Sanjaya wrote:

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's last reason is 90% of it to me - that in combination with
my addicton to the 60 and 49 meter bands, as I love any form of Latin
music, and the breezy, "non-glossy" broadcast styles of most of those
stations. The fact that they're among the most difficult to hear and
idnetify clearly just adds to the fun.

Tony


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