On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, notbob wrote:

So, what's the deal with the GE Super Radio? I've seen a couple
mentioned, here. I've had one for decades and it still works great.
How do they fit into a shortwave newsgroup?


Because like I said, "shortwave" defines not the spectrum, but the
listener. Someone who listens for hobby purposes, generally for the
sake of the reception rather than the content. They had to figure
out something to define name the group, and vague as it is, it's better
than a lot of other choices. So it encompasses listing to FM broadcast
band DX, and listening to AM broadcast band DX, and even "public service
monitoring" though later there were groups created for that sort of
listening.

Time was, most people got interesting in DXing because they simply tuned
their bedside radio up and down the band at night, discovering what too
many don't realize, that lots of distant stations can be received, and
without any special equipment. That primed them, they wanted more, and
they got better equipment and discovered shortwave listening.

Michael