I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

amdx wrote:
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amdx wrote:
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Hey Dave,
Can you give me a little tutorial about web radio? Say I wanted to
listen
at night
while in bed, the computer is in the other room, do I need to do anything
to
the
computer before I go to bed? Do I setup the radio for specific URLs ,
then
I can just
change channels on the radio. I have looked for an online tutorial but
haven't found one.
Thanks MikeK


Sure thing. This is how I got started:

http://www.shoutcast.com/

http://dir.xiph.org/index.php

There's also a web stream tuner in iTunes that contains CBS stations like
KROQ and KCBS

Plus, there are more and more dedicated tuners like the Myine IRA.

http://myine.com/ira/

It searches a central database for tens of thousands of stations and
podcasts. It gets the World Service, but it also gets all the little tiny
BBC regional outlets where they speak Welsh and stuff.
Amazon sells them for $75 occasionally, $150 is too much, IMHO.


So the web radio picks up a wifi signal from my wireless router,
the web radio can then be programed to play audio for the station you pick?
Do you just turn a knob or push a button to cycle through station names to
pick the audio you want to play?
Thanks, MikeK



There's a third party company that maintains the searchable database
that the receivers connect to.

http://www.vtuner.com/index.asp

You search by Continent, Genre, etc.

amdx wrote:
wrote in message



So the web radio picks up a wifi signal from my wireless router,
the web radio can then be programed to play audio for the station you pick?
Do you just turn a knob or push a button to cycle through station names to
pick the audio you want to play?
Thanks, MikeK



Here's the station list:

http://vtuner.com/setupapp/guide/asp.../startpage.asp

On Sep 27, 1:03*pm, dave wrote:
DEFCON 88 wrote:
I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

I can't think of any instance where man-made noise enhances the joy of
listening.

Put your real radio on 14070 KHz USB and listen to the music. Some days
are better than others.

'Special Dave',

To a Shortwave Radio Listener's Newsgroup
"man-made noise" is part of the total Radio
Listening Experience : Not about the 'joy of';
simple the real 'over-the-air' experience.

shortwave radio experience it . . .
by just listening over-the-air ~ RHF

On 9/27/10 13:45 , DEFCON 88 wrote:



It's just more fun to twiddle the knobs.



Yes...well....there is an obvious there, I shall forgo.

DEFCON 88 wrote:
I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

I can't think of any instance where man-made noise enhances the joy of
listening.

Put your real radio on 14070 KHz USB and listen to the music. Some days
are better than others.

John Smith wrote:
On 9/27/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote:
Myine IRA

Why would anyone pay for something they can get for free, on their
computer?

Regards,
JS


Because the standalone appliance uses 60% less electricity than my very
low-power Everex computer with a VIA C7 processor. Over an extended
period I will use less electricity and save money.

Same reason I don't have 2 [ea] R-390A receivers. Or use resistance
lighting.

On 9/27/2010 2:45 PM, DEFCON 88 wrote:
I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

If you like the "magic of radio", if you just want to get it in the log,
"real radio" is the way to go.

If you actually want to hear the content of the program, internet radio
is the way to go.

Neither way is inherently right, it just depends on what your goals are.

Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On 9/27/2010 2:45 PM, DEFCON 88 wrote:
I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

If you like the "magic of radio", if you just want to get it in the log,
"real radio" is the way to go.

If you actually want to hear the content of the program, internet radio
is the way to go.

Neither way is inherently right, it just depends on what your goals are.


Whilst I slept, my K3 received a psk31 transmission from Antarctica and
logged the event to a map of the world. The sender in Antarctica knows
that he/she was able to hit 6 autospotters globally by looking at the
same map.

pskreporter.info

I still adjust my bandwidth, noise blanker, passband shift, and fine
tuning manually. I have to put my trace inside my 8 pole xtal filter
passband and I can't just hog the middle of the waterfall, now can I?

On Sep 28, 7:16*am, dave wrote:
Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On 9/27/2010 2:45 PM, DEFCON 88 wrote:
I prefer listening to stuff straight off the radio. It's just more fun
to twiddle the knobs. Noise, fading, and QRM enhance the experience of
pulling a station out of the ether.

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

If you like the "magic of radio", if you just want to get it in the log,
"real radio" is the way to go.

If you actually want to hear the content of the program, internet radio
is the way to go.

Neither way is inherently right, it just depends on what your goals are..

Whilst I slept, my K3 received a psk31 transmission from Antarctica and
logged the event to a map of the world. The sender in Antarctica knows
that he/she was able to hit 6 autospotters globally by looking at the
same map.

pskreporter.info

I still adjust my bandwidth, noise blanker, passband shift, and fine
tuning manually. I have to put my trace inside my 8 pole xtal filter
passband and I can't just hog the middle of the waterfall, now can I?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I think it's perfectly reasonable that every person can find a
different way to enjoy the radio hobby. I know we all disagree on
practically everything else - can't we at least admit this simple
concept?