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?

"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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?"

"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!

"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!