Re: What's that on your radio?

by Guest Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:18 pm

I was just doing some mooching through eBays' Radiogram listings, I've seen 88 to 100 on mid to late 50s radios before they extended it up to 108, but I've never seen a 88 to 95 before

What's that on your radio? - Page 10 Scree181

Or 95 to 88 shifty

MC/s that is.

Spock Smug

by Guest Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:15 am

Test Match Special isn't on Radio 4 Longwave.

Colbert

I spent ages setting up a AM radio in preparation. I'd have been better off with a gasp

DAB radio.

dontpanic

by Guest Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:42 am

Hang on, this is Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers, not Sarf Africa vs. Eng-er-lund, what's occurring!?

by Guest Thu Dec 26, 2019 4:36 pm

Found it!

https://talksport.com/sport/cricket/647191/england-vs-south-africa-tour-live-on-talksport-kevin-pietersen-commentary/

by Guest Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:21 pm

South Africa appear to have a bowler called 'Nokia'.

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No old skool cell phone... type

https://emojipedia.org/mobile-phone/

I like the way that the Windows one looks like a Windows phone, google an android one, and apple like a iPhone. Demon

by Guest Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:28 pm

"Anrich Nortje"

??

by Guest Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:06 am

Just turned the radio over to FM:

Betty Boo - Doing the Do

Excited

by Guest Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:07 am

Hang on, it's radio 2!

Oh, I forgot the dial went backwards.

by Guest Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:19 pm

There are some recordings of the radio broadcast of the Marx Brothers (well, two of 'em) Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel

https://archive.org/details/FlywheelShysterFlywheelHQ/

Makes a change from the BBC adaptations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel,_Shyster,_and_Flywheel wrote:
Each episode incorporated material from two or three different original episodes, and occasionally included additional jokes from Marx Brothers' films.

More than a touch of the restorer putting themselves as equal to the creator. Oh, Dirk Maggs. Colbert

by Fangirl Three Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:29 pm

I didn't realise that. I used to quite like the BBC version of FSF, but that's put me off.

OTOH the Peter Cook Why Bother? recordings are great, some of the best things he did, and they were painstakingly gleaned from hours of drunken ramblings by Chris Morris.

by Guest Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:07 pm

Fangirl Three wrote:
OTOH the Peter Cook Why Bother? recordings are great, some of the best things he did, and they were painstakingly gleaned from hours of drunken ramblings by Chris Morris.

It's the spiritual heir to Derick and Clive. With none of that potty mouthed nonsense. yes

by Fangirl Three Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:53 pm

'I can remember every single pine needle on that trudge through the forest towards Toronto.'

by Guest Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:24 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0084gr2

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:27 pm

Is it by Steven Moffat? Excited

by Guest Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:36 pm

I've been waiting since 1981 for them to repeat that!

I bet it's rubbish. sad yes

by Fangirl Three Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:41 pm

I got that from the shop, and it wasn't exactly rubbish, but it wasn't much good either.

Let me put it this way, if I'd caught it on Radio 4 at the time I'd have listened to the whole thing, but I wouldn't have been sorry that I hadn't taped it.

It's quite well researched, the climactic sea fight on the shore at Whitby correctly refers to the flat rock that's just offshore from the beaches to the south of the port, enabling one to wade out hundreds of yards in warm water in summer 1980 before encountering a sudden coldness and darkness that makes one pause and turn back to the shore and happy things.

Looking at the seabed map that part of the coast really is a land/sea of contrasts - the long flat foreshore, but after that the sea is quickly deeper than almost anywhere else along the British coast.

by Guest Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:42 pm

I did tune in listen to the Rugby on the radio, but they covering a Sh*teball match instead.

type

Fortunately.

by Guest Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:09 am

I bought a new (1990s) radio!

What's that on your radio? - Page 10 Img_5810

It's better on FM+MW than the Armstrong old one, but not as good on LW, which is what I bought it for, TMS FTW!

I should have got a d*g*tal radio, sad yes

Was cheap though. And it can pick up Rock Radio, which no other radio can as it's too close to another far stronger channel, SuperNarrow yah!

Oh, it's not Rock Radio anymore, it's a indie channel now killcomputer

by Guest Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:13 am

Oh, just remembered, anyone notice anything unusual about the AM band on the Armstrong tuner?

What's that on your radio? - Page 10 C6eac110

by Fangirl Three Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:26 pm

Ooh, are the numbers x10KHz?

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