On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 19:17:04 -0500, R Neutron wrote
(in message ):

tommyknocker wrote in message
...
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?

4 or 5 years ago my brother and I bought my father a grundig 800. He
is a ww2 vet, Navy signalman and loved to listen to morse. He had
always asked me if I was interested in SW and at the time being
possesed by the internet I thought it (SW) was a dying interest only
taken to by guys like my dad. Well as ill health has taken much of
his mobility he gave me the 800 (about 4 mos ago). Well to cut to
the chase I now have my own little mini-shack next to my pc and I'm
loving it. To work the dials in the dark of the late evening,
pulling in some radio broadcast from the other side of the planet is
something I find hard to explain! My once flat and clean Passport now
dogeared and smudged attest to my late hours. I don't listen to any
sw from the net as I kind of want to keep it the way it is. My father
by the way most vicariously shares my "new" found interest. Sure
things will change over time...I have,,good listening RN


If your Dad likes a particular type of broadcast - as opposed to chasin' DX -
you might think of recording some of what he likes.

/gray//