"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was just thinking about this today. Has anybody noticed that shortwave
radio has really declined over the past five years or so? We've lost BBC
and Deutsche Welle transmissions to North America, we've lost several
smaller European broadcasters entirely, other stations have drastically
cut back. Are transmitting facilities really going on the blink so soon
after the end of the cold war? Or has everybody jumped on the BBC's
bandwagon and concluded that satellite and internet broadcasting has
replaced shortwave? Any thoughts?


I have finally pretty much given up the hobby after being at it since the
Sixties. I still have a portable hanging around.
I use XM at home and in my car now for great mostly uninterrupted music and
the news programming is pretty good too.
I used to love to tropical band DX but those are mostly gone now or at least
nothing much new is showing up. I have many fond memories of DXpeditions
and all the new catches I got.

If you like a vast wasteland of idiots then American shortwave is still
running large but I was never much of a program person.

It's sad, I really loved the hobby.

Greg