"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave
dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?



I hate to say it, but here we go again.

It is not dead. Not even close. It is true that sw is changing. Due to
the internet and satellite, many of the major broadcasters have dropped
English service and or service to the "modern/western" world. In the main,
they have not dropped any of the "foreign" language programming directed to
the third world. Half the time I DX the tropical bands, I find a
transmitter that I cant find on any of the lists.

If your disappointed about the loss of the good old days of Radio Moscow and
the cold war, you've got plenty of domestic conspiracy crack pots to enjoy.
And there is still stuff out there like Voice Of Justice (Iran) and Voice
of Korea if you like the propaganda stuff.

The medium is simply too economical and practical ever to be diminished to
the point were there wasn't enough for a hobbyist to listen to.

Michael