Re: [Swlfest] Swlfest Digest, Vol 23, Issue 7

["T.J. 'Skip' Arey N2EI" <tjarey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

May of the popular Podcasts ("This Week in Tech" comes to mind) make 
liberal use of Skype. It has the phone giants shaking in their boots.

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> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:54:39 -0400
> From: "Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Swlfest] Ian McFarland releases 2-CD journey into SW
> 	nostalgia
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> Posted on the RNW weblog, http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/?p=6079
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> Net proceeds benefit the food bank of Duncan, BC
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> There was always something warm & friendly about weekends listening to
> Ian on RCI's SWL Digest...
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> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:06:10 -0400
> From: "Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Swlfest] Ian McFarland & the Two Bobs in conversation
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> I received a note from Bob Zanotti the other day -- he recently held a
> Skype online get-together with Bob Thomann and Ian McFarland.
>
> Pretty clever use of Skype technology coupled with online audio
> recording...who needs an expensive studio or even an ISDN phone line
> to record a get-together that sounds like all three of the guys are in
> the same room!
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> The program runs 30 minutes and can be streamed online, downloaded or
> podcast at Bob Zanotti's "Switzerland In Sound" website,
> http://www.switzerlandinsound.com/.
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> Click on "The Two Bobs" and then the link for "The Two Bobs and Ian"
> to navigate to the program.
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> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:50:06 -0400
> From: Mark Phillips <g7ltt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Ian McFarland & the Two Bobs in conversation
> To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <swlfest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Skype flavoured VoIP is HUGE in Europe at the moment.  It is very wide
> band and so if the callers have a high enough quality (ie not a phone)
> setup at each end the quality can surpass that of ISDN G722 dialup
> CODECs.
>
> Skype is turning up in all sorts of apps coming out of Europe. It's even
> being applied to applications that it's not suited for (can anyone say
> "Apollo 13 air conditioning"?). 
>
> I don't think it'll be long before we see a broadband enabled CODECs on
> the market for almost nothing.
>
> Mark 
>
> On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 10:06 -0400, Richard Cuff wrote:
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>   
>> Pretty clever use of Skype technology coupled with online audio
>> recording...who needs an expensive studio or even an ISDN phone line
>> to record a get-together that sounds like all three of the guys are in
>> the same room!
>>     
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T.J. "SKIP" AREY N2EI
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before you can give it a twist." Terry Pratchett

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