio, boy.