This is the dark side of English culture. Commercial radio and TV are arguably as bad or worse. They are paid for by advertising; the firms which advertise get their advert money from selling product
You are out of date Mal, now £145.50. Hope to be back on 500kHz shortly, unless the marine people have taken it away from us with their new system 73. Ken M0KHW Confucius he say IF IT IS NOT PAYING C
Hi all Forget all vernacular World Service Broadcasts. What the world needs right now is Radio Caroline. She is the British secret weapon of mass enjoyment! Rocking gently and anchor up the Barking C
Mal, No, that's not quite correct It is deducted when you belong (sort of being a member) to a church, no matter if you attend a servive or not. But you can "unsubscribe" from it and pay nothing, I d
Dear Jurgen, Because some people, a minority, want to hear it, listening to that quality of information - wherever you are. Think green, turn your car engine off. "So schreitet in dem engen Bretterha
Mal, I hope that now all the U.K. hams are RICH from the savings caused by closing down the BBC that you will all buy oceanfront property and erect large towers with the taxes money you are now savin
Warren You are correct about the Internet being vunerable but you forgot to mention Broadcast JAMMING which is a regular occurance when your information is not wanted. This renders the transmitted in
Not so Mal, it is only a criminal offence if you watch "live" TV. It's no longer an offence to have a TV set to play games or watch BBC iplayer. It still is here in Ireland though. 73, Tony, EI8JK.
Jurgen I have also been told if you go to Church in Germany you must PAY and have no option, the money is deducted from your pay. In the UK its a free offering. Strayed a bit from LF info. I envy you
I envy you Brits living in the land of liberty !! We have to pay when - there's a TV or radio in the house, no matter if it's connected or not - there's a PC connected to internet - have to pay a 2n
On 31 Jan 2011, at 06:15CET, Warren Ziegler wrote: Sad day... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/28/bbc-world-service-cuts-response Guess I'll have to rely on the 198 longwave transmissions. Wa
Actually, Chris makes a good point. My licence costs less than my daily newspaper! In return I get a lot of stuff that my newspaper doesn't give me. For instance, terrific documentaries and education
John, Pete, I'll keep it brief since we are getting further off-topic. I have two thoughts on the end of the BBC World Service on Shortwave: 1) The reliance on the Internet for program distribution i
Hi Warren My immediate response is that if you like it that much why not pay English tax to help maintain it. However the BBC world service, the Government mouth-piece, is currently funded by direct
Sad day... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/28/bbc-world-service-cuts-response Guess I'll have to rely on the 198 longwave transmissions. -- 73 Warren K2ORS WD2XGJ
Mal, Yes there has always been jamming, sometimes very effective and sometimes not. But in a case like Egypt it is very easy to pull the plug on the internet in a matter of minutes, erecting a jammin
Hi All 'specially Pete 'FMT Highly compressed Rock'n'Roll jus' ain't Rock 'n' Roll ! LOL :>) 73 (Don't think we ever did a 'Q' code for Rock'n'Roll ?) -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk
You are correct about the Internet being vunerable but you forgot to mention Broadcast JAMMING which is a regular occurance when your information is not wanted. This renders the transmitted informat
The BBC External Services are paid for by a Grant-in-Aid from the Foreign Office. The money does NOT come from the television licence fee, but from general taxation. John F5VLF
Confucius he say IF IT IS NOT PAYING CLOSE IT DOWN 1200 staff employed to keep it running !!!! £140 per licence to BBC and a criminal offence if it is not paid if you have a TV G3KEV John, Pete, I'll
