Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

Atlas wrote:

Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

Shortwave has no practical use for the 'average' person. We shortwave
enthusiasts are 'above average' people, therefore the 'average' person
should avoid us like the plague, or Howard Dean, whichever you think
poses the greatest threat to your health.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" ©

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

In article , Atlas writes:

Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

- ANd Who Said We're Average...?
;-)

- Now, back to your Clear Channel with you ! !

SWL is a hobby for masochists who enjoy listening to socialist broadcasters
like the BBC slander our country as part of their daily broadcast agenda

Yodar



"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Atlas wrote:

Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

Shortwave has no practical use for the 'average' person. We shortwave
enthusiasts are 'above average' people, therefore the 'average' person
should avoid us like the plague, or Howard Dean, whichever you think
poses the greatest threat to your health.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" ©

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

ROTFL!

Darn it, you're right! Great post.

-- Stinger

"Joe Strain" wrote in message
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SWL is a hobby for masochists who enjoy listening to socialist
broadcasters
like the BBC slander our country as part of their daily broadcast agenda

Yodar



"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Atlas wrote:

Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

Shortwave has no practical use for the 'average' person. We shortwave
enthusiasts are 'above average' people, therefore the 'average' person
should avoid us like the plague, or Howard Dean, whichever you think
poses the greatest threat to your health.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" ©

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Joe Strain" wrote in message
...
SWL is a hobby for masochists who enjoy listening to socialist
broadcasters
like the BBC slander our country as part of their daily broadcast agenda

Yodar


I can't hardly start the day without a good dose of slander. By the way have
we been slandered in any unique ways yet this morning?

--
73 and good DXing
RX:
R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28
Ant:
100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole

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http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/

"Joe Strain" wrote in message
...
SWL is a hobby for masochists who enjoy listening to socialist
broadcasters
like the BBC slander our country as part of their daily broadcast agenda

Yodar


Give an example (if you can)!

Mike
(British and now upset, we consider Americans our best friends)

Atlas wrote...
Why use a SW radio? What uses are they for the average person?

Basically I listen for these reasons...

To get a different persepective on news...
yes, N8KDV is right... much of what I
hear is socialist spin and anti-American.
Radio Havana comes to mind :-)

To hear music and information programs
from different cultures. Radio Bulgaria
plays incredible music. India, Japan and the middle
eastern countries too... and even Radio Havana
has great music programs.

To catch a pirate broadcast on occasion.
Illegal transmissions comprised of sometimes
very innovative programming and satire. And
sometimes just sophomoric drivel.

To hunt for faint signals and eventually identify
them... I'd guess this is much the same thrill
birdwatchers get when they see a bird they've
never seen before.

To me it's fun and exhilarating.

"Sanjaya" wrote...
To get a different persepective on news...
yes, N8KDV is right... much of what I
hear is socialist spin and anti-American.
Radio Havana comes to mind :-)

My apologies to Yodar. He was the one who
mentioned "socialist broadcasters".

Agree..
Radio Moscow also has good Jazz from time to time;
I skip Cuban news; Heard one, you've heard them all..
Like Radio Canada , often good music & commentary about Life in the cold north.

But the BBC " Insight on Africa" is facinating ( To Me)

AND the Music shows on WBCQ on weekends are usually great

Dan



In article . net, "Sanjaya"
writes:

es are they for the average person?

Basically I listen for these reasons...

To get a different persepective on news...
yes, N8KDV is right... much of what I
hear is socialist spin and anti-American.
Radio Havana comes to mind :-)

To hear music and information programs
from different cultures. Radio Bulgaria
plays incredible music. India, Japan and the middle
eastern countries too... and even Radio Havana
has great music programs.

To catch a pirate broadcast on occasion.
Illegal transmissions comprised of sometimes
very innovative programming and satire. And
sometimes just sophomoric drivel.

To hunt for faint signals and eventually identify
them... I'd guess this is much the same thrill
birdwatchers get when they see a bird they've
never seen before.

To me it's fun and exhilarating.