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Old January 21st 10, 05:31 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default End of the road for shortwave?

(CNN) -- In the brutal aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, Jean-Robert Gaillard
turned to his low-tech radio for solace and for a lifeline. When the
earthquake hit, the 57-year-old from Petionville, Haiti, found most of his
normal lines of communication -- his cell phone, the Internet, even his
ability to walk down the street and talk to someone -- severed by the
disaster.

Full story can be read on www.qrz.com.

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