Am currently watching Arsenal struggle at home with Sunderland... But other than that, have recently repaired what used to be a 150' longwire and feed system. Hope to be reacclimating myself with radio again fairly soon. Been way too long.
> On May 20, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah...ain't that the truth...so how is everyone's spring doing (if > you're north of the Equator) or autumn (if down under)...? > > > A shame about Global 24: They actually were something worth talking > about on the list, but, alas, they either underestimated the amount of > work (and dollars) required to feed transmitters 24/7, or they > overestimated how much people were willing to pay to have them on the > air. > > R > >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Scott Royall <[email protected]> wrote: >> And now, I guess we return to our regular non-content. :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Swprograms [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Richard Cuff >> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 14:03 >> To: Shortwave programming discussion >> Subject: [Swprograms] Why does this list exist? >> >> Hi - >> >> Thanks, Mark, for the response. >> >> Sending this in response to Paul Walker's comment earlier. >> >> When this list was created, perhaps, what, 15 years ago (egad), its focus >> was on programming content available via shortwave -- what was interesting >> listening, new programs on air, programming reviews. Many "classic" >> shortwave-related lists didn't care about content, so this list served a >> unique purpose. >> >> Conversely, the list wasn't designed to be a loggings or QSL list, because >> there were (and are) many good examples of those already very popular. My >> own personal favorite is the ODXA list. >> >> NASWA's list is good as well, but one has to be a NASWA member to belong >> there. >> >> There are likely other good lists -- such as Glenn Hauser's DXLD list >> -- but I am not as familiar with these other. >> >> Over the years, as we all know, "rocking chair" - quality shortwave >> listening, at least in most of North America, has significantly declined -- >> North America was one of the targets many broadcasters identified as not >> being worth the investment in transmitter time, in part because we're online >> so much, and because broadcasters felt (rightly or wrongly) we weren't a >> priority target for them. >> >> For that reason, posting traffic to this list has been very infrequent for >> several years. For a while, we were using this list to post links / reviews >> of content available via download / streaming / podcast, and also used this >> list for discussing broadcaster strategies regarding delivery platform >> choices -- i.e. shortwave vs. Internet vs. >> smartphone app vs. local rebroadcast. >> >> I also maintain a list that focuses on Internet-delivered radio, and again >> focuses on content and technology (since QSLs really aren't that much of an >> issue for Internet-delivered radio). >> >> I've been happy to see Paul's enthusiasm and postings, just because such >> enthusiasm hasn't been all that prevalent here recently! >> However, I suggest, Paul, that you might get a more lively discussion going >> over on the ODXA list or one of these others when it comes to signal ID, >> QSLs, etc... >> >> Any other questions? Let me know via e-mail (suggest you don't reply to the >> entire list). >> >> Thanks -- Richard Cuff / list owner >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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.
