Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay

Welcome to the modern world.

On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800, (Vijay) wrote:

Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay

"Vijay" wrote in message
om...
Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay


There's still plenty of activity on SW radio. You should have heard
much more than the BBC and VOA. But some bands are better at different
times than others. And some days are better than others. There's alot
of stations just above the old standard SW bands now, and your radio
might not tune them. Your radio may have a problem causing poor
sensitivity.

Which bands were you tuning across and what times were you trying to
listen?

What model Philips radio do you have?

Frank Dresser

Vijay:

Shortwave is evolving rapidly..

It WAS the only way to get news years back;
( history snipped)
Now it is a very good source for news, entretainment, information;
Bouncing down off the Ionosphere from Antigua, or Ascension Island, Or
Australia..

& besides; - Shorwave is just Cool !!

http://www.complexvariablesstudio.co...planet_001.htm

Dan


In article , Fred Garvin
writes:


Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of my
favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected some QSL
cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and tried
listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips. Just got
BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is expected
to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or atleast have
remained the same as it was in the long term past. What is the current
status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more hands on experience
currently can confirm this. This will be a great learning for the rest of
us.

Thanks.

Vijay


Shortwave is alive and well. You should hear a lot more than those 2
stations. Tell us your set-up and folks will give you tips.

Diverd4777 wrote:

Vijay:

Shortwave is evolving rapidly..

It WAS the only way to get news years back;
( history snipped)
Now it is a very good source for news, entretainment, information;
Bouncing down off the Ionosphere from Antigua, or Ascension Island, Or
Australia..

& besides; - Shorwave is just Cool !!


Agreed. I started in 1965, and back then there were countless
international broadcast stations, and they stayed with the same
broadcast frequencies for years (there is a reason why old shortwave
radios frequently have "countries"
marked in varous places around the dial. Today, the Intl. broadcasters
are fewer, overall. But a much better radio and antenna than I had in
1965 allows me to hear much more that is (in many cases was) always out
there, too. Overall, it is a good time for shortwave right now.

Tony




http://www.complexvariablesstudio.co...planet_001.htm

Dan

In article , Fred Garvin
writes:


Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of my
favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected some QSL
cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and tried
listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips. Just got
BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is expected
to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or atleast have
remained the same as it was in the long term past. What is the current
status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more hands on experience
currently can confirm this. This will be a great learning for the rest of
us.

Thanks.

Vijay


Shortwave is alive and well. You should hear a lot more than those 2
stations. Tell us your set-up and folks will give you tips.






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Welcome.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and tried
listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips. Just got BBC and
VOA. That was it.

In what part of North America are you presently located? That makes a big
difference in what can be heard and when.

This (Friday) morning, at 1400 UTC, I tuned in to Clay Douglas on 12160 kHz. I
didn't hear him but there were many other stations on that frequency, several
being about the same strength.

That was on my little jWIN, using my metal chandelier as an antenna in my
metal-sheathed mobilehome. I was tempted to get serious with my DX-392, but I
had some work I had to do.

73,
Bill, K5BY
SE Texas

"Vijay" wrote in message
om...
Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay

Other than the BBC making a formal decision quit broadcasting to the
United States due to the internet & satellite communications as well
as a few others doing the same, there is still LOTS of shortwave
activity... or, rather, at least plenty for the shortwave enthusiast
to tune into. Like a few others here suggested, you may be listening
at the wrong place at the wrong time or using a reciever that isn't
up to snuff anymore do to some needed maintenance.

You should try buying (or looking up online) a shortwave
broadcast guide that gives you broadcast times, frequencies, formats,
callsigns, etc of shortwave stations worldwide so you can track
them down. Also try putting up a better antenna, or more antennas
cut for different parts of the shortwave spectrum for more effecient
reception.

try this guide that I use... it's fairly comprehensive...
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/swlguide/

Clint
KB5ZHT

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Clint wrote:

"Vijay" wrote in message
om...
Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience. Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay

Other than the BBC making a formal decision quit broadcasting to the
United States due to the internet & satellite communications as well
as a few others doing the same, there is still LOTS of shortwave
activity... or, rather, at least plenty for the shortwave enthusiast
to tune into. Like a few others here suggested, you may be listening
at the wrong place at the wrong time or using a reciever that isn't
up to snuff anymore do to some needed maintenance.

You should try buying (or looking up online) a shortwave
broadcast guide that gives you broadcast times, frequencies, formats,
callsigns, etc of shortwave stations worldwide so you can track
them down. Also try putting up a better antenna, or more antennas
cut for different parts of the shortwave spectrum for more effecient
reception.

try this guide that I use... it's fairly comprehensive...
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/swlguide/

But... bear in mind it has not been updated since June 8. It has information
for the a03 season, and not the current b03.



Clint
KB5ZHT

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------

"NOOOO!!!! It's HORRIBLE! Say it isn't SO!
This is the worst news possible! ARRRGG!"

- The collective scream of liberals everywhere
at the news that Saddam had been captured

------

45 Communist Goals for America

http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

--

In article ,
says...

Hi everyone:

Howdy!

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave Radio
Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years ago. (one of
my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan Marks). Had collected
some QSL cards back then but no longer have them.

However, after I moved to North America I got a shortwave radio and
tried listening just once. It was an average SW Radio from Phillips.
Just got BBC and VOA. That was it.

That's odd. Normally you can get all sorts of stations, even
with an average radio. At the least you should have gotten the
domestic shortwave broadcasts, commonly known as the 'land of
the free from reality and the home of the whackos'.

Maybe your set-up needed work.

With Internet and Cable TV, I assume that SW has greatly decreased in
the US from my past experience.

Cable TV? Why would that decrease shortwave?

Now the Internet, and the tendancy of broadcasters (like the
BBC) to abandon the airwaves for streaming audio, THAT is
a threat to broadcast shortwave.

Although internet broadcasts are sometimes no more dependable
than airwaves. I've had trouble getting the BBC, at times;
and for the past few days, Radio Iran's transmission has been
unintelligable...

Based on the same, SW Radio is
expected to have become more prominent in other parts of the World or
atleast have remained the same as it was in the long term past. What
is the current status of SW Radio ? Perhaps others here with more
hands on experience currently can confirm this. This will be a great
learning for the rest of us.

Thanks.

Vijay

Broadcast shortwave is alive and well, and STILL the best
source of non-U.S. oriented and dominated news, opinion,
and entertainment available!

And, domestically, of views from some of the nuttiest
fruitcakes this side of the asylum.

I hope you resume listening. It's a fun hobby...

FW

On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800
(Vijay) wrote:

Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave
Radio Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years
ago. (one of my favorites wsas Radio Netherlands, Jonathan
Marks). Had collected some QSL cards back then but no longer
have them.


Also I would like an answer to this question.
Someone mentioned that while watching too much TV decreases IQ,
Radio listening is actually shown to increase IQ. Is there any
concrete evidence/sites/publishings in this regard ?

TV has so many commercials that repeat and keep going on and on
and on ....

SW is a blessing in that regard. Very little commercials.

Thanks.

Vijay