On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:34:17 -0600, wrote:

So is there some good programming available to listen to on shortwave?

No. As you have noticed, there are many assholes here who aren't
interested in answering your question. Don't waste your money on
shortwave. There isn't much to hear.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:09:11 -0600, wrote:

So should I start with this SW radio? Even if Im not really wanting
it for backpacking but home use?

No don't waste your time with SW. As another poster said, local AM/FM
will provide many more hours of entertainment and without all the
static fading and noise.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:43:40 -0800, tommyknocker
wrote:

After a while you notice
that the preaching and conspiracy theorizing found on domestic SW has a
monotonal quality to it, like an interminable session with the worst
professor you had in college.

Yet we still get assholes in here having wet dreams about some of the
pastors. They hand on every word and come here repeating the religious
rants while pretending not to be in love with the pastor.

(RHF) wrote in message . com...
GA,

Sound like a nice central location for Reception in general.

~ RHF
.
Because we are in the valley, highth of an antenna is especially
important for good distance reception. With a 60 to 80-foot tower,
you can expect to get more regular decent reception from Sacramento,
San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as Santa Barbara, San Luis
Obispo, and more. Back in the early 50's I remember two homes with
tall towers with a large tv anteena on each and was told they received
channels from both San Francisco and Los Angeles. That was before
they had any tv stations in the Fresno area.

You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...
Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

And another idiot hits the bottom of the can with that distinctive and
satisfying sound of PLONK.

"me" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:56:10 -0600, wrote:



No, actually it is pretty much crap. Mostly news and stupid culture
type programs. Very boring.

CW,

"You do if you have a real radio."

Having a 'real' Shortwave Radio is Good - Buy Lets Not Forget...

"The Shortwave Antenna is 55.5% of the Radio/Receiver
and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/288
A REAL Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]


All are WELCOME at the "Antenna Ashram"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
Shortwave Listener (SWL) and AM & FM Antenna eGroup on YAHOO !


iane ~ RHF
..
Some Say: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
I BELIEVE: On A Clear Night...
You Can Hear Forever and beyond the Beyond !
..
..
= = = "CW"
= = = wrote in message ...

You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...

Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like
the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

..

A good radio is worthless without a good antenna but a crap radio attached
to a great antenna is still a crap radio. The antenna is likely to make it
worse as the radio will not have the dynamic range or rejection to avoid
overloading. Works great if you want to listen to all stations at the same
time. Don't even have to worry about the tuning knob.

"RHF" wrote in message
m...
CW,

"You do if you have a real radio."

Having a 'real' Shortwave Radio is Good - Buy Lets Not Forget...

"The Shortwave Antenna is 55.5% of the Radio/Receiver
and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/288
A REAL Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]


All are WELCOME at the "Antenna Ashram"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
Shortwave Listener (SWL) and AM & FM Antenna eGroup on YAHOO !


iane ~ RHF
.
Some Say: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
I BELIEVE: On A Clear Night...
You Can Hear Forever and beyond the Beyond !
.
.
= = = "CW"
= = = wrote in message ...

You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...

Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like
the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

.

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Frank Dresser wrote:



I know that I have to sit in front of my reciever to hear the news
clearly, and I've got a Yaesu.

Try headphones. you will be amazed how much more you understand.


. A couple are mildly interesting, such as Alex
Jones,


Jones is boring. Every show is so predictable. It all revolves around his
primary belief that no one in the government ever has or ever will do
anything that was not designed to screw the American people.

Diverd4777 wrote:

In article ,
(RHF) writes:


DiverD,

That's what I have Three (3) TV Antennas 'Stacked' on One Pole:
[ Over-the-Air FREE TV ]

# 1 = Bottom @ SF Sutro Tower (255*)
RadioShack VU-75 Antenna Mounted at 22 Feet
[ 18 Element Antenna - 50" Boom Length ]

# 2 = Middle @ San Jose (145*)
RadioShack VU-90 Antenna Mounted at 29 Feet
[ 32 Element Antenna - 80" Boom Length ]

# 3 = Top @ Sacramento (45* Plus 5* Tilt )
RadioShack VU-120 Antenna Mounted at 36 Feet
[ 37 Element Antenna - 120" Boom Length ]


CHANNELS - CALL SIGNS (NETWORK) Other Language:

2 - KTVU (FOX)
* 3 - KCRA (NBC)
4 - KRON (IND)
5 - KPIX (CBS)
* 6 - KVIE (PBS)
7 - KGO (ABC)
* 8 - KSWB (NBC)

Oops-that's "KSBW".

9 - KQED (PBS)
* 10 - KXTV (ABC)
11 - KNTV (NBC)
* 13 - KVOR (CBS)

Oops-that's "KOVR".

14 - KDTV (UniVision) Spanish
20 - KBWB (WB)
26 - KTSF (IND)
32 - KMPT (DW-TV) English & German
36 - KICU (IND)
38 - KCNS (SAH)
44 - KBHK (UPN)
48 - KSTS (Tela Mundo /NBC) Spanish
* 50 - KFTY (IND)
54 - KTEH (PBS / BBC-WS)
60 - KCSM-TV (PBS / BBC-WS /IHT-TV)
65 - KKPX (PAX)
66 - KSFS (UniVision) Spanish
68 - KTLN-TV (REL) Spanish

* NOTE: "Varies"
- Weak during the Day.
- Generally Good at Night.


iane ~ RHF
.
.

Way Cool !! ;-)


RHF is just lucky to live within the signal areas of THREE markets-San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, and
Salinas-Monterey. I live inland and am lucky to get channel 7 on a good
night. When I was a kid channel 36 used to be receivable inland but it's
not anymore. And every so often I could get KSBW on channel 8, but that
channel is occupied by a LPTV station in my area now (that plays yet
another home shopping channel).