DJ wrote:

Anybody else getting the BBC on a regular basis? Especially in the midwest?
I am interested in news and general interest type programming.

I can usually hear 9825 from Ascension aimed at SAm here in California
on my Yaesu, although it can be quite noisy at times. 9825 at 0200 has
world news. You might be able to get the Asian stream on 9740 in the
morning and on 15280/15360 for a few hours in the afternoon. Timing is
different though, with world news at 0000. 15280/15360 tends to fade out
by 0300 during the winter.

Mark, is west coast SWL difficult anyway? That's what I've heard.

Depends on your definition. We can't get Africans. We can't get DW in
English. But we get lots of Asians, even clandestines like Sound of Hope
from Palau aimed at China. I got a Burmese clandestine once. We can get
the Middle East for a couple hours around sunrise their local time (0300
or so). I would think that places like Australia and up north where
Uncle Arnie is (northern Canada, Alaska, and other northern climes)
would be hardest.



The sad fact is that the BBC has, in just the last year or two, cut out
shortwave broadcasting aimed at North America and you can't get reliable
reception of a lot of the programs in their schedule.

For example, the only time I can pick up their "World of Music", a
half hour of world music by Charlie Gillett is in the dead of
night on a frequency (15360 kHz, from Singapore, aimed at Japan) that
will quit working as the seasons change.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident





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David wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:53:17 -0500, "DJ" wrote:



There is $13/month fee, but they also have lots of music and stuff.

Man, what a rip off.

Steve

wrote:



David wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:53:17 -0500, "DJ" wrote:



There is $13/month fee, but they also have lots of music and stuff.

Man, what a rip off.

Yeah, we ALL need 10 channels of rap and 10 channels of alternative
rock.


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In article ,
DJ wrote:
Anybody else getting the BBC on a regular basis? Especially in the midwest?
I am interested in news and general interest type programming.

You could try some of the frequencies that we don't get here very well.
12095 kHz perhaps, or some of the african or european targeted ones.
(But the Beeb also chopped their European shortwave schedule). For both
Europe and the Americas, the big broadcasters have decided that the
shortwave audience isn't worth covering in the same areas that they are
providing satellite TV and audio transmissions.

Start with the BBC web site and you can find the transmitter schedules
for each region. They're in two forms, a text web page, and a graphic
bar chart showing the transmitter times for each frequency, and a location
of the transmitter.

Mark, is west coast SWL difficult anyway? That's what I've heard.

Not difficult, but not convenient. At Noon here, it's 2-6 AM for the
other side of the Pacific, so they just don't bother transmiting. Stuff
starts to come on in the late afternoon when it's breakfast time there.
And the evening news comes on at 4 AM here. (I do a lot of my radio
listening on a tape recorder). As you're two or three hours ahead,
you may find it more convenient, if the signals get there.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident