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As I switched off my 2A3 SET which had been sounding better than ever (due
to a valve swap in my phono stage) just now I could hear a feint muttering
in a foreign language! The warm *nostalgic* feeling and familiarity (Radio
Luxembourg?) was most pleasant, but it was dick-all to to with my valves -
it was coming from the little Pioneer SS amp which was/is hooked up to a
pair of B&W speakers with no sources on, but left on and switched to the
Phono input!

The language was impossible to nail - Eastern European yet almost
Italian-sounding?? Is Radio Albania still about and still pushing it out
large?

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"Keith G" wrote in message
...

As I switched off my 2A3 SET which had been sounding better than ever (due
to a valve swap in my phono stage) just now I could hear a feint muttering
in a foreign language! The warm *nostalgic* feeling and familiarity (Radio
Luxembourg?) was most pleasant, but it was dick-all to to with my valves -
it was coming from the little Pioneer SS amp which was/is hooked up to a
pair of B&W speakers with no sources on, but left on and switched to the
Phono input!

The language was impossible to nail - Eastern European yet almost
Italian-sounding?? Is Radio Albania still about and still pushing it out
large?

Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

Iain

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In article , Keith G
scribeth thus

As I switched off my 2A3 SET which had been sounding better than ever (due
to a valve swap in my phono stage) just now I could hear a feint muttering
in a foreign language! The warm *nostalgic* feeling and familiarity (Radio
Luxembourg?) was most pleasant, but it was dick-all to to with my valves -
it was coming from the little Pioneer SS amp which was/is hooked up to a
pair of B&W speakers with no sources on, but left on and switched to the
Phono input!

The language was impossible to nail - Eastern European yet almost
Italian-sounding?? Is Radio Albania still about and still pushing it out
large?


That's usually the frequencies that amps with no RF suppression tend to
work best;!..
--
Tony Sayer

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In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

--
*If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.

So you watch Radio 1? I'd seek treatment. ;-)

--
*Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:01:32 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.

So you watch Radio 1? I'd seek treatment. ;-)

I think it is quite funny that they are now talking about adding
vision to digital radio channels like it is something new. Almost as
if we had never heard of television. A bit like offering "listen
again" for a limited period, quite ignoring the fact that we have had
recorders for the last fifty years.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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A friend of mine used to be a dentist, and one of his patients turned
up one day complaining that he was receiving Radio 1 on one of his
fillings.

"At least", he pleaded, "could you change it to Radio 4?"

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into Space'
when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet dangling, staring
at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio probably less than 3 feet
away!

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"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Keith G
scribeth thus

As I switched off my 2A3 SET which had been sounding better than ever (due
to a valve swap in my phono stage) just now I could hear a feint muttering
in a foreign language! The warm *nostalgic* feeling and familiarity (Radio
Luxembourg?) was most pleasant, but it was dick-all to to with my valves -
it was coming from the little Pioneer SS amp which was/is hooked up to a
pair of B&W speakers with no sources on, but left on and switched to the
Phono input!

The language was impossible to nail - Eastern European yet almost
Italian-sounding?? Is Radio Albania still about and still pushing it out
large?


That's usually the frequencies that amps with no RF suppression tend to
work best;!..


Wossisname at Moth told me the RB300 tonearms were tuned to Radio Moscow
once!

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:59 -0000, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into Space'
when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet dangling, staring
at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio probably less than 3 feet
away!

That was scary as hell! I remember it well. Listened to it recently on
BBC7 and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered though. Operation
Luna was definitely the best of the series.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:59 -0000, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into Space'
when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet dangling,
staring
at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio probably less than 3 feet
away!

That was scary as hell! I remember it well. Listened to it recently on
BBC7 and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered though.


I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I haven't been
able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a little trouble taking Alfie
Bass too seriously!

Time passes, things change...


Operation
Luna was definitely the best of the series.


