Given the rush to government-censorship of freedom of speech all across the world the era of independent Shortwave transmitters should be returning. How hard is it to get a license to broadcast on Sh
Pirate radio is alive and well on the AMBCB, FM and SW. The FCC doesnt have the money to do much unless they QRM a licensed station. The pulled a raid in Boston recently....all Hispanic pirates....I
Pirate radio is alive and well on the AMBCB, FM and SW. The FCC doesnt have the money to do much unless they QRM a licensed station. The pulled a raid in Boston recently....all Hispanic pirates....I
Shortwave has some advantages over other frequencies, such as AM or FM broadcast bands. One is that it penetrates rain forest and jungle foliage and the others can't. Also it has a large coverage are
Huh? The historic super power stations we either gov owned or subsidized. BBC thru the VOA! The VOA went to low power regional HF to better target locations of interest...content is delivered by sate
I for one will miss the OTA broadcasts once they are gone. They had much better picture quality than this compressed "stuff" we get via cable or satellite. All one need do is tune in an NFL Football
What airline were you flying? I tried Internet with Southwest Airlines from Seattle to Salt Lake City and it was very intermittent not to mention slow. In addition Southwest do not allow you to use V
There's still a lot of Africa and some Asian countries e.g. parts of rural India and rural Bangladesh who have no mains electricity, internet or money for TVRO satellite equipment, where a battery po
Yes, Peter... You are so correct with that last statement! I recall back in the late 60's--as an avid, teenaged budding SWL--picking-up "Radio Free Biafra" on my Hallicrafters S-77A receiver. I thoug
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I for one will miss the OTA broadcasts once they are gone. They had much better picture quality than this compressed "stuff" we get via cable or satellite. All one need do is tune in an NFL Football
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Actually, censorship of pro-civilization speech has increased while anti-civilized speech has prospered. Disgusting, insulting, degrading garbage spews forth while country after country imposes "poli
It is all about "price/performance", or cost per prospective listener. The Ministries of Propaganda have decided to use their funds for other purposes than HF broadcast. There's still a lot of Africa
Money is freedom.... Don't like where u are leave.... Seems folks have been doing that for more than 200 years... It's how the USA got started... I guess it's up to the individual. Shortwave is dead
Money is freedom.... Don't like where u are leave.... Poor Argument..... Lack of money = No freedom to leave. The peasants are trapped. Don W4DNR _______________________________________________ Amps
Many countries still don't allow their citizens to freely leave. Americans have no place to go that are more free - we have to restore freedoms here. On the whole across the world healthy sustainable
In the US, broadcasters have largely left low-band VHF (2-6) because of problems with impulse noise on those higher frequencies, but there are quite a few on high band (7-13). This link allows very f