Ha! Must've still been too far from the transmitter when I tried for it last time through there about a month ago. Had a station in Spanish on that frequency, IIRC.
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:05 PM, David Goren <[email protected]> wrote: > > they're on 1420 in nyc... > >> On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:03 PM, John A. Figliozzi wrote: >> >> Not to quibble, but technically they're only kaput on shortwave --- which I >> know for many here is a distinction without a difference. However, those >> that wish to continue to hear VOR programming can do so via the internet >> platform (to which many shortwave broadcasters have transitioned already) >> and a handful of HD2 or HD3 FM stations in the U.S. >> >> John Figliozzi >> wwlgonline.com >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Mari <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Those damn Russkies.... >>> >>> From: "Fred Zalupski" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:58:24 AM >>> Subject: [Swlfest] Voice of Russia Kaput >>> >>> From the ARRL Letter... >>> >>> Milestones: Voice of Russia -- Former "Radio Moscow" -- to End Shortwave >>> Broadcasts >>> Voice of Russia (VOR), the former Radio Moscow during the USSR era, will >>> cease shortwave broadcasts as of January 1, 2014. From the 1950s through >>> the 1980s, the station, as Radio Moscow, was a virtual beacon for >>> short-wave listeners (SWLs), many of whom gravitated into Amateur Radio. >>> Voice of Russia currently broadcasts to 160 countries in 38 languages for >>> an aggregate 151 hours per day on short and medium waves, on FM, via >>> satellite, and via the Internet. Earlier this year shortwave transmissions >>> were cut to 26 hours a day in all languages, down from more than 50 hours a >>> day in 2012. >>> >>> >>> VOR, which claims to be the first radio station to broadcast >>> internationally, will continue to broadcast online and via three >>> medium-wave transmitters. In 2003 VOR was among the first major >>> international radio broadcasters to launch daily broadcasts to Europe in >>> Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). >>> >>> As a result of a decree signed earlier this month by Russian President >>> Vladimir Putin, the Voice of Russia radio company officially ceased to >>> exist on December 9 and merged with several other state-run news agencies >>> as part of Rossia Segodnya, a Russia-based international news service. >>> Putin's decree also abolished the State Fund of Television and Radio >>> Programs, placing it under control of All-Russia State Television and Radio >>> Broadcasting Company. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Swlfest mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >>> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >>> shown above. >>> >>> For more information on the Fest, visit: >>> >>> http://www.swlfest.com >>> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Swlfest mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >>> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >>> shown above. >>> >>> For more information on the Fest, visit: >>> >>> http://www.swlfest.com >>> http://swlfest.blogspot.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Swlfest mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown >> above. >> >> For more information on the Fest, visit: >> >> http://www.swlfest.com >> http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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