John S. wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

John S. wrote:

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:


In article , Mike Terry wrote:


Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

Yes, and Google has invested $100,000,000 to kill it. Boycott Google if
you want to keep listening to shortwave radio.



Huh??? Where did you get that notion. Please tell us what project to
kill shortwave google is investing $100,000 in. And what could
possibly be their motivation.



Google dumped $10Million into BPL, which, it is feared, in most areas,
may end HF listening.


But their motivation for investing in a technology like BPL was hardly
to kill shortwave as the OP stated. I think it is safe to say that
shortwave broadcasting is probably close to the bottom of the list of
competitive threats (and opportunities) that Google management is
compelled to deal with.

Not to say that shortwave broadcasting completely escapes the attention
of Google. It is one of a gazzillion entries in their ever expanding
search indices.



SW isn't even on the radar for Google's involvement in BPL.
Collateral damage at best. But damage nonetheless. The point of the
original poster, is that, taken as a whole, Google is dumping money into
a project that will kill HF listening in many areas. Whether targeted or
collaterally, is irrelevant.