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.

John Barnard

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?

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

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