[Swprograms] Shortwave Listening in the summer

[David Goren <dbgoren@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's true, my attention to shortwave seems to drift in the summers.  
For DX pleasure, there's the wonderful world of FM skip...And I find  
that the dxtuners network fills in a lot of my need for both dxing  
and program listening on mw, fm and sw. Lately, a favorite tuner has  
been the one in Johannesburg...it's nice to scan 60 meters there, and  
get strong signals from Zambia, Ghana, and Madagascar for hours of  
listening pleasure...

Closer to home, I had two interesting shortwave oriented experiences.  
First, I prepared a listening session for my son Abe's 3rd grade  
class. They are studying Africa and China. I played first live local  
Chinese radio, and then (due to poor shortwave reception within the  
school) played many excerpts of African stations. They were very  
interested, and through a lively q & a really seemed to understand

A couple weeks later, the 3rd grade had a picnic, and I brought along  
a shortwave portable to tune in Africa #1, and others...This time the  
kids were too busy romping around to pay much attention, but I really  
hooked in the parents, many of whom are from the middle east and  
other parts of the world. They eagerly soaked up the World Cup  
Coverage on Africa #1, called out the names of the singers on Rtv  
Marocaine on 15345, and when Egypt came on 12050 with the Koran, a  
mom from Yemen took the radio, and made the rounds of all her  
friends. I had many queries about where to get radios...




On Jun 24, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> Late June means the return of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament,
> generally regarded as the signature event of the sport.  Beginning  
> Monday,
> June 26th, the BBC World Service will be airing special weekday  
> programming
> summarizing news and results of the tournament every day, and some  
> editions
> may be audible to the USA on the European and African shortwave  
> services of
> the World Service.
>
> The program, called "Wimbledon Live", will air to the Americas (XM  
> Satellite
> Radio) at 1430, 1630, and 1830 UT; via Sirius satellite radio at  
> 1430; to
> Europe (and webcast) at 1430, 1530 and 1830; to Africa at 1830 and  
> 1930 UT.
>
> Hope all here are well; it has been quite quiet on the list lately.
> Anybody still listening to shortwave in the summer months?  What are
> you listening to?  Are you instead, like me, more apt to listen to
> webcasts or download files to digital MP3 players?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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