{"id":10236,"date":"2014-07-10T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2017-02-16T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:27:39","slug":"the-world-cup-on-shortwave-continents-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/the-world-cup-on-shortwave-continents-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Cup on shortwave, continents apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WorldCupBall-001\"<\/a>Yesterday, I was primed\u00a0to follow the FIFA World Cup semi-final match featuring the Netherlands vs. Argentina. Moreover, we have good\u00a0friends\u00a0from Germany visiting;\u00a0of course, they wanted to see who their winning team will be playing in the final match come Sunday.<\/p>\n

But as we live in a fairly\u00a0rural area, and don’t place much of a priority on television (radio, anyone?), we have no cable, no satellite, and with no more than a rabbit-ear indoor antenna on our only telly, no\u00a0local over-the-air broadcasters available. But we found we were able to watch the match stream live on ESPN via an Apple TV box<\/a>\u00a0attached to our only television.<\/p>\n

Of course, I also tuned in the match on shortwave radio–via the BBC World Service on 11,810 kHz out of Ascension\u00a0Island–starting a little after 20:00 UTC. And guess which\u00a0stream was more “live” (i.e., immediate), ESPN or shortwave? \u00a0Here’s the recording<\/a>:<\/p>\n