I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

Junius

Tom Holden wrote:
"David" wrote in message
news
The BBC in the car?

I borrowed a Sirius receiver from my employer for a holiday trip from
Toronto to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a distance of some 1600 km (1000
miles) each way, roughly 35 hours on the road, and enjoyed listening
alternately to CBC Radio One on Sirius 137 and BBCWS on Sirius 141. It was
pretty much uninterrupted, except for the tunnels through the Blue Ridge
Mountains. While the audio quality sucked at the low bitrates used, I was
surprised at how much the distortion was masked by car noise and how
accustomed I became.

Now to keep dxAce from complaining that this is not a posting about
shortwave, I took my KA-1103 along with every intention of doing some SWL -
never turned it on! Seems to me that alternatives to shortwave as a means of
delivery are legitimate topics for rrs, since so many users of shortwave are
migrating to other means of communication. ;-)

Tom

www.google.com Robokopp Battle Hym of the Republic

America is not a democracy,America is a Republic.Never forget that.
cuhulin

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:51:52 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

If you read into the spirit of what was written in the FAQ, it is
obvious they did not mean to include satellite radio. If the FAQ were
written today with Sirius and XM present, I would expect satellite still
not be included. This is clearly a supposition on my part but on the
other side inclusion looks to me to be a greater stretch.

''We are happy to hear from posters who listen to any part
of the radio or microwave spectrum, from DC to daylight.''

In article .com,
"junius" wrote:

Tom Holden wrote:
"David" wrote in message
news
The BBC in the car?

I borrowed a Sirius receiver from my employer for a holiday trip from
Toronto to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a distance of some 1600 km (1000
miles) each way, roughly 35 hours on the road, and enjoyed listening
alternately to CBC Radio One on Sirius 137 and BBCWS on Sirius 141. It was
pretty much uninterrupted, except for the tunnels through the Blue Ridge
Mountains. While the audio quality sucked at the low bitrates used, I was
surprised at how much the distortion was masked by car noise and how
accustomed I became.

Now to keep dxAce from complaining that this is not a posting about
shortwave, I took my KA-1103 along with every intention of doing some SWL -
never turned it on! Seems to me that alternatives to shortwave as a means of
delivery are legitimate topics for rrs, since so many users of shortwave are
migrating to other means of communication. ;-)


I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:11:40 GMT, Telamon
wrote:


I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.
Radio Netherlands
Daily midnight, 8 am & 6 pm ET
Radio Netherlands is a multimedia organization. We share issues being
discussed in Holland with the rest of the world, in Dutch and several
foreign languages. We also cover regional developments in areas of the
world without free media. Radio Netherlands currently broadcasts radio
programmes and publishes Internet pages in six languages over its own
facilities: Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and
Papiamento. The programme division also supplies stations in Africa
with radio programming via satellite in French, bringing the total to
seven. In addition, special television projects have included
production in other languages, such as Mandarin. Radio Netherlands
Television produces programmes in English and Dutch.



Israel Radio
Daily 1 am & 7:30 pm ET
Israel Radio was established in 1928 and currently transmits 130 hours
a day on eight networks. Apart from news and broadcasts reflecting
events in the country, the channel transmits documentaries on Judaism,
the history of the Israeli people, Israeli culture and discussions on
immigration and absorption.



Earth & Sky
Daily 1:15 am & 10:15 pm ET
Each day, Deborah Byrd and Joel Block discuss popular science subjects
that affect our everyday lives.



Channel Africa
Monday - Friday 1:30 am, 6:30 am & 1:30 pm ET
Saturday 1:30 am ET
Channel Africa in Johannesburg provides unbiased and reliable coverage
from and about the African continent: news, current affairs,
economics, technology, education, environment, tourism and sport are
all covered by Channel Africa. Special interest programs include
occasional round-table discussions with prominent African
personalities and surveys of developments in the world of arts and
entertainment.



