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by Johnythree 1474 days ago
You must have a lousy antenna, or live in a noisy location.

My little homebrew shortwave radio has 8 bands and they are usually full of stations. Mainly Chinese though.
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ralphc 1474 days ago
To elaborate, on the east coast US, using portables such as the Sony SW-55 and the Sangean 909-X, listening in daytime and nighttime, in the past month or so I'd find at best one or two stations broadcasting in English. This was hardly the case 20+ years ago.
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thfuran 1474 days ago
>Mainly Chinese though.

So... not BBC.

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Johnythree 1474 days ago
BBC is easy to hear, likewise Radio New Zealand and others.

Many western stations transmit programs intended for listeners overseas, and of course they speak in Chinese, Arabic, and other languages.

Why wouldn't the BBC transmit Chinese based programs?

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