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junius wrote:

I still check the traffic here from time to time, but sadly it's mostly useless drivel. SWBC bands are not as teeming with activity as they used to be. As for the overall decline of rec.radio.shortwave, it was compounded by the high volume of non-radio traffic and the emergence of more focused, often moderated, alternatives like Yahoo groups. The latter migration was rather unfortunate in that it Balkanized the hobbyist chatter among many groups of specific interest areas. Oh well...

Speaking for myself, I'm still doing swling, with some UTE and ham band monitoring, using my Drakes and other receivers, among which is a '7030+, which I bought new in its final production year. Steve, it was in part due to the glowing comments by you and Joe Analssandrini that I finally bought that one! There are any number of good folks who silently disappeared from rec.radio.shortwave: Joe A., Telamon, Eric F. Richards, just to name a few. Hope they're doing well, and still enjoying the hobby in some way or another.

Sorry to hear that your MW antenna arrangement has fallen into disrepair, Ron. On any number of occasions when engaging my ANC-4, I thought of your antenna project out there in the Midwest...wishing that I had the space to execute antenna projects on such a scale!

Still here!

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dxAce wrote:



junius wrote:

I still check the traffic here from time to time, but
sadly it's mostly useless drivel. SWBC bands are not as
teeming with activity as they used to be. As for the
overall decline of rec.radio.shortwave, it was compounded
by the high volume of non-radio traffic and the emergence
of more focused, often moderated, alternatives like Yahoo
groups. The latter migration was rather unfortunate in
that it Balkanized the hobbyist chatter among many groups
of specific interest areas. Oh well...

Speaking for myself, I'm still doing swling, with some
UTE and ham band monitoring, using my Drakes and other
receivers, among which is a '7030+, which I bought new in
its final production year. Steve, it was in part due to
the glowing comments by you and Joe Analssandrini that I
finally bought that one! There are any number of good
folks who silently disappeared from rec.radio.shortwave:
Joe A., Telamon, Eric F. Richards, just to name a few.
Hope they're doing well, and still enjoying the hobby in
some way or another.

Sorry to hear that your MW antenna arrangement has fallen
into disrepair, Ron. On any number of occasions when
engaging my ANC-4, I thought of your antenna project out
there in the Midwest...wishing that I had the space to
execute antenna projects on such a scale!

Still here!


Ditto!

Nyssa, who is waiting for the return of her future-ex-husband
and wondering where Doggy and DhiaDuit might be hiding....
probably in that WalMart just down the street from Doggy's
couch

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On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 8:35:13 AM UTC-5, Nyssa wrote:
dxAce wrote:



junius wrote:

I still check the traffic here from time to time, but
sadly it's mostly useless drivel. SWBC bands are not as
teeming with activity as they used to be. As for the
overall decline of rec.radio.shortwave, it was compounded
by the high volume of non-radio traffic and the emergence
of more focused, often moderated, alternatives like Yahoo
groups. The latter migration was rather unfortunate in
that it Balkanized the hobbyist chatter among many groups
of specific interest areas. Oh well...

Speaking for myself, I'm still doing swling, with some
UTE and ham band monitoring, using my Drakes and other
receivers, among which is a '7030+, which I bought new in
its final production year. Steve, it was in part due to
the glowing comments by you and Joe Analssandrini that I
finally bought that one! There are any number of good
folks who silently disappeared from rec.radio.shortwave:
Joe A., Telamon, Eric F. Richards, just to name a few.
Hope they're doing well, and still enjoying the hobby in
some way or another.

Sorry to hear that your MW antenna arrangement has fallen
into disrepair, Ron. On any number of occasions when
engaging my ANC-4, I thought of your antenna project out
there in the Midwest...wishing that I had the space to
execute antenna projects on such a scale!

Still here!


Ditto!

Nyssa, who is waiting for the return of her future-ex-husband
and wondering where Doggy and DhiaDuit might be hiding....
probably in that WalMart just down the street from Doggy's
couch

Doggy is at the Vet, tumor surgery. I am still here.