China Radio International
Daily 2 am, 4 pm & 1:30 pm ET
China Radio International produces 208.5 hours of broadcasts every day
in 43 foreign languages and Chinese dialects. The English Service is
one of its most important divisions. CRI's English Service was founded
on September 11, 1947.

Today it offers over 60 broadcast hours per day, with overseas
listeners in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and North and South America, and
domestic listeners in some 20 cities. It focuses on satisfying its
listeners by providing informative, timely and interesting programs.
In 1998, the English Service received over 150,000 letters from more
than 100 countries. It is widely acknowledged that the CRI English
Service is one of the world's most effective and convenient media to
learn about China. Business people value the station for its promotion
of economic and cultural exchanges and enhancement of mutual
understanding between China and other countries.



Radio Sweden
Monday - Friday 2:30 am, 10:30 am, 3 pm & 9:30 pm ET
Weekends 2:30 am, 10:30 am, & 9:30 pm ET
Radio Sweden broadcasts programmes of political, cultural and social
interest around the world with the aim of bringing all aspects of life
in Sweden to foreign audiences and to keep Swedes in touch with their
home base while abroad.



Radio Australia
Monday - Friday 3 am, 7 am & 3:30 pm ET
Weekends 3 am, 7 am, & 8 pm ET
Radio Australia is the international radio and online service of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the ABC. The Asia Pacific region
is our home and we have been broadcasting for over 60 years in key
regional languages including English, Pidgin, Chinese, Vietnamese,
Khmer and Indonesian. Our blend of voices, music and images provides a
truly unique perspective from a broadcaster in the Asia-Pacific
region.



Voice of Russia
Daily 4 am & 7 pm ET
Voice of Russia (VOR) has been broadcasting in foreign languages since
October 29, 1929. VOR aims to introduce the international community to
Russia, present a close-to-life picture of Russian developments to the
foreign listener and help the listener gain a feeling of closeness to,
and an understanding of Russia. Annually VOR receives correspondence
from people living in more than 160 countries around the world.



Radio Canada International
Monday - Friday 4:30 am ET
Radio Canada International offers a full range of Canadian and
international news, information and opinion. RCI programs include
news, sports, the weather in Canada, and current affairs features,
such as reports, interviews, press reviews and backgrounders on
political, economic, social and cultural issues.



Radio Prague
Daily 5 am, 2:30 pm & 10 pm ET
Radio Prague is the foreign-language broadcasting service of the Czech
Republic. Our aim is to inform the foreign listener about current
affairs and other developments in the country, mapping its past and
discovering the cultural foundations on which the Czech Republic was
built.



KBS World Radio (Korea)
Daily 5:30 am, 11:30am & 10:30 pm ET
KBS World Radio, the international voice of Korea, is the nation's
sole shortwave radio network which targets the entire world.

KBS World Radio's primary goal is to strengthen the friendship and
international understanding among the peoples of the world. We aim to
do so by providing accurate and up-to-date programs and news on
Korea's politics, society, culture, traditions and economy, as well as
a variety of other information and entertainment on this Land of the
Morning Calm. Through our programs, KBS World Radio's international
audience, the size of which we have estimated to reach more than 40
million listeners worldwide, will be able to get a better
understanding of Korea. KBS World Radio also broadcasts programs to
the growing number of Koreans living abroad in recognition of their
needs for more direct Korean news and information.



Radio Romania International
Daily 6 am, 11 am & 5:30 pm ET
With RRI you can listen to news and reports covering topical issues
and the most relevant phenomena of the social life in Romania and
other countries, as well as to commentaries on how they are perceived
by the full spectrum of Romanian society. Thanks to RRI you can meet
famous Romanian and foreign personalities and listen to the opinions
of the man in the street. During our interactive programmes, you can
also join in the dialogues with our guests and win important prizes if
you give correct answers to the questions of the contests we organise
every year.



