As a Brit in the US I mainly want to be able to listen to BBC World Service & other BBC news & sports stations. Is a short wave radio the best answer?
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Hi. I have a British friend I met backpacking on the US west coast. We were on the Pacific Crest Trail, extremely remote and 4 to 7 days between towns. She listened to the BBC every night on a very small radio powered by one AAA cell and having a 4' wire antenna. Whatever it was she used was almost primative and it still functioned very well all the time. She used one ear bud.
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The question as been correctly answered by others. BBC stopped broadcasting on shortwave to North America and Australia way back in 2001. I can still receive BBC on the Sangean ATS 909X with a 106' random wire antenna on an intermittent basis. This kind of SW listening is called DX and it requires a good radio and antenna combination. These BBC transmissions (including English language) are intended for African and Asian target audiences. The relay transmitters for Asia are located in Singapore and the antennas are not pointed at North America.
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I think the Internet is the best choice.You can listen to these programs on a PC, a smart phone or a WIFI radio. A short wave radio can only receive BBC World Service and BBC maybe doesn't broadcast programs to US by short wave now.You can search frequencies of short wave on this website www.short-wave.info.
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BBC no longer broadcasts SW broadcasts to north America. But they can be heard via streaming audio over the internet. Start at their web site and look for the link.
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Unfortunately, as I understand from a press release some time ago, BBC does not broadcast shortwave transmissions to US any more. Moreover, they only do to regions in the world where other ways of broadcasting are scarce (ie, internet, etc.). The links below show shortwave BBCś coverage. I hope it helps. Carlos.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/010119_namerica.shtml
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I recomend the past panasonic rf-4800. im lakota sioux and had a sony icf 7600 I was not able to catch south dakota stations.down load tune in radio good app all stations in europe france, england, germany etc.edward
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I'm native american lakota and u tried to tune in on kili radio south dakota could not , catch it.I recommend the panasonic rf 4800 more sophisticated you could catch mars maybe.edward
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Unfortunately, no. I made the same mistake. Don't get me wrong, this is a great radio for short way broadcast bands and FM, just no SSB. I ended up ordering the GP5/SSB from CountyComm http://www.countycomm.com/gp5ssb.html
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If you are asking if from Greece you would be able to receive the BBC, I am not sure. I live in the central US. On the East coast of the US, the BBC is easy to listen to with a radio this size. Tuning could be tricky, but not impossible. I purchased this radio as a tornado shelter addition since our weather is so variable. You might want to go ahead and purchase the radio and try it out. I would think that given a location in Greece, the signal strength would be sufficient. Besides it is a really nifty, compact radio!
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Technically no, but you can stream AM/FM stations from around the world if it is connected to the internet. Otherwise you will need a seperate tuner.
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I am assuming you are in Greece. I do not know what the statust of BBC broadcasting in Greece is. The trend has been to broadcast mostly in Africa for the large broadcasters. You also do not state in what language you wish to listen. Generally, it is not that difficult to hear the BBC in English. Having said that, I expect shortwave to make a comeback since the NSA cannot eavesdrop or record who is listening to shortwave, unlike cable or satellite. If you want to listen without the government spying on you, shortwave is the answer.
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Yes you can. I live in San Diego and I just tried it. I'm listening to BBC4 now.
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The stations available are listed on their website. http://connect.pure.com/p#!/us
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Dear Mr. Bishop. If you can receive the station on your PC it will work on the radio. I tried it in germany - but there are regional restrictions. I added a station from austria - and it was quite easy. Best Regards, So it will depend on your location.
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Yes, you can get talk radio. iheart radio is the best source. You can get local, national and international talk radio stations. On the Mondo radio (the one I have), you can put up to ten stations on favorites for immediate access. I have a local talk radio station (Phoenix), NPR Talk and MSNBC on my favorites. You have to look around to find what you want but that's the fun of it. A well explained manual comes with the radio.
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There are great SW transmitters in the U.S. I'm listening to WBCQ from Monticello, Maine right now. WBCQ Free Radio broadcasts the Fred Flintstone Music Show every Friday followed by Allan Weiner Worldwide radio show. The DX Wavescan program and Voice of America English language broadcasts to Africa are fun. There are lots of great SW programs. A decent receiver and good antenna will pull these shows in.
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You can tune in to a limited number of stations on the shortwave "band" which I believe takes in a number of closely located frequencies. I don't think it covers the entire spectrum of what is known as shortwave, but I'm not an expert. I mainly like it as a travel clock-radio on AM & FM stations. My biggest complaint is that the analog tuning (digital display) drifts a bit once you have the station you want. There is a newer, nearly identical model that has digital tuning, that may be better. Hope this helps.
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I concur with the previous answer. I too use only batteries which produce less interference when tuning in to shortwave.
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If you download the sirius app you can listen through 3g. Only thing is that you don't get Howardstern stations.You do have to have the sirius online which is only 2.99 compared to the 12.99 for xm subscriber
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Assuming you mean satellite radio, the answer would be, not directly, but because you can access the internet, you could listen at the Sirius/XM web site.
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It sure does. I listen to music stations from Poland, S. Korea, Russia, UK, etc... They used to have a quick station search feature right here on the Amazon product description but I don't see it any more. You can get an idea of what stations it can stream by creating a free www.MySqueezeBox.com account, then click on Remote Control &gt; Internet Radio &gt; Search (or select select World and browse that way). This will not play on your computer as this is meant to Remote Control via the web UI your actual player, but will help you see what is out there.
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Yes it does, but only Radio Havana and CRI (Chinese Radio International) are in English. The short wave also seems to get a ton of American Evangelists who are constantly screaming that we are all going to hell. Aside from that there are some Spanish language stations that come in clearly.
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I live in Vancouver Canada and have not used the radio that much here. I have heard a few religious stations from here. I took the radio on a cruise from Hong Kong to China, South Korea and into Japan and the World Band radio stations were all over the meter bands. I was most impressed. Sorry though about the limited response from me about your question. If there are any stations to be picked up then this radio should work well for you as it did for me in Asia.