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SW for me is more of a DX opportunity (or SWL'ing)
I still enjoy trying to ferret out the 3 or 4 regular pirates around 6925 or so too.
I still enjoy trying to ferret out the 3 or 4 regular pirates around 6925 or so too.
Darth_vader said:
The VOA as well as related "stations" like Radio Martí are chartered with a specific mandate not to provide a domestic service of any kind. While serving American expats is certainly within the scope of the charter, nothing within the US and its territories is considered "fair game".
Shortwave is becoming less and less relevant. Few radios, even in most third world nations, now come with shortwave. Domestic services in Latin America and Africa for the most part have disappeared and have been replaced by countless thousands of FM stations in every corner of every country.
Delano was getting long in the tooth, and did not fit in a plan to make the VOA services fit the interests of newer generations of non-Americans outside the US.
The main domestic site for VOA is at Greenville, NC. There is no site in Maryland.
I'm probably the only person in the county (state?) that has a car stereo with shortwave. My regulars are Radio Australia (9580 KHz mornings) and WBCQ (7490 KHz evenings). I check stations like WWCR and Radio Havana Cuba for unintentional comedy. Often I'll hit scan and see what's out there!
Trav said:
The idea of SW in the car used to be really appealing to me. Then two things happened. The Cold War ended and I got married, meaning that choices were becoming limited and what I could pick up, my wife wouldn't put up with. Something that is appealing to me however, is streaming audio while on the road, which currently....requires a data plan, so forget that one! I just pack my little G8 and when I have some free time, I do tune in...but not while driving.
~BG
Back in the 70s, I lived near one of the VOA Greenville, NC sites. They did not have a strong local sw signal as the curtain antennas were beamed overseas. At times, they were running many high power transmitters beaming into the USSR and eastern Europe.
There is still one VOA site in Greenville but it is much smaller than it was during the Cold War era.
There is still one VOA site in Greenville but it is much smaller than it was during the Cold War era.
N4GBK said:
B Site, near Blackjack, is the only operational site at Greenville VOA. Only eight of former count of 11 transmitters are available for use. The two TMC transmitters, GB-10 and GB-11, have been removed. GB-9, the Continental ISB transmitter, hasn't been on the air in years - no need for the sideband feeders anymore.
Back in the days before VOA built up the satellite distribution network, a lot of those transmitter hours at Greenville were program feeds to the overseas transmitter locations in Africa and Europe and actually a bit difficult to hear in the language target zones. With the satellite system, there is no need to run the transmitters at Greenville to get programming to these locations, so all of the transmititer time at Greenville is now used for programming intended for the end listener.
None of the current IBB transmitter sites have any organized HF receiving systems, so there isn't any need to use HF for program relay.
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BigDave
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I just listened to Radio New Zealand. They're really interesting
Late to this thread, but I'll add my bit:
I usually listen to Radio Nacional Da Amazonia on 6180 khz if I switch on the shortwave during the late afternoon or early evening. I like their mix of Brazilian folk music, and like listening to the announcers and the phone calls. I don't understand Portuguese but like hearing the sound of the language.
If it's early morning I'll tune into 41 meters and listen around, and I'll either tune into Radio Australia or Traxx FM Malaysia; or sometimes Sarawak FM on 31 meters if it's coming in. I like the mix of music they play. Sometimes if the BBC's English program to Asia is coming in, I'll listen to that.
I also listen into Radio Rebelde on 5025 khz. Their music selection is pretty cool. I've heard all kinds of stuff on that station. One night I heard a bunch of Latin American pop and rock, followed by Paul McCartney -- a far cry from what they probably played during the Cold War days.
I usually listen to Radio Nacional Da Amazonia on 6180 khz if I switch on the shortwave during the late afternoon or early evening. I like their mix of Brazilian folk music, and like listening to the announcers and the phone calls. I don't understand Portuguese but like hearing the sound of the language.
If it's early morning I'll tune into 41 meters and listen around, and I'll either tune into Radio Australia or Traxx FM Malaysia; or sometimes Sarawak FM on 31 meters if it's coming in. I like the mix of music they play. Sometimes if the BBC's English program to Asia is coming in, I'll listen to that.
I also listen into Radio Rebelde on 5025 khz. Their music selection is pretty cool. I've heard all kinds of stuff on that station. One night I heard a bunch of Latin American pop and rock, followed by Paul McCartney -- a far cry from what they probably played during the Cold War days.
boombox said:
The Brasilians are indeed quite interesting to listen in on. Boombox, where are you that you can pull in those exotic Asians? Radio Australia and NZ make it out my way, at times I catch FEBC out of the Philippines, but those Malaysian simulcasters would be great to snag!
~BG
Hi Tincap,
I'm located in Western Washington state. We sort of have a shortwave pipeline to Asia from here. Signals from East Asia and SE Asia mostly have a waterpath over the Pacific and it manages to skirt the auroral zone.
When propagation's good, I've heard the Malaysian stations (7295 khz for Traxx FM and 9835 khz for Sarawak FM) well into daylight here. They don't always come in strong. Sometimes there's a lot of fading, but usually I can hear the music o.k., and catch maybe half of what the announcer is saying.
It might be worth it for you to try to catch them during the grey line. The 31 meter one might be a better bet. They run 24 hours. There's another one on 11665 khz, which I either haven't heard, or just didn't pay attention to while tuning past it.
Boombox
I'm located in Western Washington state. We sort of have a shortwave pipeline to Asia from here. Signals from East Asia and SE Asia mostly have a waterpath over the Pacific and it manages to skirt the auroral zone.
When propagation's good, I've heard the Malaysian stations (7295 khz for Traxx FM and 9835 khz for Sarawak FM) well into daylight here. They don't always come in strong. Sometimes there's a lot of fading, but usually I can hear the music o.k., and catch maybe half of what the announcer is saying.
It might be worth it for you to try to catch them during the grey line. The 31 meter one might be a better bet. They run 24 hours. There's another one on 11665 khz, which I either haven't heard, or just didn't pay attention to while tuning past it.
Boombox
Most of what I hear is all the CRI and Radio Free Asia relayers. 9455 Radio Free Asia is ESPECIALLY strong here during the morning. Sometimes I hear the Firedrake jammer, but I haven't heard it for the last couple years. Years ago it would take over the Radio Free Asia, VOA and CRI Asia broadcasts.
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