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08-04-2007, 06:20 AM
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On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:05:48 +0100, Lurch
<myrealname@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote:
>On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:50:21 +0100, Lem <mail@mail.com> mused:
>
>>Is there a list of UK radio stations which I can listen to by dialling a
>>phone number?
>>
>>The phone number must be an 01 or 02 geographic number.
>
>If you ring one of my VoIP lines I'll stick the handset by the radio
>if you like.
>
>Why would you want to do this though?
Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
Might be better buying a mobile with a Walkman built in like my SE
W800i
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08-04-2007, 06:27 AM
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Stuart B wrote:
> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
Sorry to be the one to break it you, but mobile telephones use
electricity as well.
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08-04-2007, 06:30 AM
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On 04/08/2007 12:20, Stuart B wrote:
> Maybe using a mobile phone [...]
> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
And what is the phone powered by then? Bananas?
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08-04-2007, 06:35 AM
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"Stuart B" <stuart@xpozure4u.plus.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:05:48 +0100, Lurch
> <myrealname@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:50:21 +0100, Lem <mail@mail.com> mused:
>>
>>>Is there a list of UK radio stations which I can listen to by dialling a
>>>phone number?
>>>
>>>The phone number must be an 01 or 02 geographic number.
>>
>>If you ring one of my VoIP lines I'll stick the handset by the radio
>>if you like.
>>
>>Why would you want to do this though?
>
> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
And your phone doesn't? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1672861.stm
Graham.
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08-04-2007, 07:49 AM
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In uk.telecom Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote:
> Stuart B wrote:
> > Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
> > and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
>
> Sorry to be the one to break it you, but mobile telephones use
> electricity as well.
And probably rather more, what with base stations, telephone trunks, etc.
But the radio-by-telephone system is quite handy, if you have some phone
system you want to test with continuous speech.
Theo
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08-04-2007, 11:52 AM
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:20:26 UTC, Stuart B <stuart@xpozure4u.plus.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:05:48 +0100, Lurch
> <myrealname@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:50:21 +0100, Lem <mail@mail.com> mused:
> >
> >>Is there a list of UK radio stations which I can listen to by dialling a
> >>phone number?
> >>
> >>The phone number must be an 01 or 02 geographic number.
> >
> >If you ring one of my VoIP lines I'll stick the handset by the radio
> >if you like.
> >
> >Why would you want to do this though?
>
> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
Get a wind up radio...
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08-04-2007, 01:47 PM
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Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:20:26 UTC, Stuart B <stuart@xpozure4u.plus.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:05:48 +0100, Lurch
>> <myrealname@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote:
>> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
>> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
>
> Get a wind up radio...
The OP satisfies at least two of those criterion...
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08-09-2007, 06:38 AM
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:27:35 +0100, Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk>
wrote:
>Stuart B wrote:
>> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
>> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
>
>Sorry to be the one to break it you, but mobile telephones use
>electricity as well.
You know pefectly well what I mean .I wasn't talking about when you
charge the battery .
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08-09-2007, 01:00 PM
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On 2007-08-09, Stuart B <stuart@xpozure4u.plus.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:27:35 +0100, Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>Stuart B wrote:
>>> Maybe using a mobile phone with "free" calls to geographical numbers
>>> and thus saves using a radio as it uses electricity.
>>
>>Sorry to be the one to break it you, but mobile telephones use
>>electricity as well.
>
> You know pefectly well what I mean .I wasn't talking about when you
> charge the battery .
You do realise you get battery powered radios?
In fact, you can actually run an AM radio (very quietly) _without_
a battery. A mobile phone with built in radio is hardly an effective
way of saving energy.
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David Taylor
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