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David March 18th 06 01:59 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
On 17 Mar 2006 17:05:37 -0800, "junius" wrote:



Despite a few fluff programs on BBC World (e.g. that automotive-related
show), the content overall is actually pretty good, in my opinion.
Given a choice between BBC World and BBC WS, though, I'd opt for the
latter, as I guess you would, as well. I'm glad to see that Discovery
and BBC World have entered into this agreeement to make available BBC
World in the U.S. As far as television news networks go, BBC World has
a profound and distinct content edge over the lame news (I should say,
entertainment-posing-as-news) networks of CNN, MSNBC and FOX.

junius

I don't like TV news. The pictures get preference over the narrative.
It is cool when something blows up, but other than that I have no use
for it.


Telamon March 18th 06 01:59 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
In article . com,
"Beloved Leader" wrote:

**classical music fans have been the main losers in WETA's content
overhaul.**

Can you get WBJC where you are? I have heard it on a car radio as far
south as Culpeper VA.


Classical music is the best thing the public service stations around
here have in their favor. There is only one commercial station in LA
using the classical music format.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

[email protected] March 18th 06 02:22 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
I would prefer to watch that naked Rusian news woman on Russky tv news
than that brit woman on bbc news.
cuhulin


David March 18th 06 02:27 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:59:35 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article . com,
"Beloved Leader" wrote:

**classical music fans have been the main losers in WETA's content
overhaul.**

Can you get WBJC where you are? I have heard it on a car radio as far
south as Culpeper VA.


Classical music is the best thing the public service stations around
here have in their favor. There is only one commercial station in LA
using the classical music format.


That's one more than most places.

Can you get these guys?

http://www.kusc.org/images/StationMap.gif


[email protected] March 18th 06 02:29 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Cool when something blows up? bush's ratings are at about thirty four
cents right now,,,, and like I,Me,Meself and I Said last year,,, there
is not anything on Earth bush can do to get his ratings back up.LOOK,,,,
I think "they" are planning "something" as in another fed govt in
cahoots with the zionist jews and mossad Strike on America.I sure hope I
am mistaken!!!
cuhulin


[email protected] March 18th 06 02:56 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
If you listen to news from d.c.you are listening to Lies.Well,let me
back track on that a bit.Michael Graham told the Truth about the muslim
organazition of Terror,,, and look at what happened to him.Michael New
told the Truth (google search,Michael New) and Look at what happened to
him,,,,
cuhulin


Beloved Leader March 18th 06 04:49 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
**With my Sangean 606A, however, receiving WBJC is
a hopeless affair in D.C. proper and in Arlington and Alexandria
counties.**

I just tried a few minutes ago in Alexandria, with a DX-399, off the
whip. I think that's the same as the Sangean 606A. WBJc does come in,
but I had to walk around the room to lfind the sweet spot. Even then it
was noisy. I got stereo reception using headphones, again with noise.
You could tolerate it in the background probably.


[email protected] March 18th 06 05:21 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
I wouldn't listen to bbc if they paid me.I am trying to figure out how
to sweet talk that Bell South woman next door out of that 1955 Chevrolet
Cameo pickup truck she bought a couple of weeks ago.
cuhulin


RHF March 18th 06 08:07 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
FWIW - IMHO the BBC-WS News is less-liberal-slanted and
less-anti-american then most of the News and Information
Programming that Originates from PBS and NPR or PRI ~ RHF

clifto March 18th 06 09:46 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Telamon wrote:
Classical music is the best thing the public service stations around
here have in their favor. There is only one commercial station in LA
using the classical music format.


Around here they mainly do jazz, especially the college station WDCB.
It's wonderful.

--
All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb

[email protected] March 18th 06 10:29 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Screw brit biased commie bbc! Blueberry doggy,she is roundin up her
rubber monster squeaky doggy toys and her doggy chew ropes thingys and
drappin them down on my lap and by my hip on her couch.I have much more
important thingys to do now.Go Catch! Blueberry doggy!
cuhulin


[email protected] March 18th 06 11:23 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Them "experts" out there tickle the crap out of me.Get about 150 feet of
skinny wire and put it up outside as high as you can.You can't do any
better than that,,, unless you put up two 150 feets of wire so you can
have North/South and East/West direction.And select between which wires
you want to use by indepently unplugging and plugging into your
radio.Flying Tigers movie is on tv now.
cuhulin


David March 19th 06 01:43 AM

(OT) : DaviD - As the Prime Example of a FASCIST Off-Topic In-Your-Face Poster
 
On 18 Mar 2006 16:35:20 -0800, "RHF"
wrote:

DaviD - Oops "fascist" You Lose & I Win ! :o) ~ RHF

DaviD - As the Prime Example of a FASCIST Off-Topic
In-Your-Face Poster - 'you' must view everything as a
"slanted / left leaning / liberal" propaganda piece.

DaviD - 'you' Exemplify the Old Fascist Axiom :
"Repeat the Liberal Lies Long Enough and Loud Enough"
-and- pretty soon even the knowledgeable but doubting
masses of the peoples will start to believe in them . . .

DaviD - The Truth Will Set 'you' Free - Be Free ! ~ RHF
.
.

