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BBC World Service (BBC WS)
BBC WS => http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml
Shortwave Radio Listener (SWL) Broadcast Changes

BBC World Service has changed its shortwave transmissions in some
parts of the world, in line with listener trends in radio.

Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen
to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and
online, with fewer listening on shortwave.

Please note broadcasts in English to Eastern and Central Europe on
shortwave have stopped.

English shortwave broadcasts to Southern Europe have been reduced to
12 hours a day and Arabic language shortwave broadcasts to the Middle
East have been reduced to 14 hours.

In both cases the shortwave listening times of early morning and
evening have been retained.

This will be a loss to some listeners but there are a number of
alternative ways of hearing BBC programmes.

For more information on how these changes affect Europe and the Middle
East, and information on alternative ways of listening, follow the
relevant links below:

Current BBC WS Global {World Wide}
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml
Shortwave Radio Broadcast Frequencies
*  AFRICA
West & Central Africa
North Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
*  ASIA - PACIFIC
East Asia
South East Asia
*  SOUTH ASIA
South Asia
*  MIDDLE EAST
Middle East & Gulf States
Afghanistan, Iran & Central Asia
*  EUROPE
West & South West Europe
Central & South East Europe
Eastern Europe & FSU
*  AMERICAS
Caribbean "Only" - The North America is no longer a
Shortwave Radio Broadcast Target of the BBC WS.

BBC World Service (BBC WS) Fequently Asked Questions
FAQs => http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/faq/index.shtml

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I'm sure this is all very true, but it leaves them incredibly vulnerable to
the whims of governments who can switch off the local FM transmitters the
moment something negative has been said about them.

It also makes it rather difficult for travellers... you can't exactly cart
a satellite dish around with you in your backback.

And then there are the areas without the rebroadcasts at all; I can list
several rural areas of Australia where none of the local stations carry the
BBC at all and internet access is abysmal. No BBC reception there, anymore.

Quote:>Please note broadcasts in English to Eastern and Central Europe on
>shortwave have stopped.

Bah. I listened to those quite a lot when I was travelling in those areas.

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Quote:>Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen
>to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and
>online, with fewer listening on shortwave.

Perhaps it time to initiate a QSL campaign to make SW broadcasters
aware that we're listening to them.

That may tend to prove their point that the only people listening via
HF are dweebs.

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It's a pity that AM is falling out of favour.  I used to travel from
Calgary to Winnipeg and back, driving along the Trans-Canada highway,
a distance of about 600 miles. You could hear CBK  540 AM Saskatchewan
all the way.
   There have been complaints about the coverage of the new FM
transmitters that replaced the old 50kw AM transmitters in Ottawa and
Montreal.  Not only are there drop-out zones in the cities,  the range
of the FM leaves large areas of the region without the coverage they
used to have with the 50k's. As a result of this, while the prairie
cities are going to get FM transmitters, the old 50k AM transmitters
will be left on in order to provide  regional coverage.
    The truckers seem to prefer satellite radio with some listening to
clear channel radio,  but iboc will soon put an end to dx radio.
Wouldn't it be nice if some LW frequencies were opened up and
somebody's business model produced a 50kw station at, say, 400 khz. I
even have a few European radios that already have that band.

Quote:> *  AMERICAS
> Caribbean "Only" - The North America is no longer a
> Shortwave Radio Broadcast Target of the BBC WS.

I actually find the BBC and other broadcasts that were not intended
for North America to be far more interesting to listen to.

And it's not hard to pick up BBC broadcasts for Africa, Middle East,
etc., where I am on the East Coast of the US.

I could complain that the SW bands are filled with junk I don't want
to listen to because this is very much true, but BBC (and VOA and CBC
and Radio Netherlands and Deutsche Welle and...) broadcasts to third
world countries are very worthwhile.

Tim.

What freq's/times do you catch BBC broadcasting to Africa, etc?  I am in
central Ohio & would love to catch these broadcasts!

Quote:>Wouldn't it be nice if some LW frequencies were opened up and
>somebody's business model produced a 50kw station at, say, 400 khz.

The aviation NDBs will probably be phased out before long, as I
understand NDB instrument approaches are no longer going to be
certified.  If so, that portion of the spectrum might be reallocated
to accommodate your suggestion.  However ...

Quote:>I even have a few European radios that already have that band.

There's the rub.  A for-profit broadcasting enterprise would need an
audience that possessed a suitable receiver, or the broadcast content
would have to be compelling enough to warrant the purchase of a
frequency converter for reception.  

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:46:13 -0400, "Paul Zak"

Quote:>What freq's/times do you catch BBC broadcasting to Africa, etc?

You need a program that can read the database here:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/a07/a07allx2.zip

I have found SWLog to be very good for this, once you get it correctly
installed.  You can get a copy here: http://www.shortwavelog.com/

...

Isn't that a bit too complicated?  

Just go to <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/> and take the link (in the
middle of the page) for "Shortwave Update".  Eventually, you'll end up
at the transmission schedules page where you click on the map, and get
one of several regional transmission schedules.

OP, try (daytime) 15400, 12095, (evening/nighttime) 7160, 7120 and 6005 kHz.  

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Not if you infer that by 'etc' Paul Zak meant, that he might be
interested in knowing the times/freqs of additional broadcasters
beside the BBC.

Thank you!