I'm baffled by the suggestion that shortwave has something to fear
from the internet. I mean, why is there a threat to shortwave and not
newspapers, magazines, FM broadcasting, movies, television or any one
of the dozens of other media out there that carry the same sorts of
information that one could, in principle, dig out from among a billion
web pages on the internet? I just don't see this often cited
"shortwave/internet" connection. In fact, I think the internet will be
good for shortwave. In my view, what has kept shortwave alive thus far
is the fact that it haa more interesting content than other mass
media. The internet simply makes this truer than ever before; for
while there is of course interesting info in the net, it's buried
under so much crap that you have to labor over google for hours just
to find one interesting tidbit. The internet could be the best thing
that ever happened to shortwave.

Steve

"Mike Terry" wrote in message ...
"Stereophile22" wrote in message
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Why would any retailer stock a shortwave radio in this
day-and-age?

even in this day and age, shortwave radio is still the only way for radio
listeners to get the radio news directly from other countries, or to
directly
hear each country's opinions about world events from the countries
theirselves.

Absolutely agree, there is still a place for shortwave despite the internet.

Mike