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I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do other
than waking the wife (or husband).

Not necessarily. Shortwave listening goes along with my ham radio
hobby, something I've been enjoying for many years. I even had some fun
with it late at night when in the Air Force (story told here several
times in the past so I'll refrain from boring the old-timers in the
group).

But it's not something solely for the insomniac -- although some
interesting stuff comes in at night that I'd never hear during the day.
For one thing, I do a bit of traveling, so having a way of getting
English-language news broadcasts around the world is important to me. I
especially enjoy the big-gun broadcasters like BBC, Radio Netherlands,
Deutsche Welle, Radio Australia, Radio Taiwan and NHK Radio Japan, as
well as the VOA. It also gives me a different insight on the happenings
in the world, from a non-American point of view -- makes me look at
things differently sometimes, or at least to try to understand the
viewpoint of other nations of events happening in the world.

Some of the programming from countries like Radio Havana Cuba or China
Radio International can be entertaining, ideology aside. I especially
enjoy Arnie Corro's DX program on RHC when I have a chance to tune in.

And of course, I enjoy some of the religious programing, usually HCJB.
(I even had the pleasure of meeting Allan Graham, host of their DXing
program, some months back on one of his US visits. Even though I don't
always have the chance to listen to his program on the air, I make sure
to download it from the HCJB website for off-air listening.)

No, it's not something solely for the insomniac. My wife sometimes
thinks I'm a little weird for it but I can live with that. ;-)

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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