ah, must have been a few years ago hi.
i'm not sure what frequency or frequencies i've caught them on....likely
between 6 and 8 megs though, more likely the 40 meter band.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: breaking news!
>
> Colin,
>
> RCI was Radio Canada International. They used to have a strapping signal
> here on the east coast, but they discontinued their transmissions to the
> U.S. a few years ago, and now I believe they've shut down all their
> shortwave broadcasts. What frequency do you hear Radio Cuba on? I'd like
> to check them out.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 20:43
> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>
>
>> RCI?
>> is that radio cuba international?
>> i find the bbc to be very unbiased and accurate and informative as well.
>> i still grab radio cuba once in a while and I have found their news shows
>> to
>> be quite good.
>> no propaganda to speak of and they have a good world view.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Colin,
>>>
>>> In the 80s and 90s, I got much of my news from RCI, and found it a very
>>> refreshing departure from what passes for news here in the U.S. Sadly,
>>> I
>>> don't hear much from RCI on shortwave any more, so I don't know if the
>>> broadcasts are as good as they were when I was listening. I've heard
>>> that
>>> they're not, and I hope that's not true.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 19:51
>>> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>>>
>>>
>>>> yes, but then what would sighted people do with all that extra time
>>>> they
>>>> have not spent glued to the tv hi hi?
>>>> one doesn't get adequit news from tv anyway. The audience obviously
>>>> has
>>>> a
>>>> tiny attention span because most news shows spend less then 30 seconds
>>>> on
>>>> each subject before racing on to the next one.
>>>> ide rather use the money i would spend on tv service on online
>>>> newspaper
>>>> subscriptions...not only that, rss readers are great things for
>>>> skimming
>>>> headlines and accessing websites with timely and accurate information.
>>>> the written word tends to be so much more informative then some 30
>>>> second,
>>>> or 15 second spot on tv.
>>>> 73
>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:38 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> They probably didn't make the boxes accessible because they didn't
>>>>> even
>>>>> think about blind people watching television.
>>>>> Personally, I do not think there is much worth watching on Television
>>>>> any
>>>>> way.
>>>>> Today I watched the Rriginal Version of the Miracle Worker because I
>>>>> wanted someone to see it who had never viewed the original one with
>>>>> Anne
>>>>> Bancroft and Paty Duke.
>>>>> What a trat!
>>>>> The only other thing worth watching is the News only because we need
>>>>> to
>>>>> know what is going on sometimes.
>>>>> Give me the Walnons, Little House on the Prairie, Dragnet, Gunsmoke,
>>>>> etc.
>>>>> You get the idea.
>>>>> The switch is supposed to make better use of the Spectrum.
>>>>> We should just eliminate most of the junk on TV.
>>>>> Colleen, N8TNV;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Robert Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date: 2009/02/13 00:13:16
>>>>> Subject: Re: breaking news!
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Sure wish someone could have thought to make those boxes
>>>>>> accessible-was
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If "they" thought of everything, we would not have anything to
>>>>>> advocate
>>>>>> for. ;were
>>>>>>
>>>>>> inin---* inin---* inin---* inin---* inin---*
>>>>>> "Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong,
>>>>>> even
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> everyone is for it."
>>>>>> -- William Penn
>>>>>> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
>>>>>> E-mail-
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>>>>>> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/
>>>>>
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