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Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service, heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years. A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more effective" media such as internet radio. Full story at : http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html --- Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE New Delhi (via HCDX) ==================== dxAce Michigan USA |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
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Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
Even if this were true, as it is always said, "follow the money trail."
Alleged "organizations" and governmental departments are now constantly trying to steer public thought in the direction they want it to go. The reality is that there are new short wave stations sprouting up all the time. However, there are special interest groups that deeply want to convince the brain-dead to abandon that which is already paid for to buy the newest gadgets. The simple fact is that worldwide there are millions of short wave listeners who are under 25, over 25 and it remains viable and useful. Painting the whole world by what some industrialized, capitalistic countries are doing is absurd. The world is a big place but our arrogance often convinces us that we're the only ones on the righteous path. To believe anything else is just "drinking the Kool Aid" and convincing yourself that the only alternative is to rush to Best Buy and buy the newest thing that will enable the government to easily monitor what you're listening to and censor that as well is what they want. No, naysayers...short wave radio will be around for a long time. There are too many honest governments and non-governmental entities that do not want to give up the ability to reach people without borders, firewalls, scanning software, search software and all the other figments of oppression that we once were proud of Radio Free Europe (we thought) for dissolving. Mobility and convenience of terrestrial radio is superior over anything offered by "hot spots", waiting on buffering and clunky non-ergonomic devices like computers or handheld crap with buttons the size of most politician's brains. As for the under-25s...what boneheads. You're always a bonehead when your under 25 which is why they pitch to this group because kids will rush out and buy anything. It's not until your older than 25 that you figure out it's all a con game by the fat titted old men who run everything that they're shaking you down for as much money as they can. |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
Even if this were true, as it is always said, "follow the money trail." Alleged "organizations" and governmental departments are now constantly trying to steer public thought in the direction they want it to go. The reality is that there are new short wave stations sprouting up all the time. However, there are special interest groups that deeply want to convince the brain-dead to abandon that which is already paid for to buy the newest gadgets. The simple fact is that worldwide there are millions of short wave listeners who are under 25, over 25 and it remains viable and useful. Painting the whole world by what some industrialized, capitalistic countries are doing is absurd. The world is a big place but our arrogance often convinces us that we're the only ones on the righteous path. To believe anything else is just "drinking the Kool Aid" and convincing yourself that the only alternative is to rush to Best Buy and buy the newest thing that will enable the government to easily monitor what you're listening to and censor that as well is what they want. No, naysayers...short wave radio will be around for a long time. There are too many honest governments and non-governmental entities that do not want to give up the ability to reach people without borders, firewalls, scanning software, search software and all the other figments of oppression that we once were proud of Radio Free Europe (we thought) for dissolving. Mobility and convenience of terrestrial radio is superior over anything offered by "hot spots", waiting on buffering and clunky non-ergonomic devices like computers or handheld crap with buttons the size of most politician's brains. As for the under-25s...what boneheads. You're always a bonehead when your under 25 which is why they pitch to this group because kids will rush out and buy anything. It's not until your older than 25 that you figure out it's all a con game by the fat titted old men who run everything that they're shaking you down for as much money as they can. Lastly, the Voice of America ceased being of any interest to listeners many years ago when it adopted its new "Board of Governors" mission. |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radiobroadcasts
On 6/7/11 04:47 , dxAce wrote:
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service, heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years. A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more effective" media such as internet radio. Full story at : http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html --- Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE New Delhi (via HCDX) ==================== dxAce Michigan USA Same old song we heard with BBC. Isn't anymore true now than it was then. But, remember, these broadcasts are both political in origin and often propagandist in nature. Given the current tone, both in Washington and worldwide, that they would be ending the most direct, and most portable, methods of dissemination is hardly a surprise. |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
On 7 jun, 11:47, dxAce wrote:
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service, heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years. A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more effective" media such as internet radio. Full story at : *http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html --- Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE New Delhi (via HCDX) ==================== dxAce Michigan USA Hello dxAce Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands World Service, http://www.rnw.nl/english ) also has to deal with financial cuts. They will "change focus". According to the latest plans, this means they will virtually end transmissions in Dutch, but continue transmissions to areas where freedom of press isn't in the dictionary. Link to the official announcement http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/ra...-changes-focus With kind regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl |
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And in it's place will be, Commie Ministry of Propaganda.
