From: "Jurgen Bartels" <jurgenb2@3sdesign.de>
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:53:34 +0100
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Mal,

> I have also been told if you go to Church in Germany you must PAY and ha=
ve
> no option, the money is deducted from your pay. In the UK its a free

No, that's not quite correct

It is deducted when you belong (sort of being a member) to a church, no ma=
tter=20
if you attend a servive or not.
But you can "unsubscribe" from it and pay nothing, I did it more than 30=
 years=20
ago.
With a TV license fee it is not *that* easy, even if I only watch foreign=
=20
channels

--
Back to BBC-WS
Ask yourself: who listens to its MW signal nowadays. I don't know *anybody=
*=20
around me. Only DXers, and they don't count. I even don't know anyone tuni=
ng to=20
MW.=20

Times have changed, Germany (as any W-EU country) has many TV channels, ra=
dio=20
(news) channels, so that noone looks elsewhere. Via sat you can get  BBC-W=
S& TV=20
as well. Wonder how many use them? With internet you spend so much time th=
at=20
only little time is left for radio & TV.

So why should BBC heat the ionosphere? I suffer already Lux-Effect all=20
over LW & MW  from other high-power tx
Think green, turn it off.
The anoraks will survive it. :-)
And should there ever be an unrest, you turn it on again, or hire a tx nea=
rby.=20
There are plenty around now. But should that occur people can't listen wit=
h=20
their iphone to MW :-)




Jurgen Bartels  Suellwarden, N. Germany
hor. Antennas: 11-ele 45-87MHz 13-ele Band-III, 48-ele UHF, FM: 15.11=20
TV: Winradio G305 / Fly2000 + video noise filter & variable IF BW
FM: Downconverter + Perseus + Speclab as WFM demod.
MW: staggered 300m Beverage 320=B0,  30 x 4m EWE 320=B0, Winradio & Perseu=
s
http://dx.3sdesign.de/tv_offset_list.htm
http://dx.3sdesign.de/station_list.htm

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