John Barnard wrote:

So what if VOA doesn't broadcast directly to North America!?! I can hear VOA
regularly in my part of Canada and I can tell you that my location in North
America isn't a target area for most shortwave stations. Radio Australia doesn't
broadcast to North America yet plenty of shortwave listeners in North America do
hear the station. Shortwave transmissions don't halt at their target areas. You
never know what you will hear until you try.

And that is the lure of the hobby for many above and beyond simply 'shortwave
listening'.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

In article ,
Volker Tonn wrote:

John Barnard schrieb:

There are a number of spoilers that schedule information can't accomodate.
Propagation, receiver differences, antenna differences, local noise etc.,
etc. can render even the most up-to-date schedule information as seemingly
useless. In other words, without knowing everything that Jay tried, the
information was useful.


So where is a VOA transmission directed(!) to NE-america?
There is NONE. So what chance would be to get VOA there?

Why are "you guys" being so stupid about this? Like Steve said you can
pick them up all the time since many broadcasts originate from north
America. If you can't get contenental broadcast of VOA it's time to buy
a new radio or get your ears checked.

Steve's original response was not nice but at least helpful in that he
provided a link to the schedule, which the complainers have not done.

Stop complaining and provide some help to the original poster who asked
the question.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

starman wrote:

Hey John, where have you been hiding?

Moved to Colorado. Learning to breathe at 8500 feet :-)

I miss your contributions here.
I'm still trying to keep things on topic but it's getting really trying.
You can see what happened just with this thread. I feel sorry for the
OP. Do you hang out on any other groups for your shortwave 'fix'?

Not getting enough of a fix right now. Haven't gotten a good antenna up
yet. Site is real quiet: reception outside with the SW100 is great. But
the R8 doesn't work so well in the gadget-laden house with a makeshift
antenna.

-jpd

N8KDV schrieb:

Perhaps you still remember Checkpoint Charlie... I visited Berlin in the
late 70's. It was interesting seeing some of the places I had heard about
over the years.

A lot of history there, both very old, and of course more current.

I went to Berlin in spring of 1984 for employment reason.
I came (and I'm still coming) over a lot of interesting places in Berlin
at least due to my profession as plumper and heating installer on mobile
service.
My XYL had some relatives living in "eastern"-Berlin. We went to visit
them now and then. Every time it was a boring run through official
channels getting the permission.
Going on a "long weekend" vacation trip to "western" germany on the
'transit route' always began with a several hour stop at the 'Dreilinden
checkpoint' and a second stop when leaving GDR at 'Marienborn
checkpoint' as there were LOTS of people going to leave Berlin for a few
days. On normal road trffic you could pass the 115 miles through GDR
within 3 hours checkipoint passing included. But on such weekends it was
about 7 to 9 hours... had to go additional 250 miles when visiting my
own relatives near cologne.
My eldest son was born in september 1989 just a few weeks before the
wall felt down and I'm very happy my children can grow up in a city not
surrounded by walls and fences much more effective and dangerous than
the USA/Mexican border.
We like it very much to make a days trip to the 'eastern sea/baltic
sea'. Its just two and a half hours away. You could not even _think_
about such a trip before 1989...

I am wondering if by "you guys" you are including me as I agree with Steve on this
issue. The site to the schedule information is a great way to start. VT's the one
having the static fit over the information that Steve posted. I made the statement
that propagation and radio and antennas also play a part in reception and that
there are mitigating factors with reception that supercede any schedule
information. Many DXers here know all about solar conditions killing reception.

I have also emailed the original poster to see if he knew about the ILG database
as it does have a wealth of information including transmitter sites, target areas
and beam directions, etc.

Hope this clarifies a few things.

John Barnard

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
Volker Tonn wrote:

John Barnard schrieb:

There are a number of spoilers that schedule information can't accomodate.
Propagation, receiver differences, antenna differences, local noise etc.,
etc. can render even the most up-to-date schedule information as seemingly
useless. In other words, without knowing everything that Jay tried, the
information was useful.


So where is a VOA transmission directed(!) to NE-america?
There is NONE. So what chance would be to get VOA there?

Why are "you guys" being so stupid about this? Like Steve said you can
pick them up all the time since many broadcasts originate from north
America. If you can't get contenental broadcast of VOA it's time to buy
a new radio or get your ears checked.

Steve's original response was not nice but at least helpful in that he
provided a link to the schedule, which the complainers have not done.

Stop complaining and provide some help to the original poster who asked
the question.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

John Barnard schrieb:

I have also emailed the original poster to see if he knew about the ILG database
as it does have a wealth of information including transmitter sites, target areas
and beam directions, etc.