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Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
On Jun 7, 7:25*am, D Peter Maus wrote:
On 6/7/11 04:47 , dxAce wrote: Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service, heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years. A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more effective" media such as internet radio. Full story at : *http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html --- Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE New Delhi (via HCDX) ==================== dxAce Michigan USA - Same old song we heard with BBC. - - Isn't anymore true now than it was then. - - But, remember, these broadcasts are both - political in origin and often propagandist - in nature. The BBC {Domestic} and BBC World Service -selling-the-uk-britain-britannia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture...United_Kingdom Language Culture and -oops- No Borders ! |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
On Jun 7, 8:29*am, Wimpie wrote:
On 7 jun, 11:47, dxAce wrote: Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service, heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years. A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America, Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more effective" media such as internet radio. Full story at : *http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html --- Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE New Delhi (via HCDX) ==================== dxAce Michigan USA Hello dxAce Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands World Service,http://www.rnw.nl/english) also has to deal with financial cuts. They will "change focus". According to the latest plans, this means they will virtually end transmissions in Dutch, but continue transmissions to areas where freedom of press isn't in the dictionary. Link to the official announcementhttp://www.rnw.nl/english/article/radio-netherlands-worldwide-changes... With kind regards, Wim PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This would probably work. It will still get to the people for whom freedom of speech and internet access are quite limited. |
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On 6/7/2011 1:26 PM, RHF wrote:
On Jun 7, 12:19 pm, "kevin. m."buyembythesack(at)peoplepc(dot)com wrote: Anyone who uses Google is naive. Of course they've worked hard to work it into our every day conversation..."blah blah blah just Google such and such" like "Xerox" or having a "Coke." The fact of the matter is that our friends at Google are a data mining organization BASED AT THE N S A in Washington. When I hear guys like Alex Jones talking about "googling" I wonder how much of a friend of the people really he is; surely he knows what Google is and where they come from. Beware. Google is just a Vehicle on "The Road" of News, Information and Knowledge . . . "The Road" Starts with your ISP : YOUR "ISP" IS YOUR 'GATE KEEPER' Everything You Do : Everywhere You Go Goes Through Your ISP : Your ISP Knows Everything About You and Can Control You. Listen to an Internet Radio Station Go-To 'Visit' a Web-Site Open a/o Post an eMail Turn Your Computer-On or Off YOUR ISP KNOWS and Tracks It [.] =isp=knowing=censorship=control=you= -where-as- Buy an AM/FM/SW Radio and Just Listen NO ISP REQUIRED = NO TRACKING = NO CONTROL FREE Over-The-Air AM/FM/SW Radio that's the freedom to be yourself ~ RHF . . All your isp provides is a "telephone number" so you can call the web, or other places, if you know about them and have the ID to access ... Regards, JS -- Regards, JS “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it’s an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” -- Patrick Henry |
Voice of America operator plans"sunset" for shortwave radio br...
On 6/7/2011 1:26 PM, RHF wrote:
On Jun 7, 12:19 pm, "kevin. m."buyembythesack(at)peoplepc(dot)com wrote: Anyone who uses Google is naive. Of course they've worked hard to work it into our every day conversation..."blah blah blah just Google such and such" like "Xerox" or having a "Coke." The fact of the matter is that our friends at Google are a data mining organization BASED AT THE N S A in Washington. When I hear guys like Alex Jones talking about "googling" I wonder how much of a friend of the people really he is; surely he knows what Google is and where they come from. Beware. Google is just a Vehicle on "The Road" of News, Information and Knowledge . . . "The Road" Starts with your ISP : YOUR "ISP" IS YOUR 'GATE KEEPER' Everything You Do : Everywhere You Go Goes Through Your ISP : Your ISP Knows Everything About You and Can Control You. Listen to an Internet Radio Station Go-To 'Visit' a Web-Site Open a/o Post an eMail Turn Your Computer-On or Off YOUR ISP KNOWS and Tracks It [.] =isp=knowing=censorship=control=you= -where-as- Buy an AM/FM/SW Radio and Just Listen NO ISP REQUIRED = NO TRACKING = NO CONTROL FREE Over-The-Air AM/FM/SW Radio that's the freedom to be yourself ~ RHF . . All your isp provides is a "telephone number" so you can call the web, or other places, if you know about them and have the ID to access ... Here is one example: http://www2.home.com/ There is also a www3, and others ... you must use the proper protocol to access the interesting sites, a modified http ... you will need someone to provide proper info ... Regards, JS Regards, JS “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it’s an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” -- Patrick Henry |
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WebTV is Proxy.
