This is true. I was just struck by the fact that the BBCWS has been claiming for years that they didn't need shortwave because the internet was (almost) everywhere. And yet, in the suburbs of Philadelphia on a July morning in 2012, the BBC feed I was listening to sputtered several times.
SF -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:01 AM To: Shortwave programming discussion Cc: Mike Barraclough Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Bush House: BBC World Service moves home Perhaps...unless there had been a solar flare...or you were stuck somewhere that shortwave couldn't be heard (i.e. inside a reinforced concrete building). Failures of Internet streaming and shortwave can somewhat be circumvented but not always. RC On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Sandy Finlayson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2. As I was fighting to listen to this using the TuneIn radio app on > my iPad, I couldn't help thinking to myself that my silent short wave radio > would have provided more reliable service than the internet! > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
