On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:08:02 -0800, tommyknocker
wrote:

I already asked this, but a flippant comment I made started another
insult war, so this time without the pithy addons. Does anybody know how
many (numbers or percentage) Americans own a SW radio, and how many of
those are hams or DXers and how many are casual listeners? Has anybody
ever studied this?



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Don't have a clue, though I imagine the number of owners is higher
than us swl'ers might think. The reasoning behind that is my memory
of what happened during Desert Shield/Desert Storm when everyone was
rushing to by sw radios and stores had a hard time keeping the entry &
mid-level models on the shelves. Still, that "large number" is
probably a small number in relation to our total population. Also I
would bet than the vast majority of those who bought radios then; or
around the time of natural disasters stateside as that often boosts
sales a bit eg the Baygen that folks bought does have sw; very few of
them use it beyond the AM/FM bands.

Your question did get my curiosity up as well, though I'm not sure an
answer is forthcoming on this forum. So, I'll offer my OOTB (Out Of
The Blue) guesstimate at 2.5%.

Howard