On Oct 14, 6:07 pm, Bill wrote:
Look I don't want to start a trolling or a flame war but in my early
days of SWL with my Star Roamer that I built from the kit, I found it
really exciting to listen...

Well now some 30 years later, I'm bored with the whole thing....yeah I
try to catch a slight Gander Radio every now and then or still the
international stuff that might be in English. But for the most part,
the thrill is gone; unfortunately.

I don't ask for comments or critiques...just wonder if there's others
that share my disappointment.

--Bill
(in northern NJ)

No, I don't share your disappointment at all. I still enjoy this
hobby very much, but I'm probably looking for different things from it
than you are. Sure, shortwave radio has changed in the 30 years from
when I started as a kid, but its hardly dead (full of U.S. religious
stations maybe, but hardly dead).