On Sat, 08 May 2004 10:23 am -0600 UTC, N8KDV
posted: %MM



Jay wrote:

Sorry my questions caused you so much anger. I was asking if anyone could
tell me about what is going on at the VOA and if anyone could report on
any signals they might still be able to receive for VOA. They seemed like
reasonable questions for this forum.

No anger at all... I gave you the site for the schedule... what more do
you want?

The VOA is audible most anytime here.

Turn your radio on.

You're DXing too much and not sleeping enough?

Actually, there are more than American-based listeners in the world. VOA is
not available "most anytime" in many locales. And it has reduced its
schedule and number of languages.
--
-UA

uncle arnie wrote:

On Sat, 08 May 2004 10:23 am -0600 UTC, N8KDV
posted: %MM



Jay wrote:

Sorry my questions caused you so much anger. I was asking if anyone could
tell me about what is going on at the VOA and if anyone could report on
any signals they might still be able to receive for VOA. They seemed like
reasonable questions for this forum.

No anger at all... I gave you the site for the schedule... what more do
you want?

The VOA is audible most anytime here.

Turn your radio on.

You're DXing too much and not sleeping enough?

I get plenty of sleep, you need to learn to read!

Actually, there are more than American-based listeners in the world.

No kidding!

VOA is
not available "most anytime" in many locales. And it has reduced its
schedule and number of languages.

No kidding! It's all in the schedule I provided...

You better wake up!

Suggested email to the House Subcommittee on Appropriations (for) Commerce,
Justice and State Department, or to your own representatives:


Dear Congressman/Senator:

I have observed, along with many Americans in recent weeks and months,
the steady decline in the availability of Voice of America (VOA) programs
using shortwave frequencies.

It is simply outrageous that American citizens, who continue to fund VOA
programs, are no longer able to hear programming that it is otherwise
provided on VOA websites such as "voanews.com" and clearly aimed
at being competitivewith other world news "portals" on the internet.

It is absurd that VOA's considerable news programming continues
to fall under the Smith-Mundt Act, and that this law remains on the books
in the 21st century.

Why hasn't Congress moved to eliminate Smith-Mundt? Does anyone
truly believe, in this day and age, that this law still serves a purpose?

Americans should be able to hear the output of VOA other than through
internet websites, which are themselves, a work-around that effectively
renders Smith-Mundt restrictions moot. VOA should be accessible, as
well, via FM outlets across the United States.

I urge you to address these points in open congressional hearings, and
move to reverse what appears to many who continue to respect VOA's
news output, to be VOA's "death-by-a-thousand-cuts."

Dan Robinson wrote:

Suggested email to the House Subcommittee on Appropriations (for) Commerce,
Justice and State Department, or to your own representatives:

Dear Congressman/Senator:

I have observed, along with many Americans in recent weeks and months,
the steady decline in the availability of Voice of America (VOA) programs
using shortwave frequencies.

It is simply outrageous that American citizens, who continue to fund VOA
programs, are no longer able to hear programming that it is otherwise
provided on VOA websites such as "voanews.com" and clearly aimed
at being competitivewith other world news "portals" on the internet.

It is absurd that VOA's considerable news programming continues
to fall under the Smith-Mundt Act, and that this law remains on the books
in the 21st century.

Why hasn't Congress moved to eliminate Smith-Mundt? Does anyone
truly believe, in this day and age, that this law still serves a purpose?

Americans should be able to hear the output of VOA other than through
internet websites, which are themselves, a work-around that effectively
renders Smith-Mundt restrictions moot. VOA should be accessible, as
well, via FM outlets across the United States.

I urge you to address these points in open congressional hearings, and
move to reverse what appears to many who continue to respect VOA's
news output, to be VOA's "death-by-a-thousand-cuts."

Good point Dan.