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Old October 10th 14, 02:31 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Say Good-Bye To Sangean Shortwave Radios - As Time Goes By . . .

On Monday, April 2, 2007 5:53:40 PM UTC-4, RHF wrote:
Say Good-Bye To Sangean Shortwave Radios - As Time Goes By . . .

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Customer Question - I'm also wondering.... are you guys {Sangean} ever
going to release a sequel to the {Sangean} ATS-909. It's a nice radio,
but it's been on the market for like 10 years now (and yet still kind
of shortwave portables).

Customer Comment - A portable LW, AM,SW and FM receiver, with HD
Radio, RDS and DRM would be nice.

Sangean Reply - No, Sangean will not release a new Shortwave radio.
The closest thing to it will be our DRM-40, featuring DRM, Digital
Radio Mondale, digital shortwave.

Sangean Business Logic - The reason being that we {Sangean} have over
the past 5 years seen a 50% reduction in the shortwave category.
People unfortunately are not interested in SW.

and now you know ~ RHF
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Interesting, but what they say makes little sense to me. However little interest there may be in shortwave, it is vast in comparison the almost non-existent and rapidly shrinking interest in DRM.
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Old October 15th 14, 03:51 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Say Good-Bye To Sangean Shortwave Radios - As Time Goes By . . .

If you want a radio with DRM, HD Radio and so forth, you will measure
its battery life in hours and not weeks or months. When the majority
of people buying shortwave radios live on very small incomes in very
VERY rural areas, these digital schemes stop making any sense. If you
want to see how countries are making their voice heard in the
post-shortwave world, look at the RT and Al Jazeera Youtube channels.
Much less trouble to operate, far fewer staff to retain, and you can
even censor the comments.

If there is ever another big war, shortwave may become popular again.
Then again, maybe not - the state-run media here in the USA is
blatantly obvious in their attempts to manipulate the public at large,
and extremely successful as well. People like being told what they
like to hear and expect to hear, and what they have been trained to
hear. This isn't the old days.

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