I think, in your case, something a little stronger may be necessary.
Thorazine or something...


m II March 19th 06 03:38 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Ed wrote:

But it's not the only one. I like messing about with antennas and
software to improve reception/dsp on my Ten-Tec Rx-320. If I did not
enjoy that, I'd be more than happy with podcasts via WRN.

When it comes to SWL, process is as important as product.



What sort of software experiments have you done with the 320? I've used
one for a few years and any new twist in programming would be fun to
play with.


mike

Paul_K5RT March 19th 06 02:09 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Here in Dallas, KERA (90.1 FM) carries the BBC feed from local midnight
until morning when "All Things Considered" comes on.

Even if the "Beeb" has a somewhat liberal slant, its much better
listening than Art Bell's show, which seems to be carried by nearly
every AM station in the country trying to find something to drive its
tubes with during the middle of the night.

Paul


David March 19th 06 02:53 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
On 19 Mar 2006 06:09:50 -0800, "Paul_K5RT" wrote:

Here in Dallas, KERA (90.1 FM) carries the BBC feed from local midnight
until morning when "All Things Considered" comes on.

Even if the "Beeb" has a somewhat liberal slant, its much better
listening than Art Bell's show, which seems to be carried by nearly
every AM station in the country trying to find something to drive its
tubes with during the middle of the night.

Paul

Tubes?


m II March 20th 06 03:41 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
David wrote:

On 19 Mar 2006 06:09:50 -0800, "Paul_K5RT" wrote:

Here in Dallas, KERA (90.1 FM) carries the BBC feed from local midnight
until morning when "All Things Considered" comes on.

Even if the "Beeb" has a somewhat liberal slant, its much better
listening than Art Bell's show, which seems to be carried by nearly
every AM station in the country trying to find something to drive its
tubes with during the middle of the night.

Paul

Tubes?



I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


mike

Telamon March 20th 06 04:37 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
In article ,
clifto wrote:

Telamon wrote:
Classical music is the best thing the public service stations around
here have in their favor. There is only one commercial station in LA
using the classical music format.


Around here they mainly do jazz, especially the college station WDCB.
It's wonderful.


There are a couple that are mostly jazz here also but I listen to them
very infrequently. Sometimes what they play is OK.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

clifto March 20th 06 05:54 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
m II wrote:
I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


AFAIK there are solid state high-power transmitters out there.

--
All relevant people are pertinent.
All rude people are impertinent.
Therefore, no rude people are relevant.
-- Solomon W. Golomb

David March 20th 06 01:12 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:41:16 GMT, m II wrote:

David wrote:

On 19 Mar 2006 06:09:50 -0800, "Paul_K5RT" wrote:

Here in Dallas, KERA (90.1 FM) carries the BBC feed from local midnight
until morning when "All Things Considered" comes on.

Even if the "Beeb" has a somewhat liberal slant, its much better
listening than Art Bell's show, which seems to be carried by nearly
every AM station in the country trying to find something to drive its
tubes with during the middle of the night.

Paul

Tubes?



I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


mike

The only stations that still use tubes for AM are the poorer ones.

http://www.broadcast.harris.com/prod...u=WWWDX25U50AM

http://www.nautel.com/xr50.aspx




Doug Smith W9WI March 20th 06 04:37 PM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
m II wrote:
I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


Nobody makes a 50kw transistor, but 200 250-watt transistors in
push-pull-parallel will do the trick. Solid-state 50kw transmitters are
by no means unusual. They're also a lot more reliable than tube rigs.

We have a solid-state 6kw digital TV transmitter at work. It's amusing
to pull out two or three power amp modules and see *absolutely nothing*
happen -- the power meter doesn't even drop -- all that happens is you
get an alarm on the control panel warning of the missing modules...
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com


m II March 21st 06 02:31 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
m II wrote:
I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


Nobody makes a 50kw transistor, but 200 250-watt transistors in
push-pull-parallel will do the trick. Solid-state 50kw transmitters are
by no means unusual. They're also a lot more reliable than tube rigs.

We have a solid-state 6kw digital TV transmitter at work. It's amusing
to pull out two or three power amp modules and see *absolutely nothing*
happen -- the power meter doesn't even drop -- all that happens is you
get an alarm on the control panel warning of the missing modules...



Neat. It's like a redundant array setup for hard drives.




mike

David March 21st 06 03:12 AM

BBC Programs Heard on DC-area FM stations.
 
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:31:24 GMT, m II wrote:

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
m II wrote:
I was under the impression that most commercial transmitters used tubes.
I don't think a couple of 2n2222 transistors could handle a 50 KW output.


Nobody makes a 50kw transistor, but 200 250-watt transistors in
push-pull-parallel will do the trick. Solid-state 50kw transmitters are
by no means unusual. They're also a lot more reliable than tube rigs.

We have a solid-state 6kw digital TV transmitter at work. It's amusing
to pull out two or three power amp modules and see *absolutely nothing*
happen -- the power meter doesn't even drop -- all that happens is you
get an alarm on the control panel warning of the missing modules...



Neat. It's like a redundant array setup for hard drives.




mike

Sort of. The distortion goes up and the remaining devices are put
under extra strain.



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