elfa ) writes:
I notice that many of you have your call signs included in your sig lines. Yet
I never see any posts regarding the various opinions on the best transmitters
used for SSB shortwave. Is this the wrong group for a topic like that?

Also, I occassionally listen in on 3907.8 LSB and catch what seems like a
California based 'relay ring' (?) It seems like many HAMs just check in and
discuss propagation conditions. Before signoff, the leader gives a website for
this ring but I have yet to hear the name correctly. Anyone familiar with a
ring on this freq? It usually comes to life about 8PM Pacific time.

thanks

elfa

This newsgroup is intended for discussion related to monitoring of radio
signals. I don't have a handy URL handy, but that clearly was the intention
when I went digging last year.

In some ways, it is misnamed, since it was never intended that it be
limited to "shortwave", hence the AM BCB posts, and even bits about
FM BCB DX'ing.

There are some scanner newsgroups (and I don't have names) that do
deal better with their coverage.

And, there is a whole sub-hierarchy for amateur radio, rec.radio.amateur.*
While obviously some of the ham bands are in the shortwave segment
and people do listen to the ham bands without ever getting a license
(and that listening to ham bands tends to fit in here), rec.radio.shortwave
is hardly the place for most amateur radio related content. It's not
fair to the others here who aren't interested in the hobby.

Michael