"Vijay" wrote in message
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Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay


There's still plenty of activity on SW radio. You should have heard
much more than the BBC and VOA. But some bands are better at different
times than others. And some days are better than others. There's alot
of stations just above the old standard SW bands now, and your radio
might not tune them. Your radio may have a problem causing poor
sensitivity.

Which bands were you tuning across and what times were you trying to
listen?

What model Philips radio do you have?

Frank Dresser