We got to support this hobby somehow..... it is what it is... but im going to enjoy it. I love radio... its what i do for a living, commercially too~ Paul
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 5:13 PM, John Spicer <pigboy1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Paul > > > Your thought, "but to me there is something really cool about hearing > a radio station from many many many thousands of miles away." kinda hit the > nail on the head. Yes shortwave may be dwindling but there is so much more > out there that there is never a dull moment. Thanks for your post and keep > on posting. Nice video too. > > John > > > On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:38 AM, "'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com [primetimeshortwave]" <primetimeshortwave@ > yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > People complain that there's nothing but talk, religion and politics left > on Shortwave. I choose to listen to 90.4 Oman FM on shortwave because it is > something different. We have to support the stations we have left on > Shortwave or soon what little we have will begin disappearing. > > Let the stations you listen to know you're listening. Even if they don't > always answer back, trust me, they've noticed you're writing and have > notice that you're listening > > One station or another on Shortwave may not be exactly what you're after > but open your mind a bit and you'll find something to enjoy. > > Wether you or others want to admit it, Shortwave is slowly dwindling and > with good reason. Technology, smartphones, internet and etc.. sure there > are countries where internet is expensive/slow or heavily censored but can > an organization afford to spend hundreds of thousands a year for what may > be a few hundred listeners a month? Lets face it, we in the US are lucky... > we have my money and the ease of access much better listening equipment. A > moderately sized portion of what we hear like Radio New Zealand > International, Radio Australia and BBC is just spill over from being in an > area for a good second hop. We were never in the stations target area. > Sure, the BBC and others have ceased targeting the US on SW, and why should > they? For a few hundred listeners when much better high quality tech is out > there? > > Some ask why I listen to shortwave at all when I could listen on a > smartphone app in many cases? I do listen to Oman FM via their Smartphone > app from time to time, but to me there is something really cool about > hearing a radio station from many many many thousands of miles away. > > Anyways, it was another fantastic signal and good audio today Nov 1 at > 1510UTC from my favorite shortwave relay, 90.4 Oman FM via 15140khz > (100,000 watts) in Thumrait, Oman 🇴🇲 Oman FM is an english language > hit/pop music station with some classic tracks tossed in and the Thumrait > shortwave site on 15140khz, 12015khz, 9540khz, 13660khz relays Oman as well > as others. Both the FM and SW stations are owned by the sultanate Of Oman > government. > > Here's a short video of 15140khz this morning, November 1st at 1510UTC > > https://player.vimeo.com/video/240844962 > > I should note that 15140khz has been alot better as of late.. noticeably > better. Even after I upgraded my antenna early this summer there were days > were the signal was poor and audio was way down in the noise. But, for the > last few weeks, its been anywhere between fair to excellent. > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Paul B. 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