> http://www.toronto.hm/radio.html > > from a server in the Heard and McDonald Islands (.hm), links to most > Canadian broadcasters on FM and what's left of them on AM. > > > 73 > > Mike Brooker > Toronto, ON
Heard Island? I doubt it. Here's why. 1. Heard is one of those places so remote that, in order for hams to contact it, expeditions have to go there, and this happens maybe once every 10 - 15 years. I had contacted it (VK0CW) in 1984 when an expedition went there. There was another one in the 1990's. It is somewhat close to Kerguelen, in the south Indian ocean, itself quite remote. Kerguelen itself is home to a French Naval weather station, no doubt manned by volunteers, and a few million penguins and seals. But no tourists. In a spirit of egalitarian democracy, just about every place in the world was given a TLD (top-level-domain) name. Actually having an internet presence is another matter. It is my understanding that many of these smaller places have found a revenue stream by selling namespace in their domains. So, the computer talkshow host John Manzo, reachable at johnmanzo.tv, does not really have to be in the republic of Tuvalu (mid-pacific) and some companies whose names end in .nu aren't really on Niue Island, etc. Doing a ping to the name, above, resolves the name to IP 216.185.128.200 and a traceroute to that IP from Tampa is 12 hops, most of it going through the backbone provider Level3, then to Affinity.com, ending with the IP, above, resolving to "cluster01.ahp01.lax.affinity.com" which I would then _guess_ is a virtual server hosting machine* in Los Angeles, from where I'd bet connectivity is a lot better than it would be from Heard Island. *(one machine IP can host many websites) This has nil to do with whatever is actually on that web site, doesn't really matter. But I had to comment on the "server on Heard Island" aspect of all this. BTW, Affinity is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Why not call them and ask? 73 - Bob 2318 est _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
