There's no stopping any avenue of broadband delivery regardless of its
need in the marketplace, or how worthless the content. And dated
technolgies such as amateur radio and shortwave broadcasting don't
stand a chance of surviving in the face of the broadband Goliaths,
because bandwidth, any bandwidth, available by any means, equals big
money. So enjoy the MW and HF spectrum while you can, because there's
no stopping the encroaching digital hash. We've been degrading it for
years with QRM anyway, with every new switching power supply or RF
generating unit added to our homes, and millions being added every
day. Change is inevitable. I'll surely miss scanning the HF bands
with my SX-28, my HQ-120, my homebrew regen, even my Sony 7600. I love
HF and I listen to it almost every day. But the "cheese has moved."
If you live well outside of suburbia, or on the open sea, you can tune
or use what's left of HF. Otherwise, you should look elsewhere for
your radio fix.
Pete
KQ5I