ISTR one episode was acted in 'complete darkness' and I remember that one to
be particularly scary!! By way of a contrast, we watched 'Sunshine' (2007)
the other evening and for all its 'techno' and the lofty concept of a
'poisened sun/end of all life on Earth' it was less scary (and a good deal
more boring) than the average episode of Shaun The Sheep!

Time changes, things pass...

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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into
Space' when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet
dangling, staring at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio
probably less than 3 feet away!

Indeed. However, it *had* no competition from TV in my youth - it hadn't
arrived in the NE of Scotland when JIS started.

But it did soon afterwards - and I was very disappointed to see the actors
from JIS in the flesh on it (playing other parts) - they looked nothing
like they should have done. ;-)

--
*Why isn't there mouse-flavoured cat food?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into
Space' when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet
dangling, staring at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio
probably less than 3 feet away!

Indeed. However, it *had* no competition from TV in my youth - it hadn't
arrived in the NE of Scotland when JIS started.

But it did soon afterwards - and I was very disappointed to see the actors
from JIS in the flesh on it (playing other parts) - they looked nothing
like they should have done. ;-)


Streuth, we agree on something!

I couldn't agree more - I transposed the faces of Dan Dare and Digby from
the Eagle to JIS (at least, I think I did) and the actors were simply
*wrong*. Same for the Archers (not a fan, but the fire in the stables was
very and never been surpassed, IMO) - when I saw a photo of the cast once,
they looked nothing like!

Nowadays (although it's been a long time since I listened to a radio play) I
find I 'fit' the characters with the 'nearest actor' in the case of
'unknowns' - which is another way TV craps up radio!

(Didn't Jet Morgan become a Scottish MP...??)

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Don Pearce wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
Iain Churches wrote:

Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.

I'm tempted to say all my radio comes by telly actually. But I'd be
fibbing slightly.

Graham

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Keith G wrote:

best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into Space'

Forbidden Planet here.

Graham

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"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:59 -0000, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:56:45 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Is there another way? All my telly comes by radio.


And why not - best sci-fi ever 'saw' was 'Jet Morgan: Journey Into
Space'
when I wuz a kid, sitting on the arm of an armchair, feet dangling,
staring
at the grille cloth of a old (even then) radio probably less than 3 feet
away!

That was scary as hell! I remember it well. Listened to it recently on
BBC7 and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered though.


I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I haven't been
able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a little trouble taking
Alfie Bass too seriously!

Didn't David Kossof also play Lemmie...?

Geoff (another wrinkly) MacK

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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Nowadays (although it's been a long time since I listened to a radio
play)

Good grief. You go on about crap TV - and now how good JIS was - but don't
listen to current drama on the radio? And you're often at home in the
afternoon? Try it. There's some superb stuff there.

I find I 'fit' the characters with the 'nearest actor' in the
case of 'unknowns' - which is another way TV craps up radio!

Not always these days. I've a feeling that radio casting sometimes takes
into account the looks of the actor - as chances are many will know that
from TV.

--
*Remember not to forget that which you do not need to know.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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In article ,
Geoff Mackenzie wrote:
I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I haven't been
able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a little trouble taking
Alfie Bass too seriously!

Didn't David Kossof also play Lemmie...?

Andrew Faulds, Guy Kingsley Pointer and David Kossof were the originals,
IIRC.

--
*And don't start a sentence with a conjunction *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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--
Iain
Aural perception is a skill that requires study and careful development over
along period of time. Few have it as a natural gift.
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
Could if have been Czech or Hungarian?
There are many good E.European stations, especially if you
are interested in classical music. The Czech station Radio Prague,
and also transmissions from Radio Budapest, Hungary , Kiev in the
Ukraine are well worth listening to.

They beat "East Enders" any day:-)

You listen to 'East Enders' on the radio?

Radio, TV, video, films, books, lectures, concerts etc
etc all compete for our leasure time. I would rather
to listen to a concert from Kiev than watch a second
rate TV show.

