maggior;634206 Wrote:
Wow, how things have changed. I was an avid swl'er in the 80's and
90's. I still have my kenwood r-5000 and r-600. I loved hunting for
stations. Hunting on the web just doesn't seem like it would be the
same. I understand that it must be a lot cheaper for the
garym;634265 Wrote:
Yep, very different these days! I still have my Drake R8b, Drake SW8,
Lowe 150, ICOM R75, and several old SW radios, including my
Hallicrafters 101MKII (a 1950s high-end receiver that looks like a '55
Chevy and weighs almost as much!I got this mint receiver a number
maggior;634282 Wrote:
Wow, I never would have pegged Joe Walsh as an SWL'er :-).
I liked the Drake receivers. When I bought my R-5000, I was torn
between it and an R8. I went for the R-5000 only because I had been
lusting for it for years.
I fire up the R-5000 here and there for some
maggior;634282 Wrote:
Wow, I never would have pegged Joe Walsh as an SWL'er :-).
I liked the Drake receivers. When I bought my R-5000, I was torn
between it and an R8. I went for the R-5000 only because I had been
lusting for it for years.
I fire up the R-5000 here and there for some
Goodsounds;634307 Wrote:
I never got in to shortwave. Would you say that the lure was the sense
of adventure and the tactile experience of operating the radio, rather
than the content? Today, internet broadcasting brings clear content
(in most cases) in a mechanical, uninteresting way which
Hey WayneBR, thanks for the help.
The http://95.81.162.158:8000/angliyskiy link worked for me in
Squeezebox with the same live stream that was being broadcast from the
http://english.ruvr.ru/ website at about 22:00 UTC. Maybe when you
tuned in there was no live stream at that time. Where did you
Same here, been listening to shortwave when I was 7, I'm now 67. The
site you gave for Russia gave the link to click in order to listen. On
my pc, this opened in Winamp. In wimamp, double click where the name of
the station is located. This will give you the link for the stream.
This may not
Wow, how things have changed. I was an avid swl'er in the 80's and
90's. I still have my kenwood r-5000 and r-600. I loved hunting for
stations. Hunting on the web just doesn't seem like it would be the
same. I understand that it must be a lot cheaper for the stations.
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maggior
Rich
Go to http://tunein.com/ (formerly RadioTime.com) and there you can
search for stations and/or countries that interest you. You can get any
of the stations on that will play on the website by installing the Radio
Time app from mysqueezebox.com. You can set the ones you like as presets
on the
Don't think any shortwave broadcasts are on SqueezeBox menu's.
Though if any such streams are out there you should be able to play
them by a simple cut paste of their http URL into your Favorites.
There is no single list of every stream offered, it would be in the
tens of thousands. I'd
Robdaman;633858 Wrote:
What Shortwave radio stations or international broadcasters with English
programming are available on the Squeezebox radio, and what apps are
used or where might the stations be found?
Thanks
There are many. Just search Internet Radio Talk Public/NPR
Explore
Try internet search for Radio Tirana. In the USA evening hours, the
programs are in English. They even read QSL cards couple times a week.
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wayneBR
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Try adding this:
http://95.81.162.158:8000/angliyskiy
However, when I tried, all I got was dead silence. On my pc, the link
opened in Winamp.
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wayneBR
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