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Walt Davidson wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:54:38 +0100, "Colin"
wrote:

SW broadcasting is funded so that listeners can hear programs, not for the
benefit of amateur DXers.

I would venture to suggest that more than 90% of listeners to
shortwave broadcasting are "amateur DXers". Normal people do not even
know what shortwave is, far less listen to it.

That's probably true now of Western Europe and the US, but not
everyone lives in Western Europe or the US.

--
Richard L.