This is a very perverse discussion.
Russia has 144 mill inhabitants, Ukraine has 42 mill inhabitants, Belarus
10 mill, most of them Slavic peoples, as well as other people PLUS in the
Caucasus, Armenia, Kazakhstan former Sowjetunion targets etc.
And these people in rural areas still have shortwave and mediumwave sets
in use.
In 30 years after-USSR era, - millions of Slavs have visited Western Europe
and have knowledge in En, Fr, Sp, It, German languages etc. etc., have
studied or worked there in German speaking countries for some years, maybe
only as vegetable or fruit harvest helpers for many weeks, earned more at
short term than in their job as doctor or university professor with their
annual salary in their homeland.
Costs: naturally the small 8 Mill. Austria cannot organize a full-fledged
radio Foreign Service.
A half broadcast hour in Moosbrunn costs - estimated - 90 Euro / 85 $ - ORF
OE1 broadcasts are never planned a full foreign service like 30 to 80 years
ago in cold war era; the purpose should not that be.
As the ORS Moosbrunn bcast center is held still in fine working condition,
in an easy way also still Western Europeans living as resident in the Slawen
countries are even reached with battery driven radio reception, when
Internet Smartphone services are switched off by the dictator there, also
a lot of people work there as NGO aid staff in the most diverse auxiliary
services to their guest countries..
In addition, these Western information broadcasts with their topics towards
RUS, BLR and UKR show the attitude of Austrian politics in certain
humanitarian and political decisions towards government and press journalist
circles in RUS and UKR.
Finally, what you 👎DON'T👎 need at all would be an English/German annoying
highly arbitrary 👎pop-music-sender👎 relay, for giving away money of
electricity costs on shortwave on the relay station.
Let us be grateful to the ORF/ORS decision makers, engineers, frequency
managers for their minimal service over the past 20 years to maintain
shortwave from Moosbrunn relay station in a reduced form - helpfully.
73 wolfie df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Langley" <l...@unb.ca>
To: <w...@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2022 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] 1700-1725 UT 5940 kHz ORF/ORS Moosbrunn Austria - Radio
OE1 - International additional special broadcast to Russia's war area
Thanks, John. Just call me an old fart slash boomer. ;-)
-- Richard Langley
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