Passport
 

Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.


"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be expected to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the role of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.


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starman wrote in message ...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be expected to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the role of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto, many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport


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Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message ...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be expected to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the role of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto, many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times and say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the manager who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a dial up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I bet he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).

Download the AO3 schedule, and then print it out to hardcopy. I've found
that list to be extremely accurate regarding times and freqs.


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are
out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be expected
to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the role
of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto, many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times and say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the manager who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a dial up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I bet he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).

yazoo63 wrote:

Download the AO3 schedule, and then print it out to hardcopy. I've found
that list to be extremely accurate regarding times and freqs.

Where do I get it?


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times are
out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be expected
to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the role
of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto, many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times and say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the manager who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a dial up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I bet he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).

If your e-mail addy is good, i can e-mail it to you. It's just in Wordpad
format, since i just put in a
new hard drive on my computer and havent installed Microsoft Word yet. I
should be okay for you in
that format, though. If not, i can install MS Word and save it in another
format.


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

Download the AO3 schedule, and then print it out to hardcopy. I've
found
that list to be extremely accurate regarding times and freqs.

Where do I get it?


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times
are
out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to
four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be
expected
to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the
role
of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their
summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back
English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years
later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto,
many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking
about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert
bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times and
say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the manager
who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a dial
up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I bet
he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).

yazoo63 wrote:

If your e-mail addy is good, i can e-mail it to you. It's just in Wordpad
format, since i just put in a
new hard drive on my computer and havent installed Microsoft Word yet. I
should be okay for you in
that format, though. If not, i can install MS Word and save it in another
format.


I'm not crazy enough to give out my real name or email on usenet. Just
tell me where the site is and I'll get it myself.


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

Download the AO3 schedule, and then print it out to hardcopy. I've
found
that list to be extremely accurate regarding times and freqs.

Where do I get it?


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the freqs/times
are
out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to
four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be
expected
to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's the
role
of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their
summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back
English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years
later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies. Ditto,
many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking
about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert
bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times and
say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the manager
who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a dial
up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I bet
he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).

Hmmm ... well, i've got so many sites bookmarked, i couldn't even begin to
remember where i found it.
You'll just have to do a Google search and maybe find it that way.


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

If your e-mail addy is good, i can e-mail it to you. It's just in
Wordpad
format, since i just put in a
new hard drive on my computer and havent installed Microsoft Word yet.
I
should be okay for you in
that format, though. If not, i can install MS Word and save it in
another
format.


I'm not crazy enough to give out my real name or email on usenet. Just
tell me where the site is and I'll get it myself.


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

Download the AO3 schedule, and then print it out to hardcopy. I've
found
that list to be extremely accurate regarding times and freqs.

Where do I get it?


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Jerry Bianchi wrote:

starman wrote in message
...
yazoo63 wrote:

I stopped buying that book years ago. Some of the
freqs/times
are
out of
date before the thing even comes off
the presses.

"Brian" wrote in message
...
Is it just me, or is Passport really off on their times?

Since many shortwave broadcasters change their schedules up to
four
times a year, a book which is published annually can not be
expected
to
have accurate program schedules for the entire year. That's
the
role
of
monthly shortwave magazines and the Internet.

It's more than that. Radio Exterior Espana changed both their
summer
and winter broadcast frequencies and at the same time cut back
English
broadcasts from three to one hour per day. However, three years
later
Passport is still posting the same times and frequencies.
Ditto,
many
of the BBC broadcasts that were cancelled over a year ago are
still
published.

I can undeerstand if they miss a few small stations that are not
readily listenable in our area of the world, but we are talking
about
major broadcasts here. Dissapointed, you bet, I won't buy
another
Passport unless I can review it to verify they really have made
at
least an attempt to be up to date.

Shame on Passport

Passport used to be really good too. I only use it because the
alternatives are lacking. I can't seem to get any of the monthly
shortwave magazines where I live-the teenage staff at (insert
bookstore
here) just looks at me funny when I ask for say Monitoring Times
and
say
they've never heard of it. If I persist they'll call up the
manager
who
says he's never heard of it. As for the internet, I only have a
dial
up
connection and my computer interferes with my radio (in the same
room)
so I just can't look up freqs while twirling the dials. A guy
named
Albert Belle Isle used to post lists of SW freqs in English but I
bet
he
fled the group long ago (does anybody know if he has a website?).