RE: [Swprograms] RCI reception problems

["Sandy Finlayson" <SFinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

Richard:

Thanks for the information on dxtuners.com. I will check it out.

As for RCI's logic, it does make sense from a programming point of view, it's
just unfortunate that the logic falls apart if significant blocks of listeners can't
hear the broadcasts now.

Sandy Finlayson/Philadelphia, PA



-----Original Message-----
From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:12 AM
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] RCI reception problems


There is a web gateway called "dxtuners.com" that links up a network of
Java-controlled shortwave receivers that you control via the PC.

You can sign up for a paid account, allowing you access to the entire roster
of 50 online receivers, or a free account, allowing you access to a subset.

Some of these receivers are in the southern USA as well as South America, so
you can listen to them online and see how they hear things differently than
you can.

We had a demo of the system at Kulpsville last March, when it was called
"JavoRadio" before the lawyers asked them to change the name.

As for the logic of the switch in times, it's the following.  RCI found that
the only people who appeared to listen regularly to the 2200-0000 UTC
(summers) broadcasts were those based in the Eastern and Atlantic time
zones.  The broadcasts were too early for people out west.  It was felt that
moving the broadcast to 0000 UTC (summers) or later would result in a larger
audience, especially in the western parts of North America.

The goal was to reach as many listeners as possible without expending
greater transmitter-hours in doing so.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy Finlayson" <SFinlayson@xxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:35 AM
Subject: RE: [Swprograms] RCI reception problems


> Apologies for the tone of my last email.  I did not mean to imply that RCI
was uncaring about their listeners.
>
> I must confess that I am puzzled about the decision making process that
made them 1] select the frequencies they did and 2] made them select the
later time for their broadcast to the Americas.  I would have expected that
the RCI technical people would have known that these decisions would be
problematic for listeners.
>
> What the discussion on this list has demonstrated is that this is not an
isolated problem, so we hope that perhaps something can be done to fix it.
>
> 
>
> PS Richard, could you explain your last comment about DX Tuners Java
radios?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:18 PM
> To: Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] RCI reception problems
>
>
> Bill Westenhaver has been quite responsive in his role in Audience
> Relations.
>
> We may need to be somewhat patient as RCI sorts through all this, but it
> sure sounds like they're squandering 500 kW for a couple hours... has
anyone
> tried using the DX Tuners Java radios to see if any down in the
Southeastern
> USA (presume there are a couple there) get RCI at these time on the higher
> frequencies?
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
>
>
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