On Oct 14, 10:37 pm, wrote:
On Oct 14, 6:07 pm, Bill wrote:

Look I don't want to start a trolling or a flame war but in my early
days of SWL with my Star Roamer that I built from the kit, I found it
really exciting to listen...

Well now some 30 years later, I'm bored with the whole thing....yeah I
try to catch a slight Gander Radio every now and then or still the
international stuff that might be in English. But for the most part,
the thrill is gone; unfortunately.

I don't ask for comments or critiques...just wonder if there's others
that share my disappointment.

--Bill
(in northern NJ)

No, I don't share your disappointment at all. I still enjoy this
hobby very much, but I'm probably looking for different things from it
than you are. Sure, shortwave radio has changed in the 30 years from
when I started as a kid, but its hardly dead (full of U.S. religious
stations maybe, but hardly dead).

I agree. In the 1970's it was full of political propaganda, which some
people complained about at the time. Now it's religious stuff. But
there's plenty of other stuff too. Russia, Slovakia, China, Japan,
Iran, Spain and plenty of other places are still broadcasting away.