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Kari Lake previews her plans for Voice of America in the next Administration.

SomeRadioGuy said:
NK is not a good example to use in trying to site examples.

The ONLY people listening to their broadcasts most likely are hobbyist DXers
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You're correct and I'm one of them. But not my point.
My point is they do jam. Voice of the People, Echo of Hope, FEBC, TWR among others. Meaning even in that environment, people listen to Shortwave. In fact KCBS is being jammed as I type this on 6015 khz. And something on 6050 is being obliterated.
 
cc333 said:
Well, that kind of follows, since shortwave is probably one of the only things the remnants of the Iranian government can't block.

Can anyone actually listen to it? Who knows, but the signal is nevertheless there for the presumptive few who happen to have SW radios and know how to use them.

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In those areas, SW radios are common as dirt. Keep in mind almost every cheapie portable comes with a SW band built in now. Even Amazon here in the USA is loaded with them. This is what they mostly sell in places like that.

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KC8UOK said:
You're correct and I'm one of them. But not my point.
My point is they do jam. Voice of the People, Echo of Hope, FEBC, TWR among others. Meaning even in that environment, people listen to Shortwave. In fact KCBS is being jammed as I type this on 6015 khz. And something on 6050 is being obliterated.
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And?

People dont have internet there for the most part.... the NK Regime is so afraid of their people hearing anythin contrary they jam anything... theyve done it to FM and TV too
 
RadioFixerCLE said:
In those areas, SW radios are common as dirt. Keep in mind almost every cheapie portable comes with a SW band built in now. Even Amazon here in the USA is loaded with them. This is what they mostly sell in places like that.

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SW radios are not common at retail anywhere in the world any longer. Yes, you can get some models online and, perhaps a few available at retail are still out there. But it has been decades since there has been interesting content on short wave. Nearly all the "local" tropical band stations were gone before Y2K and most international services, from HCJB to the government outlets were closed soon after
 
davideduardo said:
SW radios are not common at retail anywhere in the world any longer. Yes, you can get some models online and, perhaps a few available at retail are still out there. But it has been decades since there has been interesting content on short wave. Nearly all the "local" tropical band stations were gone before Y2K and most international services, from HCJB to the government outlets were closed soon after
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Got an add in my email from Macy's...Macy's...selling an AM/FM/SW radio for around $55.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:

selectivity and sensitivity is going to be as wide as a barn door and about as much fun to use as an outhouse in the summer at a concert
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The give-away is that it has a built-in cassette player. I'd say that anyone playing cassettes for entertainment is either a DXer listening to old catches or someone who bought an REO Speedwagon cassette when it was "new".
 
SomeRadioGuy said:

selectivity and sensitivity is going to be as wide as a barn door and about as much fun to use as an outhouse in the summer at a concert
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They're all DSP now, so the "wideness" is not as much a factor anymore. Just gotta be careful the MW section is configured to either tune in 9 & 10Khz intervals or 1khz intervals. Some only come pre-configured for 10khz or 9khz and will not work properly in the "wrong" area.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
A $55 shortwave radio is going to be junk. Avoid.

Decent portable receivers start in the $150 range, preferably above $200.
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Well, not necessarily.. the TEF6686 chipped radios can be found for under $55 and its one of those times when chinese junk turns out to be great. theyre excellent radiios
 
bigdonho said:
Got an add in my email from Macy's...Macy's...selling an AM/FM/SW radio for around $55.
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Here are some things from the ad:

This item may not be shipped to Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau, or the Pacific Islands.
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Why not outlying US states and territories? No mention of being banned from other countries.

It also says that this radio is made in the USA. Highly doubtful.
 
KeithE4 said:
Here are some things from the ad:



Why not outlying US states and territories? No mention of being banned from other countries.

It also says that this radio is made in the USA. Highly doubtful.
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They likely arent shipping priority mail, which is flate rate.. its goign usps retail ground, which is a package... the farther it gets shipped away from its originating locaityon, the more expensive it got

*says the guy who got very familiar with postal stuff spending 5 1/2 years in alaska
 
Fighting Irish said:
Judge wipes out the Kari Lake era at VOA:
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Lake says the government will appeal:

“The American people gave President Trump a mandate to cut bloated bureaucracy, eliminate waste, and restore accountability to government,” she added. “An activist judge is trying to stand in the way of those efforts at USAGM.”
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Nobody voted for Lake. She lost every election she's been in. She was never even confirmed. The president didn't campaign on eliminating the VOA. The congress has even restored funding to the agency, and congress represents the people, not the president. He's not an activist judge if he's stating facts.

Mediafrog+ said:
I think we’re in a Humpty Dumpty situation where USAGM can’t be put together again
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Unfortunately, I think you're right, and the people responsible need to pay for what they did.
 
TheBigA said:
Nobody voted for Lake. She lost every election she's been in. She was never even confirmed.
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I wonder - and am also terrified to think about - what might be going through her mind at this point. She ditched a solid career as an anchor at Fox 10 for a political career (which failed convincingly...twice) settled for a (sorry for the fans) lead role at a government agency most people outside of radio don't know even exists, and only "succeeded" in the sense that she dutifully destroyed the agency she was tasked with operating.

And now she's got to deal with being legally told she not only sucked at her job, but had no business doing it? How is she processing this?

As a psychologist I knew once said: "that's nothing 10 years of good therapy won't make a small dent in..."
 


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