Not many years ago, somebody mistaked my WebTV addy for another WebTV user in Hattiesburg,Mississippi.Hattiesburg is about 100 miles South/Southeast of doggy's couch. cuhulin |
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Voice of America operator plans"sunset" for shortwave radio br...
On Jun 7, 5:20*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 6/7/2011 1:26 PM, RHF wrote: On Jun 7, 12:19 pm, "kevin. m."buyembythesack(at)peoplepc(dot)com wrote: Anyone who uses Google is naive. Of course they've worked hard to work it into our every day conversation..."blah blah blah just Google such and such" like "Xerox" or having a "Coke." The fact of the matter is that our friends at Google are a data mining organization BASED AT THE N S A in Washington. When I hear guys like Alex Jones talking about "googling" I wonder how much of a friend of the people really he is; surely he knows what Google is and where they come from. Beware. Google is just a Vehicle on "The Road" of News, Information and Knowledge . . . "The Road" Starts with your ISP : YOUR "ISP" IS YOUR 'GATE KEEPER' Everything You Do : Everywhere You Go Goes Through Your ISP : Your ISP Knows Everything About You and Can Control You. Listen to an Internet Radio Station Go-To 'Visit' a Web-Site Open a/o Post an eMail Turn Your Computer-On or Off YOUR ISP KNOWS and Tracks It [.] =isp=knowing=censorship=control=you= -where-as- Buy an AM/FM/SW Radio and Just Listen NO ISP REQUIRED = NO TRACKING = NO CONTROL FREE Over-The-Air AM/FM/SW Radio that's the freedom to be yourself ~ RHF * . * . All your isp provides is a "telephone number" so you can call the web, or other places, if you know about them and have the ID to access ... Regards, JS -- Regards, JS The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it s an instrument for the people to restrain the government. -- Patrick Henry Really... JS You Are So WebWise© ! |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radiobroadcasts
On 06/07/2011 04:39 AM, Brenda Ann wrote:
I can't believe they use this excuse to close down so many shortwave services. There are three primary reasons why internet streaming radio cannot replace shortwave services: 1) Target areas for shortwave services do not have access to internet. 2) Even if they DO have internet access, it's severely restricted by governments. 3) The average person that cares at all to listen to them in the free, developed world usually does so just because they CAN, without having to pay for the privilege, or just for the excitement of listening to something coming from half a world away without wires. and, just for fun, this additional tidbit: You STILL can't take streaming radio with you reliably. The proof is in the numbers. No one is listening. |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
On 9 jun, 15:36, dave wrote:
On 06/07/2011 04:39 AM, Brenda Ann wrote: I can't believe they use this excuse to close down so many shortwave services. There are three primary reasons why internet streaming radio cannot replace shortwave services: 1) Target areas for shortwave services do not have access to internet. 2) Even if they DO have internet access, it's severely restricted by governments. 3) The average person that cares at all to listen to them in the free, developed world usually does so just because they CAN, without having to pay for the privilege, or just for the excitement of listening to something coming from half a world away without wires. and, just for fun, this additional tidbit: You STILL can't take streaming radio with you reliably. The proof is in the numbers. No one is listening. Hello Dave, Maybe no one is listening whom they can sell some contract to make money. There are also many listeners who don't tell they are listening for several reasons. I am therefore happy that "Radio Nederland Wereldomroep" (RN) intentions are to continue their service in foreign languages. With kind regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl |
You have tempted fate, Wim
On 06/09/2011 08:33 AM, Wimpie wrote:
