On 16 Apr 2007 18:01:21 -0700, "RHF"
wrote in . com:

Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen
to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and
online, with fewer listening on shortwave.

Perhaps it time to initiate a QSL campaign to make SW broadcasters
aware that we're listening to them.

On Apr 17, 6:52 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On 16 Apr 2007 18:01:21 -0700, "RHF"
wrote in
Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen
to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and
online, with fewer listening on shortwave.
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It's a pity that AM is falling out of favour. I used to travel from
Calgary to Winnipeg and back, driving along the Trans-Canada highway,
a distance of about 600 miles. You could hear CBK 540 AM Saskatchewan
all the way.
There have been complaints about the coverage of the new FM
transmitters that replaced the old 50kw AM transmitters in Ottawa and
Montreal. Not only are there drop-out zones in the cities, the range
of the FM leaves large areas of the region without the coverage they
used to have with the 50k's. As a result of this, while the prairie
cities are going to get FM transmitters, the old 50k AM transmitters
will be left on in order to provide regional coverage.
The truckers seem to prefer satellite radio with some listening to
clear channel radio, but iboc will soon put an end to dx radio.
Wouldn't it be nice if some LW frequencies were opened up and
somebody's business model produced a 50kw station at, say, 400 khz. I
even have a few European radios that already have that band.

On 17 Apr 2007 12:19:09 -0700, "ve3..." wrote in
. com:

Wouldn't it be nice if some LW frequencies were opened up and
somebody's business model produced a 50kw station at, say, 400 khz.

The aviation NDBs will probably be phased out before long, as I
understand NDB instrument approaches are no longer going to be
certified. If so, that portion of the spectrum might be reallocated
to accommodate your suggestion. However ...

I even have a few European radios that already have that band.

There's the rub. A for-profit broadcasting enterprise would need an
audience that possessed a suitable receiver, or the broadcast content
would have to be compelling enough to warrant the purchase of a
frequency converter for reception.