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Old January 7th 18, 02:41 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Will SW radios become obsolete?

Uh... its been in steep decline for years since 2009 - you just wake
up from a coma?

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On Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:23:10 PM UTC-5, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
With my recent purchase of a DX-394, I have again taken an interest in
SWL.

Upon seeing stations going to Internet only broadcasting, are we
seeing a trend where SW radios will become obsolete?

TMT


The only thing left in short wave are the the old nostalgic listeners stuck
in the past remembering the old days after that is all long gone, they are
the same guys buying these radios from China been so cheap nowadays. In a
few years after they are gone short wave will be nothing more than an
anachronistic curiosity for historians and sentimentalists.