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December 20th 03, 05:20 PM

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Hi everyone:

Howdy!

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.

That's odd. Normally you can get all sorts of stations, even
with an average radio. At the least you should have gotten the
domestic shortwave broadcasts, commonly known as the 'land of
the free from reality and the home of the whackos'.

Maybe your set-up needed work.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience.

Cable TV? Why would that decrease shortwave?

Now the Internet, and the tendancy of broadcasters (like the
BBC) to abandon the airwaves for streaming audio, THAT is
a threat to broadcast shortwave.

Although internet broadcasts are sometimes no more dependable
than airwaves. I've had trouble getting the BBC, at times;
and for the past few days, Radio Iran's transmission has been
unintelligable...

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

Broadcast shortwave is alive and well, and STILL the best
source of non-U.S. oriented and dominated news, opinion,
and entertainment available!

And, domestically, of views from some of the nuttiest
fruitcakes this side of the asylum.

I hope you resume listening. It's a fun hobby...

FW