I should have known better than to ask....hehehehe

Personally I'm amazed at the sophisticated technology going into even
the inexpensive shortwave receivers today.

I have two radios made in china, neither over $60. And they have the
options only availble on the most expensive recievers of 10-15 years
ago.

I certain have found alot of good broadcast content to enjoy, even
though everyone says the sky is falling. I even have my wife listen
over my should at night when I curl into bed. She'll say, "Take your
headphones off and let me hear." Personally i think more people would
be into shortwave, (especially the younger 35 and under group) if they
just knew about it, and what it offers. I tell my friends I spent
50-50 bucks on a RADIO. And they think I'm crazy. Until I tell them I
can hear Japan and China with it. Then their stunned, like its some
kind of magic box. Even in this day and age of the internet, and cell
phones. I think shortwave just doesn't get enough publicity.

Maybe if Grundig ran ads on MTV....hehehe. I'm just kidding of course.

Personally I don't see shortwave going anywhere any time soon either,
especially with so much news out there about the Middle East, Aids in
africa, North Korea, Nuclear Disarmement, and China's emerging role in
the whole big mess... There is alot to monitor on the world scene
today. And when I can take it anywhere I go for 60 bucks (for a life
time subscription) I'm all about it!!!

wrote:
Not much longer, because there's really only enough room in the world
for a single information medium. Very shortly, television will cause
all movie theaters to close and all newspapers to go out of business.
After that, shortwave (and FM) will disappear. Satellite radio will
also disappear because it doesn't have pictures. Then, in one final
elimination round, television and the internet will have to duke it
out. Then we'll be left with only one medium for information. My
guess
is that the internet will win, since it's more 'interactive'.

The question then is, will the internet render the spoken word
obsolete? I say do all the jabbering you can now, because spoken
English will soon be an anachronism.

Steve