Voice Of America
 

I have noticed over the past 12 months that there has been a renewed interest in Short Wave Listening and the Voice of America.
Is it a coincidence? I think not!
Several Yahoo chat groups, including PA NBEMS has been sending VOA messages on their digital nets.
Several ham radio groups has visited the site - trying to get some idea of the magnitude of what goes on there.

http://voaradiogram.net/

http://www.insidevoa.com/

Voice Of America
 

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:12:02 AM UTC-4, Channel Jumper wrote:
I have noticed over the past 12 months that there has been a renewed

interest in Short Wave Listening and the Voice of America.

Is it a coincidence? I think not!

Several Yahoo chat groups, including PA NBEMS has been sending VOA

messages on their digital nets.

Several ham radio groups has visited the site - trying to get some idea

of the magnitude of what goes on there.



http://voaradiogram.net/



http://www.insidevoa.com/









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Channel Jumper

Several very powerful sites were shut down and dismantled several years ago. It will take lots of time and money to replace them.

With the advent of the Internet and cheap data plans and Iphones, I do not believe that any high power Shortwave Radio station that was decommissioned will ever be recommissioned.
In Africa, the residents will purchase old, cast off, cell phones - 2G that can do simple text messages.
Many internet web sites has been built where they can send and receive simple text messages.
This allows them to combine their goods and services into one co-op and gives them more control over how much to sell their produce for in the village markets and when to sell.
Kind of like being able to have access to the New York Stock Exchange.

Before this - if one vendor undersold the others, the other vendors had to lower their price else run the risk that the produce would rot and they would get nothing.

Being able to do simple tasks such as online banking has allowed them to expand into more venue's.
A large venue is using automobile batteries to charge villagers cell phones.
One man with a working generator can charge as many as two dozen cell phones at one time, charging $.25 to $.50 a phone, they can generate as much revenue as what they could make working all day at a laborer job..

The days of those people just sitting around, listening to the shortwave radio - like the Waltons television program are going by the wayside...

Voice Of America
 

On 07/23/2014 08:09 AM, wrote:


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Channel Jumper

Several very powerful sites were shut down and dismantled several
years ago. It will take lots of time and money to replace them.


Or a fat pipe to an internet hub. LMAO! I have been listening to
streaming radio since dialup days. 20 years nearly. Now I have a free
smart phone and a $40 data plan. I can listen to any important station
in the world as I motor about. Radio this way is still entertaining.

I still have the Lowe HF-150 and a 100m full wave loop, but I use it
mainly for MWDX. My hobby radio is all digital on HF. I make tones and
squeals and whistles and see how far they go on how little power. This
is lots of fun and doesn't raise the electric bill so much. I have
VHF/UHF mobile, but the hams around here are weird.

I have a half dozen portables. I use those to listen to my Whole House
Gold, which transmits internet streams on 107.9. Grace streamer into a
$40 Behringer DSP limiter (works very nicely BTW) into the whole house
Gold. No mixer on input, just the "limiter".

HFBC was quite an era and I'm honored to have been a infinitesimal part
of it. Now the radiosport is doing more with less. SWLs are welcome to
download fldigi and QSL digital hams. They'd love it. pskreporter.info

Voice Of America
 

On 07/24/2014 05:29 AM, Channel Jumper wrote:
;822368 Wrote:
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:12:02 AM UTC-4, Channel Jumper wrote:-
I have noticed over the past 12 months that there has been a renewed

interest in Short Wave Listening and the Voice of America.

Is it a coincidence? I think not!

Several Yahoo chat groups, including PA NBEMS has been sending VOA

messages on their digital nets.

Several ham radio groups has visited the site - trying to get some
idea

of the magnitude of what goes on there.



http://voaradiogram.net/



http://www.insidevoa.com/

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Channel Jumper-

Several very powerful sites were shut down and dismantled several years
ago. It will take lots of time and money to replace them.

With the advent of the Internet and cheap data plans and Iphones, I do
not believe that any high power Shortwave Radio station that was
decommissioned will ever be recommissioned.
In Africa, the residents will purchase old, cast off, cell phones - 2G
that can do simple text messages.
Many internet web sites has been built where they can send and receive
simple text messages.
This allows them to combine their goods and services into one co-op and
gives them more control over how much to sell their produce for in the
village markets and when to sell.
Kind of like being able to have access to the New York Stock Exchange.

Before this - if one vendor undersold the others, the other vendors had
to lower their price else run the risk that the produce would rot and
they would get nothing.

Being able to do simple tasks such as online banking has allowed them to
expand into more venue's.
A large venue is using automobile batteries to charge villagers cell
phones.
One man with a working generator can charge as many as two dozen cell
phones at one time, charging $.25 to $.50 a phone, they can generate as
much revenue as what they could make working all day at a laborer job..

The days of those people just sitting around, listening to the shortwave
radio - like the Waltons television program are going by the wayside...


Sad but tru-wah!