RTE Ireland
Daily 9 am, 2 pm & 5 pm ET
Radio Telefís Éireann (RTE) is the Irish national public service
broadcasting organisation. In a highly competitive broadcasting
environment, RTÉ is the distinctive leader in the Irish media, noted
for its performance in transmitting programs of cultural, educational
and informational excellence on four radio and two television
channels.



Deutsche Welle
Daily 10 am ET
Saturdays 3:30 pm ET
Deutsche Welle (DW) is commissioned to "provide listeners and viewers
abroad a comprehensive picture of political, cultural and economic
life in Germany and to present and explain the German position on
important issues."



Radio New Zealand International
Monday - Friday 12 pm ET
Saturdays 6:30 am ET
RNZI is New Zealand's only shortwave station, broadcasting to the
Island nations of the Pacific. Our broadcasts range from Papua New
Guinea in the west across to French Polynesia in the east, covering
all South Pacific countries in between. Our signal can also be heard
in Europe and North America. We broadcast news, current affairs,
business, and sports programmes. Our feature programmes include a
Pacific business programme - TradeWinds, a regional current affairs
show - Dateline Pacific, and a weekly programme for sports lovers.
While broadcasting mainly in English, we also carry news in seven
Pacific languages, making us one of the most listened to stations
throughout the South Pacific.



Vatican Radio
Monday - Friday 12:15 pm & 8:15 pm ET
Weekends 12:15 pm ET
Every day Vatican Radio broadcasts programmes in 40 different
languages in five continents, produced by over two hundred journalists
located in 61 different countries. Vatican Radio: producing more than
42.000 hours of simultaneous broadcasting covering international news,
religious celebrations, in-depth programmes and music. Vatican Radio:
from topical subjects to in-depth programmes on moral questions.
Vatican Radio: offers to everyone, catholic or not, the Church's point
of view.



Radio Slovakia International
Monday - Friday 12:30 pm & 8:30 pm ET
Weekends 12:30 pm ET
Radio Slovakia International was created in 1993, with the emergence
of independent Slovakia, its duty being to give other countries
information about Slovakia and to keep contact with the numerous
expatriate communities. Its programmes are broadcast in English,
German, French, Russian and in Slovak for expatriates. The 30-minutes
magazines broadcast daily contain news from Slovakia, features on
Slovak economy, sciences, culture, geography, environment, sports,
examples of verbal and musical arts and portraits of important
personalities. Radio Slovakia International broadcasts worldwide on
SW, satellites and Internet.



Radio Polonia
Daily 1 pm & 11 pm ET
Radio Polonia is Poland’s external broadcaster.



United Nations Radio
Monday - Friday 8 pm ET
Saturday 4:30 am & 8:30 pm ET
Sunday Noon & 8:45 pm ET
UN Radio was founded in 1946 to promote the universal ideals of the
United Nations, including peace, respect for human rights, gender
equality, tolerance, economic and social development and the upholding
of international law. In addition to daily programmes, UN Radio
produces approximately 1,200 features and documentaries a year, some
of them award-winners at prestigious festivals around the world.



Radio Budapest
Daily 4:30 pm & 11:30 pm ET
Radio Budapest reports on the news and current affairs from a country
rich in cultural heritage: Hungary may be a small country with only
ten million people, but it is one that really punches its weight. Just
look at a list of Nobel prize winners. Or read a history of the
computer. Or find out who helped develop Windows 95. You'll find a
staggering number of Hungarian names. Mix in the intricate and
fascinating political changes going on here since the end of the Iron
Curtain and it adds up to an irresistible blend, a daily window on our
complex country.


http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...=1102975192966

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:19:12 GMT, David wrote:

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:11:40 GMT, Telamon
wrote:


I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.


http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...=1102975192966



Oh yeah, Glen Hauser on Saturday and Sunday:

http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...192966&s=sched

If it's good enough for him, what makes you so damn partickular?

