[78-L] BBC World Service Going Out Of Business Auction

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

I still listen to whats left of shortwave radio today on an R390a vacuum tube shortwave reciever. Many shortwave atations are leaving the air, the CBC/Radio Canada for example which stopped broadcasting on shortwave last month. Radio Sweden has been gone for several months now. The BBC World Service hasn't broadcasted to North America & The Carribeen for the last 2 years or so. The only way I can here the BBC in English on shortwave now is to tune in signals beamed to other areas. One of those English friequencies is at the upper end of the 75/80 meter ham radio band so I have to listen to the BBC through whatever Amateur Radio operators are talking to each other on nearby frequencies. Thankfully the BBC still transmits on a few other frequencies that are not in a ham band. Oh & I'm 53 know & have been listening to shortwave since I was 13 years old on various vacuum tube recievers some of which I still own. Nothing wrong with solid state shortwave
 recievers. I just like vacuum tubed sets instead.



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>From: Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] BBC World Service Going Out Of Business Auction
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>And in high school (late '40s) I listened daily on SW to the World Service, hearing such comedies as "Ray's a Laugh", and dramatized books such as "The Riddle of the Sands".  Loved it!
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>Don
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>> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:31:34 +0100
>> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] BBC World Service Going Out Of Business Auction
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>> On 18/07/12 15:04, Don Cox wrote:
>> > On 18/07/2012, Matthew Duncan wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Mike,
>> >>
>> >> Yes - this has made fairly big news here in Britain and I am
>> >> personally disgusted at the fact this has been allowed to happen. It
>> >> is part of a growing trend whereby the BBC (funded by the British
>> >> taxpayer) is latching on to the 'throw away society' that has become
>> >> so prevalent here in Blighty.
>> >>
>> > The BBC is funded by a license fee, not from taxes.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> ========================
>> The BBC World Service (which is almost exclusively radio--it does have a 
>> World Service TV channel) is funded by the government, not by license 
>> payers.
>> 
>> Julian Vein
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