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From: Gareth Evans G4SDW on 20 May 2010 12:03
"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISBITjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bd5ec598-63b1-421e-a5d0-7a881c92f42f(a)v18g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
> It's all a con - a case of 'new lamps for old'. All of my old lamps
> seem to work better than my single new one (bought with great
> expections and enthusiasm, a few years ago). I'm not making the same
> mistake twice.

Perhaps the world of Radio Hammery could put its thinking cap on,
and gain a great deal of PR from the man-in-the-street?

We all have a number of traditional AM and FM radios which
have given sterling service over a number of years.

The Brit govt has virtually decreed that these are to go the
way of the dinosaur.

How about a small packet of electronics, no more comples than,
say. a mobile phone available from your local emporium for �20,
to sit under your AM or FM radio; to sense the frequency of the
local oscillator, and from its data base (ROM is dirt cheap these
days) receive the appropriate digital broadcast and then re-radiate it
at a low level, but at sufficient strength, that it may be picked up
by the broadcast receiver?

A set-top box in reverse, and therefore best placed underneath!

It wouldn't resolve the problem of the traditional Crystal Set.




From: Chris on 20 May 2010 16:40
On 20 May, 17:03, "Gareth Evans G4SDW"
<fools.and.idiots.licen...(a)are.invalid> wrote:
> "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISBITjack...(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:bd5ec598-63b1-421e-a5d0-7a881c92f42f(a)v18g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
>
> > It's all a con - a case of 'new lamps for old'. All of my old lamps
> > seem to work better than my single new one (bought with great
> > expections and enthusiasm, a few years ago). I'm not making the same
> > mistake twice.
>
> Perhaps the world of Radio Hammery could put its thinking cap on,
> and gain a great deal of PR from the man-in-the-street?
>
> We all have a number of traditional AM and FM radios which
> have given sterling service over a number of years.
>
> The Brit govt has virtually decreed that these are to go the
> way of the dinosaur.
>
> How about a small packet of electronics, no more comples than,
> say. a mobile phone available from your local emporium for £20,
> to sit under your AM or FM radio; to sense the frequency of the
> local oscillator, and from its data base (ROM is dirt cheap these
> days) receive the appropriate digital broadcast and then re-radiate it
> at a low level, but at sufficient strength, that it may be picked up
> by the broadcast receiver?
>
> A set-top box in reverse, and therefore best placed underneath!
>
> It wouldn't resolve the problem of the traditional Crystal Set.


Try http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=pure+highway&meta=

Chris
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