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Joe,
Thanks...that's great advice! I just may store the radios for a few years or just tune the most powerful, reliable English b'casts to keep up with the stories. In any case, I'm probably a listener for life! --Bill Joe Analssandrini wrote: 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. The ship-to-shore on 3 or 4 MHz (mcs back then) was the NY Marine Operator and there were phone conversations to listen in on, then there was the international BC with radio Moscow giving their take on world news and of course hams all over the place. 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 hate to say it but I'll probably get rid of the Eton E5, Panasonic RF-2200 and the R-390, having lost interest in this one-time exciting hobby. (well, maybe not the R-390...) I don't ask for comments or critiques...just wonder if there's others that share my disappointment. And certainly most everything that can be listened to can be found on the Internet (with somebody else's Internet controlled SW receiver). Thanks...! --Bill (in northern NJ) Dear Bill, The situation your are experiencing happens every eleven years, on average. It is caused by the "bottom" of the sunspot cycle in which we find ourselves just now. There is still quite a bit to hear but the best and most exotic signals are heard more in the early morning and daytime rather than the evening or nighttime, at least currently at my location. (This, of course, is not conducive to listening if one works for a living!) Do not get discouraged. You own some good radios. I suggest that, if your boredom continues, you might pack the radios away for a year or two. If you unpack them and try them again in, say 2009 or 2010, I believe you will be amazed and pleased at what you will hear. The bottom end of the sunspot cycle always separated the men from the boys. Hang in there. Best, Joe |