Anyone still there?
 

DhiaDuit wrote:

On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 8:35:13 AM UTC-5, Nyssa
wrote:
dxAce wrote:



junius wrote:

I still check the traffic here from time to time, but
sadly it's mostly useless drivel. SWBC bands are not
as teeming with activity as they used to be. As for
the overall decline of rec.radio.shortwave, it was
compounded by the high volume of non-radio traffic and
the emergence of more focused, often moderated,
alternatives like Yahoo groups. The latter migration
was rather unfortunate in that it Balkanized the
hobbyist chatter among many groups of specific
interest areas. Oh well...

Speaking for myself, I'm still doing swling, with some
UTE and ham band monitoring, using my Drakes and other
receivers, among which is a '7030+, which I bought new
in its final production year. Steve, it was in part
due to the glowing comments by you and Joe
Analssandrini that I finally bought that one! There
are any number of good folks who silently disappeared
from rec.radio.shortwave: Joe A., Telamon, Eric F.
Richards, just to name a few. Hope they're doing well,
and still enjoying the hobby in some way or another.

Sorry to hear that your MW antenna arrangement has
fallen into disrepair, Ron. On any number of occasions
when engaging my ANC-4, I thought of your antenna
project out there in the Midwest...wishing that I had
the space to execute antenna projects on such a scale!

Still here!


Ditto!

Nyssa, who is waiting for the return of her
future-ex-husband and wondering where Doggy and DhiaDuit
might be hiding.... probably in that WalMart just down
the street from Doggy's couch

Doggy is at the Vet, tumor surgery. I am still here.

I hope Doggy comes through her surgery in prime shape and
returns soon to her honored position on her couch.

Nyssa, who was starting to wonder if she had killed a whole
newsgroup rather than just a thread

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I check every day but sooo much spam. I'd hoped to learn more about the topic.

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On 15-09-09 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:

Are there any real people still here? Should we have a roll call? So many of the old guard gone.


Who you calling old?



mike (who doesn't look a day over sixty five)

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On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:24:56 PM UTC-5, m II wrote:
On 15-09-09 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:

Are there any real people still here? Should we have a roll call? So many of the old guard gone.


Who you calling old?



mike (who doesn't look a day over sixty five)

My doggy didn't make it, cancer. Doggy is in the back yard now. I sure do miss my couch buddy doggy.

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DhiaDuit wrote:

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:24:56 PM UTC-5, m II wrote:
On 15-09-09 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:

Are there any real people still here? Should we have a roll call? So many of the old guard gone.


Who you calling old?



mike (who doesn't look a day over sixty five)

My doggy didn't make it, cancer. Doggy is in the back yard now. I sure do miss my couch buddy doggy.

Sorry to hear about doggy. My condolences. RIP Doggy.

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On 9/23/2015 7:09 PM, DhiaDuit wrote:
On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:24:56 PM UTC-5, m II wrote:
On 15-09-09 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:

Are there any real people still here? Should we have a roll call? So many of the old guard gone.


Who you calling old?



mike (who doesn't look a day over sixty five)

My doggy didn't make it, cancer. Doggy is in the back yard now. I sure do miss my couch buddy doggy.


So sorry Larry. Been down that road my self.

Drifter...

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DhiaDuit wrote:

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:24:56 PM UTC-5, m II
wrote:
On 15-09-09 12:31 PM, Steve wrote:

Are there any real people still here? Should we have a
roll call? So many of the old guard gone.


Who you calling old?



mike (who doesn't look a day over sixty five)

My doggy didn't make it, cancer. Doggy is in the back yard
now. I sure do miss my couch buddy doggy.

Oh, DhiaDuit, I'm so sorry! You must be hurting tremendously.
I know how it is to lose a furry family member. The hurt never
really goes away.

I will have a moment of silence in Doggy's memory.

And I send lots of hugs and sympathy.

Nyssa, who has lost several furbabies over the years and
still loves and remembers each one