Re: [IRCA] Greenland closes SW and MW on Feb 11 2011

[Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Or ionospheric scientists at work.
 
They do live directly under the auroral zone where auroras will (in some years) be a constant problem for those relying on skywave, and that would be everyone that relies on SW.
 
That will be true regardless of whether the transmission is digital or analog.
 
 
 
Chuck
 
> From: cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:00:18 -0800
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Greenland closes SW and MW on Feb 11 2011
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:55:20 -0500 (EST) Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It
> >was also felt that few listeners would invest in a SW receiver and the
> >quality would be 'doubtful' - suffering from 'atmospheric phenomena'. So
> >these plans were given up.
> 
> Chicken Little at work.
> 
> "The sky is falling - SW will never work. It never worked in the past.
> We can only go digital! Everyone will willingly spend more for the receiver!"
> 
> Who knew that hi-tech lobbyists had braved the cold of Greenland?
> As a result, the people of Greenland get nothing.
> Even here in the vast expanse of British Columbia, we still
> get great coverage from low power AM and FM repeaters.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada | Twitter.com/coffeecrew
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