On Sep 19, 9:30*am, none ""dave\"@(none)" wrote:
SW4ever wrote:
So another collection of DOLTS who don't get it. Between the three of
them they have screwed up English shortwave to North Americe.
Alternatives MY FOOT. Inconvenient half-baked substitues at weird
hours. Is this a political ploy to screw up *communication by World
Band Radio ? Eh? *I will not now listen to RNW by any means. As far as
I'm concerned, they can get lost. Over and out. On to Amateur Radio
exclusively.

There are probably no more than 50,000 active SWLs in N. America. *Do
you know what it costs to run a 250,000 Watt HF transmitter?

250,000 Watts at 10 cents/kwh = 250 Kwh X 10 cents = $ 25.00
electricity costs per hour. Sure there are other expenses, but these
apply to ALL languge transmissions, and is no big deal to powerhouses
like RNW DW and BBC.
Don't know where you got 50,000 SWLs in N.America. There are many more
than that, I'm sure. Most Ham Radio operators listen to shortwave
regularly, including myself (VE3ARL) Check out ARRL site, they did a
survey some time ago and it should be in their archives, and compare
results to number of Hams in North America let alone number of non-
hams who listen to SW.
Regardless,RNWs decision sucks. They have been a mainstay of SW radio
for a very long time, and they are letting us down. Actually, their
alternative sources are probably more costly than a couple of hours a
day shortwave broadcasting.
73s and Good Listening from SW4ever...