Unfotunately there is actually no database available for download on
ILG. The B03 has gone and the A04 is (still) not yet available :-(

Volker Tonn wrote:

John Barnard schrieb:

I have also emailed the original poster to see if he knew about the ILG database
as it does have a wealth of information including transmitter sites, target areas
and beam directions, etc.


Unfotunately there is actually no database available for download on
ILG. The B03 has gone and the A04 is (still) not yet available :-(

Try the skeds at:

http://www.eibi.de.vu/

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

= = = Telamon wrote in message
= = = ...
In article ,
Volker Tonn wrote:

John Barnard schrieb:

There are a number of spoilers that schedule information can't accomodate.
Propagation, receiver differences, antenna differences, local noise etc.,
etc. can render even the most up-to-date schedule information as seemingly
useless. In other words, without knowing everything that Jay tried, the
information was useful.


So where is a VOA transmission directed(!) to NE-america?
There is NONE. So what chance would be to get VOA there?

Why are "you guys" being so stupid about this? Like Steve said you can
pick them up all the time since many broadcasts originate from north
America. If you can't get contenental broadcast of VOA it's time to buy
a new radio or get your ears checked.

TELAMON,

And lets not forget the Shortwave Listener "SWL" Antenna System.

REMEMBER: "The Shortwave and AM/MW Antenna is 55.5% . . .
of the Radio/Receiver and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...na/message/288
A Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]
..
..
iane ~ RHF
..
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Steve's original response was not nice but at least helpful
in that he provided a link to the schedule,
which the complainers have not done.

Stop complaining and provide some help to the original poster
who asked the question.

..

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Hello John,
pI just received an SW100 last week that I won on ebay. It's in great
shape and I'm really enjoying it. The analog slide rule tuning with speed
and fine tuning knobs are more fun to use for SW and MW band scanning than
the digital buttons on my Degen 1102, even though the scale on my SW100
seems to be about a 1/4 inch low. The radio itself is certainly not as
portable, but the speaker quality is easier to listen to than the small
Degen speaker, too.
pLooking around on the internet, I haven't been able to locate a whole
lot of information about this radio. I posted a query on the Radio Shack
group list but haven't heard anything yet. If you or anyone else on the
list can answer any of these questions, I'd appreciate your input.
pWhat are other users' impressions of this radio?
pWhen were they sold by Radio Shack?
pWhat were they thinking when they added the "direction finder"?
pDoes anyone have or know where I can get a copy of the users manual?
pHas anyone come up with any mods?
pLooking forward to some learning more from the list.
pPete Davis
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pJohn Doty wrote:
blockquote TYPE=CITEstarman wrote:
p Hey John, where have you been hiding?
pMoved to Colorado. Learning to breathe at 8500 feet :-)
p I miss your contributions here.
br I'm still trying to keep things on topic but it's getting really
trying.
br You can see what happened just with this thread. I feel sorry for
the
br OP. Do you hang out on any other groups for your shortwave 'fix'?
pNot getting enough of a fix right now. Haven't gotten a good antenna
up
bryet. Site is real quiet: reception outside with the SW100 is great.
But
brthe R8 doesn't work so well in the gadget-laden house with a makeshift
brantenna.
p-jpd/blockquote
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Sorry, mine's a Sony ICF-SW100: a completely different radio!

Pete & Renee Davis wrote:
Hello John,

I just received an SW100 last week that I won on ebay. It's in great
shape and I'm really enjoying it. The analog slide rule tuning with
speed and fine tuning knobs are more fun to use for SW and MW band
scanning than the digital buttons on my Degen 1102, even though the
scale on my SW100 seems to be about a 1/4 inch low. The radio itself is
certainly not as portable, but the speaker quality is easier to listen
to than the small Degen speaker, too.

Looking around on the internet, I haven't been able to locate a whole
lot of information about this radio. I posted a query on the Radio Shack
group list but haven't heard anything yet. If you or anyone else on the
list can answer any of these questions, I'd appreciate your input.

What are other users' impressions of this radio?

When were they sold by Radio Shack?

What were they thinking when they added the "direction finder"?

Does anyone have or know where I can get a copy of the users manual?

Has anyone come up with any mods?

Looking forward to some learning more from the list.

Pete Davis


John Doty wrote:

starman wrote:

Hey John, where have you been hiding?

Moved to Colorado. Learning to breathe at 8500 feet :-)

I miss your contributions here.
I'm still trying to keep things on topic but it's getting really
trying.
You can see what happened just with this thread. I feel sorry for the
OP. Do you hang out on any other groups for your shortwave 'fix'?

Not getting enough of a fix right now. Haven't gotten a good antenna up
yet. Site is real quiet: reception outside with the SW100 is great. But
the R8 doesn't work so well in the gadget-laden house with a makeshift
antenna.

-jpd