Re: BBC on the web

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:49:07 -0500 (EST) Sven Franklyn Weil
<sven@gordsven.com> writes:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Dave Faneuf wrote:
> 
> > it on the web in the car and unless you happen to be a ham short 
> wave is
> > also out of th question
> 
> Dave,
> 
> I still manage to catch BBC radio here in NYC over the shortwave.  I 
> use 
> an old Zenith Transoceanic Royal 7000 with its whip antenna.  
> Nothing 
> fancy...but a good "daily driver".  Granted it's not quite the same 
> reception as before, but it's fairly listenable...for what shortwave 
> from 
> half-way across the world is worth.... :-)
> 
> Maybe if you use a long-wire antenna clipped to your antenna it 
> would 
> help?  You could make one yourself with a long roll of copper 
> wire...or 
> buy one of those 8.99$ long-wire antennas (the one that comes 
> wrapped up 
> in a little spool) from Radio Shack.  I use one of those when I use 
> my 
> Baygen Freeplay (the original model) and it imporves things greatly 
> on 
> that radio since it doesn't have a fine tuning control.


You did that to your car?
df