On 9 jun, 15:36, wrote: On 06/07/2011 04:39 AM, Brenda Ann wrote: I can't believe they use this excuse to close down so many shortwave services. There are three primary reasons why internet streaming radio cannot replace shortwave services: 1) Target areas for shortwave services do not have access to internet. 2) Even if they DO have internet access, it's severely restricted by governments. 3) The average person that cares at all to listen to them in the free, developed world usually does so just because they CAN, without having to pay for the privilege, or just for the excitement of listening to something coming from half a world away without wires. and, just for fun, this additional tidbit: You STILL can't take streaming radio with you reliably. The proof is in the numbers. No one is listening. Hello Dave, Maybe no one is listening whom they can sell some contract to make money. There are also many listeners who don't tell they are listening for several reasons. I am therefore happy that "Radio Nederland Wereldomroep" (RN) intentions are to continue their service in foreign languages. With kind regards, Wim PA3DJS www.tetech.nl |
I meant 80 cm (20 inch?) mini dish. They have 500 channels everywherealong the Equator
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I meant 80 cm (20 inch?) mini dish. They have 500 channelseverywhere along the Equator
On Jun 10, 6:08*am, dave wrote:
On 06/09/2011 08:56 PM, wrote: On Jun 9, 11:33 am, *wrote: On 9 jun, 15:36, *wrote: On 06/07/2011 04:39 AM, Brenda Ann wrote: I can't believe they use this excuse to close down so many shortwave services. There are three primary reasons why internet streaming radio cannot replace shortwave services: 1) Target areas for shortwave services do not have access to internet. |
There is no challenge in hearing 100KW transmitters
On 06/10/2011 11:56 AM, RHF wrote:
. **** you you condescending prick. Why waste taxpayer's money to keep a bunch of old creepy guys in America's hobby alive? I moved on to Utes about 20 years ago, I suggest you GROW UP and do the same. |
There is no challenge in hearing 100KW transmitters
dave wrote: On 06/10/2011 11:56 AM, RHF wrote: . **** you you condescending prick. Why waste taxpayer's money to keep a bunch of old creepy guys in America's hobby alive? I moved on to Utes about 20 years ago, I suggest you GROW UP and do the same. Stuff a sock in it, ya old retard. |
There is no challenge in hearing 100KW transmitters
Myanmar isn't attacking America.Don't worry about Myanmar, we have More
than enough Problems in America. http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/r...?ArtNum=308879 LOCK and LOAD. cuhulin |
There is no challenge
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You're projecting again
On 06/11/2011 05:40 AM, dxAce wrote:
dave wrote: On 06/10/2011 11:56 AM, RHF wrote: . **** you you condescending prick. Why waste taxpayer's money to keep a bunch of old creepy guys in America's hobby alive? I moved on to Utes about 20 years ago, I suggest you GROW UP and do the same. Stuff a sock in it, ya old retard. |
You're acting like a retard again!
dave wrote: On 06/11/2011 05:40 AM, dxAce wrote: dave wrote: On 06/10/2011 11:56 AM, RHF wrote: . **** you you condescending prick. Why waste taxpayer's money to keep a bunch of old creepy guys in America's hobby alive? I moved on to Utes about 20 years ago, I suggest you GROW UP and do the same. Stuff a sock in it, ya old retard. |
Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts
I never enjoyed VOA, they talked slow and didn't always trll it like it was.
If you wanted ture news stories of America tune in Radio Moscow. In Nam I listened to VoM to get the real news with BBC, RN. -- Burr From The Gardens Roses & Orchids Guiguinto, Bulacan. Philippines http://www.guiguinto.gov.ph/ And Red Mountain, Ca. USA I'm a member of The Tea Party, I VOTE |
DXing the BBC is hardly a boastworthy achievement
On 6/11/2011 1:38 PM, RHF wrote:
On Jun 11, 5:22 am, wrote: Shortwave Listener QSL Reports : http://tinyurl.com/2d9qlq http://www.google.com/group/shortwav...er-qsl-reports . - = 2FN6XOG = -& - = 2D9QLQ = - . . Maybe if you'd done it on a foxhole radio or something |
DXing the BBC is hardly a boastworthy achievement
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