Hard to find a radio with Long Wave on it, have they stopped selling them? I think that Radio 4 is still broadcasting on the Long Wave band, I think Prince Charles was outraged! several years ago when the BBC wanted to close the Long Wave Transmitter even then though I did read somewhere recently that the BBC were going to take it off air in 2016.
On 7 Jun 2014, at 4:41 pm, Adrien Collins <adriencollins22...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > > I think radio 4 is still there but am not sure. It is hard > to find a radio with long wave on it, will listen when I > visit soon. > > Regards > > Adrien > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On > Behalf Of Dave McElroy > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 12:37 AM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: A Request > > Even there, not much going on. RTE, the irish broadcast > network is there > along with some French stuff. Not to earth shaking as of > Novembert, 2013 > when we were there. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On > Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 12:57 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: A Request > > Hi! > > I've asked this before, had no response so will try one last > time. > > I know there are people living in the U.K. where the "Long > Wave" band is > still in use, could someone possibly make some recordings of > some signals on > the band such as BBC Radio 4 etc? > > I visited the U.K. 23 years ago but couldn't take my Radio > Shack DX440 > communications receiver with me, too big and too heavy, this > of course is > back well before the days of such portables as even the Sony > ICF-sw7600 > series and well before Tecsun was ever thought of <smile>, > all I had to work > with was a Sony walkman so I got plenty of samples of stuff > from FM and > Medium wave. > > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > I use BullGuard to keep my computer clean. > Try BullGuard for free: www.bullguard.com > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
