It wasn't the political stuff that ruined this group. It was all the
HD-radio, IBOC crapola. The IBOC discussion has largely died down
since the proponents of IBOC grew tired of trying to convince people
that 2+2=7, but the damage is done and it is irreparable. I learned a
lot in this group, made the best of it by getting my ham license and
have never looked back. And I still like to drop in once in a great
while. The group would have to have a moderator or SOMETHING though
before it could recapture any past glory. As it is, any good
discussion of shortwave is going to be interrupted the second someone
like Jose Eduardo (or whatever his name was) shows up with some
cockamamie BS to spout.