Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 19:57:04 EST Reply-To: Chuq Von Rospach Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: Chuq Von Rospach Subject: Re: San Francisco Bay Area SWL X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb3.084223est.57398@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu broder@jumbo.dec.com (Andrei Broder) writes: >Unfortunately it seems that the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live, >is one of the worst areas for SWL. >* If you are a SWL fan and live(d) in the Bay Area, what equipment do >(did) you use and what can you hear? Well, for the heck of it I brought my 2010 in to work today. I didn't get a chance to sit and listen DX much, but I did pick up the following: o Radio Moscow (doing a perfectly hilarious "The KGB isn't a secret organization any more, and works within the law" piece) on 17720 at 0:20 to 0:45. Reception was scratchy but understandable. o BBC World service (doing a piece on hooliganism at football) on 9590 starting at 0:45 (this is 4:30 in the afternoon PST, by the way, long before sunset). Almost crystal clear with very occasional dropouts and no static or hiss. o VOA (in special english (urgh), talking about how neat McDonald's is on 9815 at 0:55. (McDonald's restaurants, around the world, serve about 22 million people every day.) Both of these were on a 2010 using the whip antenna, inside a glass and metal building somewhere in Cupertino on the third floor -- not an optimal listening site, especially since the radio is surrounded by a good number of computers, hard disks, laserwriters and other pieces of RF generators. >From my point of view, at least, it seems like the Bay area isn't a dead zone, and it doesn't take hard-core equipment to listen through. -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> chuq@apple.com <+> [This is myself speaking] There is one difference between a discussion and a flame. A discussion is about an issue. A flame is about someone involved in a discussion.