Indy SWL wrote to All <=-
Do we have a shortwave radio echo area?
No. I don't currently have a radio capable of picking up shortwave, but I used to enjoy listening when I was a young teen.
Indy SWL wrote to All <=-
Do we have a shortwave radio echo area?
No. I don't currently have a radio capable of picking up shortwave, but
I
used to enjoy listening when I was a young teen. WRNO out of New Orleans was available on shortwave, and played rock-and-roll, back then. As this was during the Cold War, I also enjoyed listening to Radio Moscow, like a spy, as if they might give away some secret.
I would sometimes pick up stations where it sounded like someone was shouting to the masses in Spanish. I had taken at least half-a-year of Spanish by then but they talked too fast for me to make any of it out.
No. I don't currently have a radio capable of picking up shortwave, but
I used to enjoy listening when I was a young teen.
Shortwave now is horrible, both in the US and abroad. US is nothing but cultists, and everywhere else is China propaganda, usually for expats. But maybe a new cold war will spruce up the airwaves a bit.
One of the few shortwave shows I sometimes tune into is ReviewBrah's
"Voice of The Report of the Week." I've occasionally caught an oldies
radio show that's pretty good too.
Blue White wrote to Indy SWL <=-
I would sometimes pick up stations where it sounded like someone was shouting to the masses in Spanish. I had taken at least half-a-year of Spanish by then but they talked too fast for me to make any of it out.
Brian Murrey wrote to Blue White <=-
back then. I think the VOA is still on the air but I'd have to check.
Brian Murrey wrote to Blue White <=-
Shortwave is very different now. I used to listen a lot on a home made crystal reciver I built in the 7th grade. About 1972 or 1973. Lots of
fun stuff back then. Nowadays it's mostly China, although the BBC has restarted its wartime bureau and they broadcast a few hours a day to Ukraine. It's all propaganda, and probably was back in the 70's. I
used to enjoy laying in bed at night and listening to latin music on my crystal set. Radio Havanna was huge, Radio Moscow, always liked
listening to the "Happy Station" out of the Netherlands...good stuff
back then. I think the VOA is still on the air but I'd have to check. LOADS and LOADS of doomsday preachers begging for cash.
I worked in Franfort back in the early 1990's. KETC was one of my
largest customers, so I was at the capitol quite frequently. I also
made it out to Bell County, and out near Pineville doing a few IT jobs here and there. Almost got crushed by a coal truck coming out of
Corbin one night, he came down the mountain and didn't have any brakes.
I got out of his way with half a second to spare. I reckon he made it,
I didn't see him in the ditch any where.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Blue White <=-
I should try again with my little Sony shortwave now that I've taken
all of my powerline ethernet adapters offline. Apparently powerline
ends up turning your unshielded power lines into interference-creating antennas, and when I tried listening, ended up just getting static. I could barely pick out WWV.
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