NB: THIS
PAGE IS REDUNDANT, AND ALL MATERIAL IS FREELY DOWNLOADABLE
It was
never my intention to produce/ make available mp3 CDs. I have had a
pipe dream for a few years that we will eventually have very high upper
limits of server capacity available for on line public archiving, downloading,
and file sharing. This dream may be a few years away, but is gradually
coming to pass. However, there are three reasons for producing material
on CD. The first two are quite obvious but the third may come as a surprise.
1) There are still a lot of folks out there who may visit the download
pages of TADX/ mediumwaveradio, and are unable to download the large
full bit rate files because of their dial up connection speed. When
I was on dial up, (only had broadband since June 2007) the speed of
my lines made even downloading a mere 5 meg impractical. CD versions
of the on line downloads are also available. Simply get in touch.
2) After adding the download pages to the site, there was such an unexpected
rush initially, that two or three times the server shut itself down
due to the excessive volume of traffic. The early pandemonium seems
to have calmed thankfully, but the download site was on and off for
a while. The problem with 30 & 40 Meg files was never going to improve
when old programmes from reel to reel tapes were converted and added.
Some of my old reels have six and a half hour continuous recordings
of various stations from the late 80s. There are not so many mp3s of
that length available in one piece, and because of that I am reluctant
to split them. For these long recordings, the file size can be a few
hundred meg. This would put more strain on the server's bandwidth.
3) Most importantly, much of this material was originally donated in
good faith to a "charitable cause", but sadly the said "charitable cause"
turned out to be nothing more than yet another scam, and not the charitable
cause as I was misled into believing it was. This well and truly destroyed
the so called "good faith" factor. I don't understand the attitude towards
scammers nowadays. So many folks seem to take it as part of modern day
life. To discourage further dishonesty, this set of disks have been
issued via the mediumwaveradio.org web site, making use of the said
material.
NOVEMBER 2008: THE MEDIUMWAVERADIO WEB SITE HAS GONE
OFF LINE, SO TONY'S ON LINE SALES PAGE IS CLOSED. MOST FOLKS INTERESTED
IN THESE RECORDINGS SEEM TO HAVE BROADBAND NOWADAYS ANYWAY..
NB: The historic material on the radio CDs is for private use,
and not for resale. Commercial use strictly forbidden.