"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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| Ever since March I've been living in a situation that is not conducive
| to SW listening, so my Yaesu and Degen have been wrapped up and in
| storage. This situation was intended to be temporary until my new house
| was built, but construction has run into delay after delay. But the
| house is about half finished now, so I have a question: when I move in,
| should I bother to set up my listening post, or is SW a lost cause? I
| just got my 2005 Passport, and it has a sidebar in there asking if SW
| radio is "kaput" and concludes that it isn't. While several European
| stations have disappeared, and Voice of America is about to do the same
| thing, China and Thailand have been expanding services. Plus traditional
| SW radio is hard to censor or jam (although many stations seem to be
| censoring themselves). What does everybody think?

I am currently "walking a mile in your shoes." I think it's better to do
a little listening, with modest antennas, because you might hear a few
things worthwhile. I've even been known to "go mobile," taking a
portable (and sometimes the trusty old FRG-7) to a local park which
is relatively RFI - free.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous


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