Iain

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Nowadays (although it's been a long time since I listened to a radio
play)

Good grief. You go on about crap TV - and now how good JIS was - but don't
listen to current drama on the radio? And you're often at home in the
afternoon? Try it. There's some superb stuff there.


Sorry to disabuse you but I rarely get an afternoon where I could just loll
around listening to the radio....



I find I 'fit' the characters with the 'nearest actor' in the
case of 'unknowns' - which is another way TV craps up radio!

Not always these days. I've a feeling that radio casting sometimes takes
into account the looks of the actor - as chances are many will know that
from TV.



You're saying that the BBC can predict which actor I will envisage when I
hear a particular *unknown* then?

(I didn't realise they were getting that sophisticated!)




--
*Remember not to forget that which you do not need to know.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Good grief. You go on about crap TV - and now how good JIS was - but
don't listen to current drama on the radio? And you're often at home
in the afternoon? Try it. There's some superb stuff there.


Sorry to disabuse you but I rarely get an afternoon where I could just
loll around listening to the radio....

That's the beauty of radio - you can listen to it while doing other things.
Admittedly not things which require much concentration if a drama but then
just what are you concentrating so hard on in the afternoon?

--
*Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Good grief. You go on about crap TV - and now how good JIS was - but
don't listen to current drama on the radio? And you're often at home
in the afternoon? Try it. There's some superb stuff there.


Sorry to disabuse you but I rarely get an afternoon where I could just
loll around listening to the radio....

That's the beauty of radio - you can listen to it while doing other
things.


In theory yes; in practice no....


Admittedly not things which require much concentration if a drama but then
just what are you concentrating so hard on in the afternoon?


All sorts - this afternoon I was playing with/cleaning my bikes mostly in
the garage where I take great delight in the Roberts FM radio which
invariably kicks off with summat nice (Mahler, quite often) but I have to
admit, after a short while I'm not usually listening too closely! Same in
the car...


-
*Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:04:31 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Geoff Mackenzie wrote:
I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I haven't been
able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a little trouble taking
Alfie Bass too seriously!

Didn't David Kossof also play Lemmie...?

Andrew Faulds, Guy Kingsley Pointer and David Kossof were the originals,
IIRC.

I thought it was Alfie Bass.

d

--
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http://www.pearce.uk.com

--
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In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:04:31 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Geoff Mackenzie wrote:
I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I
haven't been able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a
little trouble taking Alfie Bass too seriously!

Didn't David Kossof also play Lemmie...?

Andrew Faulds, Guy Kingsley Pointer and David Kossof were the originals,
IIRC.

I thought it was Alfie Bass.

Think he took over from Kossoff. Dunno why.

--
*If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:08:12 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:04:31 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Geoff Mackenzie wrote:
I've got the whole thing saved to hard disk somewhere, but I
haven't been able to get round to playing it - tbh, I have a
little trouble taking Alfie Bass too seriously!

Didn't David Kossof also play Lemmie...?

Andrew Faulds, Guy Kingsley Pointer and David Kossof were the originals,
IIRC.

I thought it was Alfie Bass.

Think he took over from Kossoff. Dunno why.

Listening recently, I was amused by the naivete of it all. Nobody
aboard seemed to understand how rockets worked; they could decide on a
whim to "go over there" despite the impossibility imposed by orbital
mechanics. Great adventure, though.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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I have a little trouble taking Alfie Bass too seriously!

He was great in Polanski's "Fearless Vampire Hunters"

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:25:34 +0000, Andy Evans wrote
(in message
):

A friend of mine used to be a dentist, and one of his patients turned
up one day complaining that he was receiving Radio 1 on one of his
fillings.

"At least", he pleaded, "could you change it to Radio 4?"


my ordinary cabled landline phone plays R4, which is kind-of
irritating; at least it's not dimwitted commercial pop radio