On 24/02/2005 1:46 AM, Telamon wrote:
[...]
With the improved short wave conditions I seem to notice more DRM
signals on the bands. What a bunch of noise those signals are with most
covering three channels.

I have heard a lot of noise on 49m these last few days. Can you offer
an example of a frequency that has specific DRM traffic on it?

My little radio is not so good at DXing, and I'm close to the Sackville
relay. As a result I tend to listen to these strong signals. They have
been booming in the last few nights.

Had an amusing moment with Havana Cuba complaining about the Bush
"propaganda machine."

Propaganda RHC may be, but many other stations I've been listening to
are as guilty of stretching the limits of my credulity. Some of these
stations are on distant WM and local television too, so draw your own
conclusions.

Every country has it's own propaganda machine. The U.S. is no
different, nor should we expect it to be. The content is often
different depending on the audience (i.e., global or domestic.) Even
the VOA has (had?) a mandate to broadcast official American propaganda
around the world. It's dangerous to listen to anything on RHC _or_ VOA
without a critical ear.

Anyway, the music is better on RHC.

Anyway, the music is better on RHC

I find that for great Cuban music, R. Rebelde is about tops...but RHC
is fine too.

Bruce Jensen

On 24/02/2005 1:11 PM, bpnjensen wrote:
Anyway, the music is better on RHC


I find that for great Cuban music, R. Rebelde is about tops...but RHC
is fine too.


I've been trying all sorts of random-wire creativity to pick up Radio
Rebelde. So far, no luck.

This whole shortwave thing is a bit of a lobster trap! I thought I'd
just stick my toe in with a little portatop; now I'm seriously eyeing
one of the big tabletop receivers and dreaming up antenna solutions for
my little backyard.

I've been trying all sorts of random-wire creativity to pick up Radio

Rebelde. So far, no luck.

Clvrmnky - Where are you? Radio Rebelde is quite strong, at least here
in the US. The 5025 kHz outlet puts in a spectacular signal here local
evenings (California), even audible on a portable radio. With a modest
additional random wire on your radio, its new 50 kW transmitter packs a
wallop. You should be able to grab it without much trouble.

Bruce Jensen

bpnjensen wrote:

Anyway, the music is better on RHC


I find that for great Cuban music, R. Rebelde is about tops...but RHC
is fine too.


Ry Cooder did some really superb recordings there a while back.





mike

clvrmnky wrote:

On 24/02/2005 1:46 AM, Telamon wrote:

Had an amusing moment with Havana Cuba complaining about the Bush
"propaganda machine."

Propaganda RHC may be, but many other stations I've been listening to
are as guilty of stretching the limits of my credulity. Some of these
stations are on distant WM and local television too, so draw your own
conclusions.

Every country has it's own propaganda machine. The U.S. is no
different, nor should we expect it to be. The content is often
different depending on the audience (i.e., global or domestic.) Even
the VOA has (had?) a mandate to broadcast official American propaganda
around the world. It's dangerous to listen to anything on RHC _or_ VOA
without a critical ear.

Anyway, the music is better on RHC.

Heck, even the BBC is propaganda. If you listen to their "interviews"
you can hear their bias in the questions. Bias is also exhibited by the
choice of interview subjects. Last night (actually this morning world
day) on The World Today they reported on the "showdown" meeting between
Bush and Putin by interviewing a Russian dissident, who of course ranted
against Putin and expressed his wish for a strong Western condemnation
of Putin's authoritarian tendencies, which of course won't happen. All
"news" is propaganda to a certain extent. Did you hear RHC's rant
against National Intelligence Director nominee John Negroponte on
Saturday night? Apparently Negroponte was the US ambassador to Honduras
in the early 80s when a right wing junta was terrorizing the populace,
and RHC wasted no time blaming Negroponte for not doing something about
it. In fact, HALF of the 10 minute newscast was taken up with this
anti-Negroponte ranting. On Monday night they took up half the newscast
with Hugo Chavez's assertion that the US was getting ready to
assassinate him, something RHC asserted would cause a "continentwide
revolt". But every so often RHC comes up with something that's actually
credible sounding, like Tuesday night's assertions that the US is
planning a Fallujah style assault on Ramadi (sp?) in Iraq, and that Iran
is planning a guerrilla war against US troops if they invade (a simple
strategy: let US troops conquer Iran unopposed, and then make the
occupation hell through guerrilla fighting).



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clvrmnky wrote:

On 24/02/2005 1:46 AM, Telamon wrote:
[...]
With the improved short wave conditions I seem to notice more DRM
signals on the bands. What a bunch of noise those signals are with most
covering three channels.

I have heard a lot of noise on 49m these last few days. Can you offer
an example of a frequency that has specific DRM traffic on it?

My little radio is not so good at DXing, and I'm close to the Sackville
relay. As a result I tend to listen to these strong signals. They have
been booming in the last few nights.

Had an amusing moment with Havana Cuba complaining about the Bush
"propaganda machine."

Propaganda RHC may be, but many other stations I've been listening to
are as guilty of stretching the limits of my credulity. Some of these
stations are on distant WM and local television too, so draw your own
conclusions.

Every country has it's own propaganda machine. The U.S. is no
different, nor should we expect it to be. The content is often
different depending on the audience (i.e., global or domestic.) Even
the VOA has (had?) a mandate to broadcast official American propaganda
around the world. It's dangerous to listen to anything on RHC _or_ VOA
without a critical ear.

Anyway, the music is better on RHC.

I used to listen to RHC for the music but that has been a while.

Sorry, I didn't note the specific frequencies the DRM signals were on
but I was getting bugged by them on the 31, 25, 19 and 16 meter bands as
I was scanning them.

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Telamon
Ventura, California