Paul Zak wrote:

Looks like it's a HUGE P.I.T.A. to start up a UseNet NG, so I am considering
starting up a Yahoo moderated SWL NG instead. What's the interest level?

I would prefer a UseNet group if you can. Why is it such a PITA?

Yahoo already has a group called 'shortwave-radio'. It claims to have
1396-members but the activity calender shows there are only two new
posts this month. Even this group has more on-topic posts than that.

Here's the URL for Yahoo 'shortwave-radio'.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shortwave-radio/