wrote:
Hi Newsgroup,

How many folks listen to shortwave radio in the US? I have to wonder
where
shortwave is going, whats the appeal of SW station when there are
millions
of radio streams available?

Personally, I like listening to it but the only time I seem to be
able to hear
it is when I shut my computers off. ("Shielding" the computers would
be a lost
cause, just too many of them, with ethernet and all that..)

Anyone else have this problem? Will a shielded antenna line work? (I
was
thinking about maybe using my clothes line as an antenna)

I've got a DX-392 (Made by sangean under radioshack name) how does
this compare
with a table-top model? Would a table-top model get MW any better?
(The DX-292
kind of sucks for MW reception)

I've got my eyes on some table top models, something I can hook up to
a
computer and/or the stereo, but I don't want to spend the $$,
especially if it
suffers the same problems as my DX-392. Computer noise, station
fading in and
out, (Gets LOUD then quiet and LOUD)

Also, are these shortwaves with remote controls really worth it?
Since
a station goes off air, often need to adjust 1Khz and a lot of other
fiddling,
seems like a good remote control would be nice. (obviously, something
that
handles the wavy lOuD-qUiEt problem as well as compensating for
frequency
shift automatically would be nicer)

Jamie
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Jamie,

Yes, you can run your radios with computer left on. I do it all the
time.
My laptop is running on wireless connection. The radios are less
than a half a foot a way from the computer. With hookups to several
radios. And I experience practically no noise at all. I have tried the
setup with a Desktop and monitor and experienced the same noise
free results.

There are a few things you can do to make it possible.
Contact me off the group and I will be glad to give you
some pointers.


BW