On Nov 5, 2:17*pm, "Mike K." wrote:
Yet most of the talk going on here seems to be completely unrelated to
short wave radio and much more about right wing politics. If I wanted
to hear about how Obama is Marx re-incarnate or how Sarah Palin is the
second coming of Christ, I wouldn't be reading this newsgroup, I'd be
watching Fox News. Seriously. What's up with all the politics?

People are people and they're often interested in politics and post
off-topic to this group. You'll encounter that in lots of groups, not
just this one.

This group was at one time dedicated to the SWL hobby. It's focus is
now the business-side of commercial radio broadcasting. If you're
interested in learning about the business of commercial radio, the HD
boondoggle, etc., then there's lots of discussion of those things
here. If you're interested in shortwave listening, antennas or any of
the technical aspects of the SWL hobby, you'd be better served by some
other group.