Well, I'll agree with you and with my earlier posting that it's no
replacement for shortwave.

That said, for the listener to int'l new/info broadcasts, there's a bit
more than just BBC and CBC Radio One on Sirius. The World Radio
Network (WRN) on Sirius carries English language programming of the
following broadcasters:

R. Netherlands
Kol Israel
Channel Africa
Banns Radio Int'l (from Denmark) (weekends)
China R. Int'l
R. Sweden
R. Australia
V. of Russia
R. Canada Int'l
U.N. Radio (weekends)
R. Guangdong (weekends)
R. Prague
KBS
R. Romania Int'l
R. New Zealand
RTE Ireland
Deutsche Welle
Vatican R.
R. Slovakia Int'l
R. Polonia
R. Budapest

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio is also aired weekly on the WRN.

CBC Radio One airs CBC R. Overnight from 1:00 to 3:00 am EST.
Programming includes contributions from the following broadcasters:

BBC WS
R. Polonia
Channel Africa
R. Prague
R. Netherlands
Deutsche Welle
R. Sweden
R. Australia

Also, the PRI channel on Sirius carries an hour of Deutsche Welle news
from 9:00PM to 10:00 PM EST. I believe, too, that a CBC program or two
is carried on the PRI channel.

A bit more than just CBC Radio One & BBC. I've not visited the Sirius
website; they would do well to expand on their int'l news content, if
those two were all that was displayed when you visited the site.
Perhaps their emphasis is on the music content (?)...

Junius

Telamon wrote:

I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

In article .com,
"junius" wrote:


Telamon wrote:

I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.

Well, I'll agree with you and with my earlier posting that it's no
replacement for shortwave.

That said, for the listener to int'l new/info broadcasts, there's a bit
more than just BBC and CBC Radio One on Sirius. The World Radio
Network (WRN) on Sirius carries English language programming of the
following broadcasters:

R. Netherlands
Kol Israel
Channel Africa
Banns Radio Int'l (from Denmark) (weekends)
China R. Int'l
R. Sweden
R. Australia
V. of Russia
R. Canada Int'l
U.N. Radio (weekends)
R. Guangdong (weekends)
R. Prague
KBS
R. Romania Int'l
R. New Zealand
RTE Ireland
Deutsche Welle
Vatican R.
R. Slovakia Int'l
R. Polonia
R. Budapest

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio is also aired weekly on the WRN.

CBC Radio One airs CBC R. Overnight from 1:00 to 3:00 am EST.
Programming includes contributions from the following broadcasters:

BBC WS
R. Polonia
Channel Africa
R. Prague
R. Netherlands
Deutsche Welle
R. Sweden
R. Australia

Also, the PRI channel on Sirius carries an hour of Deutsche Welle news
from 9:00PM to 10:00 PM EST. I believe, too, that a CBC program or two
is carried on the PRI channel.

A bit more than just CBC Radio One & BBC. I've not visited the Sirius
website; they would do well to expand on their int'l news content, if
those two were all that was displayed when you visited the site.
Perhaps their emphasis is on the music content (?)...

Well that's odd. I don't see any of that on the Sirius web site.
http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...s/CachedPage&c
=Page&cid=1107787276403

Oh, I see now, you have to choose "World radio network."
http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...s/CachedPage&c
=Channel&cid=1102975192966

OK, so they have a little more than I first thought.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

David Eduardo wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...

I have a feeling they meant terrestrial radio, versus your damn satellite
crap,
you mentally retarded dimwit.


So if a transmitter is up in the sky, it is not radio any more?

Once it's up there on a geo-stationary satellite it's not 'radio'. It's
satellite crap. And it's sure as hell not short wave, and it's not medium wave
either.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:39:02 GMT, Telamon
wrote:



Oh, I see now, you have to choose "World radio network."
http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conten...s/CachedPage&c
=Channel&cid=1102975192966

OK, so they have a little more than I first thought.

Just a tad...