In article .com, RHF
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On Feb 19, 6:18 am, "Invader3K" wrote:
On Feb 19, 12:57 am, "tom k in L.A." wrote:

why are there nothing but religious freaks on right now? these
stations are cheap to relay-- maybe we should suggest some
international broadcasters take up the time instead of brimstone and
damnation types.

I agree. People have the right to pay for and say what they want on
the air, but at the same time, I wonder if the FCC should investigate
if it's really in the public's best interest and good to have dozens
of religious broadcasts on the shortwave bands all at the same time,
for the majority of the day.

Limits Restrictions Out-Lawing : Religion on Shortwave;
Them AM/FM Radio and TV plus the Internet; and don't
forget Books !

Next we could also 'limit' {Restrict-Out-Law} the Number
of Churches in each Village, Town and City.

And then we could 'limit' {Restrict-Out-Law} the Number
of Persons-of-Faith with-in our communities.

i believe in america land-of-the-free and
our freedoms are with-out-limits - be free ! ~ RHF
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These broadcasts have nothing to do with freedom of religion.
They are scam artists milking the tax-free status of "churches".
Tax the churches and these confidence racketeers would disappear.

-j

Yesterday afternoon,the Wal Mart store food departmental was out of my
favorite Beer.(that cheap Southpaw Beer,but it's brewed by Millers,once
you get used to it,it isn't so bad) So,on my way home from the food
store,I stopped off at the liquor store and I bought a bottle of
Whiskey.(because I like to spike each and every one of my Beers.That
divorced woman next door to me,she caught on real quick) Then I stopped
off at the Exxon gas station/convenience place at the top of the hill
from me for two six packs of Southpaw Beer.
My friennnnds call me Two Gunnnnn,,,,,,,
cuhulin

On Feb 19, 4:57?am, "tom k in L.A."
why are there nothing but religious freaks on right now?

This is really becoming a sad situation. It's NOT that
the religious types are broadcasting; as others have said,
everybody has a right to say their piece, even if it is
nonsense or a scam huckstering. The problem is that these
types used to be immersed in a good number of competing
signals of all sorts of political views from a wide range
of different countries or entertainment and information
from well-run broadcasting entities. Now just about all
these other signals have disappeared.

I still listen to SW every day. But the choices I grew
up enjoying are mostly gone. If it wasn't for Radio
Netherlands, R. Australia, CRI, and Taiwan, there'd
be practically nothing. We can get a few hours of BBC
from their African and other services, if propagation
allows, but lately I've been trying to scan the bands
and get only the religious programs in English. I
suspect that most of the other-language signals I hear
are also religious.

I have been wanting to give a good SW radio to a friend
of mine who has expressed an interest in SW. But I now
hesitate because I cannot tell him much about what he
might enjoy hearing.

Personally, I don't listen much during "prime evening
hours" here in the US; there's usually enough on TV
that those times are eaten up (though sometimes I'll
have RN on at the same time as early-evening TV). I
listen in the early morning and late night. Are
there still a wide-enough range of international
broadcasters on in the 0000-0400 UT timeframe that
a decent SW portable on the whip alone will get
enjoyable signals with worthwhile listening? My friend
doesn't watch TV, so if he listens then, would he get
enough out of the radio to make it interesting?
However, he spends his time on other activities, and
probably won't sit around and listen for hours.

That latter also mitigates against trying to get
new listeners into SW. Everybody already has more than
enough to fill their time.

73, Will

Give him,or loan,a Shortwave Radio to your friend.
cuhulin

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and Lyrics Niehs Dixie
cuhulin

"Will" wrote in news:1172085980.083941.51300
@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

I still listen to SW every day. But the choices I grew
up enjoying are mostly gone. If it wasn't for Radio
Netherlands, R. Australia, CRI, and Taiwan, there'd
be practically nothing. We can get a few hours of BBC
from their African and other services, if propagation
allows, but lately I've been trying to scan the bands
and get only the religious programs in English. I
suspect that most of the other-language signals I hear
are also religious.

I thought the quiet bands were due to the low sunspot cycle, but I just
changed antennas and found there's still a ton of stuff to hear. The
variety surprised me.

For the first time in months I can hear R. Sweden, R. Portugal, RNZI, R.
Veritas, AIR...nothing super rare yet but lots more than just the main
powerhouses.

I miss some of my old favorites like R. Denmark and Tahiti but there's
enough to keep me busy for now.

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saki wrote:

"Will" wrote in news:1172085980.083941.51300
@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

I still listen to SW every day. But the choices I grew
up enjoying are mostly gone. If it wasn't for Radio
Netherlands, R. Australia, CRI, and Taiwan, there'd
be practically nothing. We can get a few hours of BBC
from their African and other services, if propagation
allows, but lately I've been trying to scan the bands
and get only the religious programs in English. I
suspect that most of the other-language signals I hear
are also religious.

I thought the quiet bands were due to the low sunspot cycle, but I just
changed antennas and found there's still a ton of stuff to hear. The
variety surprised me.

For the first time in months I can hear R. Sweden, R. Portugal, RNZI, R.
Veritas, AIR...nothing super rare yet but lots more than just the main
powerhouses.

I miss some of my old favorites like R. Denmark and Tahiti but there's
enough to keep me busy for now.

Tahiti's been gone for quite a while now, hasn't it?

OK, so I'm being lazy today and don't want to look it up!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote in
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saki wrote:
I miss some of my old favorites like R. Denmark and Tahiti but there's
enough to keep me busy for now.

Tahiti's been gone for quite a while now, hasn't it?

OK, so I'm being lazy today and don't want to look it up!

Yeah, a long time, in the early nineties I suspect. I was just being
nostalgic. I saw it in my old log book and started thinking about it.

I use the interval signal of R. Denmark as my cell phone ringtone.

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