"dxAce" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:



Ace would rather have no stations than stations using digital
modulation.

Pay attention, 'Eduardo' ... I'd rather not have any QRM.


In a few years, you won't. There wlll be no SW stations at all.

Aren't you one of those idiots that predicted that was going to happen at
least
20 years ago?


No, I did not predict there would be no stations on SW back in 1988.
However, even in 1967 when I bought an Ecuadorian station that had an
inactive SW permit, I realized the growth of local AM and shortwave would
preclude the need for domestic SW on the Tropical band and decided not to
build the permit. Over the years, we have seen a profusion of local stations
in areas previously only served by SW and, thus, a reduction of SW stations.

A friend who syndicates programming internationally noted after a trip to
about 14 sub-Saharan African nations that cities that previously had no
local radio and depended on reception from a larger city or the capital now
had as many as several dozen FM stations, some parts of networks, some
local. All have virtually replaced listening to distant stations of any
kind.

The Alaskan DRM concept, if it works and they can finance it, changes the
usage of SW, but makes the long distance coverage of SW a viable concept
again.