Sometimes it's not the subject so much, but the one who enters the post.

Radio is such a diverse subject, it is very hard to have a newgroup for
every possible radio subject.

Even shortwave as a subject is also very diverse. It can go from crank
radios to boatanchors to satellites.

Shortwave is the mother of all radios.

73 Steven!



Michael Black wrote:
"PowerHouse Communications" ) writes:

"SR" wrote in message ...

Just to mention to the guy who said this is not a newsgroup for beepers:

I've been coming to this newsgroup for some years now, and I had seen
subjects here from connecting two dixies cups with a string to subjects
like the 2nd coming of the BIG BANG!


So be it. I just thought you could get yourself a better answer elsewhere
that more on topic... If you want to short-change yourself, it's your
right.



Actually, I'd say pagers aren't on topic. The fact that there is all
kinds of junk here does not negate the fact that it's off topic.

If someone was asking about listening to paging transmitters, for
the sake of doing so, then it would fit the newsgroup.

Despite the "shortwave" in the title, the original intent was for
people who listened to radio as a hobby, be it AM DXing, FM DXing,
shortwave broadcast, listening to "public service bands" or whatever.
(Since there is at least one newsgroup for scanners, the latter does more or
less it there better).

It isn't about amateur radio, except for those who simply listen
to the ham bands. There is a whole. rec.radio.amateur.* hierarchy for
discussing the things related to the hobby of amateur radio.

It sure isn't intended for heavy political discussions that can
only be connected to shortwave radio only because someone mentioned something
about such a topic on shortwave sometime.

Newsgroups decline when nobody speaks up about the off topic junk.
Speaking up against a pager post may not stop all the rest, but it is an
attempt at trying to prevent an even greater slide.

The question about the pager was a consumer issue, dealt with in a
consumer related newsgroup, or even a city specific newsgroup where there
would be other locals who could point the poster to a local paging company.

Michael