Yes, satellite radio is off topic for a shortwave group, but then
let's keep this in perspective: some of the threads which seem to
attract the most response in this group are off topic. I mean, what
the heck does Winston Churchill's opinion of Muslims have to do with
shortwave? It's certainly further off topic than is satellite radio.
And how about the recent thread on British police? Geez, it's the
boundlessly idiotic threads like these which seem to attract more
response than manure attracts flies. With all the mindless and usually
ill-informed political ranting on this group, a question about
satellite radio doesn't seem too great a transgression. Sure,
there's an alt.radio.satellite group for the satellite radio
enthusiasts, just as there's probably a multitude of
alt.politics.idiots groups for the more pervasive type of off-topic
postings to be found in rec.radio.shortwave.