Im thinking of dumping my cable TV. That will leave me with only two
local TV stations to get via an antenna.

Im considering buying a shortwave receiver that I can listen to while
doing things around the house.

Is there interesting programming available via shortwave? Is my idea
sound? What good receivers are worth looking at?

Yeah, sure, dump your Cable & go Shortwave....

I mean, are you really gonna miss home Shopping Network ? ?

Theres lots of good stuff on SWR;

Look at Sony 7600, YB400 and Sangean 505A for starters..

AND as far as " other "TV stations, try put up a Second / 3rd. 4rth
antenna & hooking them together..; & see what you can pick up ! !

Dan





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Im thinking of dumping my cable TV. That will leave me with only two
local TV stations to get via an antenna.

Im considering buying a shortwave receiver that I can listen to while
doing things around the house.

Is there interesting programming available via shortwave? Is my idea
sound? What good receivers are worth looking at?

On 11 Feb 2004 15:25:28 GMT, (Diverd4777) wrote:

I mean, are you really gonna miss home Shopping Network ? ?

No! Not at all!

me6, get thyself a Winegard outdoor antenna-n-rotor, to help expand your
terrestrial signal choices! Never having cable, BBC's World Service Multi-Track
music series helped this hipster through empty-tv's early video era! If ya need
to see cable programing, like pay-per-view fights, "that's what friends are
for"!

On 11 Feb 2004 16:24:02 GMT, (elg110254) wrote:

If ya need
to see cable programing, like pay-per-view fights, "that's what friends are
for"!

Hahaha!

Good idea!

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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Yeah, sure, dump your Cable & go Shortwave....

I mean, are you really gonna miss home Shopping Network ? ?

He might miss those wonderful late-night infomercials, though... I mean,
where else can you learn to make millions by placing classified ads or
buying real estate? You know, if those things really work, why don't they
make money that way instead of trying to sell the idea to everyone else?

Tom

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:21:05 -0800, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:

He might miss those wonderful late-night infomercials, though... I mean,
where else can you learn to make millions by placing classified ads or
buying real estate? You know, if those things really work, why don't they
make money that way instead of trying to sell the idea to everyone else?

So is there some good programming available to listen to on shortwave?

YES! there is good programming to listen to on Shortwave;
Mostly ( IMHO) afternoon & night...

- Whats your Budget..?? How much can you spend to try it out..



Subject: Is shortwave a good alternative to cable TV?
From:
Date: 2/11/2004 11:34 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:21:05 -0800, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:

He might miss those wonderful late-night infomercials, though... I mean,
where else can you learn to make millions by placing classified ads or
buying real estate? You know, if those things really work, why don't they
make money that way instead of trying to sell the idea to everyone else?

So is there some good programming available to listen to on shortwave?

On 11 Feb 2004 17:48:47 GMT, (Chandler7600)
wrote:

YES! there is good programming to listen to on Shortwave;
Mostly ( IMHO) afternoon & night...

OK...but like what? What type of stuff is on? Is it sort of like
the WWII radio era in America? Lost of radio talk shows.... radio
drama? Like old time radio was in USA?

- Whats your Budget..?? How much can you spend to try it out..

Under $100? Don't wanna spend much until I see if the idea is
feasible.

My two cents worth s. Yes. The problem is that you cannot guarantee
reception or that the signal will be intelligible - that is up to Mother
Nature. Many major broadcasters are in countries that used to have colonies,
and they broadcast to those former colonies with news and features of
interest to them, and we can hear some of those transmissions evenif they
are not beamed directly at us. France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal all
broadcast in myriads of languages to their former colonies or even to area
of the US or other places where they may have citizens listening. Our own
Voice of America has news that you may not hear about on the PM TV news,
even if it is their own propoganda g. Whether you can understand the
language of a particular broadcast, you can certainly enjoy a variety of
good music. I like Radio New Zealand International of late 9.870 09:00 PST
(17:00 UTC), and Radio Nacional Da Amazonia has good music 11.780 late
afternoons. Maximus


"Chandler7600" wrote in message
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YES! there is good programming to listen to on Shortwave;
Mostly ( IMHO) afternoon & night...

- Whats your Budget..?? How much can you spend to try it out..



Subject: Is shortwave a good alternative to cable TV?
From:
Date: 2/11/2004 11:34 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:21:05 -0800, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:

He might miss those wonderful late-night infomercials, though... I mean,
where else can you learn to make millions by placing classified ads or
buying real estate? You know, if those things really work, why don't
they
make money that way instead of trying to sell the idea to everyone else?

So is there some good programming available to listen to on shortwave?