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Does Shortwave still Exist?
Does shortwave radio still exist in today's time? Do any countries still broadcast to the U.S.? I can get all those countries I listened to in the 1990's on podcasts now on itunes. I wouldn't mind a new shortwave to play around with but... I think the fun factor would fade quickly. It's not old technology, it's really really really old technology. I read Passport to World Band Radio closed shop. Sad but, sign of the times. |
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Does Shortwave still Exist?
On Nov 9, 11:58*pm, "Von Fourche"
wrote: * * Does shortwave radio still exist in today's time? *Do any countries still broadcast to the U.S.? * * I can get all those countries I listened to in the 1990's on podcasts now on itunes. *I wouldn't mind a new shortwave to play around with but... * I think the fun factor would fade quickly. *It's not old technology, it's really really really old technology. * I read Passport to World Band Radio closed shop. *Sad but, sign of the times. Passport became a victim of several negative trends: poor sales/ circulation of printed periodicals/books everywhere due to IT, poor / inferior propagation time period , general interest of SW hobby nowhere near it was just 10 years ago . Plus the current globaleconomic crisis . Plus loss of interest in manufacture of good / decent hardware . Most of the current production is a myriad of extremely low-end portables from PRC . But, we have to remember, that SW is the only mass medium in the world that cannot be shut down / controlled 100% by anyone . Other than nature itself ! |
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Does Shortwave still Exist?
On Nov 9, 8:58*pm, "Von Fourche"
wrote: * * Does shortwave radio still exist in today's time? *Do any countries still broadcast to the U.S.? Yes and yes, though it's declining, it's not yet obsolete. There still is no acceptable substitute which can reach populations whose governments don't allow certain views to be broadcast domestically. And even when there is, the ionosphere and the laws of physics will remain. *Some* use will continue to be mad of the ability to bounce signals off the ionosphere (free of any satellite transponder rental charges). It's just too convenient to be ignored. It may be a very different mix of uses than what exists today, but (absent a total collapse of technological society) I really don't see shortwave being completely abandoned. * * I can get all those countries I listened to in the 1990's on podcasts now on itunes. *I wouldn't mind a new shortwave to play around with but... * I think the fun factor would fade quickly. *It's not old technology, it's really really really old technology. It's not even 100 years old! How can it be considered "old", yet alone "really old"? Stone knives and axes, now there's a really really old technology! * I read Passport to World Band Radio closed shop. *Sad but, sign of the times. One publication going out of business does not mean shortwave has completely disappeared. -- David Barts Portland, OR |
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