"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Passport to World Band Radio is a deservedly popular publication. The 2004
edition, published in October 2003, marks its 20th anniversary. Read our
review of the latest edition.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/booklist/html/passport.html




Regular users of Passport are familiar with the publication's
editorial scope and rationale, but we would like to see a brief
mention of the alternatives to "World Band" when such options exist.


Larry Magne should think of another alternative and acceptable words
other than "World Band" to all the shortwave aficionados around the
world. The word "World Band" is only used for commercial
advertisements that describes a radio that has the capability to
receive foreign broadcasts in shortwave medium.

The marketing people at Sony came up with the term World Band as a
"sexier" alternative to shortwave, but the technology stayed the same.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/cr031106.html


Andre