Alan Cohen wrote:
In any case, it is certainly a lot more interesting than the usual
radio fare. It sure beats the likes of morning drive blatherers like
Howard Stern and Don Imus, the right wing echo chamber of Limbaugh and
Hanity, the semi-automatic no-personality bad music juke boxes that
populate the FM band, and 99% of the other garbage on commercial radio
these days.
Alan Cohen
WA2DZL
Amen. Hard to find anything worth listening to these days, npr is a
broadcasting breath of fresh air wether you agree with the slant or not,
IMO.
I've gone so far as to build a part 15 transmitter so I can listen to
streaming internet stations on my old radios. www.live365.com has the
Jack Benny show streaming, what a hoot. Also radio.grassyhill.com is a
folk music non-profit in Connecticut that plays a lot of local
recordings along with more familiar acoustic fare. I also run solo cello
music from a cd, sounds great on the old sets.
In case anyone is interested this transmitter is excellent and easy to
throw together:
http://www.techlib.com/electronics/amxmit.htm
It actually sounds good and gets around the house quite well. I built
the 'lil 7 transmitter earlier and was not happy with it, may have been
my fault but I didnt take the time to dig into it.
Larry
KZ0E
