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March 28th, 2011, 11:35 am

The BBC is ceasing its 648 kHz transmissions of World Service English language radio on 27 March, 2011. We have had to make some difficult decisions about the distribution of BBC World Service radio around the world, as a result of the Spending Review settlement that BBC World Service received at the end of 2010. Closure of the 648 kHz service and medium wave frequencies to Russia, continues the process of withdrawing from direct broadcasts to Europe in response to a declining number of direct listeners. However BBC World Service continues to be available in Europe by satellite, cable and online.
 
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March 28th, 2011, 11:47 am

This is shocking. The government believe that they will raise money through the auction of banwidth - they made a lot due to the 3G auction, but the next one will not be the same.The great thing about the world service is that you can receive it with cheap/primative technology. Although I do question some of the reporting, I still think it is less biased than some news agencies.So much for blighty being a bastion of free speech and democracy.
 
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March 28th, 2011, 2:00 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: rmaxThis is shocking. The government believe that they will raise money through the auction of banwidth - they made a lot due to the 3G auction, but the next one will not be the same.is that the reason they are cutting this service, so they can sell the frequency for something like cell phones(that was the reason we were forced to have digital tv in north america, so the government could sell off low-vhf and the top end of UHF)
 
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March 28th, 2011, 2:05 pm

I believe so - it is certainly the reason we are going digital in the UK. rmax beta edition was heavily involved. rmax v1.0 told rmax beta that the service was worse, but he didn't care as he was involved in the technical side and not the politics....
 
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March 28th, 2011, 2:25 pm

648 kHz and medium wave are useless for cellphones because they are: internationally public airwaves, extremely narrow in bandwidth, and require extremely large antennas for effective transmission/reception.Standard 900 MHz GSM occupies about 50 MHz of bandwidth and I'd be surprised if the BBC's 648 kHz slot is more than 10 kHz wide.
 
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March 28th, 2011, 2:30 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4Alpha648 kHz and medium wave are useless for cellphones because they are: internationally public airwaves, extremely narrow in bandwidth, and require extremely large antennas for effective transmission/reception.Standard 900 MHz GSM occupies about 50 MHz of bandwidth and I'd be surprised if the BBC's 648 kHz slot is more than 10 kHz wide.Aaaargh!
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March 28th, 2011, 4:21 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4Alpha648 kHz and medium wave are useless for cellphones because they are: internationally public airwaves, extremely narrow in bandwidth, and require extremely large antennas for effective transmission/reception.Standard 900 MHz GSM occupies about 50 MHz of bandwidth and I'd be surprised if the BBC's 648 kHz slot is more than 10 kHz wide.I think that has probably hit the nail on the head - I don't know for sure (rmax beta has some pretty old code so can be difficult to get hold of), but I would not be surprised if the govenment will be expecting to raise the bn or so revenue based on a different place in the spectrum.......
 
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Lilly Bolero According to the BBC, it "started life as a jig with Irish roots, whose first appearance seems to be in a collection published in London in 1661 entitled 'An Antidote Against Melancholy', where it is set to the words 'There was an old man of Waltham Cross'." [1] A French version of the tune is known as the Marche du Prince d'Orange, and is attributed to Louis XIV's court composers Philidor the Elder and Jean-Baptiste Lully.[citation needed]
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shutdown -now
 
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the procedure to turn off the whole machine is pretty straightforward!
 
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February 13th, 2016, 8:11 am

World Radio Day .. have a good one.
 
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February 13th, 2016, 9:44 am

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnWorld Radio Day .. have a good one.enjoy
 
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February 13th, 2016, 12:36 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnWorld Radio Day .. have a good one.enjoyHave a static-free one.
 
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QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnWorld Radio Day .. have a good one.enjoyHave a static-free one.Have a wavy one!