Thanks for the correction <smile>.
André van Deventer wrote:
Dane
I happen to be from a developing country [smile]!
But I get your point. But there are literally millions of older radios with
shortwave around here still. I know the SA broadcasting corporation want to
switch over to digital radio but it is simply completely unworkable here.
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Subject: Re: shortwave radio
Well even there that's debatable as the BBC for example is finding cheaper
alternatives such as localised FM transmissions but I take your point all
the same but let's face it, I doubt whether any of us on this list are from
"developing countries" so taking your point in practical terms I still ask,
what's the point when shortwave transmissions will be beamed to developing
countries and not us so most of the time you won't be able to receive them
anyway? Sorry! you're just wasting your time and money.
André van Deventer wrote:
I can assure you that in developing countries and especially in Africa
it seems as if shortwave is still alive and well!
Andre
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Subject: Re: shortwave radio
I really don't know why all the bother on this because there is hardly
anything on the band right at the moment and a new standard of
shortwave radio will arrive on the market in the coming year, the
"DRM" standard will be used ensuring you'll hear shortwave as you've
never heard it before, near CD quality in other words, no fading, no
crackle etc.
Now it may be that some sets out there are already "DRM" compatible,
I'm not aware of any at this time but that doesn't mean anything. I
know Sony had plans to launch a "multi standard" set which Sony
boasted at the time could "Receive any domestic broadcast on any band
in the world?" Well we'll wait and see on that one, obviously such a
set would be adapted to suit each country's different DAB standards
for example but such a set isn't beyond the realms of a cheap price
given the power of the processor chip these days.
Let's face it, the "shortwave" as we knew it is a definite and obvious
listening medium of the past for better or for worse. Yes, I mourn
its passing and we're going to regret the day that it ever died I
think, if a country for one reason or another decides to shoot down a
communications satellite? Well that could take out a whole heap of
stuff including radio and TV broadcasts, cell phone communications etc
so it will be interesting to see how fire, police and so forth could
get emergency messages out to the public and son on.
On 16/11/2009, at 4:51 PM, Bob Seed wrote:
The grundig line of radios are very good and have agood front end.
They
are resonably priced as well. .
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Subject: shortwave radio
Could someone please recommend a good shortwave radio that I can
purchase?
Thanks.
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