I'll be foolish enough to take the bait.. And a second question, will there any DRM-capable transmitters left that can reliably reach North America? With the impending closure of the Montsinéry site, that leaves only the USA's private SW broadcasters and perhaps a half-dozen European sites as capable of reliably reaching Eastern North America in "armchair" quality -- which is what DRM would likely require for a casual receiver -- during most primetime listening hours.
The European sites I can think of would include Noblejas, Spain; Woofferton, UK; Grigoriopol, Moldova; Cerrik, Albania; Galbeni and Tiganesti, Romania; also, Wertachtal and Nauen, Germany. As to what's "worth listening to", that's a subjective question...certainly a lot less than even a couple years before. Caution...topic drift follows... The interesting trend of the past couple years, to me anyway, has been the widespread acceptance of the "TuneIn" station directory and listening platform, especially on smartphones and tablet computers. TuneIn is available on the Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and iPhone platforms for smartphones, most Tablet platforms (iPad, Kindle, Nook, Android), "smart" TV devices (e.g. Roku), and of course PCs. I know my own kids have discovered radio from other countries this way. And while that doesn't do one bit of good for someone who doesn't have any of these devices and only has radios, the word "widespread" above is critical for a broadcaster eager to get a message listened to here in the USA. Another interesting wrinkle is the "AudioNow" concept of offering radio feeds via telephone. That's not a new concept, but my own cellphone contract recently changed to cap my cell network data consumption yet allow unlimited phone minutes... Yeah, I wandered off the DRM topic by quite a bit, but -- if I'm willing to change how I look at the world of broadcasting -- there is still hope out there. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote: > Rhetorical question follows: Even if the DRM radios have shortwave, will > there still be any shortwave broadcasters worth listening to in North > America? _______________________________________________ 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.
