David wrote:

34, -118 is a major clue to my spot on the spheroid.

9740 is the only reliable HF BBC service available here. We also get
V. of Russia, R. Japan, RNZI (when their transmitter ain't broken),
The Chinese and the Koreans. That's about it for program listening
quality service. Oh yeah, the Voice of the Andes...

I'm about 500 miles north of you up Interstate 5 (allowing for wherever
you may be in SoCal) and I can regularly get the BBC evenings on 5975.
However, after March 27 this may change as Antigua is shutting down. I
can also get // 9525 about half the time. Since you're in the
broadcasting industry, you may work evenings which would explain why you
don't know about BBC in the evenings.

I use my various Drakes and Icoms and Lowes more often than not to
listen to the Coast Guard and the AMC and listen to International
Broadcasters on WRN via Sirius.

Considering that you're probably not in the best spot to receive
international broadcasters, you probably get more reliable reception of
the BBC on Sirius. Me, I don't want to spend that type of money for
one station unless BBC forces me to by shutting down their SWBC
operations.

My cheapest portable is a Sangean with a slide-rule dial. But I just
keep it for a standby standby. I do occasionally drag the ATS-606A on
hikes, but I wouldn't call that a cheapie.

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:00:55 GMT, Joel Rubin
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:54:30 GMT, David wrote:

9740

1453z 18march2005

+30/s9

R8B 50' Random Wire, Preamp ON

34, -118

You seem to be in Southern California. (66.133.198.125 = Southern Cal.
Roadrunner network, but with Earthlink ISP connection to keep the
anti-trust johnnies away from Time Warner)

When I was in Northern California, 9740 Singapore always came in
pretty well in the Pacific Time mornings even if you were only using a
cheapie portable with a built-in rod.





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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:55:27 -0800, running dogg wrote:

This morning on ''Write On'' they said they were stopping all
shortwave broadcasts to the Americas at the end of March. So I guess
the 2 hours to the Carribean is going to be it.

During Solar Max Ascencion toward Africa was pretty reliable but
propagation is pretty sucky lately.