Re: [Swprograms] RCI explains, sorta

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RCI has been hard to hear in the northeast for some time now,  
especially in the evening and in winter.  I suspect that the signal  
was a "flyover" and, more often than not, what was received was a  
groundwave when conditions permitted, not a skywave.

John Figliozzi
Halfmoon, NY

On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:20 PM, Ricky Leong wrote:

> I received a mass e-mail message from RCI Audience Relations this
> morning relating to the revised schedules that went into effect last
> week. One paragraph of interest:
> "Shortwave frequencies for the Americas were changed to cover our
> intended targets, and the retransmission of CBC and Radio-Canada
> programming was moved from shortwave to our website, as our domestic
> services are widely distributed by other means in North America,
> including Sirius Satellite Radio."
> My thoughts: If you read between the lines of the message and look at
> the frequencies in use in North America, cities in the Quebec
> City-Windsor corridor have become part of the "intended targets"  
> and the
> northeast U.S. is now simply a spillover zone. RCI would have done
> better to use a frequency in the 13 MHz or 15 MHz to properly cover  
> the
> continent.
> Ricky Leong
> Calgary, Alta.
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